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Democrat because of nancy pelosi. >> so to win you have to separate yourself from the big d democrats? >> pretty much, but to be fair, thats true of a lot of places in the country, except maybe new york and california. >> reporter: pregnant with twins and a public defender when she decided to run for the virginia house too. what was it that motivated you? >> i was very pissed off. >> last night i congratulated trump and told him i look forward to work with him on behalf of our country. >> report...

>> reporter: a father of three and emergency room nurse, it was trial by fighter when a voter said he couldnt back any democrat because of nancy pelosi. so to win, do you have to separate yourself from the big d-democrats? >> yes, but thats true of every place outside of new york and california. >> im calling because i heard you were undecided. >> reporter: jennifer carol foyer was also new to politics and pregnant with twins when she decided to run for the virginia house, too. >> what was it th...

Resisting trump. whats the step beyond that? >> new energy, new ideas. i chair a group called future form. weve gone to about 50 cities across the country including in wisconsin, home home ha, dallas. 60 of the 80 seats were targeting have people 40 or under are running. being run is an attribute, but being young and experienced. >> but being representative of the community. >> you have to talk to the people and understand theyre conscious of the fact while barack obama was president, 970 legisl...

Pelosi. >> you to separate yourself from the big d democrats? >> thats true a lot of places in the country. maybe outside of new york and california. >> im calling because i heard youre undecided. >> reporter: jennifer was also new to politics, pregnant with twins and a public defender when she decided to run for the house too. >> what was it that motivated you? >> i think it was pissed off. >> last night i congratulated donald trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. >> repo...

It topped 22,000 for the first time. well see where it closes today. president trump will face reporters about 15 minutes from now when he holds the conference of the greek prime minister who once warned of trumps evil. more on wave of democratic candidates hoping to he verse their party losing trend. i talk to some of them in virginia and about distancing themselves from the establish m party. >> to win you have to separate yourself from the big d democrats? >> pretty much. to be fair, that...

Hes at war with mitch mcconnell. hes at occasional war, on and off, with paul ryan. john mccain, a senior most republican in the senate, wrote an op-ed, calling the president reckless and unreliable. thats not the basis. hes got a huge september ahead. daca potentially in congress. debt. details on the spending bill. disaster relief. four big ds to deal with in september and a broken relationship with republican leadership. >> you teased something interesting were going to talk about shortly. ro...

The candidacy and political movement around bernie sanders in 2016. and later you campaigned for hillary clinton. but as much as we saw a big d, a lot of movement, we havent se in the at least high profile political wins, out of the bernie sanders movement, is your race and if you win, a potential big victory for the bernie sanders political movement that started and excited a lot of people in 2016? >> you know, i start third down journey with a lot of hope but also very humble. my family, like ...

Attacks, so the global landscape is changing as we have this dynamic president who is changing the paradigm of the secret service. >> you mean physically like at rallies or in crowds or do you mean through social media? >> social media. hes drawing attention to himself. any time a protectee draws attention to themselves, they go out to a wider aggregate. you bring in people who are now focusing on this individual. people who have mental health problems are focusing in and keying in on him. >> th...

President are making it their mission to roll back the civil rights act, voting rights act and immigration act. we know thats what jeff sessions has done in illinois and will do as attorney general thats highly problematic. but as a republican senator i would think not everyone? their particular state is probably pleased with this, either. so its not just about the democrats circling rank and voting as big d democrats as they should against someone who is highly egregious and the worst person fo...

Thats highly problematic. but as a republican senator i would think not everyone? their particular state is probably pleased with this, either. so its not just about the democrats circling rank and voting as big d democrats as they should against someone who is highly egregious and the worst person for this important job, especially on the heels of someone like loretta lynch and eric holder but republicans need to think about their futures as well and hopefully this particular vote will come bac...