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And the more we hear about this storm it sounds like this is a serious one. >> the governor desantis put out a statement, in fact, saying everyone in florida should have seven days of food, water and medicine. are you confident that people will be doing that? because we know theres always a problem with complacency when theres a threat of an incoming storm. >> we are cautiously optimistic that people are heeding the advice. this is not our first rodeo, if you will, with storms. francis and jean ...

Voters who will flip because trump voters dont flip, its almost a religion at this point, but about democratic voters who for whatever reason wurp erent motivated in 2016. all of the clips they saw, the things they heard, it didnt frighten them enough to stand in line necessarily. hics turn out rate actually went down, and what shes seen in the numbers from 2018 is those voters are no longer complacent and its the lack of complacency thats going to be the difference. >> first building off what n...

Like your 401(k) vote for me, who cares what i do, or what you said, they just dont like him? >> here it seems the latter dominates a little more but i think the economic question is really important too, i think part of the thing is the economy is good for so long, i think people are pretty complacent about it and, you know, i think trump is making the right argument but i dont know whether itll stick. i think people feel like, the president doesnt make that much difference, we are doing fine. ...

So do they have a chance to turn the lone star state blue in 2020? lets ask fox news contributor, "wall street journal" columnist karl rove. he served as a senior adviser to president george w. bush. good to see you, karl. so real clear politics had an article today, yes, the gop should worry about texas. are you worried about texas? >> yes, i am. im not as worried about 2020, but im worried about complacency that could lead texas to fall out of the republican column unless republicans get react...

Onto the golf course. >> youre on this show every week. we have a lot of conversations about donald trump. you along with tim with one of the coolest customers and just knowing what youre seeing, predicting what youre going to see before you see it. >> and i think you are speaking to the anger in this country thats boiling over not just around the question of guns but around this question around complacency around race. >> and i think that we are co-signing it by ducking it. we are talking about...

And for me, that is the definition of complacency. >> you in fact say theres no deep state, there is a complacent state. explain -- because look, foreign service officers are working for the american people, theyre working representing america overseas. theyre not representing any particular administration. theres an ambassador who is appointed, usually sometimes its a career foreign service person, sometimes its some donor who knows nothing but has given a lot of money, and yet plenty of people...

Particular administration, there is an ambassador who appointed sometimes its career foreign service person, sometimes its some donor who knows nothing but given a lot of money. and yet, plenty of people serve overseas in administrations they dont like. they dont agree with the policies but they faithfully execute the policies as is their job. >> thats absolutely true. >> is that complacency or service? >> so let me come back to that particular question. what ill say is i thought about this for ...

Its that they decide to keep their distance and hope that the house is still standing afterwards and for me that is the definition of complacency. >> you, in fact, say there is no deep state, but complacent state. look, foreign service officers are working for the american people and working representing america overseas. they are not representing any particular administration. there is an ambassador appointed. career foreign service person or sometimes a donor who knows nothing, but given a lot...

And not only is it on fire but there is a man purposely lighting more fires and so, you know, when i see -- when i talk to my colleagues, its not that they dont feel the same distress that i do. they absolutely do. its not like they are not as concerned as i am about that house on fire. its not that they dont have compassion for the people in that house who are being hurt. its that they decide to keep their distance and hope that the house is still standing afterward, and for me, that is the def...

So do they have a chance to turn the lone star state blue in 2020? lets ask fox news contributor, "wall street journal" columnist karl rove. he served as a senior adviser to president george w. bush. good to see you, karl. so real clear politics had an article today, yes, the gop should worry about texas. are you worried about texas? >> yes, i am. im not as worried about 2020, but im worried about complacency that could lead texas to fall out of the republican column unless republicans get react...