and i think that they re going to be a lot of things moving forward that donald trump is going to be the most unpopular elected president to do x. it is just a natural outcome of the hole that he s dug himself into throughout the entire campaign season. so a lot of this stuff predates what is going on right now. i think what we have to look out for with respect to particular issues is that donald trump only gets 50% marks on whether or not he is going to be able to address the needs of the middle class well. if you look at exit polling, the middle class, that 50,000-ton $99,000 a year income bracket, was one of the few that he actually won and helped carry him to victory in some of those critical midwestern states that he would need four years down the road if he is planning to make a two-term presidency. jon: but amplifying on what chris just said, josh, let s just imagine that hillary clinton had won the electoral college. she had some pretty bad unfavorable numbers, too. so you co
we re not going to find as long as you have abortion going on, we understand, and i ve said it loud and clear, but will see what happens. still, they expect him to make defunding and other promises reality. begot those in writing, and we are looking forward to him holding good to his pledge to defund planned parenthood and redirect those monies to facilities that will provide conference of health care for women. polls show most americans do want women under certain conditions to have access to abortions, but one in five voters according to november exit polling cited supreme court nominations as their number one issues, and such voters went heavily for donald trump who promised to appoint pro-life justices. bret? bret: james, thank you. national security correspondent jennifer griffin sat down with the outgoing secretary to ask you why if you knew russia was
we re not going to find as long as you have abortion going on, we understand, and i ve said it loud and clear, but will see what happens. still, they expect him to make defunding and other promises reality. begot those in writing, and we are looking forward to him holding good to his pledge to defund planned parenthood and redirect those monies to facilities that will provide conference of health care for women. polls show most americans do want women under certain conditions to have access to abortions, but one in five voters according to november exit polling cited supreme court nominations as their number one issues, and such voters went heavily for donald trump who promised to appoint pro-life justices. bret? bret: james, thank you. national security correspondent jennifer griffin sat down with the outgoing secretary to ask you why if you knew russia was trying to influence the elections didn t he say so
so did that speak to you, to more of a philosophical issue, the fact that donald trump was able to come in and pick up these areas that barack obama had previously won? well, that s interesting thing about the democrats debate right now because there is no debate about how the party has changed idealogically. no one is criticizing any part of the platform the party passed in 2016. it s more about whether they re talking to voters who donald trump won. there s a belief, based on exit polling that s pretty strong, that voters who basically agreed with democrats on economics feel disconnected from the clinton liberal version of that party and didn t vote for them this time, stayed at home or voted for donald trump. there s a sense a majority in the country there was a majority for hillary clinton. there should be a majority in some rural places they lost that can come back in 2018. but they need to build through grassroots work. you started the segment by talking about president ob
musical instrument. and he s got impeccable delivery. but he was recounting for us the roller coaster ride he was feeling on election day. he was getting a lot of information about exit polling and the intuition is well i m sure the exit polling is wrong. and then 9:00 or so, the breaking news, breaking news. and it was really funny. and he thought it was over and his career was over. that is something he did say and i have to admire this about him. he said, you know, i put it all out there on the field. he talked about giving six rallies in one day. one in michigan at 1:00 in the morning. and he told mrs. trump and said this in front of about a thousand people. i left it all on the field. i m at peace with myself if i don t win because i tried my hardest. do you know what i love about the interaction in the speech is