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Midterms. theyre campaigning on the tax cuts, which theyre happy about. theyre using nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, as a political foil. yet, those attacks dont seem to be working yet in this 20 plus trump district. how they use that kind of campaign playbook against an energized democratic base can give us signs for what republicans are in for in november. >> that is an interesting point. when we look forward to 2018 and the midterms, if this -- if a district like this is in play for demo...

>> dana: she just still be quite a foil for republicans if he is having to already say i wont vote for her and even cut an ad against her. >> she is one of the least liked figures in the country. certainly the least liked democratic figure in the country. and, you know, she has been going around doing this listening tour across the country which republicans are thrilled about. they want to see nancy pelosi out in front. and conner lambs ad goes to show the extent to which democrats are going to ...

Election. in short, i dont back nancy pelosi. >> my opponent wants you to believe the biggest issue in this campaign is nancy pelosi. it is all a big lie. ive already said on the front page of the newspaper that i dont support nancy pelosi. >> her high name i.d. and negative numbers have made her a popular republican foil. but democrats usually dont say they dont back pelosi. so what are these two stories mean? they could be some growing pains on the march to the midterms but they could be a sig...

Done so far. obama personally warned vladimir putin against interfering in our u.s. elections. he imposed sanctions on russian individuals as well as entities. he expelled 35 russian diplomats and closed two russian compounds that were in the u.s. and i think part of the reason that the trump administration is grappling with this is we have not seen a strong approach from the president himself. we have not seen him come out and condemn russias interference in our election. we have not seen him c...

And condemn russias interference in our election. we have not seen him come out and say, im going to do everything in my power to ensure this never happens again. and we also havent seen the president follow through on imposing russian sanctions that have been overwhelmingly aproved by congress. so sarah sanders can go out and say what she feels she needs to say from the podium in that briefing room, but i think a lot of people are looking at this saying, why would we believe this if it doesnt c...

Theyve got 33 total seats compared to 16 for the democrats. but, the democrats are thought to have an advantage in most of novembers 21 governors races. >> dana: what do you know about the democratic plan to try to win back the house? >> reporter: the plan is to try to tie everything to trump. >> democrats have not come up with a unifying message. what are they going to say to the american people, other than, we dont like trump? unfortunately, for republicans, that might be enough. if you look a...

>> the whole russia thing, thats a ruse. >> could have been china, could have been a lot of different groups. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. >> i call it the russia hoax. >> no, russia did not help me. that i can tell you, okay? >> its a democrat hoax that was brought up as an excuse for losing an election. >> today, the president also went back to using his predecessor as a foil. quote, i have been much tougher on russia than obama, just look at the facts. total fake news. white ho...

A win. isnt this a win for mitt romney? >> yes and no, there are many people within the republican party who would like him to be a proxy for the establishment of the gop, to be a voice against president trump and this gambit by the president via twitter, hes saying actually, youre part of the party that i now own. >> but pick your fights, right? romney can pick his fights? i was talking about a few days ago after the shooting of parkland he was the first major republican to say hey, we have to ...

Year. >> your reaction. >> i do not understand why the president will not pivot and say, no one is more upset about this than i am, and i am watching a national effort, whole of government effort, as we say, with sanctions and other truth telling instruments around to dispel fake news and get ahead of it. its what any president would do, when they see a national security crisis they try and own it. i dont know why he wont do it. the russians are a perfect foil, perfect people to attack. identify...

>> senator, that is stunning. the president who has always said he wants to protect dreamers, he was the impediment, not even the impediment, the active foil against getting the bipartisan agreement you were a part of. that is important to know for all of our viewers. obviously we will follow up on reporting everything thats happening on capitol hill. senator, thank you very much for being here to talk with us about guns and the general paralysis in washington. john, listen, you just heard it sp...