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Heard that robocall. hes been sending out tweets over the last 48 hours. according to this white house official, if john ossoff were to pull off that big glupt the 6th district georgia congressional race they would be slammed at the white house for not doing anything. thats why they felt like they had to pitch in and help in this race. at the same time, im picking up on a note of concern at the white house. one official said to me, listen, special elections are unpredictable. theyre not exactly ...

>> heres the thing. the president has not shied away from this. you might think he would do that so is that if it was lost, if it was a refuse -- it wasnt a referendum on me. i had nothing to do with it. hes tweeted six times about it since sunday out of 19 tweets. hes mentioning this guy john ossoff again and again. thats pretty much putting his own credibility on the line. >> yeah. hes in there. hes got that robocall where he calls him super liberal and essentially ties him to nancy pelosis ag...

Are we going to see that continue for the democratic party at large here in the trump era? is there enough sort of clay sensy on the republican side to give ossoff a chance to clear the 50%. if that happens it will be seen as a bit of an earthquake inside the republican party. >> yeah. what are the chances of 50-plus. 50% plus one vote and he has it. not 50.1. its 50% plus one single soul. >> thats it. one single soul. every vote maefrts as we keep learning in this country. look, this is a very ...

That democrats will want to follow? its one thing to identify where they should run, these 23 or so districts where hillary clinton won, but whats harder is to find candidates that can run success any in these races. we saw in 2016, the blue dog democrat. what is the version of that going forward in 2008? >> to her point, john ossoff, i dont know him but these nobodys obvious pick of what your next generation democrat would be, a 30-year-old congressional aide. maybe he does incredibly well. but...

Presidential candidate who has trouble covering this district. it is a very high bar. it would be an absolute earthquake if he did. my guess is he gets close lu clearing will be tough. >> the demsz need to win 24 seats in order to win back the house majority. 23 seats held by republicans were won by hillary clinton in november. and so this is the kind of daeblgt -- >> yeah. >> forget the 50% mark for a minute here. i want to see how well john ossoff does in terms of passing 50% -- >> he doesnt w...

Actually governing. >> reporter: despite the outpouring of democratic support, ossoff is trying to keep the race focussed on local issues. >> its about values that ignite people in georgia. roimt with bitter gop infighting dominating a crowded field of 18 total candidates. 11 of them republicans. ossoff has consolidated democratic support and is aiming for more than 50% of the vote tonight. if it is short, it will prompt a two-person run off in june. the president had worn the district last year...

>> only you can stop the super liberal democrats and nancy pelosi. >> reporter: and erin, if this does go to a runoff, expect a flood of outside money to pour into this district. something that weve actually seen already in the course of this primary. more than $4 million in republican ads, lot of them attack ads against the candidate. ossoff getting $2 million from outside sources as democrats try to flip this seat for the first time in 37 years. >> thank you very much. the president now person...