pipe dream of theirs, that this is winnable? i think they re going to look at how far the candidates go to hug donald trump which, by the way, josh mandel is, i ve never seen somebody hug a president or a potential endorser more than him. i think they re going to see how far they go in that direction, how far these candidates embrace trumpism, and trump might be best thing for democrats in this midterm election. he s putting up candidates herschel walker in georgia he kept the best candidates that republicans had out of the new hampshire primary, is so maggie hassan s probably going to have to a cake walk to victory will, and he s keeping good candidates out of republican primaries. so i think the best thing for democrats is to see how far the republicans hug donald trump and tar and feather those candidates within the general election. i would point out he lost the last time he was on the ballot. he might not be the best person to emulate. jacqui: to that point, you know, you ma
actually, i lost my train of thought [laughter] thank you. jacqui: i wanted to get your last words on that, go ahead. this election is more about joe biden than it is donald trump. and it s about did donald [laughter] it is joe biden s policies moving us forward because he is the incumbent president right now. and on that mark, i think voters are pretty clear they re dissatisfied, and it sets it up for republicans having a very strong day in november. jacqui: yeah. if the democrats are focused on trump, the republicans are focusing on issues, maybe there s something there. not to say that issues aren t important to democrats as well. we are all watching auto all of this. thank you for coming on. great to have you. griff? griff: talking about issues and policies, the border will certainly with one be one. you re looking live at the fox drone team high above eagle pass, texas, where in the last
he is seeing a surge in the polls after he was endorsed by former president donald trump. he just wrapped up an event behind me campaigning with congressman matt gaetz. this has been a change for j.d. vance who was trailing for the last several months, but as we have been seeing, this endorsement seems to have really made a difference. some republicans were even shocked by the trump pick because vance was once a very outspoken critic of trump as well as the maag georgia agenda. maga agenda. still voters saying they re unsure if they re going to support him, we asked him about it earlier today. a loot of a lot of people changed their minds on donald trump, and i m one of them. a lot of voters don t mind as long as you re just honest with them. reporter: the latest fox news poll shows vance is leading but facing stiff competition from josh mandel as well as ohio state senator matt dolan. dolan is also reportedly rising in the polls even though he s making moves to distance himsel
what he stands for now. less than four years ago, he was anti-donald trump and is now standing with marjorie taylor green and matt gaetz, two of the most fringe elements of the republican party. keep in mind, this is to replace the seat held by rob portman, a moderate guy who s worked with democrats. that s who those voters elected, and i think tim ryan is the natural selection for that because he is so authentic. he wants to tell blue collar workers the democratic party is there for them. j.d. vance is talking about how he flipped on donald trump and how he wants to stop the fbi from wiretapping a president which never if happened. tim ryan is talking directly to the voters and, yes, ohio has gone in a different direction, it is redder, but sherrod brown has shown the way to win, and i think tim ryan s going to follow that. jacqui: rob portman, i just ran into him at the white house a couple of weeks ago talking