Page 3 - Leon Wolf News Today

>> because hes totally squeezed and hes totally -- hes got way too many expenses to make up for. nick akerman and paul butler, thank you both for that. next, the president says he has no problem doing a shutdown. that is, shutting down the government over the immigration fight. jess macintosh and leon wolf on calling the bluff before the mid-terms after the break. im april kennedy and im an arborist

Joining me now to discuss why blankenship and similar candidates resonate with the gop base former reagan official official linda chavez. mona chairen, and liam wolfe, manager of the conservative website the blaze. leon, how is blankenship in the running? >> well, i think that what a lot of republican voters have learned or at least decided for themselves is they kind of want to get the same high and positive feeling they get out of rooting for a sports team that wins. they really like just the ...

The perversity there, the sort of luxuriating in the perversity that really is what it seems to me is happening with moore and with blankenship and with trump does seem distinct. it does seem thats a symmetrical phenomenon in american life right now. >> i agree. you have people like joe arpaio in arizona. vice president -- >> or kelly ward. >> kelly ward in arizona. same thing. >> leon, can you explain to me, i understand that party leadership is often not very popular with the faithful. but it ...

With blankenship and with trump does seem distinct. it does seem thats a symmetrical phenomenon in american life right now. >> i agree. you have people like joe arpaio in arizona. vice president -- >> or kelly ward. >> kelly ward in arizona. same thing. >> leon, can you explain to me, i understand that party leadership is often not very popular with the faithful. but it was interesting to me that blankenship chose mitch mcconnell, basically, hes like heres who im going to run against. im not goi...

Mona chairen, and liam wolfe, manager of the conservative website the blaze. leon, how is blankenship in the running? >> well, i think that what a lot of republican voters have learned or at least decided for themselves is they kind of want to get the same high and positive feeling they get out of rooting for a sports team that wins. they really like just the feeling of winning more than they like principles. and i think rightly or wrongly a lot of republicans perceive that forrers democrats hav...

>> theyve got to help us at the border. a lot of people are coming in because they want to take advantage of daca. were going to have to really see. they had a great chance. the democrats blew it. they had a great great chance. but well have to take a look. >> dana: president trump yesterday blaming democrats for blocking a deal to protect dreamers. today hes tweeting, daca is dead because the democrats didnt care or act, and now everyone wants to get on to the daca bandwagon. no longer works. m...

In special elections in the trump era, democrats are outpacing hillary clintons performance by more than 12 points. the swing last night was 20 points. while theres a lot of spin today, at least some republicans see the writing on the wall. >> this is a very toxic environment. and this is a district thats 95% white. trump won by 20 points. if youre a republican in a safe seat, youd better be ready. >> henry olson author of "the working class republican, ronald reagan," and leon wolf. >> leon, wh...

He can change himself. the last poll that came out in this race, the monmouth poll that had lamb winning by a few points also has tariffs winning in this district. house republicans need to understand the swing voter who can be moved back is the voter who actually wants direct government action to help people on the ground whether its gun violence or tariffs to protect american jobs. supplyside is not a political elixir and not going to save the republicans when it comes around to november elect...

What they found on the ground in this district was people didnt really care. >> thats absolutely right. it may excite some hard-core republicans but its not going to move soft former republican leaning voters away. the people who are upset at donald trump who are former republican voters are people who are upset about culture, upset about presidential behavior. theyre upset about chaos in the white house and theres no amount of a tax cut that you can pass thats going to change that. the house re...

Million into the race to run ads like that. hopefully no one was charging $10 million to make that ad. they couldnt buy victory. even in trump country, there is a can who a and chore who is weighing them down. in special elections in the trump era, democrats are outpacing hillary clintons performance by more than 12 points. the swing last night was 20 points. while theres a lot of spin today, at least some republicans see the writing on the wall. >> this is a very toxic environment. and this is ...