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Your political persuasion is, whether youre on the left or right of the democratic party. >> what do you make of the idea that there is no political downside really for democrats to vote for a $3.5 trillion package because voters, including republicans, dont really care about deficits anymore. its just not something you can really run against. >> yeah, but the democratic party won in 2020 and it won in some of those smaller elections that weve seen since like in louisiana and in new mexico and i...

Economic crisis that would come rather if democrats than congress vote on this $5 trillion package. he thinks the big problem if shes serious and delaying this and midterm is over. that would throw a huge wrench as soon as they can. alexi mccanaan, thank you so much for being here. >> as we start this week. we should underscore what a vital and important week this will be for the president, coming off with a tough august with rising covid cases and the trio setbacks we have been talking about al...

>> on friday trump said in a statement, one down, nine to go. republican leaders are following along. many may house republicans stripped liz cheney of her leadership posts. >> for reasons i dont understand, leaders in my party decided to embrace the former president who launched that attack. >> and republicans are adopting trumps language and tactics. >> they want to lock it down. >> boo. >> were not going to let it happen. >> if anyone is calling for lockdowns, youre not getting that done in f...

Playing out today. do you think you can win over republican voters in your state with this message? >> look. iowa is not a solidly-red state. you have to look at what we did in the last midterm in iowa in 2018 where we flipped two congressional seats. we had three out of the four congressional seats were democratic. three out of the six statewide races were won by democrats. and were going to do it again in 2022 because truth matters. we have to hold folks accountable, including senator chuck gr...

A lot of people there, at least i would assume, look at what happened on january the 6th with the same narrative that we see playing out today. do you think you can win over republican voters in your state with this message? >> look. iowa is not a solidly-red state. you have to look at what we did in the last midterm in iowa in 2018 where we flipped two congressional seats. we had three out of the four congressional seats were democratic. three out of the six statewide races were won by democrat...

That during the midterm. >> absolutely. what is wrong with the biden approach and theres also got to be an element of what republicans stand for. i think that is one of the points that speaker gingrich was wise to make. >> jacqui: karl rove, thank you so much. >> biden underwater. a closely watched race hitting the debate stage. that debate is getting heated in what could be a bellwether race. >> jacqui: the governor of texas is taking drastic measures. s willing to nearly 11,000. former acting ...

>> it is gauging the voter sentiment on hot button issues ahead of the midterm. both are fans but split on the presidents mandate. >> i dont believe president biden has the authority to dictate to everyone that we have to take the vaccine. >> he is not requiring vaccinations. that is the difference between the two of us. >> served as virginias governor from 2014 to 18 and both called each others views on abortion extreme. >> women ought to make a decision about their own reproductive rights and ...

Among the Democrats goals are priorities like universal child care and lower prescription drug prices that have been elusive for decades.

I dont know, but they should have -- they should take this as instructive. this should tell them a lot about how they should proceed in the midterm. >> all right, both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us. we have to fit in a break. coming up when our conversation continues, some republicans are accusing a four-star general of treason. supporters say he was responding to a clear and present danger. it just happens to be a tailor made controversy for the right. well talk about it when w...

>> the silence from a lot of the media is really disturbing but how could it be that this is no bidens for risk crisis? you have afghanistan, covert inflation and then 200,000 people in august of them coming across the border. the border patrol is completely overwhelmed and maybe the national focus is not on this issue but i will tell you where it is. and the border counties of texas, that are going to be some really tough -- anyone who is a democrat there. henry has been trying to reach -- alar...