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Let me finish tonight with history repeating itself. donald trump is now the third president out of the last four to suffer the same dismal fate in his first midterm election, to come to office with his party enjoying a sizable majority in the house and then to watch that majority vanish in the midterm. it happened to bill clinton back in 1994. thats when the newt gingrich led republican revolution ended 40 years of democratic rule in the house. and it happened to barack obama in 2010 when the t...

>> compare the 2014 midterm, still being counted in 2008. th -- h -- 2018. 2010, the big tea party revolution, 87 million. youre getting closer. 136 million voted in the president alelection. thats going to go up. were getting close to the realm of a presidential election. >> steve kornacki, such a treat to have you always. >> thanks. >> coming up, a thought for those who will not be able to spend thanksgiving with their families this year because theyre serving the greater good. se theyre servi...

They get her in the chair. during the last campaign. at least 117 candidates and committees, all republicans spent money at trump properties in the lead up to the mid-term. the president will say my family owns a hotel business and democrats say come on, why are you staring the money here. >> to the ivanka issue, listen here. two former trump officials say really bad. >> it appears hypocritical and it looks bad for sure. >> i think look. anyone here would be familiar with the rules. >> there is ...

Boycotting would work, and its getting old and my opinion. i think we have to deal with the results and say, lets move on and be positive. if not, we will have to have all new entertainment with the left side and the right side. comedians are supposed to be funny, be funny for all of us. >> i think a lot of it, we are watching a lot of sore loserris loserrism, dan bongino. 52 house seats, he lost in his first midterm, eight senate seats. then you have the real winner, he loses six senate seats a...

Intended with those comments and she has made that very clear. >> harris: lets talk about big picture, a week before the midterm election, you and i were discussing the history that could be made in terms of the senate with republicans picking up seats, and youve done that, thats exactly what is happened. >> yes, historically, in that first midterm of a sitting president you lose on average, three seats. we picked up two, took out four incumbent democrat senators in florida, missouri, indiana, a...

We saw in the kavanaugh hearing, personal destruction for the american public recoild and energized republicans. if democrats spend the next two years overplaying their hand and trying to destroy the trump administration and move to obstruction all the time, it could backfire on them electorally in 2020. >> maxine waters going heavy at deutsche bank. their relationship with the trumps. that is fine and good, a lot of americans would like to start business, get married, see the economy keep growi...

The stops there to derail cindy smiths chances in her runoff. president trump will be out there for a rally. now that donald trump is campaigning, they will pull out more dirty tactics. if you think about it, the president didnt go so often to florida and tennessee and missouri and indiana and north dakota and he will be going to mississippi -- could we have had a very different result? compare his first midterm to of that obama and clinton. basically a good pretty night for the president. we ha...

Health care. republicans ran the democrats are evil. i think candace had it right for the president is a wartime president. we are at war in afghanistan. he is not at war with people of the opposing party. we might sometimes disagree. the election is over and its time for us now to try to move the country forward and find common ground. every good president that has faced a defeat like this president has in a midterm has moderated their positions, moved to the center, found common ground. >> lau...

I think weve got to tale with the results and say lets move on and be positive. if not, were going to have to -- well have to have all new entertainment for, you know, the left side and right side for each other. comedians are supposed to be funny. be funny and be funny for all of us. >> sean: i think we are watching a lot of sore loserrism. i mean bill clinton 52 house seats he lost. eight senate seats you know? really 63 house seats were lost in barack obama first midterm. trump picks up the o...

>> he is the legal governor of georgia. >> legal, legitimate? sounds sore loserrish. aye wraps tries to uproot the will of the voters in georgia. we still have two u.s. house races that are still undecided. they are looking good for the republicans. neil love in utah, and robert whitall. all told democrats picked up 37 seats in the house. thats nothing compared to president obama and clinton. look at this. 2010, obamas first midterm. democrats lost 63 house seats and six seats in the senate. in ...