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The problem, martha, hes not the type of moderate they need. biden is good old joe from scranton and he appealed to the white working class, but when you look at the issues that bloomberg has advocated, restrictions on the second amendment, the nanny state, intrusiveness, everything from plastic straws to supersize drinks, climate change, open borders, traditional engagement with china, thats not the issues that won donald trump those swing states. i dont see the logic. i admit hes the eighth ri...

Because, unfortunately, the former mayor is going to prison for bribery and extortion. they voted for our message, which is to move scranton forward and to move past that corruption and to move towards a more hopeful future. so i think if it indicates anything, its that people are thoughtful. >> we know theres a lot of exhaustion out there. is hopeful the key word that you want people to take away from this? >> yes, i really think that our campaign -- we stayed positive, we stayed hopeful, and e...

Every 40 years there is a political realignment. often that is realigned about race, slavery, obviously after that is the legacy of race. but now were seeing a divide largely on education grounds and on this sort of urban versus rural divide. thats a divide clearly that is growing stronger and stronger over the last decade. pennsylvania is a great test case for that. of course scranton, the mayor-elect is outside of the communities, but the counties around philadelphia used to be the battlegroun...

In delaware county, pennsylvania, voters elected democrats to the county council for the first time in history and republicans lost ground in two other suburban counties in that same sweep. those results could spell trouble for the president come november. joining me now the first female elected mar of scranton, pennsylvania, and boft politist political reporter. congratulations, and i wonder what you think your election says about scranton and the election suburbs as it relates to 2020. >> than...

What we can be and what we can do together and thats what we saw scranton voters choose on tuesday. >> not surprisingly, james, our rnc chair had a different assessment of the weeks election results and i want to play part of that. >> what were seeing with the suburbs and theyre rejecting the socialist agenda of the democrat party. so when you have a elizabeth warren on the ballot or joe biden talking about giving free health care to illegal immigrants or having a government takeover of health c...

Their principles. but i just think its interesting that the tool of american finance is calling his opponent and elitist. >> i dont think he would call himself a tool of american finance. >> tucker: im sure he wouldnt. >> he would say, im from scranton. i havent lived in wyoming in years but i still think of myself as being from wyoming. that is my hometown. that is my roots. maybe people wont believe that and for elizabeth warren, she thought she was native american for so long and has been dis...

Stick to their principles, even though i dont always agree with their principles. but i just think its interesting that the tool of american finance is calling his opponent and elitist. >> i dont think he would call himself a tool of american finance. >> tucker: im sure he wouldnt. >> he would say, im from scranton. i havent lived in wyoming in years but i still think of myself as being from wyoming. that is my hometown. that is my roots. maybe people wont believe that and for elizabeth warren, ...

Keeping. it is not -- it wasnt a referendum against any one particular party, just people want the person to lead them and looking for the right person and looking for that authenticity and that hope and that positive outlook for the future. >> you are -- newsworthy because of your win, because you are -- will be the first female mayor of scranton and the first mayor-elect to give birth and, paige, lastly to those who say how will she run a city and have a newborn. to them you say what? >> i say...

Democrats releasing today this transcript from the testimony of the top diplomate in ukraine clearly describing this prid quo pro involving president trump and all that military aid. plus the city of scranton, pennsylvania, elects its very first female mayor and she is having a baby in just a couple of weeks before shes sworn in. paige cognetti joins me to talk about her historic win. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-w...

Do we revolutionize it? thats going to be the issue going forward. not just a debate on raising taxes. >> one other thing i want to add quickly is i do think that whole elitism attack against elizabeth warren, im very interested to see how much it hurts her. because you know if she is the nominee, youre going to hear from donald trump socialist, harvard, academic, elitist, east coast liberal. so its interesting biden is highlighting that. its what is the real face of the democratic party now? fo...