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Recent weeks, over the debt limit and the stalled infrastructure bills. bidens numbers with independents have dropped by 19 points since he was elected, a big drop of that happening over the summer. thats why i think you see so many democrats actually this silent majority really, at least on the house side, who are very keen to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill done asap and so that at least at the end of the year biden and the vulnerable democrats can go into 2022 to speak to that. .chris:...

Recent weeks, over the debt limit and the stalled infrastructure bills. bidens numbers with independents have dropped by 19 points since he was elected, a big drop of that happening over the summer. thats why i think you see so many democrats actually this silent majority really, at least on the house side, who are very keen to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill done asap and so that at least at the end of the year biden and the vulnerable democrats can go into 2022 to speak to that. .chris:...

And that was basically almost a 20-point county. kent county, michigan. in that same 2004 presidential, i think bush carried it by 20 points. i mean, look, it was the home of that wing of the republican party. and this is -- this is a county that itll be a shock if -- if -- if trump wins it. >> yeah. so the interesting thing is, you know, we always talk about michigans battleground state. but it usually ends up going democratic until 2016. and then what happens in 2016? trump wins the state. and...

Now that was basically almost a 20 point county, kent county, michigan in the same 2004 presidential, bush carried it by 20 points. it was the home of that wing of the republican party. >> yes. >> and this is a county that it will be a shock if trump wins it. >> yes, so the interesting thing is, you know, we always talk about michigan as a gaelgd state, we have for a long time and going democratic until 2016 and trump wins the state in 2016 and then as he does that, kent county, which is traditi...

Bill. we vitally need to take these guns off the streets. but heres the political problem. the problem is how you frame the argument, and its a nuanced argume argument. 90% of the american people support universe background checks, 90% of people say if you cant get on an airplane because the federal government says youre too dangerous, you shouldnt be able to get a gun. but when you talk about confiscating weapons, when you talk about people manndatorily give up those weapons, the support drops....

Still strong. here we see, honest, 33%. cares about people like you, only 40%. strong and decisive, 47%. does that ever move if democrats do more what of youre talking about and less of the circus? >> it will definitely move. the reason trump supporters support him is because they see him as a bull in a china shop. hes a cultural figure. hes a tribal leader. they enjoy the show of seeing him going around breaking the china. however, the minute they suspect its their china being broken, the suppo...

>> so, gun control is always, mike, a loser, it seems for democrats, but with what hillary clinton outlined yesterday you look at the numbers, actually -- if you just look at the poll numbers, universal background checks. supported by nine out of ten americans. eight out of ten republicans i think according to the latest pew poll. eight out of ten americans support that. closing the gun show loophole. supported by seven out of ten americans. its the vast majority. you start talking about hand gu...