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Conference. i have to tell you i spent most of last week covering bernie sanders. this is a big issue for him. this is one in which he puts down his own saying this is something he talked about four years ago. in the time since seven states have passed this. he takes some credit for elevating this in the conversation. but all of the democratic contenders want to be associated with this issue, and with the union push that comes with it. support from unions will be critical for any of these people...

Joe biden can rally union support. people of color. the question is will he spend enough time in pennsylvania after he secures the democratic nomination to get those 20 electoral votes? >> jon: joe biden has run presidential campaigns three times before and has not done particularly well in each of those campaigns. >> thats right. look, the one thing you can give joe biden credit is that he understands the electorate and wants to win. he has to get through the democratic primary with 21 other ca...

Group very excited union workers. if he announces hes running, will he get that union support after democrats lost so much of it to trump in 2016? >> it certainly sounded like it from the reception he got from the international association of firefighters. we talk a lot about lanes in a crowded democratic field. biden advisers believe they can play in many lanes. theres the progressive lane. hes proposing potentially a $15 an hour minimum wage, tax reform to help benefit the middle class, free c...

Robert light heisser said they could get this through democratic congress is they would have union support. i looked at the united auto workers statement on friday and it said not adequate a as currently exists. environmental groups are opposed to it. are we going to see this pass a democratic house? >> im very skeptical about this. under what scenario is this a high priority for nancy pelosi to pass donald trumps nafta 2.0? i dont see it. by the way, weve seen this movie before where a republic...

There is a lot of evolving there. johns point cannot be understated which is the fact that outgoing congressman republican had union support. that union support shifted to lamb this go-around. the hyper local issues that matter in deer hunting country -- guns, issues of abortion, issues of pensions and unions were things that lamb understood and ran on extremely well. >> but lamb was pro-choice, right? he said he personally opposed abortion. so did bill clinton. but bill clinton was for choice. ...

Largely similar that it in favor of trumps tariffs. >> it has a lot of democrats. thats what this had too. >> they are union democrats. conor lamb did something that democrats havent been able to accomplish. complete union support. talking about pro life positions. >> that runs in contrast what howard dean said about being pro choice and candidate will not receive money from the dccc if they were going to run pro-life. >> i think its regrettable to deny any democratic candidate who uphold our pr...

What is the deal here? what moves the needle for these voters going into tonight? >> bret: there is a number of factors. this is a heavy union district. 20, 25%. the tariff issue could play heavy. president trump being there and pushing that could mean a lot. but conor lamb has campaigned pretty much like a republican, although with union support. and its interesting to see, it wasnt like the georgia race when they brought in the heavy hitters from hollywood and all the stars and it didnt work. ...

Of votes for saccone and i think he could pull it off. its not looking good. people are feeling panicked and the republican party but i think that if lamb wins, its probably that union support as opposed to anti-trump energy. >> bret: he had that big rally and clearly has a lot of support in the district. >> donald trump is not a regular republican which is how he won in the first place. stealing those parts of the democratic message that one over those states. >> bret: hillary clinton in india ...

Patriarch. >> we need our congressman saccone. >> rick saccone has the full throated backing of party and president. >> if president trump is in your corner, how can you lose? >> in a district the president won, saccone should have the edge but the democrat conor lamb has sought to avoid alienating the faithful. he is pro-gun and has expressed support for the presidents new tariffs. former vp joe biden stumped for him last week. conor lamb has earned universe support -- union support. he vowed t...

Of union support. there is actually 70,000 more registered democrats in the district than republicans. because we are inside this trump sphere. i spoke to trump voters in pennsylvania on friday. >> saw that. >> and we will see a bit of that in the next block. but these trump voters are digging their heels in. all trump all the way. >> what is interesting of that conversation, of the five you talked with, four voted for trump, one raised their hand. so if you get one trump voter voting the other ...