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Reelection, which i dont think he is, but any republicans running in 2020, do they look at nevada and go, man, we just got completely wiped out there. its not a swing state anymore because of donald trump. >> thats absolutely right. and republicans were trying to get out every last vote that they could of their base, whereas democrats keep expanding the voter pool that they can be attracted to. and that is making a big difference on the legislative races, especially in the suburbs, as we know, b...

To so many people. she herself is the mother of a child that was killed by gun violence and jumped in the race in the last minute after the parkland shooting. and to take a republican district that was once held pos by newt gingrich who obviously has very different positions on this and say she wants to be an advocate for gun violence, its just been telling, and i think it gives us a clear direction on where the country wants to go on this issue. >> a gun control advocate winning a seat in subur...

Voices matter. they are calling their congressman and going to town halls. i want people to fight against this health care bill. we need to be heard and we need to be heard in every way we can, social media or traditional media or standing outside somebodys office with a sign saying "dont take away my health care." >> senator, its willie geist. people have said within the last 24 hours republicans saying they have no idea whats on the bill. ted cruz, bob lee, you need three republicans to peel o...

The most on demand, your entire dvr, top networks, and live sports on the go. included with xfinity tv. xfinity the future of awesome. welcome back to "morning joe." before the break we were talking about what happened last night in georgia in the race in the sixth congressional district and take us deeper inseed, gabe gutierrez in roswell, georgia, and gabe, by the end people just exhausted, wall-to-wall nasty ads with all that money spilling into the district. >> reporter: hey, willie, good ...

Mika, i just dont think theres any positive way to spin that. >> no, there is not. >> they have got to get candidates that match the districts better. >> what is this, are we on month six of this presidency and they have the power in congress. so after all the marches, all the money spent, and after nothing being accomplished in washington, i mean really the stage was set for the democrats to get something done, and it really just shows how much the democrats still, how much work needs to be don...

Murkowski was not alone on the republican side, including senator mike lee of utah, who is one of 13 members on the working group. take a listen. >> i havent seen the bill and it has become increasingly apparent in the last few days that even though we thought we were going to be in charge of writing a bill within this working group, its not being written by us, its apparently being written by a small members of staffers for republican members in the senate. if youre frustrated by the lack of tr...

Willi willie, it really shows how much work democrats have to do. >> what did democrats take away from these races? granted these are republican districts, we should stipulate that, montana, kansas, last night in south carolina and they were closer than the previous races. tom price won by 23 points, karen handel by 6 points. still, with all the money and energy that democrats threw at this race, what do they have to learn if they want to take back the house in 2018? >> one, we need a message. t...

If youre in the south, you got to speak to the south. republicans forget how to speak to the northeast. they forget how to speak to new england and when barack obama won in 2008, they were the party of george w. bush, they were the party of tom delay and they were the party of newt gingrich and guess what, not a single republican represented anybody in washington in the entire region of new england. thats what democrats have to look at and say how do we get past that and how do we start getting ...

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