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>> in right, in georgia you have one republicans for one democrat, if you add the votes, ossoff and democrats got 93,000, and handel and others got 97,000. i think they will hold the seat. a republican there said we have a base problem. there is not much enthusiasm, they like trump, they have not turned on him, but failure to get anything done with healthcare, they see this size a gang that could not shoot straight. it is a congressional election. and a smaller victory in kansas, this is something they need to worry about. >> key thing is specials are different. this is newt gingrich's old dis...

There is a lot of vulgar, tacky, racist people in this country, more than i thought. i knew there were some. but it's the proverbial lifting up of a rock and what we found when we lifted it up was the basket of deplorables. i know we hate that term, but if the basket fits, and it does. >> a lot of people talk about the dislocation, the pain. you don't buy that. >> we found out it was a myth. the typical trump voter in the primaries made, i think, $72,000. they're not hurting economically like they say they are. no more likely to be hurt by trade or immigration, no more likely to be out of work...

Joining me are congresswoman and iraq war veteran and congress manage tim murphy, a clinical psychologist in the navy reserve who treats soldiers with pts. thank you both so much for joining us this morning. i'm sorry it is on this subject because it seems like we do it pretty regularly here. i want to first start out with a statement that came from the father of the shooter, now deceased. he had this to say friday. "this situation is very painful. i seek prayers for all the families affected. more so when there is an ongoing investigation. my son must not have been in his right mind. he wasn'...

Republicans in congress are doing. when two-thirds of your own party's base says they don't like the job you're doing, that's the real base problem. >> and i do want to talk about republicans here a little bit. i know that's a shocker to you. >> i love to. >> 80% of americans don't trust republicans in congress to make good decisions for the country. democrats in congress polls better, the president polls better. even the affordable care act polls better. >> even the affordable care act. >> great, we can admit -- real popular. >> want to kick out incumbents. you guys are in charge of the house...

Republican groups that have from both sides that have poured into this race now in the last week. this is a test, governor whitman, i think of where -- if anything has changed in your party nationally and especially among the base of the party in the wake of the shutdown, the disaster that was for republicans. >> i think as you defined the base today, it probably hasn't changed much. the base, we are looking at a small pluerality of people. the average turnout of primaries in this country is 10%. so by definition, you leave it to the most partisan who tend to be people who have single issues. ...