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Hand-picked selection for the u.s. senate, herschel walker, went down in defeat to democrat raphael warnock. you know, this is a -- trump also has a 33-point lead in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup with ron desantis. it shows ron desantis is nowhere close to striking distance to donald trump in georgia. at the same time, what it doesn't show is where middle of the road georgia voters sit. this is likely republican voters, and we've seen a defection of a lot of the middle of the road, swing, independent voters that used to vote traditionally for republicans in georgia. in the trump era, the...

He was not a huge fan of him either in the senate race last year. he stumped for him, just saying how important it is that republicans have a republican in the chamber, whether it be herschel walker or anyone else. he just wanted a republican in the chamber. i think he'll do the same thing next year, just railing about how bad he thinks joe biden's agenda is for georgians, rather than talking about donald trump himself. >> it is an amazing stance, isn't it, to rail against donald trump but say, "we stood in the door as donald trump tried to flip an election on us and, yet, we still in the end ...

What arguments he is going to make in this case. what'd you take away from that long day? >> yeah, it was the first big test of fani willis' case here in georgia. it also underscored the surprise testimony from mark meadows. underscored just how badly he wanted to win this motion. you know, legal experts did not expect mark meadows to take the stand, but it is important, as lisa mentioned. i mean, first of all, he can advance that argument that he was immune from prosecution pause he was acting under the color of a federal official. but beyond that, you know, it changes the jury pool. it means...

Requires, you first have to show you were fulfilling a federal function, right? so it's not so much, is it relevant to the conspiracy. it's, is it relevant or can you prove it to get your case to federal court? but, of course, the reason meadows wants to be in federal court in the first place is so he can advance the argument ken was referring to, which is this presidential immunity question. he is arguing that because he was a federal officer acting as the direction of the president or in cahoots with the president, it'd be improper or unconstitutional for fani willis to prosecute him in stat...

Donald trump among republican voters in the primary at 57%. his next challenger, ron desantis, 42 points back at 15%. everybody else registering in the low double digits. so this is sort of a reflection of what we have seen nationally, greg, which is that among primary voters anyway, not among the country necessarily, but among primary voters, republicans, this martyrdom that donald trump has professed seems to be working. >> yeah, it's surprising and it's not surprising. >> yeah. >> it reflects other polls throughout the nation. this is also in georgia. this is the scene of some of donald tru...