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jamie herrera-butler to support her impeachment vote. i underperformed actually in the primary substantially. in our district, we had many americans who are standing up for the middle of the road. that's what we're known for in southwest fowashington. and that's part of what made joe kent's race so improbable and so miscalculated. >> this is interesting. you hiunderperformed and a lot democrats vote ford jamie herrera-butler. your path to victory, that article i quoted from describes, is kind of like an escape room. you had lots of little clues to tell you how to campaign and how to succeed. when you say you're not surprised, it's on the basis of a bunch of little things you saw that joe kent was improbable. that jamie herrera-butler did appeal to independence and some democrats. and that you knew that the issues that you would campaign onu would be appealing to your constituents. >> that's right. i mean, i think we're all hungry

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that came out the first time he was impeached that there be would republicans who would distance themselves. i was wrong. this is surely the case that there is no republicans in elected positions and leadership who will still stand with donald trump. and, again, obviously that, was not the case. so, you know, he seems to keep coming back. there seems to be some on going love affair between donald trump and republican leadership that i genuinely do not understand. i just -- i just do not understand how this country can embrace a man like this. >> you and a lot of the country remain confused. thank you for being with us. >> good to see you. take care. >> democrat from massachusetts. >> all right. when we come back, the trump announcement that was supposed to be, we were just discussing, the most important day in american history. according to him.

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very, very popular. and that is one of the reasons that democrats did so much better in the midterms than any of the pundits and washington insiders and even pollsters predicted. >> let's talk about georgia. this thing is not over yet. >> yep. >> there were a lot of people who thought republicans would be less invested in particularly herschel walker if this was not about the balance of power in the senate. there are a lot of democrats who think they should be more invested in warnock at this moment in order to get some of the things you just talked about done because 50/50 senate does not give progressive priorities the priority that someone like you would hope that they would have. >> look, i very much hope that warnock wins his re-election. but the number one reason for that is because he is a good and decent man.

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whose emergency funds are going to be wiped out by petty crime. this is what, you know, frankly, a hot ofkn america looks like right now. >> so you had an opponent that was a conspiracy -- an election denier. one thing that republicans used against democrats in this past election, two things really, inflation issue and culture wars. you know one of them very well. obviously inflation is something you deal w you're a small business owner. nobody environment gertsbu a bi forbo repairing their car that they think is the right amount or not twice or three times as much as they want. you didn't get drawn into culture wars. tell me howwn you skirted these issues. >> just talking about what matters to lkpeople. i think we're all really tired of the political agenda being setge by twitter. we want good schools. we want to have the cops show up when we call them. i had my building broken in four times this year.me that gets expensive. he can't afford to keep going

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that election. now perez is headed to congress. we saw similar thing happen in michigan's third district. peter t meyer lost the primary race to a trump back election denier. that trump backed election denier won to the democrat. if there is any question that donald trump played in those victories, look at what happened in california. this is another republican that voted to impeachr trump over january 6 but unlike many of the others congressman valday yoe did not lose the primary race. and nbc news has yet to call that race. right now with half the votes in, valadao is leading his democratic opponent by five points n district after district, trump backed challengers lost their races to democratic candidates who defied expectations with smart campaigns. even when the polls and the

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that republicans will take control of the house of representatives next year. nbc news now projects that when all the votes are counted, republicans will hold 221 seats in the next congress with a margin of error of mr minus two this will translate into a single digit of majority. no one expected the election would be this close. or that the republican majority would be so slime in a year wh forecastersa predicted much larger republican gains. and part of the reason for this slimhi majority was an unexpect number of endangered house democrats whong beat back republican challenges and democrats who won races in unexpected place. to understand how and why this happened, we have to go back to last year, g specifically the d before valentine's day last year. it was a sunday. but congress was still in session. because that was the day that househa impeachment managers we

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for a congress that looks more like america and people that want to fix things in our country. build bridges, not burn them down. and, you know, i really respect the principled stance congressman herrera-butler took in her vote. i got in the race to stand up against the political extremes. and that's why i'm so proud to have seen the district, you know, we were outspent 40-1 in the primary. that is part of the equation here. so manyqu moderate independents and democrats really got behind us and propelled us to the front of the race. >> i know you didn'tro mean it a cliche. you actually fix things. that's right. we're an independent auto shop. we fix cars of middle america.id people just trying to get to work.

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parties had all been counted them out. those newly elected democrats charted a path for others to follow now that trump announced candidacy. joining us now is congresswoman elect perez. thank you for being here. were you surprised? i was here in this very room with steve kornacki when we called theck race for you. it was described as an upset. it was an unexpected win. was it unexpected to you? >> i would not describe it as unexpected. i know the district. i live here. i'm a fifth generation washingtonian. this is a district that has a proud history of sending independents to congress. in our poll shows that many democrats voted the primary with

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hard look at politics now. >> we had a lot of timber issues that i think alienated democrats in rural communities. i'm a fifth generation -- come from five generation of loggers inra washington state. and my sense is that so many democrats come into rural communities with post graduate degrees and try to explain stuff to us. that gets really old really quick. in rural communities, we know stuff thatom those folks don't. and i think it takes listening and not assuming you know how to fix our problems with without understanding what the realms problems are. i actually get my internet from a radio tower. i'm surera i'm the only member congress that doesn't have broadband internet at home. i'm tired of having people try to fix my problems without listening to me about what my problems really are. >> congresswoman elect, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you for telling us about your roadk to victory. the congresswoman elect from

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three fifths of the senators sworn voting in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. >> the motion is agreed to. today the united states senate moved one step closer to passing the respect for marriage act. it's a land mark bill that would provide federal protection for same sex marriages. a procedural vote. the fact that bill cleared this initial hurdle shows that it's got a good chance of becoming a law. 62-37. senate democrats needed ten of their republican colleagues to vote with them to break a filibuster. and begin debate on the bill. in the end, 12 republicans joined them. refreshing and dare say inspiring to see this level of bipartisanship in washington. republicans voting with democrats in the house and now senate to get something like

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