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Austria and retweeting neo-nazis. he's not on the farm bill conference committee fighting for things the people in this district need. and that's the big thing that people are starting to realize and saying, you know what, enough is enough. before you would always just hear, that's just steve king being steve king like that weird uncle. you don't hear that anymore. you have people out there who are frustrated and looking for other options. >> jd schullton, canada dal for congress, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. tonight's last word is next. today...

Voting republican, do you have a particular pitch to republican voters about why they'd want to switch parties this time? >> well, i mean, there's not one issue or anything like that. it's just being -- representing what the district is and talking a lot about agriculture because we're the second most agriculture producing district in america. and that's the most frustrating thing is because you have king going off on a tangent about some mayoral race in canada and some far extreme group in austria and retweeting neo-nazis. he's not on the farm bill conference committee fighting for things the...

Democratic party we need to change things that ice is doing. you can't eliminate it. >> when it comes to leadership, there's a lot of talk and debate within your party about nancy pelosi. should she be elected house speaker? should democrats retake the house in the midterms? it brings me to ask you about leadership. do you believe the leadership of the democratic party in congress, in the house, is too old and too white? >> i believe you take a person and you judge that person on their own. i support nancy pelosi. i think she's done a fine job. it's very easy to make her a poster child for peo...

Coming in across the nation. but ultimately, you know, this is about my district and what the people in my district need. and fortunately i think they are paying attention to our state government in ohio and there's a lot of work to be done. we have basically a culture of corruption in columbus unfortunately. so i think that that may obviously play in my favor in the november election. >> and it sounds like you're focusi focusing on local issues, which is smart politics. but how much of your focus is going to be on donald trump, on what he represents for ohio, on what he represents for the cou...

First of all, congratulations on that primary win, rachel. you raised about $57,500 leading up to the primary, twice as much as any opponent. you ended up running unopposed. your republican opponent, the incumbent bill reinecke, who you'll face in november, he won easily in 2014. trump carried that district by nearly 26 points. what makes you think that you can win, and do you think the momentum behind your story is what will do it? >> hi, joy. it's nice to be here again today. and, yeah, i mean i think of course i hope to win. and i think there is momentum for my race and a lot of support com...