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Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with Republican Presidential Candidate & Former NJ Governor Chris Christie

Democrats believed that build back better by the 2020 midterms and presenting that to the voters as deliverables is going to be enough to beat back a culture war, presumably on items like trent bathroom and critical race theory, they are deluding themselves. is the problem cultural? that they are not fighting the same fight as the other party, that they are certainly not playing by the same set of rules? >> i think there are two things here, brian, a bit of truth to that. i think when democrats -- they can probably run two pretty a mediately the messaging when it's the messaging issues when it...

Much to like about last. night and i think, if you're a democrat, you have to wonder why didn't we run a campaign animists that was focused on the future. why did we depend on donald trump to be the one and only bogeyman. the only thing we had to run a campaign against. i think there is a lot of questions that we should ask ourselves, and we ask the campaign, and we should ask capitol hill why we didn't look like we were a governing party for the last three or four months. so, i think there's a lot of questions asked, and i'm worried, brian, there aren't great answers at this point. >> bill, o...

Back with us tonight, robert gibbs senior advisor, press secretary under president obama. he also hosts the hacks on tax podcast. and we bill kristol veteran of the reagan and bush administration, and editor at large at the bulwark. gentlemen, good evening. welcome. it was indeed a long night. mr. gibbs i'd like to begin with your reaction to last night as you may have anticipated the question. >> look brian, i'm a brave fan. and that was the best thing that happened last night. in terms of politics, it was terrible. i think democrats had an awful night. i think there is no real sugar coating....

The best, but he was not the only problem for democrats and what happened yesterday, brian. >> on this night after the election night, great thanks to our starting line, susan page, jacqueline alemany we, eugene robinson, thank you so much for staying up with us. yet another night. coming up for us, more on what both parties might take away. what they might learn from last night's results. and later, it's a new book with a very provocative title. look racism. its author will join us here tonight to talk about the fact that he just might have stumbled upon a potential political suicide mission ...