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Any other republican could win and from a party perspective, we have to look long-term and not short-term. if you think wing will be easy for the republican party, you are mistaken. >> here with us right now, oklahoma republican james langeford. thanks so much for joining us. >> glad to be with you. >> i want to talk about roy moore and the republicans. what we heard from senator al franken. >> the greatest benefit is that we have something that should be talked about frankly. this ongoing conversation that we have 20 or 25 years ago that your behavior doesn't matter. it is relevant. i believe...

Of -- has gotten himself into this very difficult moras. he was trying to thread the needle by lopping the democratic candidate more in with chuck and nancy. >> ron, listen to what senator lindsey graham said today responding to the latest trump tweets on alabama and the senate race. >> from a republican point of view i don't see what winning -- i don't know what winning looks like with roy moore. if he wins, we get the baggage of him winning and it becomes a story every day about whether or not you believe the women or roy moore should he stay in the senate, should he be expelled. if you lose...

Weigh in, he finally did before thanksgiving break suggesting he was for moore. he's mostly framed it as an anti-doug jones vote but he's told people around him he sees similarities between the accusations against moore and the accusations of sexual harassment against him, charges he has denied and he feels like moore is getting a raw deal. he feels like he's being railroaded by the media. he's suggested he's supporting him and he's left open the possibility of journeying to alabama to campaign for him. >> that's what we're waiting to see and lindsey graham, there's a moral part of this, right...

Win. from a party perspective we have to look long term and not short term. what i tell president if you think winning with roy moore will be easy for the republican party you are mistaken. >> lindsey graham is a student of the senate and he knows how this will confold. you can't put this toothpaste back in the tube. there is no second -- this is what they are going to vote on in just a few days because no sign he is going to drop out. what graham described from his perspective sounds like a lose/lose except for having another republican vote to help pass a tax reform. and maybe some other imp...

Seat to a democrat. the moral of the story is, don't nominate somebody like roy moore who could actually lose a seat that any other republican could win and from a party perspective, we've got to long long term, not short term. what i would tell president trump, if you think winning with roy moore is going to be easy for the republican party, you're mistaken. >> so yes or no, is the president making a mistake here? >> that's up to him. i'm not going down the road he's going. that's up to the president. >> senator durbin, i want to ask you about multiple women now coming out and accuses your de...