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If epclusa is your kind of cure. welcome back to "hardball." the new poll numbers showing president trump trailing in wisconsin aren't the only numbers that might concern the president today. there are also the numbers 16 and 5. 16, that is the number of house republicans retiring so far this year, or announcing retirement so far this year. just a short time ago jim sensenbrenner became the latest name added to that list, the second longest serving house member. he has represented his district near milwaukee for 40 years. and there is the number five, the number of house members calling it q...

Doomsday for republicans. >> right. >> i'm fascinated by what's happening into these suburbs, what is happening there that these folks are retiring, that we've seen a few of those seats flipped? when, you know, romney's winning a district by 22 points that beto wins by three. >> well, the fact is the last election cycle, 2018, the real story of that cycle was the degree to which the suburbs which had not been open to voting for democrats became much more open to democrats if not bear hugging democrats. pete olson's area. >> he's one of the retirements, obviously. >> one of the retirements. wil...

Did an analysis, mississippi with a lot of undervoting among communities, right? >> yeah. >> it doesn't have a high participation rate compared to some other states. in the suburbs, let's stop talking about, okay, the state's going to go blue and it's doomsday for republicans. >> right. >> i'm fascinated by what's happening into these suburbs, what is happening there that these folks are retiring, that we've seen a few of those seats flipped? when, you know, romney's winning a district by 22 points that beto wins by three. >> well, the fact is the last election cycle, 2018, the real story of t...

Another texas republican says he is leaving congress. kenny marchant who represents a competitive district announcing he won't seek reelection, becoming the fourth texas republican congressman to call it quits and the 11th house republican heading for the exit in 2020. this is raising concerns about whether the g.o.p. can retake the house next year. thom brennaman is the president and cofounder of real politics. what do you of this >> it definitely is concerning for republicans. there are a few factors in play. never found to be in the minority and you see a lot of republicans were now in the ...

Hill in two woks. two more republicans announced earlier in the cycle including susan brooks party official had chosen to lead recruitment efforts in their attempt to claw back the majority in the house. brooks is one of two republican women leefrpg the house, meaning just 11 republican women are now seeking re-election. political reports a fun stat that's making its way around gop circles. there are more men named jim in the house than republican women running for re-election. it's clear that there are at least two reasons for many of the retire mts. the first is changing demographics. both c...