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Really lambasting establishment republicans and incumbents saying you're not conservative enough, and holding them to these purity tests. idealogical purity tests. and you saw a wave of very, very far right conservative republicans go into the senate and house. very few of which have actually survived. there were some good ones who made it in, but some of those purity tests, again, especially with steve bannon now going out in this league of extraordinary candidates, as he's calling it, to challenge more moderate republicans who are willing to work with democrats, that's what i'm afraid of. sw...

If jeff sessions were to lose, were to pass off his senate seat to a democrat, if republicans were to lose control of it, that would just be for the breitbart wing of the republican party the ultimate humiliation. sessions was their favorite senator in the senate. he was their guy. he was the one who was the most hardline on immigration. who was the first strong senate supporter of donald trump. who now has been implementing and advancing the trump agenda from his perch as attorney general. if a democrat takes over that seat, that would be indicative of an extraordinary sea change, of a humili...

And advancing the trump agenda from his perch as attorney general. if a democrat takes over that seat, that would be indicative of an extraordinary sea change, of a humiliation not just for the breitbart wing of the republican party but for the tea party bannon project of trying to primary comparatively moderate, comparatively middle of the road republicans for the purposes of these purity tests. it's just so important to them. >> that's what i thought today too, congratulations steve bannon who read some high school shakespeare and cliff notes of tsung tsu, that the the center jurisdiction ge...

Not on the far left of your party. he's more of a center-left candidate. in the week or so before the election he came out against sanctuary cities. and one of the progressive groups, deckocracy for america founded by howard dean, left the race. they said they were disenchanted with what he had done. is tonight's victory a message to the progressives, the grass roots in your party that they cannot have purity tests and they need to in some cases embrace more moderate candidates? >> listen, ralph northam is spectacular candidate. he has fought for immigrant rights, workers rights, fairness ever...

Donald trump's first 100 days, as somebody who has been inside the white house. >> unpredictable. the one legacy that donald trump will have for sure is that there's been a big national civics lesson going on. whether you're a supporter or opponent, everybody is paying attention. we've never seen a president like this. it makes it fascinating, interesting. people are concerned. the interesting thing we're going to focus on this week is not what has he done but what has donald trump learned in the first 100 days? >> and what has the democrats learned? >> that's a good point. you brought up good...