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Pendulum tends to kick out those that are in -- towards the center of their party, be it republican or democrat. and whether this was a wave election or realignment if you're a republican in the suburbs in a swing district, the electorate had your number. i don't think it was personal. it was frankly -- >> you think it was about the president? >> no question it was about the president. >> i can't get kevin mccarthy to say that out loud. >> you had state reps that had favorability ratings of 55 or 60% getting 45% of the vote with voters coming out of the booth saying, i can't do it this time. i...

>> you had state reps that had favorability ratings of 55 or 60% getting 45% of the vote with voters coming out of the booth saying, i can't do it this time. i have to send a message that i don't like how the president conducts himself. >> would you vote for president trump in 2020? >> i would echo the sentiments of senator flake and corker that we should have a battle of ideas. i do not -- >> so you think there should be a primary? >> yeah, i do. i think it's healthy. and let it play out. but i do think having someone speak on the free trade issue, speak about civility, speak about the issues...

Recognized. >> i want to thank the two leaders for what they have done today and what they have done even though i know some people tuning in my not understand what just happened. the understanding that has been reached and i want to thank senator flake and johnson and others is, we're not voting on anything else in this chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the president and these two leaders and the leader of house. there won't be test votes. not going to be tabling vote. the vice president has been over here with his members negotiating already. wh...

Win. jimmy carter, gerald ford. george w. bush george w. bush. the idea wosh to damage trump in the primaries so he could not win the election. >> senator jeff flake says whether or not he runs he wants to see somebody run against president trump. he doesn't think president trump is a great president. he wants to see him challenged. the idea would be to weaken president trump and possibly to hurt him down the road. but the risk is that you lose the presidency to democrats. if these republicans like senator flake or john kasich are wanting to that happen. >> bill: do you think kasich and flake ...

Them pause? >> we talk about this every day because it's critically important that congress pass a statute protecting the mueller investigation. we should have done it months ago. this president has tried to interfere in this investigation in so many different ways. the firing of the attorney general sessions was just the most recent attempt he's made to marginalize the investigation. overlooking mr. rosenstein as the next likely person, all this is aimed at trying to compromise the investigation. so, yes, i have talked to my republican colleagues and i've urged them listen to senator flake. l...