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that starts among other things with a safe and secure orderly border so we can have a country that enforces the rule of law and lives up to our values. the biden administration should not prematurely lift title for 2. there's consensus when title 42 is lifted, there will be a surge of migration. >> neil: think about it, karl, that tester race in montana, talking about the same thing, the president isn't doing enough at the border. you heard it out of senator kelly in the race of his life in arizona. what do you make of this? >> well, first of all, congratulations. i'm glad that they finally did it. but it's one thing for maggie hassan to say that 14 days before the election. where was she last year when the republicans were trying to add border patrol agents in the budget and the democrats voted it down? fine for mark kelly to finally
republicans. obviously, with the tester race in particular, i don't know what happens in arizona or florida. to your other point about districts like mine, which were slightly republican districts with reliably republican voters, some of whom started to trend against republicans at the national level but still stick with their local member of congress provided they had their own independent type brand. in this election, one of your colleagues, chris matthews said it the other night, the "access hollywood" tape bill became due and the trump reflux from a lot of voters really showed itself on election night. it became very difficult in slightly republican districts to hold those districts. we held some but in many others we lost by several points or more. >> i want to play for you -- you commented on this and the president came out yesterday and took shots at all the republicans who had lost basically in these kinds of
the bloodbath happened for republicans. you're the kind of district people got wiped out in. do you think it was, in the words of the president, a tremendous victory for republicans? >> no, it was not a tremendous victory by any stretch of the imagination. i would also agree with the analytics you put up relative to how the senate races, post election night, are trending, potentially away from republicans. obviously, with the tester race in particular, i don't know what happens in arizona or florida. to your other point about districts like mine, which were slightly republican districts with reliably republican voters, some of whom started to trend against republicans at the national level but still stick with their local member of congress provided they had their own independent type brand. in this election, one of your colleagues, chris matthews said it the other night, the "access
de d debacles we don't pay enough attention. no republican states wanted to turnover their voter rolls either. this is one of those instances where, out in the country, democrats and republicans roundly rejected what was clearly a blatant suppression effort. >> look at that graphic. that would indicate we have poll closings. here we are 10:00 eastern time. a name you might recall from the modern history of american politics, that name is going to the u.s. senate in utah. let's put it on this -- we don't have the board, okay. we'll do this verbally. mitt romney is going to the u.s. senate. there's the music. there's the building. there's the pan up, the stars, and mitt romney will be heading to the u.s. senate as a freshman republican. imagine that? in montana, the tester race so many people curious about, they'll have to be curious for a bit longer.
that's the first destination the president will head to. what are you going to be watching for as he makes his way to montana? >> that tester race is actually, he's one of the less endangered red state democrats. he's a very solid kind of montana guy. he's very, very accessible to his constituents. he's got a challenger who's a little problematic, this guy matt rosendale. that has been one democrats are less worried about than some of the other red states. trump is going there and he's going to give it his all. it's where the university of montana, kind of the more liberal part of the state. i don't know why they chose that location, but it will provoke a lot of interesting protests in addition to one of the big mega crowds. >> it's a place he's been to a number of times already. let's go to mesa, arizona. he's friday's destination. >> that is arizona. that's jeff flake. he is resigning, stepping down from his senate seat. it's one that democrats very much think they have a chance to
was with them in texas. in the tester race and then the ted cruz race. both of those candidates were happy to have him out there. the crowd loved having him there. s ask who you are here for and it was kind of a split. a lot of them are like i'm here for don junior. matt rosendale said he was ecstatic to have don junior there. when you're looking at can i get the trump base turn up, they think that's what is going to be the magic formula. sure democrats are energized and we can get them out as long as trump can come out here. matt said something like that. take a look. >> what do you think of having donald trump jr. out here? >> it's fabulous to have support from the white house, from the president, from the son. it's really been great. it brings energy.
jack kingston is a cnn political commentator and brent is a former democratic aide. gentlemen, welcome back. jack, do you believe the president knows something that could end jon tester's career? >> knowing the president you don't know what that means. it might mean he did vote against repeal of daca, the tax cuts and reopening the government, things like that. or maybe there is something more. i frankly think a lot of that is just rhetoric. >> because this is not a president who has been, i guess, praised for exercising restraint in this arena. if he knew it, he'd say it, right? >> probably so. i think what has now happened is that the tester race is one of the national races. montana, the president won by 20 points. up until now, really his opponents forte is a house member. zeke went to be a secretary of interior. and then fox dropped out or