Trumpism Already Dying Out

ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD SPECIAL
ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE. HAVEN'T HAD A BIG ELECTION DAY
SINCE THE APOCALYPSE LAST. NOVEMBER, SO NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T
VOTED YET, PLEASE PAUSE THIS. VIDEO AND DO THAT, WE WILL BE
HERE WHEN YOU COME BACK.

IF YOU. HAVE ALREADY VOTED LET'S
CONTINUE, A LOT OF ELECTIONS ARE. GOING ON, BOTH FOR STATEWIDE
OFFICES, ALSO IMPORTANT BALLOT. MEASURES.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT ALL
OF THEM, THE BIG ONE EVERYONE IS. TALKING ABOUT IS THE VIRGINIA
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION WHERE YOU. HAVE RALPH NORTHAM, THE
DEMOCRAT, GOING AGAINST FORMER. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ED
GILLESPIE.

IF THREE YEARS AGO. YOU PROTECTED WHAT THAT RACE
WOULD LOOK LIKE, WITH THIS. LONG-TERM -- LONGTIME REPUBLICAN
INSIDER YOU WOULD ASSUME IT. WOULD BE A BORING AND BLAS RACE, BUT GILLESPIE HAS.

APPARENTLY BEEN DRINKING
WHATEVER TRUMP WAS DRINKING. DURING HIS ELECTION BECAUSE FOR
WHATEVER REASON THAT CAMPAIGN. HAS BEEN -- IT'S SANCTUARY
CITIES AND CONFEDERATE. MONUMENTS, GILLESPIE IS PITCHING
HIMSELF AS EFFECTIVELY A.

REPUBLICAN FOR THE ALT RIGHT IN
A LOT OF CASES. I KNOW THE POLLS. ORIGINALLY HAD NORTHAM UP
SIGNIFICANTLY, I BELIEVE HILLARY. CLINTON WON VIRGINIA BY FIVE
POINTS, NOW THE POLLS SHOW THAT.

IT'S WITHIN FIVE POINTS, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ONE
MAINLY AS A CONGRESSIONAL NERD. FOR REDISTRICTING REASONS,
BECAUSE ED GILLESPIE, HE WAS ONE. OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS THE
ARCHITECT OF PROJECT RED MAP, SO.

THEY AREN'T EVEN HIDING WHAT
THEY ARE DOING, THEY ARE JUST. REDISTRICTING SO REPUBLICANS
CAN'T LOSE. SO FOR HIM TO BE THE. GUY -- THE PROBLEM WITH VIRGINIA
IS THAT THEIR LEGISLATURE IS.

CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS, SO WE
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEMOCRAT. THERE TO VETO ANY SHENANIGANS,
AND IF GILLESPIE IS THE GUY THAT. VITO AIN'T COMING. THAT IS MY
BIGGEST CONCERN, AND EVEN THOUGH.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT NORTHAM BECAUSE HE'S. CENTRIST AND HE SAID SOME THINGS
ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES -- WE. HAVE CONCERNS -- BUT AT THIS
POINT WE HAVE TO DO THE LESSER. OF TWO EVILS.

SO I'M ROOTING FOR
THE DEMOCRAT HERE BECAUSE ED. GILLESPIE IS A BIG PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN READING UP ON HIM,
IT'S NOT A RACE I WAS FOLLOWING. CLOSELY UNTIL LIKE THE LAST WEEK
OR SO, I KNEW IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT WAS GOING ON, BUT YOU CAN
ONLY HOLD SO MANY THINGS IN YOUR. MIND SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT I'VE
BEEN READING UP ON HIM AND HE. SINCE BECOMING LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR HAS BEEN SORT OF -- I. GUESS HE'S BEEN READING THE
POLITICAL WINDS AND MOVING IN.

THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF
HIS RHETORIC ON THINGS LIKE. ABORTION RIGHTS AND A HOST OF
OTHER ISSUES FOR THE MOST PART, BUT WE WANT SOMEONE WHO WAS
STRONG BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT AND. IT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVE, NOT
NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE THEY. THINK IT'S POLITICALLY
EXPEDIENT.

AS YOU ALLUDED TO. THERE IS THE SANCTUARY CITIES
ISSUE, THAT HAS BEEN COMING UP. THROUGHOUT THIS RACE, GILLESPIE
SAYING HE WANTS TO, AS GOVERNOR, BAN SANCTUARY CITIES, WHICH IS
URGENT BECAUSE VIRGINIA. CURRENTLY HAS ZERO SANCTUARY
CITIES.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING. ABOUT, YOU ASS? BUT HE WANTS TO
BAN THEM, HE KEPT BRINGING IT. UP, AND NORTHAM WAS SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST IT, SAYING THAT WE HAVE. TO HAVE RESPECT AND ALSO
PROTECTIONS FOR VARIOUS PEOPLE.

WHO COULD THEORETICALLY BE
ABUSED BY THE STATE, AND THEN AS. THE ATTACKS GO ON HE GETS WORN
DOWN, THE POLLS START TO TIGHTEN. UP, THEN HE STARTS IMPLYING THAT
HE MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO. SOMETHING ABOUT SANCTUARY
CITIES.

IN THE SHORT TERM I. GUESS THERE IS NO HARM SINCE
THERE AREN'T ANY, BUT THERE ARE. INCLUSIVE CITIES WHICH DON'T
TECHNICALLY HAVE THE INTERNAL. CAPACITY TO BREAK STATE LAW IN
THE WAY THANKS WAY CITIES DO, BUT THEY HAVE THE SORT OF
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL -- HOPEFULLY.

AS GOVERNOR HE WOULDN'T GO
AGAINST THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS. IS EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBLICANS
IN 2017 WANT YOU TO DO, THEY. WANT YOU TO TAKE A RACE THAT HAS
CONSEQUENCES FOR REDISTRICTING.

AND A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND FOCUS
ON THESE BULLSHIT -- NOT THAT. IT'S BULLSHIT TO HAVE SANCTUARY
CITIES, BUT THEY LITERALLY DON'T. HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW, AND HE
WANTS YOU TO TALK ABOUT. CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND ALL
THAT.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING. TO SEE WHO WINS BECAUSE IF
SOMEHOW LUSBY WINS BY A COUPLE. POINTS AND IT TURNS OUT HE'S
BEATING THE POLLS WITH THIS SORT. OF NEW APPROACH, THAT DOESN'T
LOOK GOOD FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR.

TWO. IT'S FRUSTRATING TO WATCH
STUFF LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S. LIKE, DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THE
BAIT. THIS IS A NONISSUE IN.

VIRGINIA. IF WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, FINE, IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT. IN
VIRGINIA, WHY IS THIS AN ISSUE? HE'S TAKING THE BAIT AND GOING
FURTHER TO THE RIGHT AND SET OF. FURTHER TO THE LEFT, HE'S
APPEALING TO THE REPUBLICANS' BASE, NOT HIS OWN.

THAT'S THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR YOU. BEST CASE SCENARIO, I GUESS,
THE DEMOCRAT WINS AND BECOMES. GOVERNOR, AND THEN THE
LEGISLATURE VOTES TO STRIP HIM. OF ALL HIS POWER LIKE THEY DID
IN NORTH CAROLINA.

WOW, WE HAVE. A GREAT SYSTEM IN AMERICA. BUT
AS WE SAID HE HAS A SLIGHT LEAD. RIGHT NOW, GILLESPIE -- ALTHOUGH
HIS TACTICS HAVE BEEN MIMICKING.

TRUMP IN SEVERAL WAYS, HE HAS
NOT NECESSARILY BEEN TRYING TO. TIE HIMSELF TO TRUMP
SPECIFICALLY, MAY BE BECAUSE. TRUMP IS AT LIKE 34% APPROVAL
RATING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT TRUMP HAS BEEN TWEETING
ABOUT GILLESPIE AND NORTHAM. AND ALL THAT QUITE A BIT.

WHICH WORKS GREAT FOR LUTHER
STRANGE. YES, WE WILL SEE IF THAT HAS
ANY EFFECT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE. ONLY GOVERNORS RACE GOING ON. NOT FAR AWAY WE HAVE NEW JERSEY, WHERE WE MIGHT AT LONG LAST BE
SEEING THE BACKSIDE OF CHRIS.

CHRISTIE. I SHOULD WORD THAT
DIFFERENTLY -- WE'VE BEEN. DEALING WITH HIM FOR A LONG
TIME, I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT HE. WAS POLLED AS THE LEAST POPULAR
GOVERNOR SINCE THEY HAD BEGUN.

PULLING THE POPULARITY OF
GOVERNORS, HE WAS IN THE LOW. TEENS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
NOW WE HAVE DEMOCRAT PHILIP. MURPHY VERSUS REPUBLICAN KIM
GUADAGNO, THERE HAS BEEN. CONSISTENTLY A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD
FOR THE DEMOCRAT IN THIS CASE, WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT.

THAT SOUNDS SAFER. HOPEFULLY THE BRIDGES WILL BE
A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND THE BEACHES. THIS IS A RACE THAT
THEORETICALLY, AND NOBODY IS.

PERFECT, WE COULD FIND REASONS
TO BE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT EFFECT. THIS GUY MIGHT HAVE, BUT HERE
YOU HAVE A FAIRLY STRONG BLUE. STATE, MANY OF THE EFFORTS THEY
HAVE MADE TO PAST LIBERAL PIECES. OF LEGISLATION HAVE BEEN VETOED
BY CHRIS CHRISTIE, WITH MURPHY.

IN PLACE YOU MIGHT HAVE PROGRESS
ON THESE ISSUES. MURPHY SUPPORTS. LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, IS
PROPOSING A TAX HIKE ON RICH. INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS
INSIDE OF NEW JERSEY, LET'S SEE, PROMISE TO EXTEND STATE-LEVEL
PROTECTIONS TO UNDOCUMENTED.

IMMIGRANTS, WHICH WOULD BE A
SWITCH FROM CHRISTIE, AND AGAIN. HE IS GOING TO SIGN BILLS, HE
HAS PLEDGED TO SIGN BILLS, THAT. CHRISTIE HAS PREVIOUSLY VETOED,
ONE OF WHICH IS A RAISE FOR THE. MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 PER HOUR.

IT'S A GRADUAL THING WHICH IS. NOT OPTIMAL BUT IT CERTAINLY
WILL BE NICE FOR PEOPLE LIVING. IN NEW JERSEY, AND THAT IS A
CHANGE YOU CAN GET IF MURPHY. DOES WIN THERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING
TO LOOK FORWARD TO, I GUESS. LET'S SEE, WE ALSO HAVE DE
BLASIO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS. QUESTIONING HOW THAT'S GOING TO
GO DOWN TO NEW YORK, THAT WILL. BE ASSURED BY TONIGHT, THEN WE
HAVE A COUPLE OF BALLOT.

INITIATIVES WORTH COVERING. ONE
IS IN MAINE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT. MAINE A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS
HOUR, THAT'S A BALLOT INITIATIVE. THAT WOULD EXPAND MEDICAID
COVERAGE TO 70,000 LOW INCOME.

RESIDENTS IN MAINE. AND BY THE
WAY THERE HAS BEEN THIS CAMPAIGN. AGAINST THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE
SAYING THIS WOULD COST TOO MUCH, THE STATE CAN'T AFFORD TO EXTEND
MEDICAID TO THESE LOW INCOME. INDIVIDUALS -- THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PICKING UP.

90% OF THE TAB. THINK ABOUT THE
GOOD THAT CAN BE DONE INSIDE OF. MAINE IF IT'S GET PASSED AT
ALMOST NO COST TO MAINE, THAT'S. SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO, AND
BEAR IN MIND THERE HAS BEEN.

ATTEMPTED MEDICAID EXPANSION
FIVE TIMES IN MAINE THAT WAS. VETOED EVERY TIME BY THE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, PAUL. LEPAGE. AFTER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
MAINE NEVER DID THE MEDICAID.

EXPANSION, THIS WOULD BE THEIR
FIRST TIME? THIS IS A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF
MEDICAID EXPANSION, THIS ASPECT. HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN MULTIPLE
TIMES. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THE. GENERAL CAMPAIGN GOT BUT THIS IS
ONE REPUBLICANS IN THAT STATE.

HAVE BEEN DEAD SET AGAINST, FIVE
VETOES, THAT'S A LOT OF EFFORT. TO STOP PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE FROM. GETTING IT. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE ARE VOTING, IT'S.

DIFFICULT TO SAY, POLLS WON'T
CLOSE I THINK UNTIL THE END OF. THIS HOUR SO WE WON'T KNOW, BUT
I HAVE READ A COUPLE REPORTS. THAT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IS THAT
IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THERE. APPEARS TO BE LESS VOTING THAN
THERE WAS THE LAST TIME AROUND.

IN VIRGINIA. UH-OH. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A
DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 3% IN THE. POLLS, A CHANGE IN TURNOUT IS
SIGNIFICANT.

BUT I KNOW A LOT OF. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS, A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO. SAY A LOT ABOUT WHERE THE
COUNTRY IS AT AND WHERE IT'S. GOING BASED ON THESE RESULTS, I
DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE THAT.

EVER IS, BUT THIS IS A
SIGNIFICANT VOTING DAY AFTER A. LOT OF SMALLER SPECIAL
ELECTIONS. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS
TOMORROW..