Somebody said, he punches you in the nose and then asks to negotiate. And you don't like it, because dealing with Vladimir Putin is never a pleasure. I mean, her crime was, what, a few ounces of marijuana, and his crime was arms dealing to people that kill - to people who kill Americans and others? So it's not an equal case.īut I think there's a fundamental rule that, if somebody has an American passport, you bring them home. Yes, I don't think anybody feels great about it. He spent all of his time talking about: Here's how I worked with senators from the other side to compromise to do things for Georgians.Īnd he wasn't afraid to do all of that while standing firmly on capital-D Democratic values, not running away from the fact that he was a Democrat or is a Democrat, and asking people, hey, give me your vote, give me a full term, and look at what I will be able to do.Īnd on the side of Herschel Walker - yes, Herschel Walker - it was a cynical ploy by Republicans to put up a Black man to run against a Black man who was woefully unqualified to be a member of the Senate, thinking that all they had to do was put up another Black man, and that would be enough to siphon off enough African American votes to help them get over the top.Īnd what we saw on - in the run-off is that that didn't pay off.

He ran a positive campaign, especially during the general election, when people were trying to get him to talk about the travails of Herschel Walker. He traveled all around the - all around the state to red districts, and just gave those voters the courtesy of at least asking for their vote, but at least: Listen to what I have to say. He didn't depend on Atlanta for - to get the votes. I want to keep talking about Senator - Senator Warnock, who - the race was maddeningly close, even on election night swinging back and forth.īut I do think Democrats were reasonably confident that he would eke it out, because he did travel. But if there's anybody who could do it, it's her.

So it's basically holding the hostage - party hostage. So, you have got to do for me what you do for Angus King in Maine, independent Maine, and Bernie Sanders or Vermont. I'm going to split the Democratic vote and you will get your Republican senator.

So she goes to the Democratic Party, the national Democratic Party, and say: I'm going to run independent. Basically, I think, if you want one calculation, could it be this? That she thought she has no chance against Ruben Gallego in a Democratic primary. I think, as Lisa mentioned earlier in the program, it affects 2024 for her race back home. So I think it'll be pretty much - with minor differences, pretty much the same. And she's going to still get her committee assignments. She was a - sometimes a vote and sometimes not a vote.

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