portray him as a lacky for minority leader nancy pelosi, they spent weeks, if not months, accusing him of being a closeted liberal and following nancy pelosi. now he has morphed into a donald trump republican. the talking points are convoluted they make no sense. he wasn't a liberal. he was a center left candidate. he opposed an assault weapons band but that doesn't put him totally outside the democratic main stream. he was a fairly conventional candidate who told a good story but if we're being honest benefitted from a backlash across the country to trump-ism. it's taking place in traditionally red districts, certainly taking place in flip districts.