of chest thumping from president trump. that's to be expected. this has been an extraordinarily positive couple of days for him. the travel ban was upheld yesterday, and then today he has this tremendous gift in the vacancy on the court that he's going to be able to fill. and he described it as an opportunity for him. but he also tried to use it as a rallying cry for republican voters in the midterm elections. he said that the vacancy of kennedy on the court makes the supreme court and the battle for control of the senate the most important issue of our time. he went on a tear about heidi heitkamp who at one point was his favorite democrat in the senate. he brought her on the road last time he was in north dakota. but today he went after her on issue after issue after issue and warned his base voters that if yes let democrats take control of the senate, and if they have a say in who replaces