washington. >> here in minnesota, we don't only welcome immigrants, we send them to washington. >> welcome back to am joy. to truly understand jus how big the blue wave was on tuesday, you have to know exactly what the democrats were up against, an economy, handed to donald trump on a silver platter by president barack obama that is at full employment, a brutal, senate map, a senate election map that heavily favored the republicans, with ten democrats up for reelection in states that trump won in 2016. heavily, heavily gerrymandered congressional districts that meant democrats needed to win the congressional popular vote by 7 points to sneak across the finish line and flip the house, and a president who was stumping for republicans by stoking racial resentment and fear of immigrants among white voters, the exact same message that got him elected in 2016. despite all of that, democrats took control of the house for