endorsed by donald trump, and on the other, dave mckinley, who was endorsed by some of the most powerful politicians in the state, including democrat joe manchin. mooney won quickly and easily, if we pull up the numbers here, you can see, 54.2% to mckinley s 35.6. and i will note that when we were on the ground the last couple of days, it became apparent that this was the likely outcome. trump s grip on this state is still incredibly noticeable. so that wasn t that surprising. but what was surprising was mooney s victory speech last night, when he went after joe manchin and went after him hard. take a listen. west virginians are still waiting for manchin s explanation as to why he voted to impeach donald trump twice. then he voted against confirming amy coney barrett amy coney barrett to the u.s. supreme court, but voted for biden s pick, ketanji brown jackson. how arrogant for joe manchin to think he can tell west virginians how to vote.
alert for you right now. more votes are coming in from the commonwealth of virginia and the competitive gubernatorial race there. let us look at what the voters have said so far. with about a third of the vote in, 33% of the vote in, republican glenn youngkin is up with 556,912 votes. he has 54.2% of the vote. roughly, 92,323 votes ahead of democrat terry mcauliffe. he has 45.1% of the vote. the votes are still coming in, though. it remains a very competitive race. there are still more than 2 million votes that we need to count. we are closing in on the next critical round of votes that could send a message to president biden and the nation about the political climate right now. voting is about to end in new jersey. home of the second marquee governor s race tonight. murphy is the democrat. he is the incumbent governor. he is seeking re-election to a second term against former-republican state lawmaker jack ciattarelli.
are going to pay for it the point is he can make the promise and sounds good. i agree it s disingenuous. not being honest about fiscal. brian: kamala harris lift the middle class act. tax credit for $3,000 for individuals and $6,000 per house. depending on income under $100,000 you get a tax credit at the end of the year whether you pay taxes or not, by the way. you will get the tax credit. again, it sounds nights, if you are a middle income family you love the idea of getting $6,000. the question is what do you have to give up? either more debt or the tax cuts we got that are growing our economy and putting people in jobs. steve: why are we seeing these things? bernie sanders was so effective last time. look at bernie sanders 2016 make tuition free university medicare for all and top tax rate 54.2%. bernie sanders owns the democratic party on economics. he has completely captured their imagination. he has no qualms about throwing out the most outlandish programs that can
back on track, the magic number 54.2%, that s the number of eligible voter who is voted in 2016. when i ran, and i m not you know, i didn t win, obviously, but when i ran with george bush, we had a 60.4% turnout. when barack obama was elected the first time, it was a 62.3% turnout. so the point i m making is, it s not the people who did vote that wound up effecting the outcome, it s the people who didn t vote. that s what is at stake in the next two months. you don t like what s happening now, you think we could have a better direction, you think you re not earning enough money, you need health care, we have got to elect leaders who will get the job done. next on gps, we will pivot
correction that could put us our country back on track is staring us in the face, the magic number is 54.2%. that s the number of eligible voters who voted in 2016. when i ran, and i m not you know, i didn t win, obviously, but when i ran with george bush, we had a 60.4% turnout. when barack obama was elected the first time, it was a 62.3% turnout. so the point i m making is, it s not the people who did vote that wound up affecting the outcome, it s the people who didn t vote. that s what is at stake in the next two months. you don t like what s happening now, you think we could have a better direction, you think you re not earning enough money, you need health care, we have organize around leaders who are prepared to go to washington and get the job done.