in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
who was also a strong election denier seem to have more support than his counterparts running statewide? well, you, know as you know, this was a little bit of a further down the ballot race. sometimes that happens, where you get some drop off voting. but in general, our elections in arizona are really, really tight. they are really close. we are a third republican, a third democrat, a third independent. these are closely fought elections. you know, at the end of the day, , though they are probably not going to called me landslide. we got it done. the people of arizona got it done. we talked about, when you are out here in arizona, american democracy ran through the state of arizona. and the people of arizona came through for the country. i really believe that. also, arizona and michigan and pennsylvania were canaries
i would say taking place in arizona right now. how are you feeling going into this recap? thanks for having me, ayman, it s great to be with you. we are really confident going into the recount. as you know, we are up by 510 votes. we feel good about it, we feel as though the people of arizona has spoken loud and clear against these election deniers, against these dangerous candidates up and down the bell in arizona, as you just talked about, people who quite frankly don t believe in democracy, and i think the people of arizona came through for the country, and american democracy ran through the state of arizona, so we feel good about it. obviously, we have every count coming up. we will go through that process, but for the most part, recount stone and up overturning elections, generally speaking, so we feel good about it but boy, it was so important that
i think the people of arizona came through for the country, and american democracy ran through the state of arizona, so we feel good about it. obviously, we have a re-count coming up. we will go through that process, but for the most part, recounts don t overturn elections, generally speaking, so we feel good about it but boy, it was so important that we win this election. you re beginning to see, as i was saying there, that this election denialism is beginning to percolate back again, and your opponent has not been shy about his view on the outcome of the 2020 election, which raises questions about what will happen now? do you believe he will accept the results of this recount? you know, i don t know, ayman, and you are right, it really boggles the mind some of the things that he has set on the campaign trail. he has numerous times said that the 2020 election was rigged.