when is a win not a win? and the left got like the results. when the left doesn t like the results. then the spinning begins. republican debbie lesko won a special election for congress in arizona last night but we were told it s really bad news for the president. tremendous shift in a essentially republican land. when he put the numbers together, just not good for them. if that were translated across the country, the democrats would easily win the house. members of congress, there are a lot of canaries in this coal mine. serious consideration that they may lose the united states senate as well. not only is there a way but republicans are running for the hills at this point. laura: running for the hills? joined me now to analyze the analysts are former secret service agent dan bongino in florida.
i think there s you re right. i think one of the reasons is that they move ahead quickly on bold initiatives without adequately aring either their consequences or the legal foundation for it. then they re forced to be held accountable for actions that if they had proceeded a little more carefully they might have first of all not taken at all and second if they were going to do it, they would have actually done the analysis of the homework instead, they rushed ahead without it. the white house is usually one of the most lawyered places on the planet. i am struck by how underlawyered everything coming out of that white house seems. i think that s right. in some ways it s a lawyer s nightmare because the lawyers come in to clean up after the people, the political people take actions that are indefensible. joseph sellers, joshua matz and farhana, thank you. why the republican victory in arizona last night should have the republicans worried.
on the planet. i am struck by how underlawyered everything coming out of that white house seems. i think that s right. in some ways it s a lawyer s nightmare because the lawyers come in to clean up after the people, the political people take actions that are indefensible. joseph sellers, joshua matz and farhana, thank you. why the republican victory in arizona last night should have the republicans worried. and some new knew chen family photos in tonight s thing 1, thing 2 next. shrimp fans - this one s for you. it s red lobster s new create your own shrimp trios. pick 3 of 9 craveable creations for just $15.99. you can enjoy the classics you love, along with new creations like savory crab-topped shrimp, decadent parmesan truffle shrimp scampi, and creamy shrimp and lobster pasta. your perfect shrimp plate is just waiting to be discovered. but shrimp trios won t last, so get to red lobster today. and get your red lobster fix with our weekday lunch starting at $7.99.
they question mike pompeo there is something broken in the system. that this isn t just about president trump but it is about political politics of the worst kind. i think it is something that needs to be fixed and i think it certainly one of the reasons that president trump was elected was because they wanted to see him drain the swamp and hopefully he can have greater impact on that over the next couple years. bill: we re pushed for time. macron may interrupt us. one more topic. the vote in arizona last night. the republican won by single digits. the final count was six points. the same district president trump won by 21 points in 2016. why was the race now so close? no offense to this candidate. she is not donald trump. that was a different election. i don t think you can compare those two. i think the big story here is a republican won. it doesn t matter whether you win by 25 points or 2 points. a win is a win and she will be in congress and the democrat not. i think there is p
as a development that interrupts a trend that democrats have been seizing on to say. they re in a big heap of trouble. might be, but this race seems to fly in the face of that. let s get the read on all of this with the conservative millennial blogger. we have michael starr hopkins, a democratic strategist. gabby, we begin with you and your talk on the size of this win. a win is a win. democrats are quick to say yeah, but the president won this by double digits, 20 points. but it did disrupt what was a trend of disappointing showings on the part of a number of republicans. is that enough to stave off a november fall of the house? you know, this is an isolated race in arizona last night. i talked to a white house source earlier this morning to ask them whether they felt re-assured seeing the gop victory. to be honest, they were candidate. this is a district that trump