american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights, any time, anywhere, any place. texas democratic congressman and senate candidate o roq rourn a campaign moment that went rifle. jeremy founded battleground texas, an organization devoted to making politics competitive for democrats. that s the point, jeremy, it is not that o rourke might win a senate seat, which he might, but to a lot of democrats in texas, just being able to compete for a senate seat across texas many counties, and start to build an infrastructure is a big achievement. there hasn t been a texas democratic senator since the 80s. there hasn t been a statewide election of a democrat since the 90s. yeah. it s a state that it is a purple state, if not trending blue, if you took the population, not the electorate. what we have to see in 2018
that s a pretty good margin. he can go head to head with him and trump can insult him and say he fell asleep in his speech, whatever he wants to say. most americans are siding with obama. most americans, including large numbers of republicans on twitter today were nostalgic for president obama because as fdr said the presidency is preeminently a place of moral leadership. now the ex-presidency is that place for moral leadership. and the contrast between a president of impeccable character and proven good judgment, a former president of impeccable character and proven good judgment and a current president who is of the lowest character of anybody that s ever held the office is very striking and something that democrats can capitalize on. ben, how long has obama been waiting to make this speech? a long time.
known as b-dub feels its very american to take a knee. i can think of anything more american than to peacefully stand up and take a knee for your rights any time, any where, any place. so thank you very much for asking the question. do you have any response to ted cruz attacking what you said on the nfl? no. thank you. robert francis hurt himself with the ramblings on and on and on about there is nothing more american than taking a neechlt as a matter of fact, it looks like it might have helped him. who are these people? they re american. you know, we should be able to if you want to kneel, be able to kneel. and if you don t want to kneel, you want to stand up, go ahead and stand up. i got a list of questions. o rourke, do you really think you re going to win with your
check on this administration. his theory of the case is that you have to make that very, very broad appeal. you know, my theory of the case would be that you have to make the broad appeal. you have to make the narrow cast appeal to progressive. you have to make, you know, 1,000 points of light basically just to try to boost that turnout because that s what it s going to turn on. all right. the three of you, thank you. ben, stick around with me. thanks again for joining us on a friday. coming up, what happened to the republican party? that from president obama today as he squared off against the gop. more of the former president s return to politics after this. this is an insurance commercial. but let s be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance. which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i m highly likable. see, they know it s confusing. i literally have no idea what i m getting, dennis quaid. that s why they re making it simple, man i
a knee during the national anthem? the freedoms that we have were purchased not just by those in uniform, and they definitely were, but also by those who took their lives into their hands, riding the greyhound busses. the freedom riders in the deep south in the 1960s. i can think of nothing more american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights, any time, anywhere, any place. texas democratic congressman and senate candidate o rourke in a campaign moment that went viral. jeremy founded battleground texas, an organization devoted to making politics competitive for democrats. that s the point, jeremy, it is not that o rourke might win a senate seat, which he might, but to a lot of democrats in texas, just being able to compete for a senate seat across texas many counties, and start to build an infrastructure is a big achievement.