envelope did that affect the voting in alabama? i think it made a huge difference. this kind of thing resonates with women. when you look at women across alabama or in any corner of the united states, we have all been in a situation where a man didn t treat us right and we know that feeling and we know how it feels to not be believed. we showed up and said we are not going to tolerate it. it helps that looking across the country women were beginning to be believed in all corners of america. they felt confident coming out here in alabama where we don t have a lot of room to wiggle here. we women came out and said no more. we deserve better than this. that s a giant chorus and will be. amy from minnesota, thank you for joining us. you are a big national democrat and one of the leaders of your party. what does it mean to you? the sun is going to be shining tomorrow morning because the people of alabama have
he made it competitive before the pedophile stuff came out. it s the same reason donald trump could not have won without hillary clinton. the me too movement played a strong role. they were winners as well. do you think doug jones can survive as a senator? not if he votes like a democrat. he can keep the d registration, but he has to prove to alabamians that he is going to act like their values. joe is different. you remember joe is a governor and people got to know him personally and he has a tough reelection. i know he does. he has been voting with democrats. he has been voting with democrats this whole time. i disagree, but that s fair enough. or you disagree with me. that s fine. thank you. up next, after tonight s victory in alabama, what does it mean for the democratic party going forward and how good are things
senate seat even by a small margin suggests what could be coming in 2018. even with roy moore being a horrible candidate. don t forget, donald trump struck out twice in alabama. once in the primary and then in the general election. it suggests to me and think to a lot of people that he is not going have a lot of pull in 2018. what pull he has in competitive states will be negative for the republicans. thank you for saying that. the women pro choice single women in northern virginia, we know that story and i have grown up with it around washington. pro choice democratic women vote democrat because they are pro choice. i want to talk about the african-american vote which is apparently half of the winner s vote was african-american. was it the sense i get when people are african-american not just in the sense of the commentary. this guy is demotining us as
when was it red? 1964 was the last time a democrat carried it until obama. i m talking about just in the state. am i missing something? no, not. let me finish. i thought roy moore would win by a little bit. most people did. white women and african-americans said no dice and they made the difference. this me too thing is bigger than anybody thinks. the black belt, if you will. you look at the map, there is it s a younger african-american. a big percentage. younger progressive women and young african-americans, more educated. more centrist. that s what happened. here s what i think about steve bannon. we know he can t win and we are starting to get sure he can t
him face-to-face. sale yates. like with hillary like he is looming over her. who would turn around and say what the hell are you doing? i m waiting for that candidate. thank you. we ll be right back with more on this special big time upset in alabama. democrat doug jones is the apparent winner in alabama. he looks like the real winner, not just the apparent one. the face looks real. we ll be right back.