L. A. Were covering a special election in the u. S. State of georgia. Donald trump is calling it a big win. But it has republicans nervous. Jon ossoff ran strong but fell short, and will now face republican carolina handel in a runoff june 20. Democrats put more than 8 million into his campaign. In a tweet to supporters he underscored the uphill battle he faced in a solidly republican district. There is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. We have defied the odds, we have shattered expectations. Considered a referendum on the trump presidency. Thats how democrats saw it. They were hoping it would be a predictor of how the midterm leakedzs might turn out. Democratic strategist and analysts good to have you all with us. For the president s part, he put that tweet out a short time ago, talking about, glad to have been of help. One would expect in the hours to come that hes going to be looking to double down on that and take the credit for how this turned out in georgia. Y
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