Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elec
Connected to the pentagon, the former secretaries of defense, these are people that have channels for active officials there. this is three days before january 6th when some of the worst fears did come through. in fact, when you think about it now, when you look at this time line, and the fears of milley, the way i think to understand january 6th is that trump tried to use the mob to do what he ended up realizing he couldn t get the military to do, whatever efforts he made or didn t make trump ended up using that mob as his weapon to stay in power when he found no takers in the actual institutional u.s. military that is sworn to protect and defend the constitution. and so this is what that looked like. he was going to use whoever was down to help him steal power, and then the uniformed members of the u.s. military, he went to this, the next best thing, trump supporters wielding fists,
Been reliably red for three decades. but balderson s team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. and he s paid special thanks to president trump. i d like to thank president trump. america is on the right path, and we re going to keep it going that way. reporter: again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and it s a race that s soon to be repeated. both candidates will face each other again come november. jason carol reporting there. well, democrat danny o connor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at president trump. we made our case for change. we re going to make that case tomorrow. we re not stopping now. tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
Maybe a little. but that s all balderson really needed. when he endorsed balderson, and we ve seen this happen in several races across the country, there is a trump effect. he has a very loyal base. it s a majority of the republican party. when he endorses a candidate, wave seen it again and again and we saw it today in several states, it drives out the republican base, the conservative base that are loyal to trump they come out and they basically act upon his direction. in this case they voted as he suggested for mr. balderson. and would you say the ohio special election was a referendum on the trump presidency as some have suggested? not entirely, no. because the democrat didn t make trump an issue. he knew that it s a republican district and that trump is very popular in that district and voted for him by 11 points. so the democrat did not run on the issue of donald trump.
The point i just made, donald trump may claim credit he s reshaping american politics and has made the rules different, but he s not the only factor in play here. and indeed it is more possible the more donald trump says that the more it may galvanize people to come out and vote for the opponents in november. donald trump, let s face it, he intervened for a republican named roy moore in november and the republicans got tossed on their backside. we ll have to see whether he s a positive or negative for the gop in november. there s still nearly 8,500 absentee ballots and provisional ballots to be counted. do you think it could change things as they stand? i think this is right cnn is not calling this, but it is a task for o connor. he s got to have about a 25% margin amongst those absentee and provisional ballots to be able to overhaul the lead.