academy, and wouldn t you know, that s when they changed the law. i m amy mcgrath, and i love our country. i spent 20 years as a u.s. marine, flew 89 combat missions bombing al qaeda and the taliban. i was the first woman marine to fly in an f-18 in combat, and i got to land on aircraft carriers. now i m running for congress against andy barr in my home state of kentucky. he s mitch mcconnell s hand-picked from over a quarter million kentuckians. mr. barr, my mom is a polio survivor who became one of the first women to graduate from uk medical school. a lot of people told her she couldn t achieve her dreams either. but she persevered and ended up treating many of the same kinds of people whose health care you and mr. mcconnell would take away. this is my new mission, to take on a congress of career politicians who treat the people of kentucky like they re disposable. some are telling me a democrat can t win that battle in kentucky, that we can t take back our country for my kids and
like we had in iraq. we re at 60% disapproval in the gallup poll. carter never reached that. reagan never reached that. clinton never reached that. george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he s again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, the first female marine to fly an f-18 in combat is now running for congress, and she s running as a democrat. she will be our next guest. nick was born to move.
couldn t. then i got into the naval academy and wouldn t you know? that s when they changed the law. i m a.m. mcgrath and i love our country. i spent 20 years as a u.s. marine, spent 29 combat missions. i was the first woman marine to fly in an f. 18 in combat and i got to land on aircraft carriers. and joining us now is that congressional candidate and kentucky denial, amy mcgrath. thank you very much for joining us. my first question to you is you live in a red state, why do you think you have a good chance of winning? well, it s nice to be with you, indicate why i. i think i have a good chance of winning because i think people just want different candidates that come from all walks of life that really are just speaking to them. they want americans. they want americans that stand up and be leaders. they want them to tackle the issues of the day, and they just they re tired of standard politicians. and i m somebody that i ve served my country my entire
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carter never reached that. reagan never reached that. clinton never reached that. george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he s again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, the first female marine to fly an f-18 in combat is now running for congress, and she s running as a democrat. she will be our next guest. (burke) at farmers, we ve seen almost everything