bellwether or a race where frank crowley didn t pay attention to voters and the demographics shifted? i think part of that is correct. the demographics shifted in the district. that is now a majority minority district, crowley representing a district 68% nonwhite. he s a white male. that was going to be a problem heading into the primary. i do think there are lessons we can take and apply them more nationally. like what? number one, it s the year of the woman. two, the democratic party is younger, 18 to 29-year-olds and want power they want more progressive politics. the democratic party is becoming much more l. over 50% of democratic voters now identify as liberal according to gallup. and more than that, they are looking for a voice that perhaps is more independent from the establishment. democrats now identify more as independents than they have pretty much at any point recently. what s this to say about the leadership for the democrats at this point? i mean, you have a big
by an upstart socialist. democratic leadership scrambling for a way forward. hours after the president s travel ballpark ban travel ban was upheld, a new legal batt on immigration. a judge says all families separated at the southern border have to be reunified fast. and peter strzok will face lawmakers. behind closed doors with the house judiciary committee. welcome back to early start, everyone. good morning, i m christine mans. i m dave briggs. 4:31. did crowley get cantered? is this a bellwether? that is what happening in the republican party? the biggest upset so far. ten-term incumbent frank crowley ousted in the primary by democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez. the 28-year-old latina trouncing crowley in her first political campaign. congressman crowley is the fourth ranked democrat on the house leadership. two democratic lawmakers said
many voters voting against frank crowley i think is a big story no matter what. in utah, all but the senator from that state, he won that handily, that primary. what is what kind of a leader is he going to be if he makes it into which everyone assume he ll make it into the senate? i think he ll certainly be someone more anti-trump than most republicans. he ll still vote with trump a number of times, especially on issues they agree with. keep in mind, utah is a state that mitt romney won by 50% points in 2012. donald trump only won it by about 20 points in 2016. if there s one state in the nation where you can be an anti-trump republican or at least give him a kick in the butt sometimes, it s definitely utah. a very gracious tweet, though, from president trump about mitt romney and his family. so clearly they are aligned for the moment. it was a good night for president trump overall, wasn t it? it was. south carolina runoff, mcmaster, the current governor, trump endorsed hi
said he will keep his word backing her in the general election. we have a great opportunity this fall in november to win back the house. although i and we will! i may have sacrificed a little early in that cause, i m committed to that end. president trump clearly paying attention to the race, tweeting overnight, wow, big trump hater, congressman frank crowley, who many suspected would take nancy pelosi s place, lost his primary election, in other words, he s out. that s a big one nobody saw happening. perhaps we should have been nicer and more respectful to his president. joining us, senior writer and analyst harry enten. i will not ask you to analyze the tweet i wanted to. part of it was right, no one saw coming. the other part that part was correct. tip o neill did say all politics is local. is this a national bel nation