murphy, a republican strategist who has advised both mitt romney and senator john mccain s presidential campaigns. he is also an msnbc and nbc news political analyst. david jolly, let me start with you. sure. picking up on that tweet from robert costa, trying to assess the president s political capital. what do you think the takeaway would be for those republicans? yeah, look, there are important celebrations going on in virginia and kentucky and congratulations to everyone who worked hard in those races, but nationally if you re not in one of those states and you re in the world we live in, all eyes tonight are on the united states senate. that is the story. and what we re seeing in terms of voter behavior is kind of a classic case of voter intensity versus coalition building. the republicans do very well in voter intensity. we know that. trump s voters, the trump base, they are intense. they are strongly supportive of the president. even in this impeachment matter. they don t w
tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn joins us to talk about a lot of things. the impeachment matter, the whistleblower and hearings. what she thinks of the president s defense so far and whether or not the process has been fair. the republicans have been able to focus on process. that s because they can t really defend the truth of the evidence that is being presented in these investigations. i have huge money saving news for veterans.
they re being told, i have not heard a damn thing about the first amendment or media groups litigating going to court, i don t see the media association jumping up and down, they are fine with it. why are they fine with it? i believe far too many people in the washington media have given up journalism and instead taken on the role of advocacy. they don t believe their job is to report on what is happening there trained to shape public opinion to be consistent with their world view. it s where you eat nothing but kale and quinoa were those of us who cling to our bibles and our guns in our fried foods in real america is looked down upon. imagine if the shoe was on the other foot. imagine if republicans were holding secret hearings on an impeachment matter, you would have the washington press out there lighting fires in bringing up the battery to get to the doors and find out what is going on but now they sit out there like pigeons waiting for adam schiff to throw them bird food and t
they re being told, i have not heard a damn thing about the first amendment or media groups litigating going to court, i don t see the media association jumping up and down, they are fine with it. why are they fine with it? i believe far too many people in the washington media have given up journalism and instead taken on the role of advocacy. they don t believe their job is to report on what is happening there trained to shape public opinion to be consistent with their world view. it s where you eat nothing but kale and quinoa were those of us who cling to our bibles and our guns in our fried foods in real america is looked down upon. imagine if the shoe was on the other foot. imagine if republicans were holding secret hearings on an impeachment matter, you would have the washington press out there lighting fires in bringing up the battery to get to the doors and find out what is going on but now they sit out there like pigeons waiting for adam schiff to throw them bird food and t
considered very important by people who vote democrat. same poll asking the same question of republican voters makes a different list. the economy is most important for republicans, followed by terrorism and immigration concerns. what you didn t see on either of those lists of most important issues, the impeachment inquiry. maybe not most important, but americans are sharply divided on whether they want it to happen. nbc and the wall street journal asked if the president should be impeached and removed and slightly more voters, nearly half, said yes, the president needs to go. president trump today laughing off those polls, all after them, saying only he has the real data about how americans view his possible impeachment. cnn s jeremy diamond is at the white house. jeremy, that s not from a tweet or an insider. the president told you that himself today. reporter: that s right. as you mentioned, this impeachment matter has been deeply divisive for americans.