Does not work now . Right. Does not work now. Never worked then either. Historically, midterms and polls have shown that people want a check on the president , not a blank check on the president. All right. Thank you all very much. And that is obviously a big Special Election matters across this country. So please stay with us with our special coverage of the Ohio Special Election. It continues now with ac 360. And good evening. Thanks for joining us. It is once again Election Night in america, or at least in five states with some key races that could take the temperature of the electorate three months before the mid terms there are primaries in kansas, michigan, missouri, and washington and in ohio a special Congressional Election in that states 12th District for a seat the republicans have held for decades, but could, could be up for grabs tonight. The president has injected himself into this race, visiting the district on saturday, appearing on stage with republican Troy Balderson.
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Wild card . Why . He picked his pal, kris kobach, over the partys choice, who has a slim lead in polls over kobach even though trump is backing him. The proposition is this. Could trump put this governors seat in play by picking the controversial kobach . Youll remember him of gu dayzy voter fraud fame. Remember that commission to find fraud that found none . Thats him. Trump remembers the loyalty. The gop would like to forget he exists. Its also a crucial test for the other side. Democratic centrists are fighting the growing progressive wing for the future of the party. Then theres something im calling the x growth factor. What can democrats do to peel off trump voters . What do i mean by trump voters . Voters who are disaffected and who picked trump for being an antipolitician. What can they do for that . Lets get after all of this right now with chief National Correspondent john king monitoring it
and welcome back to the cnn/ new york times democratic presidential debate live from otterbein university in westerville, ohio. i want to turn to foreign policy. president trump ordered the withdrawal of all american forces from northern syria, abandoning america s long-time kurdish allies. as a result turkey has now invaded syria. isis detainees have escaped. and the kurds have announced a new deal with the government of damascus, a victory for syrian dictator bashar al assad and russia and iran. vice president biden, we know you would not have withdrawn troops from northern syria in this way. but that is already in process. so would you send american troops back into northern syria to prevent an isis resurgence and protect our kurdish allies? i would not have withdrawn the troops and i would not have withdrawn the additional 1,000 troops in iraq which are in retreat now, being fired on by assad s people. and the president of the united states saying if those isis
looming over all of it, the impeachment inquiry and president donald trump. this president is turning the moral leadership of this country into a dumpster fire. as a former prosecutor, i know a confession when i see it, and he did it in plain sight. every candidate here is more decent, more coherent, and more patriotic than the criminal in the house. msnbc s live coverage of decision 2020 starts right now. welcome to msnbc s special post-debate coverage. i m joy reid, and tonight a dozen democratic candidates, the largest field assembled on a single stage so far, met at otterbein university in westerville, ohio, just north of
your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything except this. you are making republican talking points right now in this room. saying this is a rules problem is ignoring the reality that americans see around us every single day. sometimes i think that senator warren is more focused on being punitive or pitting some part of the country against the other. i d like to ask senator warren if she would join me in calling for an end to this regime change war in syria finally. when i called on twitter to suspend donald trump s account, that you did not agree, and i would urge you to join me. so that was something new. tonight s venue was an important one for the democrats. ohio, as you may know, has given us eight u.s. presidents, and they ve helped elect a ton more. tonight s venue was the campus of otterbein university in westerville, ohio. tonight chris hayes is in the spin room for us. he ll be talking to all the candidates as they come in and walk through. joining u