president trump who peaked in districts like a year and a half ago has been become an anchor on the party and guys like nunes, and others in 30, 40 districts are in real trouble. this has been coming. this isn t a freak thing like some specials out of no where, special pops. this was way deep in republican territory. after we had the trouble we had in the virginia governor race and after a lot of other special elections where we way underperformed. there is definitely a blue wave coming. we got to get ready for it and stop lying to ourselves about it was the candidate s bumper sticker. mike set me up for my next question about the blue wave coming. because in front of the cameras you hear paul ryan saying don t read too much into it. he ran as a republican. you are plugged into a lot of republicans. what are they really saying behind the scenes? they re saying get off the beach. the wave is coming. get out of here.
are these guys safe? well, no, like many republicans in swing seats, they re in a real tough environment. i mean, let s look at this pennsylvania 19 thing and couldn t step back. 18th. we couldn t carry a district that romney won and trump won a week after we passed steel tariffs for pittsburgh. the spin going around d.c. is we had a sad sack candidate. but that district is so good we ought to be alk to elect a box of hammers there. i m with mark. we have to be honest in the party what s going on. president trump who peaked in districts like a year and a half ago has been become an anchor on the party and guys like nunes, and others in 30, 40 districts are in real trouble. this has been coming. this isn t a freak thing like some specials out of no where, special pops.
and i mean, did you have any real warning? how quickly did you have to get out of the house? well, i didn t have any warning. i mean, i was sleeping. but and i had gotten out of the house as soon as i figured out what was going on, talked to the local firefighters and they said you should get out. and it was dark, so i couldn t really make an assessment. have you been able to go back in at all to get anything else? went back this afternoon and emptied the contents. you were able to empty some of the contents out. ed, i know this isn t a freak occurrence, your community has dealt with the threat of landslides before, is there a timetable on this? how do you know when it s done? well, that s a difficult question to answer. at this point, it s still an active slide. there s still some there s still some ground movement going on. we ve had a preliminary geotechnical assessment, but that process is going to continue tomorrow. and as you mentioned, this is an
i mean, it was just like something solid just hit. it didn t really shake the house. how close is your house now to the cliff? i d say a couple hundred feet. and i mean, did you have any real warning? how quickly did you have to get out of the house? well, i didn t have any warning. i mean, i was sleeping. but and i had gotten out of the house as soon as i figured out what was going on, talked to the local firefighters and they said you should get out. and it was i couldn t really make an assessment. have you been able to go back in at all to get anything else? went back this afternoon and emptied the contents. you were able to empty some of the contents out. ed, i know this isn t a freak occurrence, your community has dealt with this threat of landslides before. is there a timetable on this? how do you know when it s done? well, that s a difficult question to answer. at this point, it s still an active slide. there s still some there s still some ground movement
to the cliff? i d say a couple hundred feet. and i mean, did you have any real warning? how quickly did you have to get out of the house? well, i didn t have any warning. i mean, i was sleeping. but and i had gotten out of the house as soon as i figured out what was going on, talked to the local firefighters and they said you should get out. and it was i couldn t really make an assessment. have you been able to go back in at all to get anything else? went back this afternoon and emptied the contents. you were able to empty some of the contents out. ed, i know this isn t a freak occur rebs, your community has dealt with this threat of landslides before. is there a timetable on this? how do you know when it s done? well, that s a difficult question to answer. at this point, it s still an active slide. there s still some there s still some ground movement going on. we ve had a preliminary geo