needs to get what he ultimately wants. joining me to discuss all of this is congressman greg meeks, democrat of new york. chair of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman wreaks, thank you for joining us tonight. let us get right into it. you colleague congressman hakeem jeffries is poised to succeed nancy pelosi asked house democratic leader after this week s leadership vote. jeffries has become the first black american to lead a congressional caucus, and as a fellow member of the new york state delegation, having worked with hakeem jeffries in the house for years. knowing him, i, mean you and i always talk about you and i and former government when we were the young guys in politics and civil rights, john louis and jesse jackson. we watched him come by. and had the same gap in age, about ten or 15 years.
a senate race. you know, i want to go back to georgia for a second because i know the other panel was talking about georgia and they played the ad from senator raphael warnock, but there was a different ad playing today and it was herschel walker with somebody georgia knows quite well. he is a legendary coach. here it is. he s not a, quote, politician. there is a need in this country. there is need in this state for somebody like her sschel walker. knowing him, the character that he has, he will make a great united states senator. so, scott, bring this home as to why you thought this was such an interesting message because warnock having a negative ad and walker with this one. it tells you how each strategist views the state of their campaigns.
really focus peoples attention on this. she has been elected as a judge, a race that flies under the radar, a senate race is different thing. but this is my home state, we ll see if it actually is the midterm country are not. i want to go back to georgia for a second. because the other panelist talking about george, and they played the ad for senator raphael warnock, but there s a different ad that was playing today. it was herschel walker with somebody georgia knows quite well. it s vince duly was a part of this, he s a legendary coach. here it is. he is not a cool politician. there is a need in this country in this state for somebody like herschel. knowing him, the character that he has, he will make a great united states senator. so scott, bring this home as to why you thought this was such an interesting message. you have warnock having a
negative ad, you have this one. warnock closing negative, and walker closing positive, tells me about how each strategist views estate of their campaigns. herschel walker has 50 plus million dollars of negative ads run against him largely on the issue of character so rolling out vince duly who is a revered figure in georgia to compel the, struck me as a smart idea. the fact that warnock went negative on abortion after being on this topic for a few weeks tells me they are nervous. he went negative on the scandal? i know but for the last several weeks of this, he s not wanted to touch. i want to point, out on all the national polling that is come out of it, a portion is abortion falling down the list for priorities. things going up, inflation economy. so the fact that warnock is fading on abortion is telling. i think about that in the idea of what is coming up, who goes where, and who goes what. i think if you thinking the
herschel walker had $50 plus million of negative ads run against him largely on the issue of character. rolling out vince duly to repel that struck me as a smart idea. the fact that warnock went negative on abortion after demuring on this topic for a few weeks tells me they re nervous. also he went negative on the scandal, right? i know. but for the last several days, weeks this has been rolling, he hasn t wanted to touch. in all the national polling that s come out, abortion falling down the list of priorities for voters. things going up, inflation, economy. the fact that he s closing on abortion at a time when it s fading i think is telling. think about that and the idea of what s coming up. i wonder if you are thinking the same thoughts that scott and i articulated earlier about the idea of what the ads and the timing of it is telling you about how the campaigns see