around student loans. that also was very popular with voters. there was a lot of question about whether or not they would be able to keep sort of the anti-trump coalition together. african american voters, latino voters, young voters, asian voters and college-educated voters as well. they were able to do that. they were able to meet voters where they live with key issues, whether it was abortion, whether it was student loans. there s any number of issues. we should give democrats some credit. they ran a smart race. also, i think by really doubling down on the incumbents, there was this idea maybe they should reach into other senate races. they really spent a lot of money on these key senate races and it turns out they were right to do that. yeah. that s right. they were smart go ahead, gloria. you know, to get back to your question is it going to be different this time for republicans, having reached the fourth fork in the road, i think now it is about self-preservation. yo
the general public, and i ll be honest with you, i really don t understand why the republicans aren t jumping on this bill, because it really is it is paid for, it reduces the deficit, it will help make a real dent in inflation, it is good for seniors. these are things we should have done years ago. in fact, the first bill i introduced when i came to the senate was to have medicare negotiate for drug prices. that was ten years ago. so i m really glad that that s in the bill. i think it is a big deal. so, senator king, but, that republican opposition, whether it is by reflex or simply tradition is very pronounced and your colleague senator lindsey gram sent out a tweet storm last night, essentially threatening democrats saying a word of advice to those who support this reconciliation deal, do you expect to see a political payoff with 60 votes, you may want to rethink, if there is something that can t be done in reconciliation, if i were you, i would get it up front, stay tuned. that
in the ohio primary. he is doing well in west virginia. did either of the candidates have a geographical advantage since it s a new district? mckinley does in the sense if you go back to the old districts, mooney s district is like this. there were three. they cut it to two. mooney s district had this part. this part, about 60%, of the new district, was in mckinley s old district. he has won those votes before. remember, trump especially, he won every county in west virginia. the endorsement helps even if this part here, mooney is running for the first time. more on the audiotape of lindsey gram ham on president trump. we will be right back. a cfp®l can help you build a complete financial plan.
power in the capitol while this mob went through. lindsey gram is speaking up against the mob. and he was being mobbed by supporters of trump s as he left the airport were left angry at him. how quickly all these dominos felt president trump soon to be ex president trump calling him back to heal and now he has a stronger grip of the republican party than he did then. it s kind of amazing to watch. you saw ten republicans who voted in the house for him to be impeached and those republicans have been completely ostricized by the party. liz cheney who s the opponent, she s part of the back benchers who are standing isolated by the
senator joe manchin who indicated he could very well support this biden nominee. let s listen. i m going to give the president s nominee, whoever that may be, a fair look and not predict on today when we don t even know who the nominee is. whoever he puts up will have experience and we ll be able to judge him off of that. as far as just philosophical beliefs, no, that does not prohibit me from supporting somebody. we have to wait to see who that nominee is. but ketanji brown jackson got the support of lindsey gram, lisa murkowski and susan collins. and to another contender on the district court 11 years ago was it was by voice vote. she had unanimous support. of course she s from south