and john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania, though he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker just hours before the polls closed. we ll hear from his wife in a bit. meanwhile in north carolina, the first term congressman madison cawthorn has conceded after losing his primary to state senator chuck edwards. it is a major lrebuke of someon who was once seen as a rising star in the gop but whose political career saw scandal after scandal that put him on the outs with his own party. donald trump had pleaded with voterses to give cawthorn a second chance, but they chose a different path. meanwhile in idaho, republican governor brad little beat back a challenge from his own lieutenant governor whose tirades against covid restrictions had won her the endorsement of donald trump. and in pennsylvania, senate race is so close on the republican sid
what it looks like. and it says so much about what this race will look like going forward even though you saw president biden saying last night, he says it doesn t really matter which of the candidates is eventually the gop nominee because he thinks that they have all basically tried to outaabou outextreme each other in this primary. but let s talk about the governor race. mass triano securing the republican nomination that will pit him against josh shapiro, the attorney general in pennsylvania. and so much focus on not just what the race will mean. but i want to talk to you about mastriano, he has an interesting controversial history given of course his role in january 6, he was me at the stop the steal rally and what he has said about the role of what will happen if he does win and the role that he would play in future elections. yeah, i really think that mastriano versus josh shapiro will be the marquee race in the
there s a pennsylvania state senator who has been in the middle of this really since the election itself, trying to overthrow the results of the election. he went on a pilgrimage to arizona to review the sham audit there. hasn t wanted to talk to the press. our gary tuchman tracked down senator mass triano and had a really twilight conversation with him, and i want to play a little bit of it right now. listen. it s one thing you didn t mention. you know dozens of judges in courts around the country that ruled against the claims, and a lot h of them are trump appointed judges, maybe even in the supreme court. do you think the people are above the courts? this is a country of law. you know that donald trump expected the supreme court where do we derive the power, the government? we the people. we the people. above the courts. you guys you guys are