we lost two governors races last night that democrats typically win in blue state. virginia is getting bluer and bluer. what s interesting with the virginia race is that ralph northam started running ads saying he would run to this position and moderated positions on sanctuary cities and gained traction in rural virginia. he actually moved the needle by saying i ll work with this president. bill: also this tweet from overseas. the president sent it out after the results. ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. don t forget republicans won four out of four house seats and the economy doing record numbers we ll continue to win bigger than before. what about that comment about embracing the 45th president? i travel the country. i ll be in iowa tonight. our base is for our president. the enthusiasm for the president is still strong. you are seeing it with the record rnc fundraising.
group of users. some users say 280 is too long and they should focus on shortness and brevity. 280 characters, sad is what i tweeted. sandra: you don t like this. bill: i m getting caught up twitter trained me for five years how to figure it out with brevity. it s what i prefer. sandra: i just decided what i ll do at the commercial break. write a 280 character tweet and put your handle on it. bill: it s a novel is what it is. good luck. sandra: breaking news on the u.s. relationship with cuba. what the u.s. government is changing regarding sanctions on that country. bill: also this keeps on going. the new bombshell accusations donna brazile comparing the clinton campaign to a cult. more on that in a moment. sandra: it s now been one year since real estate mogul donald trump shocked the world by becoming the nation s 45th president.
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sandra: celebrating twin victories in new jersey and virginia in the first major test of swing state politics under president trump. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. wednesday morning i m sandra smith. bill: i m bill hemmer. hump day here, on ward we go. good morning. shot in the arm for democrats. marking their first statewide wins during the trump administration. a year ago today donald trump won the election and last night ralph northam defeated ed gillespie for governor of virginia. murphy winning in new jersey as well. president trump said this. ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. don t forget republicans won four out of four house seats and with the economy doing record numbers we ll continue to win bigger than before, end tweet.
across the floor and hopefully a bill that we can put on the president s desk that will reduce the tax burden for middle income families in this country, that lowers rates, doubles the standard deduction. expands the child tax credit. those are all features that are agreed upon by both the house, senate and president that we think will make a difference in the lives of american families. sandra: the senate gop plan comes out tomorrow. what does that look like? well, it will be generally in some ways it will follow we have a unified framework, the house and senate and white house have agreed upon. there are obviously some differences in the way the senate will approach some of the issues. but i think by and large what you are talking about is a bill that s pro-growth. we re looking for economic growth. we want to get greater growth in the economy, creates better paying jobs, more take home pay for american workers. the analysis being done so far on the house bill is it will allow