so shop now. arthel: president trump holding rally in north carolina towrnl to support republican state senator dan bishop, running in special election tuesday against democrat dan for a congressional seat open since january. race many are calling a barometer for 2020 and test of the president s polls with swing
is not over by any means. arthel: great to have governor ed, thank you. thanks, arthel, have a good sunday. arthel: you do too. eric: as for the president he s heading to north carolina tomorrow, rally ahead of special election there, some are wondering could the showdown in the tar hill state be to believe barometer for presidential election in 2020, we will take a look at that next as america s news headquarters rolls on for this sunday. who s dog is this? it s my special friend, antonio. his luxurious fur calms my nerves when i m worried about moving into our new apartment. why don t we just ask geico for help with renters insurance? i didn t know geico helps with renters insurance. yeah, and we could save a bunch too. antonio! fetch computer! antonio? i ll get it. get to know geico and see how much you could save
cetera, et cetera, so i don t think donald trump is going to be as easy to beat as it appears from the polls, i think we are making a big mistake if we think so as well. arthel: that s a good point as well, finally, governor, you talk about how president trump will demonize whoever that democratic candidate will be, it worked for him before, do you think people are up for that again this time, name calling and kind of pettiness actually? well, one, i think people are tired of it, i think people are exhausted, they don t want to hear anymore of it, so you re right, i think that s a key factor but two, in 2016 then president trump had no record of his own to run on so it was easy to deflect all of the attention on hillary clinton, now he has a record of his own to defend so it s not going to be as easy to deflect, he will go pretty hard and he s pretty good at it so democrats be ware, this election
scandal involving earlier election didn t involve dan bishop but mark harris in terms of absentee ballots and that hurt republicans somewhat and, you know, the charlotte area itself is actually doing pretty well, it s part of the sun belt growth and not one of those areas that generally is really hurting economically where the president has done particularly well. arthel: right, why has president trump made this election a referendum on his leadership, he won the district by 12 points in 2016, but still so hoch of a gamble is it for him to go big and hold a rally in fayetteville in north carolina in the eve of this election? it s a very gutsy mover, you have presidents going in, if they go in at all for a house race, they will go in and pretty sure they are going to win.
candidate, do you think beating president trump is going to be easy or will it be a tough fight for whoever that candidate will be. arthel, i don t think climate change is single issue, we ve got to run in whole different issues, like gun violence, climate change, economic disparities that are inflicting the country, health care, a ton of the issues and american people on almost every one line solidly on democratic positions, there s plenty to go and talk about during the campaign, well, president trump be easy to beat, no, everyone is looking at the polls should realize that the toughest election for a candidate to win, i ran in 17 elections, the toughest election for a candidate to win is against himself or herself, when you get an opponent it s easier and donald trump is going to try to demonize whoever the democratic nominee is, he s going to try to say that they are going to bring socialism to the country, et cetera, et