you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
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while the attack on the u.s. capitol was under way. january 5th, 2021 was the date of the runoff in georgia. it was while the capitol was under siege that the results came in showing the democratic candidates had won those georgia runoffs and the democrats had won control of the senate and chuck schumer would take over as the man in charge. that was the circumstance of how he learned last time. this time much better vibe. this time he learned it at a chinese restaurant while he was out to dinner with his wife on saturday night. on saturday with the win of democratic senator, senator schumer learned over fortune cookies, that against all odds, against history, the democrats would hold the senate and he would stay leader. with senator cortez masters win the night before, senator schumer also now maintains his perfect record of having every one of thinks democratic u.s.
runoffs and the democrats had won control of the senate and chuck schumer would take over as the man in charge. that was the circumstance of how he learned last time. this time much better vibe. this time he learned it at a chinese restaurant while he was out to dinner with his wife on saturday night. on saturday with the win of democratic senator, senator schumer learned over fortune cookies, that against all odds, against history, the democrats would hold the senate and he would stay leader. with senator cortez masters win the night before, senator schumer also now maintains his perfect record of having every one of thinks democratic u.s. senators reelected since he has been their majority leader. none of them have been ousted. the georgia run-off election this year will determine the size of senator schumer s majority but it will be his majority either way. joining us now live is senator chuck schumer. senator, thank you so much for making time to be here tonight, sir. congratulati