respect. and i think we could use a lot more of that spirit in washington these days. a lot to talk about over the next two hours. let s go to our panel, jessica and mo, also shawn steele and ron brown. ron, to you first, with the big picture here and the implications for the coming m midter midterms. every special election, we say focus on the final margin, not who won. what does this say? this put a big you sharpie underline on everything that s been happening since donald trump s victory in 2016. on the one hand, there was an unmistakable move toward the democrats in this district. o connor won 65% of the vote
voice and be strong with regards to what this president is doing to reckon this nation. this just doesn t impact democrats. that impacts republicans throughout the country. kevin, congratulations on moving on. thank you, katy. have a wonderful day. after quick ea umeffect. how ityed at the polls in california and how it could play in november. bob shrum and shawn steele join me right here in huntington beach next. don t go anywhere. my grandma. - anncr: as you grow older, your brain naturally begiange which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great. when i can keep up - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain andm - dad s got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number-one-selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. - she outsmarts me every sing time. - checkmate!
a bunch of staff guys working for this guy knocked out a thing, probably over beers and pizza. it s become scripture. then the president acts like. they ve got to read it. that s the whole point. everybody here on the panel what did you learn? here s what i learned. i m a slightly paranoid libertarian. i don t trust big government. big government attached to big technology is a fearsome thing. i never liked the patriot act. i know better now why. they can spy on anybody in this room in any neighborhood at any time on the filmiest of reasons. give me a flimsy reason. you re advertising yourself as the russian contact for all the oligarchs. you go to the trump campaign and say i can get you to the door with all these people. isn t that guy worth watching what the russians are doing with him? but the underlying reason using the steele dossier was
real damage, long-term institutional damage to some of these crucial law enforcement and intelligence agencies. and that would have been unthinkable as a republican, it would have been unthinkable a few years ago. mr. steele, some of the knowledge is shared. most of us believe that the russians tried to mess with our elections that they wanted to try ruining the reputation of hillary clinton if they could and beat her. they didn t think they could beat her but hurt her a little bit. with some of these characters, i don t think they re serious people but carter page out there is a bit goofy. and paul manafort doesn t exactly seem on the level. and the trump kids and the in-laws all of them messing with the russians. i ve never seen so many russian contacts in my life. even sessions who obviously seems like a good old boy from the south, what s he hanging around with kislyak for? these guys are hanging around them. it reminds me of what was his name, the cold median talked