raffensperger in georgia so it s really interesting. didn t christie on another show? said he won t for joe biden. you write about the toxic i m going to connect the dots because i do think they are connected. you talk about the toxic climate and distrust in the congress, in the house more than any, and a lot of pro-trump republicans are constantly in the face of democrats, and the insurrection, january 6th is a lot of this. democrats are still mad that republicans supported the big lie, even after people stormed the capitol building that day. this is a little piece of your reporting, chip roy, republican congressman of texas. asked if he was including in the insurrection in the things that people needed to let roll, roy said, people here have to get thicker skin about representing the people and doing their job and not making everything personal on the floor of the house, so chip roy thinks that democrats should just let it go. and it s really painful for some members. i talke
contrary for jeff van drew among the democratic voters in his district. they are not going to be pleased with him. he is going to have to survive a republican primary there and then try to win in the general election. that may be difficult for him to do. the story is still unwritten for him. how vulnerable are these democrats in those 31 districts that we talked about that trump won in 2016? that s a great question. we tend to lump them together, of course, because they are swing districts. but not all of these districts are alike. if you are talking about sherry bustos in illinois, for instance, that district is safely within her grasp. little less safe for somebody like kendra horn in oklahoma city or joe cunningham in south carolina. that was true with or without impeachment. i think it s important to remember that president trump campaigned before the midterm elections in 2018 telling voters that if they voted for a democratic member of congress in those districts that they mig
but the main messaging and the narrative and the overarching article that they are discussing now on abuse of power, that is very much in play and very much formulat formulated. these other debates are still taking place. i believe the speaker wants to show that she is taking in all input from all different members. but they are also very, very concerned about having this stray very much beyond ukraine. and, therefore, as to abuse of power right now, it really is just ukraine. and you can see that also in a polling memo, chris, that went out this past week from sherry bustos, who is in charge of the house democrats re-election efforts. and they actually pulled this already in battleground districts. in 57 battleground districts, a majority of individuals they found believed this. they believe that it is either and i m going to read to you the exact language very or totally convincing that
trump is quote abusing his authority and that lawmakers need to quote uphold the rule of law. therefore, even in that memo, abuse of power, again, is the very first bullet in terms of the talking points that have been distributed to the entire democratic caucus. so let me make sure i understand this because if they if the idea is that they re looking at this polling and and people agree with the basic premise. and nancy pelosi has been incredibly consistent on this, right? she has said from the beginning we have to keep this clear, sharp, and focused. it has to be a case that we can make simply and clearly to the american people. well, i understand the polling that sherry bustos did, there s another new yonew york times sienna college survey that looked at six key battle ground states. in arizona, florida, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin support the impeachment inquiry. 50 to 45% but at the same time,
different answers from, yes, we are in the midst of an impeachment investigation, to no, we re not, to, i m not quite sure. well, folks, in politics, messaging is everything. and after last night s special election in north carolina, democrats faced difficult questions heading into 2020 about the core of their message from impeachment to guns to health care, you name it. joining me is one of the democrats in charge of this messaging issue and one that s at the top of the campaign arm of the democratic the house democrats, sherry bustos, democrat from illinois, chair of the democratic national campaign committee, and joins me now. congresswoman, good to see you. good to see you, chuck. let me start with what tomorrow s news is going to be, and i know that you could say we ve been pretty cynical about this, but i m going to be cynical about this. i do not understand what what they re voting on tomorrow. and it is bizarre to me that they re voting on rules for something that they