Impact on the 2020 election. They also talk about how local communities address immigration and the immigration policies of the trump administration. And, what 2020 president ial candidates have the best plan to address immigration. This is about one hour. Here. Congresswoman, hi. Okay. There we go. Technical difficulties. Everyone. Rnoon, thank you so much for being here this afternoon. My name is laura lopez. Im a National Political and im for politico, thrilled to be here at the texas festival. Were going to have a great discussion this afternoon on politics, immigration, and the 2020 president ial election. Would love to welcome our panelists. Right here next to me is garcia, a an sylvia freshman democrat from texas. Her district is eastern houston. We have mayor ron of san ntonio, and our coexecutive director of the center for new ar democracy based in york city. For those of you joining us via live stream you can also follow twitter rsation on tribunestats19. Some of the stuffer
Steve joining us on newsmakers is jb poersch. He is the president of the Senate Majority pack. Thank you for joining us. J. B. thank you, steve. Steve let me begin with the Senate Republican leader up for reelection in kentucky. We have not seen him public in the last month because he fractured his shoulder as a result of a fall that took place in louisville at his home. What can we expect when he comes back and sizes up that race against mcgrath . J. B. i think when we come back in the senate, obviously the first focus is going to be this s the legislative session to follow a month of gun violence in several cities around the country. So i expect a serious conversation inside the enate. I think where we are with americans is that theres more of an expectation that somethings going to get done, and i think both caucuses are going to feel some pressure for some, not just overall result, cosmetic results, but they want to see something that goes toward gun violence and gun safety. Steve
What can we expect when he comes back and sizes up that race . J. B. i think when we come back in the senate, obviously the first focus is going to be this is the legislative session to follow a month of gun violence in several cities around the country. So i expect a serious conversation inside the senate. I think where we are with americans is that theres more of an expectation that somethings going to get done, and i think both caucuses are going to feel some pressure for some, not just overall result, cosmetic results, but they want to see something that goes toward gun violence and gun safety. Steve is amy mcgrath of the strongest candidate . J. B. i think shes a very strong candidate. I think she ran well. She fell short in a really tough district. She has a terrific story to tell about her time in the military. Right now, it seems shes the likely candidate to take on Mitch Mcconnell and theres a lot of enthusiasm for it. Shes obviously been raising strong money for it and shes g
In several cities and i expect serious conversation inside the senate. I think where we are with americans is that theres more of an expectation that something is going to get done and i think both caucuses will feel pressure for not just overall cosmetic results but something that goes toward gun safety. Host is she a strong candidate . Guest i think she ran well and fell short in a tough district and she has a terrific story about her time in the military. Right now it seems like that she is the likely candidate it take on Mitch Mcconnell and theres a lot of enthusiasm for her. Shes been raising strong money for it. Shes going to be a handful. Host are there lessons from 5 1 2 years ago and the campaign against senator mcconnell . Guest i think amy mcgrath will demonstrate discipline as a candidate and i expect but this is a race very much about Mitch Mcconnell in a state that donald trump won by 30. 5. Senator mcconnell is very unpopular and uniquely unpopular with his job unless in
Back and sizes up that race . J. B. i think when we come back in the senate, obviously the first focus is going to be this is the legislative session to follow a month of gun violence in several cities around the country. So i expect the station inside the senate. I think where we are with americans is that theres more of an expectation that somethings going to get done, and i think both caucuses are going to feel some pressure for some, not just overall result, cosmetic results, but they want to see something that goes toward gun violence and gun safety. Steve is amy mcgrath of the strongest candidate . J. B. i think shes a very strong candidate. I think she ran well. She fell short in a really tough district. She has a terrific story to tell about her time in the military. Right now, it seems shes the likely candidate to take on Mitch Mcconnell and theres a lot of enthusiasm for it. Shes obviously been raising strong need for it and shes going to be a handful for leader mcconnell. St