candidate. pete: still a win. ted cruz carries the night. are you happy president outcomes last night. i am happy. but first i want to say hi, ainsley. pete: they do love you here, ainsley. ainsley: tell them hello. i m glad people have my point of view cruz followers and he was able to be victorious. pete: you heard nancy pelosi s speech last night do you think there is any chance they find sanity next two years. pleasantly diverse. handled herself well and looked like she wanted to go on both sides of the fence. i was happy with the voice that she was putting out last night. pete: all right. we will see if they can deliver. ainsley says hello back to you. in her wonderfully southern drawl, she loves you, too. we will be here in texas all morning. ainsley: thank you so much. brian: was scary for ted cruz for while. republican incumbent going against a very charismatic candidate. however, ted cruz, a lot of people never forgave him for his diss on president trump.
at comcast, it s my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i m in product development at comcast. we re working to make things simple, easy and awesome. this election was a battle of ideas. it was a contest for who we are and what we believe. the people of texas rendered a verdict that we want a future with more jobs and more security and more freedom. [cheers] ed: ted cruz keeping his senate seat in texas fighting off hollywood-backed beto o rourke. brian: i want to if we could bring in pete hegseth he is getting reaction in the eye of the storm in texas fort worth at the old south pancake house. pete, everyone is wondering,
so congratulations, sir. well, thank you. ed: all right. good luck. brian: he has a second career now. special operator to politician. ed: democrats promised they would investigate the president if they won the house. what happens now if they have won the majority? they have gavels. they will run the committees. get into his tax returns? we will get into it. ainsley: what are saying about election results? steve and pete having breakfast with friends. one is in missouri and one in texas. we will check in with them coming up next. thank all hoosiers for giving me a resounding victory. putting your faith in me. and i will not let you down. i promise that. [cheers] we have a rare opportunity, i think, to really make things happen in d.c. and i can t wait to be a part of it.
in florida, rick scott who hasn t led in any polls beats florida democrat bill nelson who has been there forever. they thought andrew gillum would drag bill nelson over the line. ainsley: scott was the governor. they were two very well known names on that ballot. ed: scott kept saying his internal polls had him up by a point. in texas, ted cruz keeps his senate seat, all out assault, fighting off hollywood-backed beto o rourke. really remarkable race. ainsley: had so much money in his pocket. brian: question is beto o rourke the beginning of texas changing back blue or is he just a unique candidate and ted cruz. ed: on social media the left was electrified even by beto o rourke s farewell speech which many on the left sees a the beginning of 2020 presidential campaign. he loses the senate race but maybe keeps going. ainsley: there are a lot of californians that have moved to texas.
brian: dan, the other thing is, the one thing i think you did effectively is establish a third rail. if you are going to make funnel of people, go ahead. when you make fun of people, make them the butt of jokes. and i know you guys get on each other and you say you guys are sarcastic and biting to each other in the locker room atmosphere. the third vale veterans wounds. don t you think you effectively push back on that for other veterans that came out of war, maybe physically different than when they went in? yeah. and it was the fine line i had to walk. because, what i would not be a victim about it i would not be offended about it but i had to also point out that it was still very offensive and there are many, many other veterans just like me who don t feel as though their wounds might be the subject of bad jokes and poor taste to an hysterically laughing audience. that s what we wanted to do. ainsley: you had a very close senate race there ted cruz pulled it out in texas. and the