>> laura: good evening, i'm laura ingraham on "the ingraham angle." joe manchin announced he would not seek reelection in west virginia. joe manchin saw the writing on the wall, he was going to lose and lose big. >> i made one of the toughest decisions of my life, i will not run for reelection in the united states senate. i will be traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is interest in creating movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. >> laura: the truth is, over time, voters saw through joe manchin's mask. he couldn't play good old boy in virginia and buddy up to schumer in d.c. democrats had grown tired of him. >> he has not been a reliable ally to the white house or democrats, i don't know if they shift strategy that we real democrats can play. >> he's been more reliable than a republican would be, though. >> better than to not have the seat at all. that is money that can go elsewhere. >> laura: joe manchin's exit is a huge problem for democrats, who only hold the senate 51-49. to keep majority have to defend seats in montana, ohio, arizona, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. plus they need to keep the white house because kamala is the tiebreaker in 50/50 senate. if democrats falter in one of those, they must replace one by a gop-held seat. which are those? rick scott in florida, ted cruz in texas? good luck with that. emotion of last five days, democrats went from feeling dread about horrible poll numbers to jubilation for winning in kentucky. with the joe manchin development, they are back to dread again. >> this cannot be overstated what a dramatic blow to democratic chances of hanging on to the senate. if john tester or brown in ohio were to lose, that is the ball game. nevermind battleground states, like michigan or nevada, huge mroe to chuck schumer math in ep cooing the majority. >> laura: on the national stage, think of reason thorn liz cheney after she got trounced in wyoming and refused to rule out a white house run. now where is she? >> i will spend the next year between now and the election certainly helping to elect serious people, helping to elect same people. we could find ourselves in a given situation attempting to question the results of the election, we don't want a situation where the election is thrown into the house of representatives and donald trump has any chance prevailing. >> laura: blah, blah, blah, dangerous, the anti-trumpers can split between joe manchin and could hand over to a republican, they will never do it. no labels, no win. to the gop 2024 prospects. the media's favorite republican, that is the focus of tonight's "angle." >> everybody wants to move away from ukraine, they will want to move away from israel a year from now. america can never be so airgant thinking we do not need friends. now is the time to get partnership. i stooded on the simon bridge and watched those freeing socialism and begging for freedom >> laura: one conclusion is -- the media wants nikki haley. most reporters agree nikki haley had the best night. in a tweet, nikki haley ascension in the 2024 primary was hard to ignore. and high praise at "new york times," too, saying haley won all three debates and let's not forget msnbc, they are in about as much love as they can be with a republican whose last night is not bush, cheney, adam kinzinger or romney. >> nikki haley was having a good night, had a couple good debates in a row. >> the determination is strength that needs to go up against foreign adversaries like putin. >> laura: nice to get good press, i get that. politically thshg is suicide for nikki haley, there is no future in the republican party for someone endorsed by politico and the "new york times." nikki haley can be a media hero or a leader in the gop, she cannot be both. if nikki haley wants to win gop support, she has to explain how she is not the second coming of the bushes and cheneys, but it appears she is, otherwise the media would not be rallying for her. the point is she is pro-war, could she win over trump voters? hard to see how she could do that. one idea is to travel to a battleground state and pick a fight over a cause that makes the media mad, how about that? it's my view after last night, as in every debate, ron desantis emerges strongest. he has experience as a chief executive, along with populous message that voters aline with. >> i will stop the invasion cold, deport people who came illegally, full-spectrum approach to fend china off, economic decoupling and their role in our culture, if we ignore that, we're not going to be able to win the fight. >> laura: only one you can see as presidential material that would make good decisions if trump stumbles, but there is no sign that is happening and that is the angle. joining me is mollie hemingway and. who is biggest winner last night? >> mollie: same as it has been, which is donald trump who succeeds by not showing up. i agree, ron desantis had the best answers, understanding the policy best. not surprising so many in the media claim it was nikki haley. >> laura: what do you think? >> i think mollie is right, the debate is for runner-up. what is the point of continuing the charade? trump is 50 points above everybody on the stage except desantis, nobody comes close to him. he is what the primary voters want and the other candidate need to -- >> i think vivek ramaswamy had a good night. he is coming on the show. >> mollie: he doesn't have a political background, the previous nominee was an outsider and it was fresh and exciting. >> also the only one aligned with gop primary voters when it comes to foreign policy. 62% of republican voters do not want to continue sending dollars to ukraine. everybody except ron desantis supports the blank check. no more. >> laura: trump, ramaswamy and desantis, when you add up their support, it is 84%. but they are the fringe. they are the fringe. >> not really debate where they want to be going. debate among media, they wish republican party could return to the pre-15 era. they had burden of pushing their wars, which are politically toxic and unpopular. they liked when the republican party was carrying that. they don't like the party has thrown that off and embracing a populous message. >> laura: nikki haley, "new york times," msnbc, i don't think i saw one major media outlet who didn't say she won that debate last night. she had emotional exchanges, i will ask vivek about them later. they are emphatic. if haley is the nominee, they can run the same campaign they ran against mccain and romney successfully. >> they see her as a person they can control, if she's in the white house, she's establishment through and through. the weird tweet and comment she made to ramaswamy about how her heels are ammunition, i'm trying to figure out what thatten moos? >> laura: i missed that. >> will she chunk it at ramaswamy? it was cringe, to use gen-z slang. >> laura: i missed that. nbc is pushing idea no labels party will actually stop trump. >> two winners are nikki haley and chris christie, my real question is to no labels. two people on the stage right now could challenge donald trump with all your dollars behind them, what exactly are you doing? >> laura: mollie, there is rumor of this no labels group drafting romney and joe manchin to run together. that to me is -- it is one of the funniest things i've heard next to the stilettos comment. >> there is investment in having the winner not be president and he's polling well in the primary and match up against biden, people are willing to do all sorts of things. i don't know the logic there. not a lot of people are hungering for joe manchin and fewer for romney. >> laura: do they remember about romney in 2012, he was thurston howell iii and he was mean to his dog. we love ronald reagan, what do they do to the candidate? >> they love those who are no threat to them or establishment. >> it is democratic-nesia. i think the claim no labels will help biden instead of hurting him is same claim people make about r.f.k. jr., he will hurt trump more than biden. it's not true. trump has been shoring up support among the gop primary base for months and biden cannot each hold on to california voters. he's losing support. a third-party bid will hurt biden. >> laura: most ridiculous idea ever, do you joe manchin will throw his hat in? >> he indicated he wanted to today. there is money invested in this third-party run. main thing stopping it, polling shows it hurts biden. >> laura: great to see both of you. love him or hate him, one candidate created the most news, in moments vivek ramaswamy is here with his thoughts and yes, that includes his infamous dust-up with nikki haley, stay with us. shipstation saves us so much time it makes it really easy and seamless pick an order print everything you need slap the label on ito the box and it's ready to go our cost for shipping, were cut in half just like that go to shipstation/tv and get 2 months free c'mon, we're right there. c'mon baby. it's the only we need. go, go, go, go! ah! touchdown baby! -touchdown! are your neighbors watching the same game? 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(engine accelerating) (texting clicks) (tires squeal) (glass shattering) (loose gravel clanking) >> do you think the democrats would actually hire greg gut >> you think democrats would hire greg gutfeld to host a democrat? this is about you and the media and the corrupt media assignment. the trump russia hoax you pushed on the network for years, was that real or hillary clinton made-up disinformation? answer the question, go. >> several people on the stage are auditions for their next tv contract and vivek is one of those. >> ramaswamy is a symptom of something else. the weakness of the rest of them. in old times, he would be gone because he was a clown. >> the problem is, he's so annoying. >> laura: i think the media is starting to warm up to him. joining us now is vivek ramaswamy. vivek, they are after you. vivek, for people who missed it, this was the moment that sent everyone into the stratosphere. >> she made fun of me for using tiktok when her own daughter was itting it. >> leave my daughter's name out of your voice. >> laura: could you have made that point without invoking her daughter? >> look, the point is not a criticism of her daughter, it was criticism of nikki haley, i'm also on tiktok. the point i made we as republican primary voters and leaders need to reach the next generation. the fact is nikki haley often talks about new generation of leadership. problem is, she's on the wrong side of that generational divide with lack of self-awareness, criticizing other people for not looking after their kids or family for use of tiktok when that is a gaping hole that does bear mention. i don't want to hear nikki haley get on her high horse, she uses talking points with respect to hunter biden all the time. if you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. if you can dish it, be willing to take it, that is what i say, it is presidential contest, if you want to sit across the table from xi jinping, you better be ready. >> laura: she called you scum, it was uncomfortable for people to watch. i get your point, but new national poll came out who watched the debate and found you came off more negatively than most. your reaction to that? >> i was criticizing everybody 360 degrees on the stage, i want accountability for the rnc. i called for what we require, new leadership at rnc. ronna mcdaniel took over in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, loss or losing expectation, is that a positive fact? it's not. the underlying reality is not positive. it requires accountability. same with respect to nbc news or other candidate on the stage. when we require making actual observation where the underlying truth is negative, i will not sugar-coat it. >> laura: ronna mcdaniel responded to your comment. he's at 4%, he needs a headline. our headline should be about joe biden. i will stand by my record as rnc chair. rnc doesn't do state races, we are federal, we weren't involved on tuesday. i know vivek is newer to the party, he voted for obama and may not know that. somebody came after me last time. >> laura: she's been elected four times, vivek, what is your response? >> i find that out-right lying, i never voted for obama in my life. for a chair to be saying that is malpractice, as it was malpractice as the press reported last night, she is cheering and booing against me in middle of a debate. as chair of rnc saying they won't give me another penny of money, it is not her money and that is the way the people in this party thought about this for a long time, they think it belongs to them, it doesn't, it belongs to the actual base we are supposed to serve. when you have managerial class, swamp that lost its way so badly longing to go back to old erra of establishment, quasi ku corruption, we require next generation. that is required to revive the republican party and revive this country and if you look at debate stage last night, good example of the moderator selection to comments she made after that prove my point. >> laura: national review editorial board establishment outfit accused you are pandering to populous of your party and claim all you want is future media gig. do you want a future media gig, vivek? >> i don't. what i want is to revive this country. fact of the matter is, that is long-winded way of saying that i am giving the gop primary voters and people of this country what they actually want rather than dick cheney 2.0 crawling all over the debate stage last night. we are fighting foreign wars in places like ukraine that have not advanced american interest and i don't want to see iraq 2.0 and add to national debt and people my age sent to die in wars that did not advance the american interest. >> laura: if your view is so popular, why don't you think you are doing better in the polls? >> i think there are two solid america first candidates, that is donald trump and myself. voters face a choice in donald trump's case they get somebody tried and true, he was a good president and doing well in the polls. i have something he doesn't, i have fresh legs and i'm young, it will take someone in this generation to revive the pride. i'm new. we will be successful heading to the iowa caucus. i will speak the truth and be unconstrained about it. rather than poll-tested slogans to solve for what establishment media want me to say. doesn't work that way with me, that is what our base want. >> laura: with three-inch heel comments, i hope no halloween picture from years ago of you in heels, that would send everybody into orbit. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. representing prestigious organizations caught riding with hamas during the attack on october 7. what is going on here? 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