Of events, and there is nothing normal about this moment in the republican party. he is trying to make these deals with people who do not like him, and he does not like them. it s 49 or 50 days until this vote. that is a long time. i do not think the guys can make. it you know, mcconnell, he is running against rick scott who absolutely no one likes, who he is pointed out was an architect more than anyone else, he was in the senatorial committee. how did he do? i think mcconnell will win, it is ironic that mcconnell s entire career is about packing the court, lying about the supreme court nomination process, putting people up there who certainly deceives a public on the issue of abortion. that is why he is going to be the minority leader, more than anything else. but, i do not think that rick scott, he is just a weird guy, is going to beat mcconnell.
How did he do? i think mcconnell will win, it is ironic that mcconnell s entire career is about packing the court, lying about the supreme court nomination process, putting people up there who certainly deceives a public on the issue of abortion. that is why he is going to be the minority leader, more than anything else. but, i do not think that rick scott, he is just a weird guy, is going to beat mcconnell. rick scott, if you are watching, stewart does not think you have it. stuart stevens, thank you both. when we come back, the legal challenges for the nation s newest presidential candidate are getting worse by the day. but does any that matter? we are going to try to find out when the 11th hour continues. 1thour continues
Enough votes to beat mcconnell. it is worth noting that he is challenging mcconnell. he s never had a real challenger like this, so it speaks to the deep division within the republican party both on the way forward, how close they want to be to donald trump, how central he will play into their path moving forward, and the messaging, what the path is forward. before all of this, you know, scott and mcconnell in leadership they would show up, stand next to each other, but it began to become very clear they were on very different pages, scott pushing out hits owns agenda items, mcconnell not really following that at all. this has pill out into public view, but we do expect to know the results here very soon. kate? thank you so much. great to see you, jessica. donald trump has made it officials, filing the paperwork, publicly announcing he is
218 and make some deals. he was always expected to have to do deals with the house freedom caucus. with this margin likely to be so small, it really makes it all the harder. he s going to need the support from it. nearly every person he can get to get where he wants to go in terms of being speaker of the house. and i d also like to take us back to the senate for one second. i just came over from their policy lunch. they normally meet both parties on tuesdays. normally they ve been over for hours now. this is the republican policy lunch is now stretching into its second hour. it s going on much longer than it normally does. senator kevin cramer telling cnn it s largely about whether or not to delay the vote on their leadership which is slated to take place tomorrow. my colleague ma gnaw raju reporting that florida senator rick scot t has decided to challenge mitch mcconnell. it s really more of a protest he s doing. it s a long shot that scott would beat mcconnell. it is the first real
Defeat trumpism, because they know that it is not only bad for the republican party long term, it is also dangerous for the country. and so kudos to mcmullin for going out there and trying to build a coalition of utah s sue care about the truth and who understand how mike lee seems to have been intimately of involved in the process to try to overturn the january 6th, 2020 election. ultimately, he did do the right thing and certify the results, but boy, did our country pay a heavy price for the propagation of that lie. okay, i am out of time, but i must, must. asked trump said that he would take anyone over mitch mcconnell four republican senate leader. if republicans take the senate, do you think there is anybody who can beat mcconnell? let s remember, you might not like mitch mcconnell, might not be a great guys to hang out with, but he is hugely powerful. maniacal, strategic.