attendee, the far-right election denier was in the capital on election day, he got a push from some less radical concerns about his viability in the general, where he faces the relatively popular pennsylvania attorney general josh bureau. a democrat who could benefit from mastriano s extremism. here at midnight on the east coast, we can also tell you the state s republican senate primary remains too close to call, mehmet oz is basically tied with dave mccormick, while the super mega candidate is trailing in third kathy barnette. the number two official in that state john fetterman defeating connor, lamb fetterman is not giving a traditional victory speech tonight, we won t have that for you, because he s currently recovering from a stroke in the hospital, he s expected to make a full recovery. then there is a call on a giant upset, allows for republican madison cawthorn, now you may have, heard as you see right here on your screen, officially a one term or. losing his sea
know pennsylvania pretty well, having spent a lot of time there. suddenly now is going to use this culture war litmus test, as the guidepost for who they are going to support. mastriano is setting up a pretty dificult campaign, not just for him, but for other republicans who are going to be running down ballot as well. and that may have some impact on how those other races play out. and then, while i have, you i want to turn to madison cawthorn, who is one of the most well-known freshman members of congress but won t be anything other than a freshman member, losing tonight in a primary, incomes don t typically lose their primaries, people know that in north carolina. how do you interpret this quick rise and fall? from a very controversial far-right republican? a couple of things. one, i recall the tweet that he put out in may of 2021 in which
useful for president putin because it makes him a strong man. and then when it comes to a potential for an invasion, plainly russia has to act like it prepares to evade. now whether or not president putin intends to invade or making that decision, i don t think you can judge that based on what he s doing on that border. western european governments have no choice but to respond in kind and act as if russia may do it and may intend to do it and give a tough response to that. again, it s always and dificult to read moscow. right now we have to be careful to not take the positive message from president putin today if you would like as a sign that things may improve.