Rev. Al Sharpton reviews the days top political and humaninterest stories and interviews newsmakers from across the political spectrum. Might be shrinking a little bit, but that base is going to stay the same. The Republican Party hasnt changed. It remains free trade, doesnt like his tariffs, remains very solidly behind brett kavanaugh, they like neil gorsuch, they like the military buildup, they love 4 gdp. If the president were not dragged down by the scandals and the russian investigation, 55 , the generic ballot right now is 7 if you look, about 5 of them, but it is about 7 , i dont think there is a blue wave, i think that Heidi Heitkamp will lose in north dakota. I think that joe manchin will lose in west virginia, joe donnelly in indiana will lose, bill nelson will lose in florida. I think the republican to pick up four or five seats in the senate and theyre going to hold the house because you do not have outside of the core msnbc audience, outside of your core support, al, there
governor s race this year, there is a senate race, state legislature races. shouldn t the stand your ground law be prosecute of what the citizens in florida raise to each of the candidates to take a stand, given what happened to trayvon and the acquittal of zimmerman on using stand your ground really as a basis for what he did, given what now has happened to marquis, shouldn t that be a central test for every candidate in the state of florida? should we be saying that next week when we re in clear water? absolutely, reverend. and don t forget cory jones and palm beach who you preached the eulogy because the police officer raise stand your ground in that case. it is a critical issue, especially to people of color because when they kill our young people, they re saying stand your ground. there have been exonerated, they have been not held accountable.