against in the fall. steve, thank you. charlie, i m struck as we look at the board, 68% of republicans notably voted for someone who is not named jd vance. what it does that tell you about this? what does this mean for west virginia, pennsylvania, georgia, where he endorsed candidates? a majority of voters did not vote for trump s candidate. as steve pointed out, more than 50% voted for jd vance or josh mandel. there s no question about it that this primary is just another indicator that the gop is donald trump s party. it s also i think it s interesting to take the focus off of trump and look at the electorate. it s not just donald trump s republican party, it s also marjorie taylor greene, matt gaetz. it s a republican party comfortable with a candidate
midterms. he s never been able to transfer his support to democrats. he lost in 2010. he lost in 2014. i don t think he s doing any good taking the focus off of trump. dana: adrian, your thoughts. i m going to completely disagree with alex. you heard a message of unity. dana: i m sorry to cut you off. we have president trump from the south lawn. an incredible number. we also have a wage increase of 3.1%. like a perfect increase. the country s doing i think maybe you could say better than it s ever done. we have a lot of new companies moving into united states. that s where we re letting people in. we re letting them in based on merit. we need workers. we need people to come in. at 3.7%, which was also
trump. he s number eight or nine right now. does that mean, jeffrey, that everyone needs to go after trump? no. it means they don t right, right. i mean, look what s happened to rand paul. where is rick perry on this stage? he isn t there, right? i mean, he s the one who called him a cancer on the republican party. you know, good-bye. so, i mean, i really think rand paul is painting himself in a bad situation here. he s not going to help himself at all. we also think about, you know, the very tricky group dynamics that they re all dealing with. i mean, if you study past debates, you remember when hillary good roughed up by all of the other candidates, you end up looking like the victim. that often can work to your benefit. right. you re likeable enough, hillary. yeah. i mean, that s one of the rules that these candidates are keeping in the back of their mind. they need to put their story out there and try to bring a little bit of the focus off of trump. so that s what wil