Congressman, the issues were all watching besides trump is issue of the confederate statues. 3 of 5 people in virginia including all races and genders were for keeping the statues the way they are, dont want changes, yet that was position of gillespie the republican. Position of the democratic candidate northam was get them all down. Thats how he started anyway. Says to me, voters said thats where i am on this issue, didnt vote on this issue. It was not the issue. But gillespie and trump. Gillespie didnt know who trump was in Northern Virginia but ran a Television Ad campaign that absolutely invoked worst of the trump campaign. Southerner . This time it didnt work. Catholic guy who grew up in new jersey running down there waving the flag of stonewall
a controversial president in byelection. Anybody with any problems with the government party, any problem they lay on you. Right . Absolutely right. You take all the hell with trumps name on it. And historically thats how virginia performs
legislature flip in an offyear election, and if that level of enthusiasm continue, that s where you have got some real problems. that s how the republicans build up their strength over the last 20 years. exactly. let me ask you about the decision by mr. gillespie. these decisions are not accidental or casual. you go out there to give a very difficult moment. it is very difficult to give a concession speech. and to do it without crying, without any kind of emotion. i don t want to show it. you want to show strength. and as he was composing his thoughts and emotions and his words, i m not going to mention the s.o.b. i mean, he said i m not going to say i want to thank the president for all his help. he didn t do that. and i don t think he ever really wanted to. pence came down there. gillespie was never really going to embrace donald trump. and i think, look. why? because he is an establishment figure? he is an establishment figure. and trump would have caused more trouble.
say this is not just donald trump. this is not his agenda failing. this is his agenda not being properly explained and properly and effectively passed. and i think you ll hear a lot of republicans put as much blame on mcconnell and ryan as they do trump tomorrow. really? really? i really do. i respectfully disagree. first of all, democrats only win virginia statewide by single digits. ralph northam tonight significantly outperformed that. he won by nine points. nobody called that. secondly, there is no getting around the fact that trump is toxic in a swing state like virginia. the reason for the magnitude of this loss is donald trump. democrats ran a good campaign. but donald trump helped every day of the week. yeah, but gillespie was not donald trump. in fact, he almost lost the primary that nobody thought he was even going to be competitive by somebody who was running as the trump person. my friend john brabender. tomorrow morning s newspapers all across the unto can. abs
richmond. that s where i m going to be. mayors can endorse presidents. i love doing this. i caught you, mayor. you don t want the say if you re for terry or not. he ll call you tomorrow. if terry mcauliffe runs for president, he has my endorsement without a doubt. well act, man who makes decisions on a dime. thank you, mayor of richmond. a great man. larry, what do you think of the united states coming next year? is in a lode star for 2018 politics? well, it s going to help democrats raise money. oh, yeah. it s going to help democrats recruit candidates. chris, what this legislative vote in virginia showed is democrats have to recruit candidates to run everywhere. you never know where you might win. incredibly, northam s coattails picked democrats from just 34 of 100 seats in the house of delegates to a 50-50 split. and they re going to be recounts. they might go over 50. the key there was having lots of candidates who could catch on to
progressive change all across this country and all across this world. virginia has told us to end the divisiveness that we will not condone hatred and bigotry. and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. what s interesting, john brabender and congressman is that the issues we re all watching, besides trump was this issue of the confederate statutes. three out of five people in virginia, and that includes all races obviously and genders and everything, was for keeping the statues the way they are. they don t want any changes. they don t want anything taken down. yet that was the position of gillespie, the republican, the position of the democratic candidate, northam was get them all down. thousand how he started. what that says to me, the voters, that s where i am on this issue. but did not vote on this issue. i think that s right. it does not a dispositive issue. but i do want to go back to gillespie and trump. gillespie didn t know who trump