ed: president trump gets ready to veto that resolution against his national emergency declaration, some senate republicans who voted with the president taking some flack. josh crosshire writing the most significant political development even swing state republican senators on the 2020 ballot are pledging their allegiance to president trump. richard fowler, fox news contributor. good to see you. alex, why the change of heart for some republicans. tom tillis for example in north carolina. he was leaning towards bucking the president on this and then in the end, under political pressure, said okay, i m gonna support the president. look what s happening in colorado. denver post has an extraordinary op ed talking about republican senator corny gardner. quote, we endorsed senator gardner because we believe he d be a statesman. we see that was a mistake. consider this our resolution of disapproval. gardner has been too busy
the president is coming back monday night to hold one final campaign rally ahead of election day on tuesday. dana: that shows you how important missouri is. thank you, claudia. more on this with josh crosshire. claudia mentioned a number you think is quite important. i ll have you tell us why. this is the fox news poll last night. with president trump s approval rating in the battleground senate states all up. missouri, you think that s the most important member? president up 54% there. this is what president trump is betting on by doing this very very busy schedule in these red senate races that democrats hold by and large in the final week. missouri is an example that fox news poll tied race, 43, 43 between mccaskill and hawley. president trump s job approval is 54%. so president trump is hoping to transfer his popularity onto josh hawley. he s hoping a lot of these late
when it comes to texas, we got democrats thinking they ve got two big white whales. one is turning texas blue and the other is defeating ted cruz. they re like captain ahab. their dollars would be better spent in places like nevada or arizona, or even tennessee. certainly, the five states that they ve got really at risk, montana, indiana, west virginia, all potentially florida and ohio. they ve got plenty of places to spend that money but they re ahab and they re after the two big white whales. dana: i d like to imagine your head going through all the different states you have in your head. thank you. thank you, dana. dana: no room for error. that is how my next guest describes the challenge republicans are facing. he singled out five lawmakers saying their lack of preparation could cause the gop in november. let s bring in josh crosshire politics editor for the national journal. i saw this column this morning.
briefing. we ll take you there live. plus the path to a congressional majority could hinge on what republican members call winnable races. josh crosshire will tell us about the house gop slackers. dear foremothers,
st vulnerable members in the most competitive seats. they can t afford to protect members who are in districts where donald trump did very well. they can t afford to spend money in the republicans district. this is like playing a game of whack a mole. you think you re protecting some of the more vulnerable members and then you to worry about those who aren t doing their due diligence. dana: are there democrats who are in the same position? there are a handful. not quite as many. there s one guy cartwright in pennsylvania who is a democrat in a trump district who hasn t necessarily voted as conservatively as he should be voting. but look, when you have a blue wave, it tends to put more pressure on the republicans and not the democrats. dana: indeed. it s that kind of year. josh, thank you. thank you, dana. dana: we are minutes away from today s white house briefing. plus a pair of republican congress men facing off in the hoosier state hoping to claim a seat in the senate. wha