IT'S HARD TO PREDICT BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHO IS GOING TO SHOW
UP ON SPECIAL ELECTION DAY.
EBONI: THANK YOU MOLLY.
LELAND: AND HEARD EVERYWHERE ON
THE WORLDWIDE WEB, QUITE A
JUXTAPOSITION, THE PRESIDENT HAS
GOT TO HEAD BACK THERE TO TRY TO
SAVE A RACE THAT'S NECK AND
NECK, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I'M LIVID THAT WE EVEN HAVE
TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A
SPECIAL ELECTION.
LELAND: YOU SEEM QUITE JOVIAL,
IF YOU'RE TRULY LIVID, I WILL
ADD.
I LIKE THE DISPOSITION OF A
LIVID CHRIS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I'M--
WELL, I'VE GOTTEN OVER IT AND
SAYING IT NOW FIGURATIVELY
SPEAKING NOW, I GUESS.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE HERE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE HERE, BUT YOU'VE
GOT A DOPEY CONGRESSMAN NAMED
TIM MURPHY, A PRO-LIFE GUY WHO
GOT CAUGHT COUNSELLING HIS
GIRLFRIEND TO HAVE AN ABORTION.
AND BECAUSE THAT DOPE LOST THE
SEAT AND POOR RICK SACCONE IS
GOING TO COME IN TRYING TO WIN A
DISTRICT, BY THE WAY I SHOULD
MENTION, HERE IS ANOTHER FUN
FACT.
THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
HAS JUST REDRAWN OUR
CONGRESSIONAL MAP.
SO, IN THEORY, BOTH OF THESE
MEN, WHOEVER WINS THIS THING
TUESDAY, ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS
SEAT FOR ALL OF MAYBE A FEW
MONTHS, AND THEN BY NOVEMBER,
LAMB, SHOULD HE WIN, HE'S NOT
EVEN INTO THE DISTRICT ANYMORE,
LELAND.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS SEAT.
IT SHOULD NEVER BE THIS WAY.
LELAND: AND PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE
OUR COUNTRY LOOK AT AMERICAN
POLITICS AND DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY.
WE SHOULD NOTE THE VIDEO WE HAD
UP EARLIER, NEITHER OF THOSE
PEOPLE WERE TIM MURPHY WHO YOU
CALLED A DOPE AND SAID IS TO
BLAME.
FOR ALL OF THIS THOUGH, THE
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE CASTING
THIS AS A REFERENDUM ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THIS
DISTRICT.
IS THAT FAIR OR DO WE NEED TO
DIG DEEPER?
>> WELL, NO, I MEAN, TIM, AGAIN
THAT GUY MURPHY, HE DIDN'T RUN
OPPOSED THE LAST TIME.
HE'S RUN AWAY WITH IT, AS MOLLY
SAID IN HER REPORT, TIME AND
AGAIN, REPUBLICAN, EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS A--
MOLLY DID MENTION A MAJORITY
DEMOCRAT DISTRICT.
THESE ARE WORKING CLASS
DEMOCRATS WHO DID TURN OUT FOR
TRUMP.
SO, WHAT HE DID THIS WEEK IN
TERMS OF THE TARIFFS FOR STEEL,
SACCONE ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO BE
AN EXPERT IN NORTH KOREAN
AFFAIRS, AS WELL AS
INTERMEDIATATION WITH NORTH
KOREA.
SO, I THINK THAT THOSE TWO
THINGS JUST LA THIS LAST WEEK,
PLUS THE TRUMP VISIT TODAY
SHOULD BE A REAL BOOST FOR
SACCONE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
TIGHT.
LELAND: MOLLY BROUGHT UP THE
ISSUE OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
STEEL WORKERS UNION AND SOME OF
THE OTHER BIG UNIONS OUT THERE.
THAT AT TIMES HAVE REALLY
PRAISED PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ORGANIZED LABOR DIDN'T TYPICALLY
RUN WITH THE REPUBLICANS.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY IN THERE IN
THIS DISTRICT?
>> WELL, THAT'S WHY THIS WEEK
WAS SO KEY, FRANKLY.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT NUTS ABOUT THE
TARIFFS, FRANKLY, BUT FOR
PENNSYLVANIA--
>> YOU HAVE TO THINK THE TIMING
IS BOTH, EITHER COINCIDENTAL OR
REALLY CONVENIENT.
>> YEAH, YOU HAD SOME GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED BURLY MEN IN
THERE, DID YOU SEE AT THAT
SIGNING CEREMONY, GUYS WITH HARD
HATS AND THE VESTS THAT CAME
FROM STEEL COUNTRY,
PENNSYLVANIANS.
THERE WAS SOME IMAGERY THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR THE
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR TUESDAY, I
THINK THAT TRUMP REALLY MINES
WHAT HE SIGNED, BUT IT GOES A
LONG WAY TO HELP SACCONE TUESDAY
FOR SURE.
LELAND: DID THEY TURN ANY OF
THAT TAPE AROUND?
IS ANY OF THAT TAPE FROM THE
TARIFF SIGNING BEING USED IN ADS
AND MAILERS, ONLINE YET?
>> OH, SURE.
THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE IS
DUMPING A TON OF MONEY IN
PENNSYLVANIA TO LET THIS
DISTRICT KNOW.
BUT AGAIN, I SHOULD REMIND YOU,
WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVIST, FAIRLY
NEWLY MINTED DEMOCRAT SUPREME
COURT IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT'S
DRAWN A NEW MAP THAT'S GOING TO
CUT--
SHOULD LAMB WIN, ITLE CUT LAMB
OUT AND SACCONE WILL HAVE TO RUN
AGAINST ANOTHER DEMOCRAT IN
ANOTHER DISTRICT BECAUSE OF
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM.
IT'S A HOT MESS, LELAND, THAT
DIDN'T NEED TO HAPPEN.
WERE IT NOT FOR THAT DOPE TIM
MURPHY.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT AGAIN.
LELAND: YOUR WORDS, NOT OURS.
NEXT TIME WE HAVE YOU ON, WE'LL
CATCH UP WITH YOU AHEAD OF TIME
TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU'RE GOING
TO CALL A DOPE SO WE CAN HAVE A
PICTURE OF HIM.