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>>> 7:00 HERE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. WE
NIGHT. WE ARE WITH 4@OUR 4@STATE HOUSE
INSIDERS.
INSIDERS.
INSIDERS. REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST DAVE
WILSON AND DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGIST ANTWON SEEGAN.
IT HAS BEEN 4@A WEEK SINCE THE
MIDTERMS.
MIDTERMS.
MIDTERMS. ALL OF THESE DAYS 4@LATER, LET'
GET REACTION.
GET REACTION. ANTWON, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
MIDTERMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> THANK YOU, JESUS.
ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
COUNTED SOUTH CAROLINA AS A
LOSS CAUSE 4@FOR THE DEMOCRATS,
WE PICKED UP 4@THE CONGRESSIONA
SEAT.
SEAT.
SEAT. WE
SEAT. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THERE.
AND NOT TO MENTION THE
CAMARADERIE AND THE STRENGTH
THAT WE BUILD AS4@ A PARTY GOIN
FORWARD. 4@
FORWARD. 4@ WE WERE ABLE TO FLIP THREE
STATE HOUSES FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE MAYBE THE 4@'90s AND 2,00
AND A NET GAIN IN THE STATE 4@
SENATE.
SENATE.
SENATE. THAT SAYS 4@A LOT.
I AM VERY PLEASED 4@ABOUT THE
INCREASED IN ENTHUSIASM
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT. WE HAD HISTORIC NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF THE TURNOUT AND EARLY
VOTING AND THAT IS A GOOD SIGN
FOR 4@4@HOW WE REBUILD THE PART
I'M PLEASED.
I'M PLEASED. >> JOE CUNNINGHAM DID WHAT
ANTWON 4@WAS GOING TO DO.
WE SAT HERE ON ELECTION NIGHT,
WAITING AND WAITING AND 4@WAITI
AND IT WAS THE FINAL RESULTS
COMING IN THAT WE HAD THE
DISCUS4@SION GOING, THIS IS TH4
ONE 4@THAT COULD TURN.
YOU HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT
TOOK PLACE AND NOT ONLY KATIE
ARRINGTON AND THAT WHOLE 4@TRUM
EFFECT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN
BECAUSE THE VOTERS IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE
TRANSPLANTED IN THAT AREA OF
THE STATE 4@AND THEY SEE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND THEY SEE POLITICS
DIFFERENTLY THAN YOUR
TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS.
TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS. >> WE HAVE 7 CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
UP UNTIL NOW ONLY ONE DISTRICT,
THE 6th ONE WITH A DEMOCRAT IN
OFFICE AND WE 4@HAVE TWO.
DO DEMOCRATS SEE 4@A DOOR
OPENING?
OPENING?
OPENING? >> THE VOTERS ARE NO DIFFERENT
THAN THE 4@LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
NOT 4@A NEW CROP OF PEOPLE.
JUST PEOPLE 4@STARTING TO SEE
THROUGH THINGS.
THROUGH THINGS. WHAT óEfó
WHAT óEfó
WHAT óEfó CAMPAIGN FULL ñOF FAKE NEWS ■
WHAT óEfó CAMPAIGN FULL ñOF FAKE NEWS ■4@
ALTERNATIVE FACTS AND THE :3
VOTERS SAW THROUGH THAT.
THERE WAS 4@A CAMPAIGN THAT WAS
LOCAL AND THE CANDIDATE WON.
>> THAT IS A PLACE IF R■
LOCAL AND THE CANDIDATE WON. >> THAT IS A PLACE IF R■YOU LOO
AT THE 4@RACES THAT REALLY TOOK
PLACE, THOSE THAT WON BOTH IN
THE PRIMARY AND IN THE GENERAL,
THOSE THAT IF FOCUS ON 4@THE
LOCAL SIDE ARE THE ONES THAT
DID BETTER 4@OVERALL IN THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> I WILL SAY THIS, IF MARK
SANFORD WOULD 4@HAVE CAMPAIGNED
SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN A
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE. IT ALS4@O GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT
THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT TRUMP
BEING 4@SO POPULAR IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, FIRST CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT 4@WAS A SHINING EXAMPL
THAT IS NOT TRUE, SHE HAD
DONA4@LD TRUMP'S, JR. AND THE
PRESIDENT WAS BLOWING HIS HORN
AND JOE CUNNINGHAM STILL WON.
IT IS 4@A LESSONS FOR 4@DEMOCRA
TO NOT GET CAUGHT UP OR
OVERESTIMATE TRUMP'S
OVERESTIMATE TRUMP'S POPULARITY.
POPULARITY. >> IT IS ABOUT THE LOCAL IS4@SU
BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION
ABOUT OFFSHORE DRILLING.
THAT BECAME A HUGE PART OF
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. THIS IS A 4@NOT A NATIONAL ISSU
THAT IS 4@NOT A TRUMP AGENDA
ISSUE OR THE FACT THAT --
>> ACTUALLY IT IS.
>> THIS WAS NOT A VOTE ON TRUMP
ON THAT ONE AS MUCH AS IT WAS
-- WE WANT SOMEONE THAT 4@IS
GOING TO SAY, I WANT THE LINE
LITERALLY DRAWN IN 4@THE SAND
THAT 4@WE WON'T BE DOING THAT.
>> BUT HAD SHE WON, 4@THEN DAVE
AND EVERYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE
BEEN BLOWING THEIR HORN SAYING
THAT DONALD TRUMP IS SO GREAT
AND THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED
BREAD AND THAT WAS NOT THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> DONALD TRUMP 4@DID MAKE A RO
CALL FOR KATIE ARRINGTON AND
SHE STILL LOST IN THE LOW
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AS FAR AS CUNNINGHAM IS
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. THE 4@CONGRESSMAN ELECT SAYS HE
WOULD NOT VOTE NANCY PELOSI AS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
>> A NEW SMART MEMBER ON THE
DEMOCRATIC CHOIR AND NOT THE
ONLY ONE.
ONLY ONE.
ONLY ONE. I LOVE PELOSI TO DEATH.
SHE HAS BECOME A FRIEND.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE
REPRESENTS4@ EVERYTHING THAT
PEOPLE THINK 4@IS GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON D.C. CUNNINGHAM AND
OTHERS THAT 4@SAID THEY WOULD N
VOTE 4@4@FOR HER.
WE CAN'T GET DISTRACT4@ED 4@BY
PELOSI CONVERSATION BECAUSE
NANCY PELOSI WON'T BE RUNNING
FOR RE-ELECTION IN 4@THE 1st
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. >> JUST AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO
SAY THE TRUMP EFFECT HAS BEEN
THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 4@
PELOSI EFFECT THAT GOES ON WITH
THAT JR. WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IF 4@THAT CONTINUES TO B
-- SHE 4@IS NOT WILLING TO WORK
IN SOME LEVEL OF COOPERATION
WITH THE WHITE 4@HOUSE, WE ARE @
GOING TO REMAIN AN EVEN GREATER
STALEMATE THAN WE HAVE BEEN 4@I
WHEN WE HAD REPUBLICAN CONTROL.
>> 4@THEY TRIED 4@THAT.
EVERY 4@TWEET SHE SENT WAS
PELOSI'S.
PELOSI'S.
PELOSI'S. THEY RAN COMMERCIALS.
>> WE ARE PAST THE CAMPAIGN
SIDE BUT TO 4@THE GOVERNING SID
WHERE WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY
THAT NANCY PELOSI 4@HAS TAKEN 4
DIFFERENT TYPE OF TACTIC FROM
THE GOVERNING STANDPOINT.
IT IS 4@NOT REFLECTIVE CAN WHIC
IS WHY CUNNINGHAM IS SMART IN
NOT WANTING TO SUPPORT 4@HER.
>> WE HAVE SEEN 4@4@CANDIDATES
THE MODERATE PEOPLE 4@IN 4@OUR
CAUCUSES.
CAUCUSES.
CAUCUSES. >> IT WILL BE 4@INTERESTING 4@T
SEE HOW THE HOLE GETS 4@IN 2020
>> WE WILL 4@TAKE A QUICK BREAK
AND TALK ABOUT 2020 4@AND I WAN
TO TALK4@ MORE ABOUT THE
SPEAKERSHIPS POPULATIONS IN A
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. NEED TO