THAT’S THEY LIVE. LAURA, WE ARE
RELYING ON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TO GIVE US THE NUMBERS. WARNOCK IS GOING BACK AS THE WINNER
IS GOING BACK AS THE WINNER
AGAINSTAGAINST WALKER. RAPHAEL
WON FOUR WEEKS THE MIDTERM IN
2022. IT GIVES YOU THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE SENATE.
DEMOCRATS AT 51% AND REPUBLICANS
AT 49%. MAJORITY IS 51% AND THIS
MEANS ESSENTIALLY KAMALA HARRIS
WOULD NOT HAVE TO BREAK ANY TIE
BREAKING VOTES. THIS MEANS ON
THE COMMITTEE VOTE, WHEN YOU
HAVE LEGISLATION ON THE MARGINS,
DEMOCRATS AND JOE BIDEN WILL
HAVE A SLIDE EDGE AFTER THIS
VICTORY TONIGHT.
>> BILL HAMMER, I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY THIS IS SURPRISING BUT IT IS
NOT. THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECTED
AND YOU KNOW, LOOK. THE SENATE
DEMOCRATS I WOULD ARGUE DID A
MUCH BETTER JOB AND THEY GOT
EARLY VOTE OUT AND BRIAN KEMP
GAVE HIS LIST AND DID A LATE
NIGHT VIDEO CALL. I MEAN -- GOT
TO HAVE THE OPERATION IN EFFECT
AS ALWAYS. GUYS, WE APPRECIATE
IT, BILL. STAY WITH US. >>> WE HAVE MORE.
>>> WE GOT TO GO TO MOLLY
HEMMINGWAY AND OF COURSE
KELLYANNE CONWAY. MOLLY, YOU AND
I TALKED ABOUT THIS A WEEK AGO.
WE FELT THIS COMING TO ME IT
NEVER FELT LIKE THE SENATE
REPUBLICANS WANTED THIS GUY IN
OFFICE. HE WAS A TRUMP’S PICK
AND THEY DIDN’T LIKE THAT. THERE
WAS NOT INTENSITY ON THE PART OF
THE REPUBLICANS AS THERE WAS ON
DEMOCRATS. I FELT IT AND YOU
FELT IT. WE DON’T CHANGE
ANYTHING. WE HAVE THE SAME
PEOPLE IN PLACE AND APPARENTLY
THE RNC, THAT’S NOT CHANGING. WE
ARE DOING THE SAME THING OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. I AM PISSED
TONIGHT, TONIGHT,TONIGHT, FRANKL >> IT IS OFFENSIVE FOR
>> IT IS OFFENSIVE FOR
REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND DONORS.
THERE IS NO CLEAR MESSAGING. I
MEAN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
SINCE THE MIDTERM ELECTION WHERE
YOU HAD A SENATE THAT RESPONDED
TO THOSE DISAPPOINTING MIDTERM
LOSSES BY DOING NOTHING OTHER
THAN THANRTHANP THANTHAN THANTHA
WHAT’S THE CASE OF VOTING
REPUBLICANS FOR SENATE AFTER
THIS MIDTERM? I DON’T THINK ONE
WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE MADE.
NOTHING SEEMS TO BE CHANGING.
YOU DIDN’T SEE A LOT OF
ENTHUSIASM THERE.
>> LOOK AT HOW CLOSE IT WAS
THOUGH?
>> WHAT DID WE SAY? THIS WAS
WINNABLE. I KNOW YOU DIDN’T WANT
ANY CHANGE. I LIKE RONALD
MMcDANIEL. IS THIS IS LIKE A
WARNING SIGN AND FLASHING OR ARE
WE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING OVER
AGAIN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.
KEVIN McCARTHY WON THE HOUSE.
>> THERE IS NO EXCUSE IN GEORGIA
FOR US NOT TO HAVE DONE WHAT
BRIAN KEMP DID. YES, HE’S THE
INCUMBENT GOVERNOR AGAINST
STACEY ABRAMS. I GUESS MITCH
McCONNELL’S GROUP FUNDED IT.
THEY DID THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
>> MITCH McCONNELL APPEAR THERE
IN.
>> HE COULD HAVE WON A SEAT FOUR
WEEKS AGO, WE WOULD NOT NEED TO
HAVE A RUN-OFF.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPROVED CANDIDATES. HE WAS OUT
THERE WORKING HARD. WE NEED TO NOT ONLY COMPETE FOR VOTES,
NOT ONLY COMPETE FOR VOTES,
BALLOTS. IF WE DON’T BANK BLATT
BALLOTS AND WE’LL KEEP LOSING.
>> MANY PEOPLE DID.
>> MOLLY, MITCH McCONNELL DID
GIVE $11 MILLION TO THE EFFORT
IN GEORGIA. BUT, WHERE WAS ALL
HANDS-ON DECK? LINDSEY GRAHAM,
HE WAS THERE.
>> EVERY SENATOR SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THERE.
>> BUT, WHY I AM GOING ASK THE
QUESTION TONIGHT, WHY WERE THEY
NOT DOWN THERE, MOLLY?
>> I THINK IF THEY HAD NEEDED
THIS SEAT TO HAVE A MAJORITY IN
THE SENATE, YOU ACTUALLY WOULD
HAVE SEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT IN
D.C. CARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
IT. THEY OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T CARE
ABOUT IT. THERE IS ALSO AN ISSUE
OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GIVING
MONEY TO DIFFERENT RACES, WE ARE
VERY GOOD AT SEEING HOW MONEY GO
AROUND TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY GIVES MONEY TO
CONSULTANTS. THEY NEED TO CARE
ABOUT WINNING AND LESS ABOUT THE
MEANS BY WHICH RACES ARE RUN
REGARDLESS OF WHOEVER TAKES OVER
THE RNC. THERE NEEDS TO BE
MASSIVE SYSTEMATIC CHANGES OF
THE WAY RACES ARE BEING HANDLED
AND CONSULTANTS ARE RUNNING
THEM.
>> REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME.
>> AND POLLSTERS AND
CONSULTANTS, THESE PEOPLE ARE
THE ONLY GROWTH IN THE INDUSTRY.
>> I HAVE BEEN TALK ABOUT THIS
FOR YEARS, IF THERE ARE RECALL
VIOLATION AND CANDIDATES ALWAYS
LOSE AND CONSULTANTS ALWAYS WIN.
THEY ARE NAMELESS. CONSULTANTS
WHO MAKE THE MOST MONEY AND HAVE
FOR DECADEFOR DECADES THE LOSIN
RACE WAS $1 BILLION.
>> >> RICH PEOPLE.
>> NOBODY KNOWS WHO IS THEY ARE.
THE AVERAGE DONOR, AVERAGE LAURA
INGRAHAM VIEWERS RIGHT NOW COULD
NOT NAME THE PEOPLE.
>> MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE NAMED.
>> THEY ARE NAMELESS BUT NOT
BLAMELESS.
>> THE REPUBLICANS HIRE THEM.
>> THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY’RE GOING TO BLAME HERSCHEL
WALKER TONIGHT AND DONALD TRUMP. I KNOW MITCH McCONNELL EARLY ON
I KNOW MITCH McCONNELL EARLY ON
SAID HE WANTED -- THIS DID NOT
HAPPEN YESTERDAY. EVERYBODY SAID
THEY WERE ALL IN BUT WE DIDN’T
SEE ALL THE SENATORS THERE.
WHERE WERE THE OTHER 49
REPUBLICAN SENATORS?
>> I DON’T BELIEVE IT IS 59.
NOBODY WANTS KAMALA HARRIS TO
BREAK TIES. THAT’S THE ONLY
THING SHE DOES IS BREAKING TIES.
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE A CRAM
DOWN OF THIS OMINOUS BILL. THE
SENATE LEADERSHIP WOULD RATHER
WORK WITH SCHUMER THAN HAVE A
CHANCE TO WORK WITH KEVIN
McCARTHY IN THE NEW YEAR. THAT
SPEAKS VOLUME, MOLLY, I KNOW YOU
WRITTEN ABOUT IT OVER THE
FEDERALIST.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT THE ROLE
THAT MITCH McCONNELL PLAYS HERE.
McCONNELL LOST THOSE CANDIDATES
TWO YEARS AGO.
>> AND SO DOES THE COLORADO.
>> WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS TO THINK
ABOUT HOW IT IS WINNING
ELECTIONS AND IT IS NOT THINKING
ABOUT THAT AT ALL. IT TALKS
ABOUT CANDIDATE QUALITY. MITCH
McCONNELL SABOTAGED REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES. WE HAVE NOW IN THE
SENATE A PLAN FOR REPUBLICANS TO
HELP CHUCK SCHUMER WITH MASSIVE
SPENDING PACKAGE, THEY’RE DOING
NOTHING TO STOP IT. WHAT ABOUT
THE CANDIDATE QUALITY OF THESE
CURRENT SENATORS WHO DON’T CARE
ABOUT THEIR BASE AND THE
DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND ARE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH
DEMOCRATS THAN WAIT.
>> ALWAYS, ALWAYS. I WANT TO
PLAY THIS MOMENT FROM LAST NIGHT
WITH KEVIN McCARTHY ON THE SHOW.
YOU GET A PIECE OF ADVICE FROM
MITCH McCONNELL. HUGE CREDIT FOR
THAT. WHEN IT COMES THIS ISSUE,
WATCH THIS.
>> WE ARE 28 DAYS FROM
REPUBLICANS HAVING THE GAVEL. WE
WOULD BE STRONGER IN EVERY
NEGOTIATION. ANY REPUBLICAN
THAT’S OUT THERE TRYING TO WORK
WITH THEM IS WRONG.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE McCONNELL?
>> YES, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO
WORK ON ANYTHING IF WE HAVE THE
GAVEL INSIDE CONGRESS?
>> WAIT UNTIL WE ARE IN CHARGE.
>> IN THE HILL TODAY, ALL THESE
UNNAMED SOURCES AMONG THESE
SENATE SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND
FRIENDS OF THE MINORITY LEADER.
WELL, WE DIDN’T THINK McCARTHY
WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET
ANYTHING THROUGH. THEY NEVER GO
ON THE RECORD AND NEVER DEFENDED
THEIR MERITS OF THE POSITION AND
NEVER GAVE INTERVIEWS. NEVER
WE’LL HEAR FROM THEM.
>> I THOUGHT YOUR INTERVIEW WITH
LEADER McCARTHY WAS MASSIVE AND
I THOUGHT HIS ANSWER WAS
PERFECT. THEY WAITED FOUR YEARS.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND LAURA,
THEY HAVE NO ROOM FOR EXCUSES
AND NO REASON TO NOT WORK ON THE
BORDER, ENERGY AND THE ECONOMY.
>> THEY DON’T WANT TO.
>> KEVIN -- HE INVITED JOE BIDEN
TO THE BORDER, THAT’S NOT A
STUNT. JOE BIDEN KNOWS WHAT’S
GOING ON AT THE BORDER, HE DOES
NOT CARE. HE’S BEEN TO DELAWARE
174 DAYS AND THE BORDER, 0 DAY.
AND WE KNOW FENTANYL IS THE
NUMBER ONE KILL. TELLING MITCH
McCONNELL AFTER TONIGHT WHEN YOU
DON’T HAVE A 50/50 SENATE. JUST
WAIT FOR US OVER HERE.
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY FOR 2024, IF
THIS IS WHAT THE REPUBLICAN
VOTERS SEE? WHAT DOES IT TELL
THEM GOING INTO 2024 WITH ALL
THE GREAT SENATE RACES COMING
UP, SHOULD BE IN OUR FAVOR. IS
THIS A WAY TO BUILD THE NEW
COALITION OF THE SPANISH.
>> I CAN’T IMAGINE HOW
DEMORALIZING IT IS. IF YOU
PROVIDE ANY RESISTANCE TO WHAT’S
HAPPENING WITH DEMOCRATS
CONTROLLING THE SENATE, IF YOU
WORK WITH RENEWED REPUBLICANS
AND MAJORITY IN CONGRESS. YOU
CAN GENERATE EXCITEMENT AND
ENTHUSIASM FOR TWO YEARS FROM
NOW.NOW. IT IS NOT THAT THESE T
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BUT IT IS A
WAY OF MOVING THINGS IN THEIR
DIRECTION. REPUBLICANS ON THE
OTHER HAND SEEMED TO JUST ACCEPT
DEFEAT
DEFEAT EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE WON.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE
INCREASING AMONG THESE KEY
GROUPS AND HISPANICS AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ASIAN
AMERICANS AND SUBURBAN WHITE
WOMEN CAME THROUGH FOR
REPUBLICANS. WE RON THE NATIONAL
VOTES.
>> WE GOT TO WIN THE CITY.
>> AND LOOK, WE WON IN OREGON
AND VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY.
>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THE
HOUSE, NO DOUBT.
>> LAURA, I HATE TO SAY WE HAVE
TO INVEST IN THE NON-SEXY PART
OF POLITICS.
GRANDPA CAN GET OUT THE BATHROOM
THAT DAY, GET HIS VOTES EARLY IN
ADVANCE.
>> MOLLY YOUR REACTION TO
TAIBBI’S STREAM OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON WITH THE BIG TECH AND
THIS ELECTION.
>> AND THE JIM BAKER.
>> JAMES BAKER WAS AT THE FBI
IMPLICATED IN THE RUSSIA’S
COLLUSION HOAX AND HE LEFT AS
THEY WERE INVESTIGATING SOME OF
THE LEAKS THAT WAS HAPPENING
THERE. HE GETS HIRED AT TWITTER.
WE LEARNED HE WAS MEDDLING IN
THE ASEMINATIONS OF THESE
EXPLOSIONS AND SUPPRESSING THE
BIDEN HUNTER’S LAPTOP STORY. HE
WAS ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST
TWITTER AND APPARENTLY ON BEHALF
OF HIMSELF AND THE FBI. THIS IS
THE KIND OF THING THAT COULD
LEAD TO DISBARMENT. ELON MUSK
GOT RID OF JAMES BAKER WHICH IS