YESTERDAY'S MARQUEE RACE,
THE BIG ONE EVERYONE WAS ANTICIPATING IT WAS THE
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.
THE POLLS HAD TIGHTENED UP NEAR THE END.
IT ENDS UP THAT HE BEAT THE POLLING, I THINK IT WAS
DOWN TO THREE OR FOUR POINTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL HIT A
LITTLE BIT SHY OF NINE POINTS.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE THINGS WERE
GETTING CLOSER.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GETTING CLOSER BECAUSE OF
GILLESPIE'S CHANGE ñ HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SANCTUARY
CITIES WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A NOVEL APPROACH.
THERE WAS FEARS THAT THAT COULD FLIP THINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT DIDN'T, IN FACT IT ACTUALLY HURT HIM.
HE SEEMS TO MOST ACCURATELY BE DESCRIBED AS A CENTRIST OR
OLD-SCHOOL VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL.
HE PREVIOUSLY FOUGHT TO DEFEAT A RIGHT TO WORK AMENDMENT, IT
HAS DESTROYED A LOT OF STATES WORKERS RIGHTS.
HE WENT AGAINST MCCALL, THE PREVIOUS DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR ON A MAJOR PIPELINE PROJECT.
HE POSED HIS EXPANSION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HAS
ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT INSTITUTING A CAP IN TRADE IN THE STATE.
IT GIVES YOU CAUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.
PREVIOUS VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS HAVE BEEN ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE PARTY EVEN AMONGST DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESS IN
THAT AREA.
BUT WE WILL SEE.
>>I HOPE SO.
>>YOU CAN'T JUST LET THEM GET ELECTED AND THEN GO TO SLEEP.
>>HE VOTED TWICE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT THAT GUY.
>>I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD REASONS TO BE NERVOUS.
>> A LOT OF REASONS, YES.
>>HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A CONSERVATIVE.
>>THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WERE AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSE.
HE KIND OF BUCKLED ON SOME OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES TOO.
THIS SHOWS YOU THAT TRUMP IS NOT REALLY SALABLE TO PEOPLE.
WHAT TRUMP WAS SELLING IS OUTSIDER IS HIM, NOW HE IS
NOT OUTSIDE ANYMORE.
>> YOU THINK GILLESPIE WAS AN OUTSIDER?
>>NO.
THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT IF YOU STICK TRUMP TO THE
CANDIDATE, YOU CAN BEAT THEM.
THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE KEITH OLBERMANN AND
HILLARY CLINTON SAYING I WISH FOR GEORGE W.
BUSH DAYS.
SO THEY ARE SEPARATING HIM FROM THE REGULAR REPUBLICANS
WHICH IS A MISTAKE.
>> TRUMP DOES NOT REPRESENT REPUBLICANS, SOMEONE LIKE
GEORGE W.
BUSH DOES.
>> HILLARY CLINTON
DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT AND SHE DID IT ANYWAY.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, STICK TRUMP TO THE
REPUBLICAN YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST, AND YOU HAVE TO
RUN ON ECONOMIC POPULIST IDEAS.
>>THERE
SEEMS TO BE AN ARGUMENT GOING ON AMONGST RIGHT-WING POLITICIANS
ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TRUMP IN THIS RACE.
FIRST HERE IS VIDEO OF GILLESPIE CONCEDING AFTER THE RESULTS
BECAME CLEAR.
>> I WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE DISAPPOINTED AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW MY FAVORITE VERSES ROMANS 8:28,
FOR IN ALL THINGS WE KNOW ñ FOR WE KNOW IN ALL THINGS THAT
ALL THINGS WORK FOR THE GOOD, FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND
ARE CALLED TO SERVE ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
I FELT CALLED TO SERVE, I HOPE GOD WILL DISCERN WHAT HIS
CALLING IS FOR ME NEXT.
BUT I KNOW THIS, WHATEVER IT IS AND WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE,
ONE KATHY GILLESPIE WILL BE BY MY SIDE.
>>SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FAMILY IN THE BACKGROUND.
A COUPLE OF THOSE KIDS ARE PROBABLY OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW
HOW THE RACE WENT.
THERE DAD RAN ON SANCTUARY CITIES AND VILIFYING AND
DEMONIZING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND CONFEDERATE
MEMORIALS.
LIKE THAT GUY REALLY CARES ABOUT CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS.
SO THIS IDEA THAT ñ IT IS SORT OF THE CLASSIC REPUBLICAN
THING BUT IT BECAME MORE VICIOUS.
THE IDEA IS HE ONE ON IT SO MAYBE OTHER REPUBLICANS CAN.
I NEVER BOUGHT THAT EVEN BACK BEFORE TRUMP ONE.
JUST BECAUSE TRUMP IS ABLE TO SKATE BY, THE MEDIA CAN'T
PIN THINGS TO HIM THAT THE VOTERS DON'T CARE, DOES IT
MEAN EVERY OTHER REPUBLICAN WILL BE ABLE TO FLIP OFF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND GET ELECTED ON THAT.
>>FIRST OF ALL, I'M PRETTY SURE HE FORGOT THE BIBLE VERSE
HE WAS TRYING TO QUOTE MIDWAY AND JUST WENT WITH IT ANYWAY.
ACTUALLY READ THAT BOOK COVER TO COVER BECAUSE YOLO.
TRUMP RAN ON THIS FAKE IDEA OF A REPUBLICAN POPULIST.
IT WAS COMPLETE SNAKE OIL BECAUSE IT IS A TOTAL OXYMORON.
BUT HE SOLD THE SNAKE OIL TO ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WIN.
NOW YOU SEE THAT TRUMP IS REPUBLICANISM, THAT IS WHAT
THIS IS.
ALL OF HIS POLICIES, ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN WOULD BE BEHIND.
THAT IS WHY SO MANY OF THEM APPROVE OF HIM.
WHAT DOES TRUMP LACK THAT MOST OTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS
DIDN'T?
ANY SOURCE OF SUBTLETY.
THE BEST THING THE DEMOCRATS IN ANY OPPOSITION CAN DO IS TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THESE ARE SYNONYMOUS.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS GUY TALKS A LITTLE MEANER.
>> GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT YOU WILL END UP AS WHEN THE NEXT SET
OF ELECTIONS ROLL AROUND.
SOME PRESIDENTS IN THE PAST, WHEN THEY HAVE GROWN
UNPOPULAR REALIZE THEY WOULD HURT THEIR PARTY BY BEING
SEEN WITH THE CANDIDATES.
THEY HAVE THE SELF-AWARENESS TO SORT OF BACK OFF.
I DON'T THINK TRUMP HAS.
HE WILL BACK OFF AFTER THEY LOSE, HE WILL MOCK THEM AND
COME UP WITH AN INSULTING NICKNAME.
SO IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS COME AROUND, HE WILL BE ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
I THINK DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO STICK HIM TO THE REST OF
THE CANDIDATES.
BUT EVEN IF THEY DON'T I THINK HE WILL.
>> I HOPE SO.
IT'S FUNNY AS GILLESPIE SAYS, I ANSWERED THE CALL FROM GOD
TO RUN IN THIS RACE, IT TURNS OUT GOD WAS WRONG ABOUT
THIS RACE TOO . I THINK GOD IS WORKING FOR NATE SILVER.
>> ALSO GOD WANTED THE IRAQ WAR AND GOT BEHIND TIM TEBOW.
>>GOD ALSO SUPPORTED 10 PEOPLE IN THE LAST REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
>> TRUMP DID WEIGH IN ON THE RACE, HE TWEETED THIS.
>>THOSE EXTRA CHARACTERS MAN.
>>HE JUST LET ME GRAB HIM RIGHT BY THE ñ
>> I AM REALLY DREADING THE 280 CHARACTER TWEET.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTRY IS READY FOR IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE FORGET, TRUMP LOST VIRGINIA.
SO DID ED GILLESPIE.
WHY WOULD HE TRY TO STICK MORE TO YOUR POLICIES?
HE LOST VIRGINIA.
>>GOOD POINT.
LET'S GO TO LAURA INGRAM AGREEING WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>>GILLESPIE
NEVER JUMPED ON BOARD THE TRUMP TRAIN, HE IS AN OLD BUSH HAND.
I THINK YOU GAVE IT HIS BEST SHOT.
HE IS WHO HE IS, HE IS NOT A POPULIST CONSERVATIVE.
A POPULIST CONSERVATIVE LIKE TRUMP WHO HAS A STRONG
PERSONALITY AND STRONG MESSAGE DID DO BETTER.
HE DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME CAMPAIGNING IN VIRGINIA AND
ED GILLESPIE TRIED TO DO THIS DANCE.
I THINK IN THE END THAT CAME OFF AS DESPERATE AND WOULD'VE
HAD GILLESPIE HAD CAMPAIGNED ON PRESERVING OUR HISTORY,
VIRGINIA FIRST, LAW AND ORDER.
SIMPLE.
>>ISN'T THAT WHAT HE DID?
>>HE DID THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
STEVE BENNETT BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING, GILLESPIE
COULD'VE ONE.
STEVE BANNON BELIEVES THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN ANOTHER
PERSON DISAGREES WITH HIM.
A COUPLE DAYS AGO STEVE BANNON SAID THIS.
SO 48 HOURS OR 72
HOURS AGO GILLESPIE WAS GOING TO WIN BECAUSE HE EMBRACED TRUMP.
AS SOON AS HE LOSES, ACCORDING TO STEVE BANNON, HE LOST.
BREITBART WENT WITH THIS HEADLINE.
THIS IS AFTER BEING INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS A DOUCHE BAG.
>>THAT IS FUNNY.
>>THAT IS AN INTERESTING INTERPRETATION.
STEVE BANNON IS AN FASCINATING HUMAN BEING MADE OF PLAY-DO
AND GIN.
THE ESTABLISHMENT LOST IN TRUMP'S ESTABLISHMENT NOW
AND THE UGLY FACES IS UNMASKED.
>> THEY TRIED TO PITCH HIM AS A POPULIST, BUT HE IS NOT, HE
IS A NATIVIST.
HE TRIES TO TAKE PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY WOULD AND PERHAPS
SHOULD VOTE FINALLY BASED ON ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN HOODWINKED BY ñ AND TRIES TO GET THEM TO FOCUS EVEN
MORE ON PEOPLE KNEELING OR NOT KNEELING.
>>THAT IS RACE BAITING.
>> OVERALL THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IF HE DIDN'T EMBRACE TRUMP.
ABC NEWS FOUND IN VIRGINIA ñ THAT IS NOT GOING TO
REPRESENT ALL VOTERS, BUT THOSE WHO WERE DRIVEN BY TRUMP
WERE DRIVEN IN OPPOSITION, NOT IN SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP.
THAT WILL HURT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE FUTURE.