Latest on midterms as campaigns make final push
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[0:00] Welcome back to Takeout. Great to have
[0:02] you with us here at our makeshift
[0:03] takeout tavern. It travels with us from
[0:05] DC to New York, even in a makeshift way,
[0:07] Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Adam
[0:09] Mockler is the host of the Adam Mockler
[0:12] show. Elizabeth Pipco, former RNC
[0:14] national spokesperson and host of the
[0:16] show Made in America with Elizabeth
[0:18] Pipco. All right. I don't know if you
[0:20] saw the interview I just did with the
[0:22] RNC chairman Joe Gruters acknowledging
[0:25] that this is a very tough environment
[0:26] for Republicans and states that Trump
[0:28] carried handily in 2024 across the board
[0:31] are competitive.
[0:33] >> Yes.
[0:34] >> Evaluate that he's being truthful and
[0:36] trying to put a best face on a very
[0:37] difficult situation.
[0:38] >> He is. And we're saying it's difficult
[0:39] by the way without actually knowing the
[0:41] results. He could be very surprised on
[0:43] Tuesday like the rest of the country.
[0:44] Look, this is typical. This is historic.
[0:46] This is what happens when a party is in
[0:48] the Oval Office. typically the other
[0:49] party
[0:50] >> and controls the house in the Senate.
[0:51] >> Exactly. The other party tends to do
[0:53] better. At the same time, Donald Trump
[0:54] is nothing if he's not historic. A lot
[0:57] of surprises have come underway thanks
[0:58] to hi