Stefanik and Manchin give their takeaways from Democrats' major wins in 2026 midterms
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[0:00] We are back approaching 2 am in the
[0:02] east, 11 p.m. in the west. Uh,
[0:05] Congresswoman Stefanic, a lot has
[0:07] happened this evening. Uh, and more than
[0:09] we anticipated when it comes to
[0:11] Democrats uh, taking back power. What
[0:13] are your final thoughts? What are you
[0:15] taking away from the evening? Tony,
[0:17] there's no question that this is a
[0:19] Republican reckoning and a Republican
[0:20] reset. And it begs the question of how
[0:23] do Republicans earn back the voters that
[0:25] were a historic coalition just two years
[0:27] ago with historic Hispanic support,
[0:29] historic Africanamean support. The other
[0:32] takeaway I have is there's going to be a
[0:35] profound ideological struggle within the
[0:37] Democrat party that has been shielded
[0:40] because of their unified opposition to
[0:42] Trump. But that's about to break wide
[0:44] into the open as we head into a very
[0:46] open 2028.
[0:47] >> Senator Mansion, what are you thinking?
[0:49] I
[0:49] >> I just think America has spoken. They
[0:51] want they want performance. They want
[0:53] results and they're not getting it. They
[0:54] want people to work together. The system
[0:56] was never designed this great experiment
[0:58] that we live in was never designed for
[1:00] one side to to run it. It needed to take
[1:02] both sides coming to