Crockett, Manchin, Stefanik react to early 2026 midterm results
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[0:00] Yeah,
[0:00] >> it's time now. We're going to take a
[0:01] look at our three politicians who have
[0:03] joining us for our coverage tonight.
[0:04] This is great that we've got Texas
[0:06] Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine
[0:08] Crockett. Always good to see you. Former
[0:10] West Virginia Governor and Senator Joe
[0:12] Mansion, who was now an independent, and
[0:14] New York Republican Congresswoman Elise
[0:15] Defonic. We welcome you all. Alise, I
[0:18] want to start with you to pick up on
[0:19] NY's thread where the president said,
[0:21] "Ple, I'm not on the ballot. I'm not on
[0:23] the ballot, but please vote like I am."
[0:25] I'm wondering if you think that strategy
[0:27] worked for him because many Democrats
[0:28] said yes, please vote like he is on the
[0:31] ballot that it seemed to pay off for
[0:33] both sides. What do what do you make of
[0:34] that?
[0:34] >> The assessment there and the calculation
[0:36] by President Trump's political team is
[0:38] if you look back at 2016, 2020, and 24
[0:42] when he is on the ballot, his coalition,
[0:44] which is quite large of voters, turns
[0:46] out, and we've seen in previous midterms
[0:48] going back to 2018, if you don't ke