Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Republicans' major midterm losses: "Has to be a wake up call"

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[0:01] Welcome back to the Takeout. Earlier

[0:02] today, I spoke with Arkansas Republican

[0:03] Governor Sarah Huckabe Sanders about her

[0:05] take on pretty significant Republican

[0:08] losses in the midterms. She's also the

[0:10] author of a brand new book that comes

[0:12] out today. Unapologetic is its title,

[0:14] subtitle, Clarity and Conviction in a

[0:17] world gone crazy. Here is some of our

[0:19] conversation.

[0:21] Governor, let's talk about the midterms

[0:23] nationally. We'll get to Arkansas in a

[0:25] second.

[0:27] Florida Governor Ronda Santis described

[0:28] it for Republicans as an extinction

[0:31] level event. Ted Cruz, Senator from

[0:34] Texas, Republicans, said it was worse

[0:36] than the Watergate losses of 1974. You

[0:39] know, men are emotional in politics,

[0:41] Governor. So, I'd like to get your

[0:43] non-emotional assessment of how bad

[0:45] things were for Republicans nationally

[0:47] in the midterms.

[0:49] >> There's no question that Tuesday was a

[0:51] tough night for Republicans. um races

[0:55] that traditionally uh would not have

[0:57] even been on the table, Republicans

[1:00] lost. It's one of the reasons I was glad

[1:02] that Arkansas could be a bright spot in

[1:05] the midst

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