Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says she's "stunned" by Democrats' widespread midterm wins

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[0:00] JD

[0:04] Himi,

[0:06] [music]

[0:07] there is this delicious irony in the

[0:11] fact that you're constitutionally

[0:13] obligated to swear me in in January.

[0:17] [music and cheering]

[0:23] So, you know what that means?

[0:25] Wolverine one, Buckeye Zero.

[0:29] >> [music]

[0:30] >> A victory is often sweet in politics.

[0:32] That's more from Senate Eurad

[0:35] after winning the Michigan Senate race,

[0:37] poking fun at Vice President JD Vance.

[0:39] And well, let us say one of the epic

[0:42] rivalries in all of college sports,

[0:44] University of Michigan against the Ohio

[0:46] State. Want to talk now to RNC chair R

[0:50] McDaniels. She is now the CEO of

[0:52] Michigan Forward Network and was a

[0:54] surrogate for the Mike Rogers campaign.

[0:56] So, when we talked last week, Ra, you

[0:58] said in reaction to a Detroit News poll

[1:02] that had Abdul Alsad up six points that

[1:04] you didn't believe that poll. He won by

[1:06] seven. You said he doubted he would

[1:08] bring in the African-American vote in

[1:10] Detroit, which means Wayne County. He

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