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

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