November 5, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode, Jon Decker breaks down the key political takeaways from Election Day, as Democrats notch major victories in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City. What do these results signal for the 2026 midterms—and for Republican strategy moving forward? Decker also covers the ongoing government shutdown, its economic and political fallout, and a pivotal Supreme Court case that could reshape the legality of Trump-era tariffs.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, November fifth.
I'm John Decker. Democrats are emboldened after significant victories on
election Day. It's day thirty six of the federal government shutdown,
the longest shutdown in American history, and White House Press
Secretary Caroline Levitt says it's Democrats who are to blame
(00:26):
for reaching this milestone.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Democrats are intentionally hurting American families, workers, and businesses with
this shutdown to fight for free health care for illegal
aliens and to appease their radical left wing base.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And a big day Wednesday at the US Supreme Court
as they hear a case that will determine if the
president's tariff's policy is legal.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
And the President strongly believes that economic security is a
matter of national security.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
But we begin with the results of election day on Tuesday.
Democrats got a real shot in the arm on Tuesday
with three election victories three separate contests that had gotten
a lot of national attention. In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spamberger
defeated Republican Winsome Earl Sears, and now she becomes the
(01:16):
first woman elected governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She
won by fifteen points by focusing on the economy and
promises to stand up to what she termed the destructive
and divisive policies of the Trump White House. Spamberger, who
is a former CIA operative, served three terms in Congress
(01:38):
and she emerged as a Democratic star and that positioned
her for this landmark win in the purple state of Virginia.
The victory by Spamberger was called only an hour after
polls closed on Tuesday night. For Earl Sears, the sitting
lieutenant governor, she was attempting to become I'm the first
(02:00):
black woman elected governor of any state, but she trailed
all year in the polls and also in fundraising. Democrats
in Washington were closely following the Virginia race, one of
only two gubernatorial contests this year, along with New Jersey,
and the reason is because they are looking for identifying
(02:23):
strategies to help repair the party's damaged brand and get
it in position for the midterm elections next year. In
New Jersey, Democratic Congressman Mikey Cherrow was easily elected the
next governor of the state of New Jersey. She won
by thirteen points. She defeated Republican Jack Chittarelli to retain
(02:46):
the Democratic Party's stronghold on that state. Now, Cheryl positioned
herself as a moderate Democrat, and she will now succeed
Democratic Governor Phil Murphy in New Jersey, who is turned limited,
and her victory marks the first time since the nineteen
sixties at the same party won a third consecutive gubernatorial
(03:09):
term in New Jersey. Republicans saw this governor's race in
New Jersey as an opportunity to show that they had
made some inroads with certain demographic voters. President Trump lost
New Jersey three times, but those inwards were evident among
non white voters in twenty twenty four, but that was
(03:32):
not evident in this particular gubernatorial election. Cheryl painted Trump
endorsed Chitdarelli as a far right MAGA candidate out on
the campaign trail, and this was effective in winning over
so many of those demographic groups, minorities, young voters that
were part of the Trump coalition in twenty twenty four.
(03:55):
Also getting a lot of national attention the mayor's race
in New York City. Zoran Mamdami one New York City's
mayoral race also rather easily in a three person race,
cementing his rise and making him the first Muslim to
lead America's most populous city. The AP called that race
(04:17):
for mam Dami after polls closed, and the win by
Mamdami has really stunned the political and financial establishment in
New York City. The reason is because Mandami is just
thirty four years old. He's a little known state assemblyman
from Queens when he started this race, and he skyrocketed
(04:40):
to fame in the spring after scoring a decisive primary
victory over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and he
maintained a commanding lead throughout the general election campaign, even
after Cuomo re entered the race as an independent. There
is no doubt that that particular race has garnered the
(05:02):
attention of Republicans in Washington, including President Donald Trump. He's
earned the wrath of President Trump. He has said that
Mandami will have problems with Washington like no mayor in
the history of what he called our once great city.
So clearly Republicans are setting up Mondami now that he
(05:23):
has won the election. He's mayor elect. He takes office
on January the first of next year. They're setting him
up to be essentially the poster child of the Democratic Party.
He describes himself as a socialist, and that's the way
that likely Republicans will run against Democrats in the midterm
(05:43):
elections next year. But those results in those three states
show that Republicans have their own problems as they get
ready for the midterms next year. Neither Republican candidate for
governor in Virginia or in New Jersey could outrun the
president's low approval ratings in both of those states, and
(06:04):
some Republicans said the results showed that Democrats have the
greater momentum ahead of next year's midterm elections. One other
election to make note of California, voters approved Proposition fifty.
That's a measure that temporarily redraws the state's congressional maps
to put Democrats in a position to flip as many
(06:26):
as five seats in the twenty twenty six midterm election.
The proposal was pushed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, and
it's intended to counter President Trump's effort to draw new
congressional maps in Texas and other states to increase the
number of Republican House seats. Now. President Trump did react
to the results that we saw on Tuesday night, he
(06:49):
posted on his Truth social platform. He wrote, Trump wasn't
on the ballot and shut down were the two reasons
that Republicans lost elections tonight. Now the President is hosting
Senate Republicans at the White House on Wednesday, and he's
urging them to bypass Democratic opposition to eliminating the sixty
(07:12):
vote filibuster threshold in the Senate chamber. It's important to
remember that many Republican senators also oppose the idea of
getting rid of the filibuster. The President posted about this
issue on social media last night, writing, Republicans terminate the filibuster,
get back to passing legislation and voter reform. So clearly
(07:35):
the President will try to put more pressure on John
fun the Senate majority leader, to change the rules in
the Senate regarding the filibuster. It's day thirty six of
the federal government shutdown, and Republican and Democratic senators are
now signaling optimism about reaching a bipartisan deal, and more
(07:56):
pressure is being put upon Democratic senators by the way
White House. On Tuesday, at the White House Press Briefing,
Caroline Levitt talked about the impact of the shutdown on
the aviation industry.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
This past weekend, Americans traveling to weddings, funerals, vacations, and
meetings faced significant flight disruptions at airports across the country because.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Of staffing shortages.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
On Sunday alone, more than five thousand flights traveling to
and from US airports were delaid.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Levitt in the briefing room on Tuesday also spoke about
the effect of this continued shutdown, now the longest shutdown
in American history.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
More than thirteen thousand air traffic controllers are continuing to
work without pay.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Because of the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
These men and women who keep our airspace safe and
moving will miss a second paycheck in a row this
Friday if Democrats refuse to open the government.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
What the White House has been hoping for is pressure,
pressure not only from various Democratic constituencies, but also from
the general public, and Levitt on Tuesday called on the
public to apply that pressure on Senate Democrats.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Let me be clear to our incredible air traffic controllers
across the country, President Trump and Republicans want you to
get your paychecks.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
They want you to be paid.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Please call on your Democrat senators and tell them to
side with President Trump and Republicans to vote to reopen
the government now.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Since September, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has demanded
talks to extend the expiring Enhanced ACA subsidies before Democrats
will provide the votes for that Republican bill to reopen
the government through later this month. Republicans have a fifty
three to forty seven Senate majority, and so far only
(09:50):
three Senators who caucus with Democrats have crossed the aisle
in more than a dozen failed votes. On Tuesday, in
the briefing room, Levitt said that outside groups are siding
with the President and Republicans are.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Nation's four largest airlines, United, Delta, American, and Southwest have
now all endorsed the Republican nonpartisan clean funding bill to
end the government shutdown. Major unions, collectively representing tens of
thousands of pilots, have also joined the airlines in calling
on Democrats to pass the clean nonpartisan cr now.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
The lapse in funding has furloughed many federal workers while
forcing others, including air traffic controllers, to work without pay.
It's also disrupted food aid for tens of millions of
Americans in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Several lawmakers on
Tuesday from both sides of the aisle said they thought
(10:47):
that the shutdown will come to a close by the
end of the weekend if talks progressed. Meanwhile, back at
the White House briefing room, Caroline Levitt said that Democrats
are losing the support of the.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Democrats have completely lost the plot. They are endangering the safety,
prosperity and livelihoods of millions of Americans. It's well past
time Democrats do what they did thirteen times under Joe
Biden and past the Clean funding Bill extension.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Now, several lawmakers say that talks between both sides could
become serious now that the Tuesday elections are over. In fact,
the Senate Minority whip Dick Durbin, he's a Democrat from Illinois.
He said, getting that behind us, people sifting through the
entrails to interpret it could end early this week and
(11:38):
then we can get down to business. So we'll see
if indeed that does give momentum to ending this government shutdown.
Now on day thirty six, now, Wednesday, will be a
big day at the US Supreme Court. I'll be in
the Supreme Court for oral arguments, and the main question
for the nine Justices is whether President Trump can use
(12:00):
emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on every one of
America's trading partners. The President has justified the bulk of
his sweeping tariff agenda by pointing to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, which gives president's power to regulate imports
(12:21):
in response to certain emergencies. Now, small businesses, including some
wine importers, and Democratic Attorney generals have made the case
that Congress never envisioned regulating to include tariffs when it
passed this law in nineteen seventy seven. In fact, no president,
(12:41):
including President Trump in his first term, has ever invoked
this law to impose tariffs, so the Supreme Court has
never taken on this type of case before the Supreme Court.
On Wednesday, if the President loses this case at the
US Supreme Court, it would be the lass of tens
and tens and tens of billions of dollars in revenue
(13:04):
from tariffs coming into the US Treasury. And Caroline Levitt
in the briefing room on Tuesday was asked if the
White House has a plan B I'll tell you the White.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
House is always preparing for Plan B.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
It would be imprudent of the President's advisors not to
prepare for such a situation. With that said, we are
one hundred percent confident in the President in his team's
legal argument in the merits of the law in this case,
and we remain optimistic that the Supreme Court is going
to do the right thing. The importance of this case
cannot be overset.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Now. The President has minced no words in describing the
stakes of this case. He's warned a loss could spell
economic disaster. He's repeatedly called this case one of the
most important in the history of our country. He wrote
on truth Social on Sunday. If we win, we will
be the richest most secure country anywhere in the world
(13:57):
by far. If we lose, the president wrote, our country
could be reduced to almost third world status. This is
what Caroline Levitt said about this case on Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Case is not just about President Trump. It's about the
use of this emergency authorization for tariffs for future presidents
and administrations to come. And we're confident and hopeful that
the Supreme Court will do the right thing.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Now, the President had flirted with actually going to see
these oral arguments in person. That's what he told me
last week in the Oval Office. But ultimately he will
not be there, he wrote on truth Social I do
not want to distract from the importance of this decision.
He would have been the first sitting president to attend
an oral argument. That's according to the Supreme Court's historical society.
(14:43):
So the President won't be there on Wednesday. I will
be there, and I'll give you a full synopsis in
Thursday's podcast. As for Wednesday, a busy day for the president.
He begins Wednesday morning with remarks that he'll deliver at
a breakfast to Republican Senators that will be in the
State Dining Room. And then in the early afternoon, the
(15:06):
President travels down to Miami, where he will deliver remarks
at the American Business Forum that takes place at one
pm Eastern Time on Wednesday. The President will then fly
back to the White House to conclude his day. That's
the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, November fifth. I'm
John Decker. Have a good one.
Welcome to the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, November fifth.
I'm John Decker. Democrats are emboldened after significant victories on
election Day. It's day thirty six of the federal government shutdown,
the longest shutdown in American history, and White House Press
Secretary Caroline Levitt says it's Democrats who are to blame
(00:26):
for reaching this milestone.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Democrats are intentionally hurting American families, workers, and businesses with
this shutdown to fight for free health care for illegal
aliens and to appease their radical left wing base.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And a big day Wednesday at the US Supreme Court
as they hear a case that will determine if the
president's tariff's policy is legal.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
And the President strongly believes that economic security is a
matter of national security.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
But we begin with the results of election day on Tuesday.
Democrats got a real shot in the arm on Tuesday
with three election victories three separate contests that had gotten
a lot of national attention. In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spamberger
defeated Republican Winsome Earl Sears, and now she becomes the
(01:16):
first woman elected governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She
won by fifteen points by focusing on the economy and
promises to stand up to what she termed the destructive
and divisive policies of the Trump White House. Spamberger, who
is a former CIA operative, served three terms in Congress
(01:38):
and she emerged as a Democratic star and that positioned
her for this landmark win in the purple state of Virginia.
The victory by Spamberger was called only an hour after
polls closed on Tuesday night. For Earl Sears, the sitting
lieutenant governor, she was attempting to become I'm the first
(02:00):
black woman elected governor of any state, but she trailed
all year in the polls and also in fundraising. Democrats
in Washington were closely following the Virginia race, one of
only two gubernatorial contests this year, along with New Jersey,
and the reason is because they are looking for identifying
(02:23):
strategies to help repair the party's damaged brand and get
it in position for the midterm elections next year. In
New Jersey, Democratic Congressman Mikey Cherrow was easily elected the
next governor of the state of New Jersey. She won
by thirteen points. She defeated Republican Jack Chittarelli to retain
(02:46):
the Democratic Party's stronghold on that state. Now, Cheryl positioned
herself as a moderate Democrat, and she will now succeed
Democratic Governor Phil Murphy in New Jersey, who is turned limited,
and her victory marks the first time since the nineteen
sixties at the same party won a third consecutive gubernatorial
(03:09):
term in New Jersey. Republicans saw this governor's race in
New Jersey as an opportunity to show that they had
made some inroads with certain demographic voters. President Trump lost
New Jersey three times, but those inwards were evident among
non white voters in twenty twenty four, but that was
(03:32):
not evident in this particular gubernatorial election. Cheryl painted Trump
endorsed Chitdarelli as a far right MAGA candidate out on
the campaign trail, and this was effective in winning over
so many of those demographic groups, minorities, young voters that
were part of the Trump coalition in twenty twenty four.
(03:55):
Also getting a lot of national attention the mayor's race
in New York City. Zoran Mamdami one New York City's
mayoral race also rather easily in a three person race,
cementing his rise and making him the first Muslim to
lead America's most populous city. The AP called that race
(04:17):
for mam Dami after polls closed, and the win by
Mamdami has really stunned the political and financial establishment in
New York City. The reason is because Mandami is just
thirty four years old. He's a little known state assemblyman
from Queens when he started this race, and he skyrocketed
(04:40):
to fame in the spring after scoring a decisive primary
victory over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and he
maintained a commanding lead throughout the general election campaign, even
after Cuomo re entered the race as an independent. There
is no doubt that that particular race has garnered the
(05:02):
attention of Republicans in Washington, including President Donald Trump. He's
earned the wrath of President Trump. He has said that
Mandami will have problems with Washington like no mayor in
the history of what he called our once great city.
So clearly Republicans are setting up Mondami now that he
(05:23):
has won the election. He's mayor elect. He takes office
on January the first of next year. They're setting him
up to be essentially the poster child of the Democratic Party.
He describes himself as a socialist, and that's the way
that likely Republicans will run against Democrats in the midterm
(05:43):
elections next year. But those results in those three states
show that Republicans have their own problems as they get
ready for the midterms next year. Neither Republican candidate for
governor in Virginia or in New Jersey could outrun the
president's low approval ratings in both of those states, and
(06:04):
some Republicans said the results showed that Democrats have the
greater momentum ahead of next year's midterm elections. One other
election to make note of California, voters approved Proposition fifty.
That's a measure that temporarily redraws the state's congressional maps
to put Democrats in a position to flip as many
(06:26):
as five seats in the twenty twenty six midterm election.
The proposal was pushed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, and
it's intended to counter President Trump's effort to draw new
congressional maps in Texas and other states to increase the
number of Republican House seats. Now. President Trump did react
to the results that we saw on Tuesday night, he
(06:49):
posted on his Truth social platform. He wrote, Trump wasn't
on the ballot and shut down were the two reasons
that Republicans lost elections tonight. Now the President is hosting
Senate Republicans at the White House on Wednesday, and he's
urging them to bypass Democratic opposition to eliminating the sixty
(07:12):
vote filibuster threshold in the Senate chamber. It's important to
remember that many Republican senators also oppose the idea of
getting rid of the filibuster. The President posted about this
issue on social media last night, writing, Republicans terminate the filibuster,
get back to passing legislation and voter reform. So clearly
(07:35):
the President will try to put more pressure on John
fun the Senate majority leader, to change the rules in
the Senate regarding the filibuster. It's day thirty six of
the federal government shutdown, and Republican and Democratic senators are
now signaling optimism about reaching a bipartisan deal, and more
(07:56):
pressure is being put upon Democratic senators by the way
White House. On Tuesday, at the White House Press Briefing,
Caroline Levitt talked about the impact of the shutdown on
the aviation industry.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
This past weekend, Americans traveling to weddings, funerals, vacations, and
meetings faced significant flight disruptions at airports across the country because.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Of staffing shortages.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
On Sunday alone, more than five thousand flights traveling to
and from US airports were delaid.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Levitt in the briefing room on Tuesday also spoke about
the effect of this continued shutdown, now the longest shutdown
in American history.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
More than thirteen thousand air traffic controllers are continuing to
work without pay.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Because of the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
These men and women who keep our airspace safe and
moving will miss a second paycheck in a row this
Friday if Democrats refuse to open the government.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
What the White House has been hoping for is pressure,
pressure not only from various Democratic constituencies, but also from
the general public, and Levitt on Tuesday called on the
public to apply that pressure on Senate Democrats.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Let me be clear to our incredible air traffic controllers
across the country, President Trump and Republicans want you to
get your paychecks.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
They want you to be paid.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Please call on your Democrat senators and tell them to
side with President Trump and Republicans to vote to reopen
the government now.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Since September, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has demanded
talks to extend the expiring Enhanced ACA subsidies before Democrats
will provide the votes for that Republican bill to reopen
the government through later this month. Republicans have a fifty
three to forty seven Senate majority, and so far only
(09:50):
three Senators who caucus with Democrats have crossed the aisle
in more than a dozen failed votes. On Tuesday, in
the briefing room, Levitt said that outside groups are siding
with the President and Republicans are.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Nation's four largest airlines, United, Delta, American, and Southwest have
now all endorsed the Republican nonpartisan clean funding bill to
end the government shutdown. Major unions, collectively representing tens of
thousands of pilots, have also joined the airlines in calling
on Democrats to pass the clean nonpartisan cr now.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
The lapse in funding has furloughed many federal workers while
forcing others, including air traffic controllers, to work without pay.
It's also disrupted food aid for tens of millions of
Americans in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Several lawmakers on
Tuesday from both sides of the aisle said they thought
(10:47):
that the shutdown will come to a close by the
end of the weekend if talks progressed. Meanwhile, back at
the White House briefing room, Caroline Levitt said that Democrats
are losing the support of the.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Democrats have completely lost the plot. They are endangering the safety,
prosperity and livelihoods of millions of Americans. It's well past
time Democrats do what they did thirteen times under Joe
Biden and past the Clean funding Bill extension.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Now, several lawmakers say that talks between both sides could
become serious now that the Tuesday elections are over. In fact,
the Senate Minority whip Dick Durbin, he's a Democrat from Illinois.
He said, getting that behind us, people sifting through the
entrails to interpret it could end early this week and
(11:38):
then we can get down to business. So we'll see
if indeed that does give momentum to ending this government shutdown.
Now on day thirty six, now, Wednesday, will be a
big day at the US Supreme Court. I'll be in
the Supreme Court for oral arguments, and the main question
for the nine Justices is whether President Trump can use
(12:00):
emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on every one of
America's trading partners. The President has justified the bulk of
his sweeping tariff agenda by pointing to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, which gives president's power to regulate imports
(12:21):
in response to certain emergencies. Now, small businesses, including some
wine importers, and Democratic Attorney generals have made the case
that Congress never envisioned regulating to include tariffs when it
passed this law in nineteen seventy seven. In fact, no president,
(12:41):
including President Trump in his first term, has ever invoked
this law to impose tariffs, so the Supreme Court has
never taken on this type of case before the Supreme Court.
On Wednesday, if the President loses this case at the
US Supreme Court, it would be the lass of tens
and tens and tens of billions of dollars in revenue
(13:04):
from tariffs coming into the US Treasury. And Caroline Levitt
in the briefing room on Tuesday was asked if the
White House has a plan B I'll tell you the White.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
House is always preparing for Plan B.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
It would be imprudent of the President's advisors not to
prepare for such a situation. With that said, we are
one hundred percent confident in the President in his team's
legal argument in the merits of the law in this case,
and we remain optimistic that the Supreme Court is going
to do the right thing. The importance of this case
cannot be overset.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Now. The President has minced no words in describing the
stakes of this case. He's warned a loss could spell
economic disaster. He's repeatedly called this case one of the
most important in the history of our country. He wrote
on truth Social on Sunday. If we win, we will
be the richest most secure country anywhere in the world
(13:57):
by far. If we lose, the president wrote, our country
could be reduced to almost third world status. This is
what Caroline Levitt said about this case on Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Case is not just about President Trump. It's about the
use of this emergency authorization for tariffs for future presidents
and administrations to come. And we're confident and hopeful that
the Supreme Court will do the right thing.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Now, the President had flirted with actually going to see
these oral arguments in person. That's what he told me
last week in the Oval Office. But ultimately he will
not be there, he wrote on truth Social I do
not want to distract from the importance of this decision.
He would have been the first sitting president to attend
an oral argument. That's according to the Supreme Court's historical society.
(14:43):
So the President won't be there on Wednesday. I will
be there, and I'll give you a full synopsis in
Thursday's podcast. As for Wednesday, a busy day for the president.
He begins Wednesday morning with remarks that he'll deliver at
a breakfast to Republican Senators that will be in the
State Dining Room. And then in the early afternoon, the
(15:06):
President travels down to Miami, where he will deliver remarks
at the American Business Forum that takes place at one
pm Eastern Time on Wednesday. The President will then fly
back to the White House to conclude his day. That's
the White House Briefing Room for Wednesday, November fifth. I'm
John Decker. Have a good one.
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