How Did They Do?

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Episode Transcript

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The most striking number to me aroundeight o'clock last night, when eight fine
Americans started slapping each other around ona debate stage. Twenty two million.
That's how many impressions the Twitter interviewbetween Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump received in
the first hour of the debate saysa lot more GOP voters are still more

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rich than what he says than whatthey say. The Gang of Eight's game
plan was obvious. Get us torevisit our love of Trump. It's a
big ask. The first ten folksafter Trump combined still trailed him by nineteen
points, and yet they didn't getto his name until the second hour,

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and it only lasted a few minutes, primarily thanks to Chris Christie. He
absorbed the booze, reminding us justhow ill behaved Trump is that with all
of the indictments, somehow we've cometo see his normal. So, in
other words, how did they do? The governors? Asa Hutchinson, Nicki
Haley Bergham talked about how easy itwas to cut spending, balanced budgets and

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fire state employees and how I'm goingto get that done in DC reality pulling
that off in Arkansas, South Carolinaand North Dakota offers the same challenge is
finding a ski slope in Colorado.Guess what, guys were adia. Running
a conservative state barely prepares you torun the federal government. In fact,
it might hurt you. A lotof those states have balanced budget amendments,

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have GOP majorities in the legislatures,and don't protect their state employees. The
US federal government does not. MikePants had the same political three foot putt
and deep red Indiana, and thenwhile he and Trump ran the federal government,
we added eight trillion to the debt. Rohn de Santis has a corner
on this. Florida may be themost diverse state in the Union, lots

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of people, ethnic diversity, vastdisparity, and socioeconomic status, decaying big
cities or right next to boom towns. But that state also has near perfect
weather, a passive workforce, andno state income tax. Only the Cayman
Islands is a better place to parkyour money. Show me how you do
all of that in a blue state. And let's talk Christie of New Jersey,

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the GOP's junkyard dog, which ifyou've ever been to Newark, the
Oranges or hoboken is actually a prettyappropriate description. Took him less than half
an hour to make fun of VaikRamaswamy compared him to Barack Obama. He
attacked Ramaswamy more last night than heattacked Trump. If anybody was confused about
Christie's role in this race, whichis to beat up anybody who won't be

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the nominee, figuring helping them getinto the White House means a cabinet position,
you're just not watching the lone USsenator up there. Tim Scott didn't
move the needle. He's a greatguy, compelling story, but GOP senators
have a scarlet letter around their necksL for loser. His crime bill was
great, but it didn't pass thebig spending bills. Did trouble can he

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in by taking credit for confirming threeconservative Supreme Court justices. There were moments
when the generations collided. Last night, Nicki Haley and Ramaswamy went straight at
Pence. The former VP kept talkingabout how great things are well. When
you've been in government the last twentyfive years, it's hard to relate when
your retirement funds and your Medicare isnot in jeopardy. It's easy to say

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we're fine, mister VP, We'renot fine. Please stop saying we're one
president from blue skies and ice cream. On your watch, we added eight
trillion to the debt. The bigfireworks came over foreign policy. The Veke
took the javelin missiles on this one. He's pretty clear, stop funding Ukraine.
Put the money on the southern border. That got Pence and Haley,

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who have actually dealt with foreign deskspotsganging up accusing Ramaswamy of wearing a training
bra. Opponents of JFK, Reaganand Trump said the same thing about them,
But all of them struck out onthe single biggest reason any of us
watched. Owe me something that willget me to leave Trump. You all
say you're gonna do what he did. Problem he has you haven't, But

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don't panic. It was only yourfirst at bat.