Strong Democratic Showing In Elections Sends Political Shockwaves | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Steve Kornacki, MSNBC national political correspondent, looks at some of the bigger headlines from elections around the country in which both parties had victories but flipped the Kentucky governorship and the Virginia state legislature. Aired on 11/05/19.
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Strong Democratic Showing In Elections Sends Political Shockwaves | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

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    1. Norin YES the lying Barr redacted vision that will be un-redacted to prove lying Trump is a criminal. NO HOAX sad you believe Lying Barr and Lying Trump.
      There will be a storm that you will not like.

  1. The key to breaking Trump’s stranglehold on republicans is demonstrate that there will be a steep political cost to them in terms of holding on to their seats.
    This is a step in the right direction.

    1. They’re on the same side. What are you talking about? I think you need to wake up. It is time to vote blue just tell your friends “republicans” that you did vote for them. They will never know the difference. Well unless they get 0 votes but, then you can say I must have hit the wrong button.

    2. When Republicans AND Democrats start losing elections to independents we will start to see change. Then you will see Dems and Republicans team up on the 3rd guy.

  2. Democrats won in Virginia and Kentucky. Clinging to Trump will not safeguard republicans’ hold on power.

    1. If illegals dont vote (which they do, otherwise politicians wouldn’t pander to them), their kids will vote. Demographics are destiny.

    1. That’s really easy to explain: because in the US system you only have two (realistic) choices! So you only have the choice between two big packages of positions. But people not only differ in their opinions, they also differ vastly in what they consider the most important issue! So if the most important issue for you is to keep your guns (for example), you vote Republican, basically no matter what. I think this is a more productive way of seeing it rather than wondering why half of the country are “idiots”.

    2. nutin butruth

      Of course California is struggling with homelessness. They are dealing large numbers of people fleeing red states and looking for a better future.

      Economic refugees from within the USA.

  3. America, for humanity’s sake please turn this small blue wave into an ocean. BIG ocean.

    Peace from England.

    1. @Cole Parkhurst Is size so much more important than content?
      Unfortunately currently I do not see a strong country. You were a strong country and could still be, but currently you are not.
      A country so divided cannot be strong.
      A country that let itself be played by North Korea is not strong.
      A country that is laughed at in international meetings is not strong
      A country with such a large deficit/debt in a period of booming economy is not strong.
      A country with such an hugh difference between poor and rich is.not strong.
      A country wjose leader states on an international podium that he believes the word of exKGBer (well trained in manupilation) above its own intelligence agencies is not strong.
      A country that does not care that Saoedi Arabia killed and tortured one of its citizens is not strong.

    2. @Cole Parkhurst Do you not understand that these reactions from other countries are there because people care? I am from the Netherlands, a lot smaller than England. Being small however is not the same as weak. We have several strong points.
      I am worried that one of our allies is having such a hard time. Unfortunately, I see in the erratic behaviour of your leader a threath to world security and economy. Sadly enough the US can currently not be trusted.

    1. @Michael Kahr No, it won’t. 45 MIGHT win in 2020 but the likelihood grows smaller by the day. He knows that and that’s why he’s coming more and more unraveled. He won by the SLIMMEST of margins in 2016 and the majority of the people who put him over the top are now hip to the Con he ran on them. They got screwed and the chance that they will vote for him, in the same numbers as they did in 2016, is slim and none. Add to that the fact that 2016 saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election in 20 years or more, and the fact that the 2018 midterms saw the HIGHEST voter turnout in at least that long, and 45’s days are numbered.

    2. It needs to be the Big Blue! Even if it’s a one and only vote may the people see the danger and why it’s needed to save America.

    1. Yes, i’m waiting for a Defiance County Ohio incident. All the Scandal fans will know what i’m talking about. haha.

    2. @Robert Murrell We should be using Electronic ballots backed up by paper ballots. It’s way too easy to make paper ballots disappear. It’s hard to do a disappearing act on both in a way that will cause the results to correspond exactly.

  4. Yay, Kentuckians! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Keep it up. We can do this. Moscow Mitch is next. We all know he is not working for the people. He is working for himself and his rich donors. Vote him out! Go vote! 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊

    1. @Lumis Sappier NEGOTIATIONS ARE OVER …PREPERE TO DAY….27 MAH SPEED NUKE FLEET AIR SPACE AND WATER WITH OUR NAME SARMATS ARE LESS THEN 30 SEC FROM YOUR SCOULL,……SO DONT WORRY ABOUT ANNYTHING….YOUR WORRIES WILL BE GONE SOONE SAME AS YOU

    2. Before Trump became president, he duped hard working class folks in his business dealings. I don’t know why anyone thought the cheater in chief was going to help working class folks.

    1. @Veronica Stewart some aren’t, and dont want to. They full heartedly believe everything Trump and Fox says about Trump’s opponents. It’s boggling to see people listen only to what Trump says because that’s what Trump told them to do.

  5. Trump in Kentucky “Don’t do it to me!” ……………Kentucky did it to him
    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R. – Moscow) told reporters, “Globble nobble clobble flibble-flobble”

  6. Dont just vote for potus….. vote for every down ballot race especially for the electoral college. Vote out trumps swamp gop republicans who have betrayed true republican values in their greed for power

    1. They didn’t betray republican values. republican values has evolved into hate and fear over the last few decades. We the people are not blind we are not depth. When republicans line themselves with neo nazi’s and kkk it’s time to switch parties. I am glad so many people have realised this.

  7. That’s the America I love ❤️… please keep the momentum going, BLUE TIDAL WAVE 🌊 IN 2020. Blue VS the Orange Goo!!

    1. I was thrilled to see that a lot of Democrats and independents got out and voted, and that they still cared about our country.

  8. Be aware that we’re fighting for the Democracy. The WH Mobster intends to announce his Dictatorship…I’m not kidding

    1. I mean, his constitution betraying autocratic habits have been on display this whole time, so i hardly think he needs to announce anything. The announcements to watch for are whether or not congress and the judicial branch will allow it to finish taking form

  9. I live in the Louisville Metro/ “Kentuckiana” area, across the state line in Indiana. So I can’t vote in that election, but the outcome still affects my family very much.

    I cannot tell you how stoked I am that Jefferson County, where so many of my friends and family live, played such a big role in ousting Bevin!!

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