>> WILLIE, WE HAVE TOM WINTER HERE AND WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAGEDY IN KANSAS CITY. REALLY QUICKLY, THOUGH, THE REVERBERATIONS FROM THAT HUGE DEMOCRATIC WIN ON LONG ISLAND A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO STILL BEING FELT IN WASHINGTON. HERE, THE HEAD EDITORIAL IN THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE REPUBLICANS' BORDER CYNICISM IS WHAT HANDED DEMOCRATS A SEAT. BORDER CYNICISM COSTS THE GOP. YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN A UNIQUE POSITION, WHERE REPUBLICANS WHO THINK THAT THE BORDER ISSUE IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THEM, ONLY THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY COULD SCREW THAT UP SO BADLY THAT THEY TURN THE BORDER ISSUE INTO A PLUS FOR DEMOCRATS. AS "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" SAYS, DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI BACKED A BORDER DEAL AND TOOK A HOUSE SEAT BECAUSE OF IT. WHEREAS, HIS OPPONENT OPPOSED ONE. I GUESS THEY THINK -- I GUESS THESE REPUBLICANS, MAYBE THEY'RE SO STUPID, THE EXTREME MAGA HOUSE REPUBLICANS, THEY THINK ALL THE VOTERS ARE STUPID AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. AS "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL PAGE SAID TODAY, THE DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED THE BILL. THE DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGNED ON THE BILL, AND THE DEMOCRAT PICKED UP A HOUSE SEAT THAT REPUBLICANS WON BY EIGHT POINTS JUST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. >> YEAH, AND EVEN SPEAKER JOHNSON YESTERDAY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE BELIEVED HIS OWN SPIN WHILE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS RACE, SAYING, IT SNOWED, THIS AND THAT, COMPLETELY IGNORING WHAT THE "JOURNAL" AND YOU POINT TO THIS MORNING, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE, WHICH IS VOTERS ARE REALLY SMART AS THEY SEE THROUGH NONSENSE. THEY SEE THROUGH SPIN. THEY WANT THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER FIXED. THEY KNOW THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO GET IT FIXED, WORKED ON FOR MONTHS IN THE SENATE LED BY A REPUBLICAN, AND SPEAKER JOHNSON AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON IT TO KEEP THE ISSUE ALIVE. PEOPLE ARE SMART. I AGREE, JOE, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. WHAT CONTEMPT DO YOU HAVE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUR OWN VOTERS WHEN YOU'RE LYING TO THEM SAYING, NO ONE IS GIVING US ANYTHING TO DO ON THE BORDER. WE WANT BORDER REFORM. THEY WATCH THE NEWS. THEY HAVE PHONES. THEY HAVE EYES. THEY KNOW THERE WAS A DEAL IN THE SENATE. MIKE JOHNSON YESTERDAY, VERY, VERY DESPERATELY TRYING TO SPIN WHAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS FOR HIS PARTY IN MANY, MANY WAYS, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF LOSING THAT ONE VOTE IN THE HOUSE, BUT AS PERHAPS AN TH COAL MINE FOR WHAT IS COMING IN THE FALL. HE WASN'T TERRIBLY CONVINCING IN HIS SPIN. >> NO. LOOK AT THIS, HERE HE IS SPINNING. >> THE RESULT LAST NIGHT IS NOT SOMETHING, IN MY VIEW, THAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD CELEBRATE TOO MUCH. THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE. THEY SPENT ABOUT $15 MILLION TO WIN A SEAT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WON BY EIGHT POINTS. THEY WON IT BY LESS THAN EIGHT POINTS. THEIR CANDIDATE RAN LIKE A REPUBLICAN. HE SOUNDED LIKE A REPUBLICAN TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER AND IMMIGRATION, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S THE TOP ISSUE THAT IS ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A WEATHER EVENT THAT AFFECTED TURNOUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THERE. THAT IS IN NO WAY A BELLWETHER OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS FALL. >> YOU KNOW, IT SNOWED ON DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. >> BLAMING THE WEATHER NOW. >> AS WELL AS REPUBLICAN VOTERS. BASICALLY, WHAT HE IS SAYING THERE IS, REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, REPUBLICANS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE WHEN IT SNOWS, AND REPUBLICANS DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN ON THE RIGHT ISSUES. SAM STEIN, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GREAT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. HE SOUNDS -- I MEAN, THAT APPROACH SUGGESTS THAT THE CANDIDATES ARE JUST AS CONFUSED AS MIKE JOHNSON IS. I THINK I SAW A "POLITICO" STORY THE PAST DAY OR TWO, THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE JUST SAYING HE'S WINGING IT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF CHAOS AROUND HERE. >> JOE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT WAS STRATEGICALLY TARGETED SNOW, DOWN TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL, KNOWING THE VOTER LOCATIONS. >> YEAH. >> NO, WEIRD SPIN. YEAH, IT DOES FEEL LIKE, LOOK, THERE'S BEEN A STRING OF THESE DEFEATS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T SAY ONE SPECIAL ELECTION IS GOING TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, BUT THIS ISN'T JUST ONE SPECIAL ELECTION. I MEAN, ON THE SAME NIGHT, THERE WAS A STATEHOUSE ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA. WE SAW, OBVIOUSLY, A STRING OF OTHER SPECIAL ELECTIONS, THE 2023 ELECTIONS. ALL THESE DOWN BALLOT RACES -- NOT ALL OF THEM BUT ALMOST ALL OF THEM, HAVE REALLY BROKEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC FAVOR, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DOBBS DECISION. NOW, IN THIS CASE, THE BORDER BILL OBVIOUSLY PLAYED A BIG ROLE. REPUBLICANS, YOU CAME OUT OF E THIS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, YEAR AND A HALF, AND YOU LOOKED AT THE TOTALITY OF THE RESULTS, YOU'D SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO SORT OF COURSE CORRECT IN SOME SIGNIFICANT WAY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE HILL. IF ANYTHING, THEY'RE SAYING, WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND DISMISS THIS AS ISOLATED INCIDENTS. THERE IS NO INTROSPECTION FROM LEADERSHIP. THEY'RE TYING THEMSELVES CLOSER TO TRUMP, WHO IS THE ONE SAYING TO KILL THE BORDER DEAL BECAUSE I WANT THE ISSUE IN PLAY. >> ONCE AGAIN, WHOEVER SAW THIS COMING? DONALD TRUMP COST REPUBLICANS ANOTHER ELECTION. IT WAS DONALD TRUMP'S CYNICISM "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" TALKS ABOUT ONCE AGAIN THAT COSTS REPUBLICANS ELECTIONS. JOE, WHY ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN? I'M NOT. I'M TRYING TO HELP. I AM HERE, RIGHT? I AM HERE. I'M TRYING TO FIX YOUR HOUSE. IT IS STRUC
