When “On Air” Meets “Wrong”

Last night, blue politicians won in blue cities. Do we need to get the messaging right heading into the midterms? Yes. But Donald Trump's methods, again, are working.

Democrats didn't just win in blue places. They broke the supermajority in the Mississippi state legislature. They flipped seats in Texas that had never even been competed recently. They, in parts of Virginia that are deep red,

the average, I think, was six points towards Abigail Spanberger in New Jersey. Mikey Sherrill got a bigger margin than Pat Murphy, than Governor Murphy did a couple years ago. So it's not just that we won in blue places. Democrats won all over the country. And I think a few things are clear. Number one, when Donald Trump himself is not on the ballot, his ideas don't win. And all of these candidates, look, Mikey Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger,

very different candidates than Zohrhan Mandami. They are moderates, they worked in the national security field, but they talked about affordability. And Donald Trump himself even admitted the shutdown, the Republicans are getting blamed for it, the Republicans are getting blamed for it,

and that they needed to talk more about affordability.