WEBVTT 00:01.558 --> 00:02.404 ELECTION NIGHT 00:02.405 --> 00:04.031 NBC NEWS IS STILL CHARACTERIZING 00:04.066 --> 00:06.060 THE STATE AS TOO CLOSE TO CALL 00:06.061 --> 00:07.692 BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, 00:07.693 --> 00:11.217 REPUBLICANS IN GEORGIA ARE SORT 00:11.218 --> 00:13.578 OF SHELL SHOCKED NOW ESPECIALLY 00:13.613 --> 00:16.908 AS BOTH SENATE RACES ARE HEADING 00:16.909 --> 00:18.871 FOR A RUNOFF ELECTION. 00:18.906 --> 00:20.699 TODAY THE TWO REPUBLICAN 00:20.701 --> 00:22.315 INCUMBENTS IN THOSE RACES ARE 00:22.316 --> 00:24.527 DIRECTING THEIR RAGE TOWARDS THE 00:24.562 --> 00:27.688 REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE. 00:27.722 --> 00:30.490 SENATORS DAVID PERDUE AND KELLY 00:30.491 --> 00:32.964 LOEFFLER DON’T SPECIFY WHAT 00:32.965 --> 00:34.747 THEIR FELLOW REPUBLICAN DID 00:34.781 --> 00:36.479 WRONG BUT ARE CALLING FOR HIM TO 00:36.514 --> 00:36.848 RESIGN 00:36.882 --> 00:38.395 HE SAID THIS IS NOT GOING TO 00:38.429 --> 00:38.836 HAPPEN 00:38.870 --> 00:41.683 ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS PREPARING 00:41.718 --> 00:43.795 TO BE ON THE BALLOT IS JOHN 00:43.797 --> 00:44.167 OSOFF. 00:44.169 --> 00:45.953 HE JOINS ME NOW. 00:45.955 --> 00:47.168 GOOD TO HAVE YOU 00:47.202 --> 00:49.324 CONGRATULATIONS IN MAKING IT TO 00:49.358 --> 00:50.736 A RUNOFF IN A VERY CONTESTED 00:50.737 --> 00:51.560 RACE 00:51.561 --> 00:55.136 WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO YOUR 00:55.137 --> 00:57.795 OPPONENT DAVID PERDUE AND KELLY 00:57.796 --> 00:58.846 LOEFFLER TELLING THE REPUBLICAN 00:58.881 --> 01:01.422 SECRETARY OF STATE THAT HE HAS 01:01.457 --> 01:03.265 TO RESIGN APPARENTLY BECAUSE HE 01:03.266 --> 01:05.050 LET TOO MANY PEOPLE VOTE IN THE 01:05.051 --> 01:06.073 STATE OF GEORGIA 01:06.074 --> 01:08.020 I’M NOT SURE WHAT THE CRIME WAS. 01:08.055 --> 01:09.235 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 01:09.269 --> 01:10.403 BIZARRE. 01:10.438 --> 01:11.191 TOTAL DISARRAY 01:11.192 --> 01:13.707 DAVID PERDUE NEEDS TO BE GEARING 01:13.708 --> 01:16.101 UP FOR A RUNOFF THAT HE ENTERS 01:16.136 --> 01:16.909 BADLY DAMAGED. 01:16.911 --> 01:19.308 NEEDS TO BE PREPARING FOR 01:19.342 --> 01:21.084 UPCOMING DEBATES THAT I’VE 01:21.119 --> 01:23.895 CHALLENGED HIM TO AND THIS JUST 01:23.896 --> 01:26.574 DEMONSTRATES THE TOTAL LACK OF 01:26.608 --> 01:27.963 COMPETENCE, COHERENCE AND 01:27.964 --> 01:29.381 MOMENTUM AMONG GOP POLITICIANS 01:29.382 --> 01:30.607 IN GEORGIA RIGHT NOW 01:30.641 --> 01:32.137 THEY ARE SHELL SHOCKED, AS YOU 01:32.172 --> 01:33.014 PUT IT 01:33.048 --> 01:35.129 THEY FELT ENTITLED TO A CAKE 01:35.130 --> 01:36.564 WALK AND INSTEAD THEY’RE GETTING 01:36.598 --> 01:37.898 THE FIGHTS OF THEIR LIVES. 01:37.933 --> 01:40.205 THEY’RE NOT LIKING IT AND 01:40.206 --> 01:41.631 THEY’RE TAKING OUT THEIR RAGE ON 01:41.632 --> 01:42.701 ONE ANOTHER. 01:42.702 --> 01:44.903 >> GEORGIA IS SUCH A FASCINATING 01:44.937 --> 01:47.437 STATE AS A PLACE AND IN ITS 01:47.472 --> 01:49.183 HISTORY AND POLITICS RIGHT NOW 01:49.184 --> 01:50.880 IT SWUNG ABOUT FIVE POINTS FROM 01:50.913 --> 01:52.517 2016 TO 2020 01:52.551 --> 01:54.772 THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT. 01:54.773 --> 01:57.950 MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMPETITIVE 01:57.951 --> 01:58.652 SWING STATE. 01:58.686 --> 01:59.600 WHAT HAPPENED? 01:59.601 --> 02:01.271 >> IT’S A FEW DIFFERENT FACTORS 02:01.306 --> 02:03.148 ALL AT ONCE. 02:03.183 --> 02:05.207 FIRST OF ALL, THE STATE’S BEEN 02:05.241 --> 02:06.810 BECOMING YOUNGER AND MORE 02:06.811 --> 02:08.710 DIVERSE CONSISTENTLY OVER THE 02:08.711 --> 02:10.002 LAST DECADE AT AN ACCELERATING 02:10.003 --> 02:10.601 RATE 02:10.602 --> 02:13.401 AT THE SAME TIME THERE’S BEEN 02:13.403 --> 02:15.203 UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT IN 02:15.204 --> 02:17.071 DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE, IN 02:17.106 --> 02:19.425 VOTER REGISTRATION, IN VOTER 02:19.459 --> 02:20.646 PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDING 02:20.647 --> 02:21.679 BALLOT ACCESS. 02:21.680 --> 02:23.905 A LOT OF THIS WORK LED BY STACEY 02:23.907 --> 02:24.566 ABRAMS 02:24.600 --> 02:26.910 WE HAD THE HISTORIC 2017 SPECIAL 02:26.944 --> 02:28.148 ELECTION THAT I RAN IN GEORGIA 02:28.150 --> 02:29.125 6. 02:29.126 --> 02:32.351 WE HAD STACY’S HISTORIC RUN IN 02:32.352 --> 02:33.100 ’18. 02:33.135 --> 02:35.788 LUCY McBATH’S INSPIRE RUN IN 02:35.789 --> 02:36.701 2018 02:36.735 --> 02:38.741 CAROLYN BORDEAUX RUNNING AMAZING 02:38.775 --> 02:40.600 RACES IN GEORGIA 7 02:40.601 --> 02:42.641 THIS IS IMPORTANT, CHRIS, THAT 02:42.642 --> 02:44.813 EACH OF THESE BATTLES WON OR 02:44.848 --> 02:46.394 LOST WHEN WELL THOUGHT HAS BEEN 02:46.396 --> 02:47.291 WORTH WHAT WE BUILT IN THE 02:47.326 --> 02:47.597 PROCESS. 02:47.631 --> 02:48.315 >> RIGHT. 02:48.349 --> 02:51.394 >> ALL OF THAT HAS OCCURRED AS 02:51.395 --> 02:53.002 THIS POLITICAL REALIGNMENT IN 02:53.037 --> 02:54.042 THE TRUMP ERA HAS UNFOLDED AND