Chuck Todd: PA-18 a ‘Gut Punch’ to Trump and a ‘Wake Up Call’ for Pelosi

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
TODD: "Good evening. I’m Chuck Todd here in Washington. Welcome to “Mtp daily.” We begin with a gut punch for President Trump and a wake-up call for Nancy Pelosi, Conor Lamb is the apparent winner according to NBC news in a district trump won by 20 points. We say now that a source now says it is probable that the Saccone campaign will ask for a recount but we say apparent because we believe all of the ballots are counted and if there is not enough of the overseas to change the total, but a recount is possible, but still Lamb erased a 20-point deficit. That is a headline that will not change regardless of the vote total. Some Republicans are panicking after the results and others are saying there is no reason to panic because lamb was actually the Republican in the race. We kid you not on that one. But that doesn’t change the fact that President Trump campaigned for the actual Republican candidate Rick Saccone not once but twice. And make no mistake, he run on trump’s tax plan and tariffs and against sanction cities and talk about ms-13 and ran on trump style attacks on liberals claiming Democrats hate god and despite all of that, he apparently lost in the district that trump won by 20 points. So folks, there are more than a hundred republican-held districts that are technically and statistically less Republican than this one. And Democrats need just 24 house seats to win back the house. That is what should worry President Trump and Republican leaders after last night. But the spin today from top Republicans like these folks is that there is no reason to worry. Because the Democrats Conor Lamb who was attacked as a Pelosi supporting ObamaCare trump hating liberal is actually a Republican."