U.S. strikes drone launch site, as Trump holds to maximum demands on Iran

U.S. strikes drone launch site, as Trump holds to maximum demands on Iran. I know you have too. You talked about it. And the person I really wanted to talk to was Betto Oo,r who can, me I m,ean pretty clo close in,2018, and he thinks.

This year is different. I want to hear why, because it's still a state that Democrats haven't won since 1994. It does feel different, but I'm going,g I'm

going to talk to him first. So, we'll see what he has to say.

You know, I was in 2018. I was in El Paso, so the at the minor league baseball stadium to cover his race, and I

Remember,r I know a lot of Texas politicos and reporters, rs and when the early returns started coming back, Cruz's numbers were so bad, and bets were so

So good in the suburbs at that they thought Cruz was toast, and then they didn't realize just how much the Trumpified party juiced the margins in

some of the other counties. Um, it'll be really interesting to get his perspective on how Taler Rico could possibly pull this off if he can.

He thinks it's different. Exciting u, and there's reason to be excited. U,m but we'll see what he has to say, and you've got to run like you're behind even if you're ahead. That's the

old political lesson. Um, all right, I'll see you tomorrow, Chris. Have a great night. See you tomorrow. Bye.

Okay, we have a ton we're going to get to tonight. Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Telerico just told us his first public event since learning.

Last night that he will face Ken Paxton in November. So, we're going to show you a bunch of what he had to say in just a moment because he didn't hold back about

His newly minted Republican opponent, nor should we have expected him to. And tonight, I'm also going to talk, as I just mentioned to Chris, about the last.

Democratic candidate who came within spitting distance of winning a statewide Senate race in Texas, and that's Bado.

He's going to be here to talk about what the path forward is going to look like for James Telerico. And I'm also going to ask him how he thinks this year is

different from 2018. But as Democrats across the country gear up for the midterm elections, I did want to start tonight with the leader of the

The The The The 

Republican Party and how that guy is preparing to sell his accomplishments to voters this November. Here's what Donald

Trump said at a cabinet meeting today while talking about his never-ending war with Iran.

Their whole uh economic system is broken down. They thought they were going to outweight me. You know, we'll outweight him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms.

Donald Trump says he doesn't care about the midterms. He doesn't care that Americans will soon be voting in an election that everyone knows is a

referendum on his first two years in office. But that's not a concern for him.

The thing is, we know Donald Trump does care very much about holding on to power, especially holding on to power.

without accountability, and that requires holding on to Congress. We know he cares enough to bully Republican states into rigging their congressional

maps to tilt the playing field in their favor. But when it comes to actually appealing to voters, to winning popular

support for his party and his agenda, I think it's pretty obvious that Trump is actually telling the truth there. He

just doesn't care. I mean, if he cared at all about the midterms, about appealing to voters, he wouldn't spend all his time talking about random.

construction projects that don't actually help people in this country who are suffering from rising costs and higher gas prices. If he cared about the

midterms, he wouldn't be building an octagon arena on the White House lawn right next to the demolished East Wing.

Also, he can host a UFC fight on his birthday.

If he cared about the midterms, he probably wouldn't have spent nine straight minutes at a cabinet meeting today rambling about his renovations to

the reflecting pool. Renovations that are reportedly overpriced, behind schedule, and might not even fix the leaks, which is the whole point

to begin with. I'm going to talk more about that in the next hour as well.

If Trump cared about the midterms, he probably wouldn't be fleecing American taxpayers for an outrageous slush fund to reward the criminals who stormed the

capital on January 6th. He wouldn't have saddled Americans with the high cost of his war in Iran and his disastrous tariffs, or spent months covering up the

Epstein files or any of the other crazy things he spent the last 18 months doing. If Donald Trump cared at all about these midterm elections, he wouldn't be

putting members of Congress in his own party in a position to have to defend any of that. I mean, just listen to the

questions that Republican Congressman Mike Flood got from constituents at his district in his district at a town hall last night.

 

Who do you work for? Are you telling me that the people of the first district, u,h of Nebraska suppo?rSeizinging green, seizing Greenland, removing the United States from NATO?

Mike, you vocally supported Doge run by a nonconfirmed ketaminadulterer

billionaire to wage war on waste, fraud, and abuse. You're making everything unaffordable.

We can't afford gas. We can't afford healthcare. We can't afford things here in Norfolk while you guys are lining your pockets within the presidency, within Congress.

Why do you continue to protect the pedophiles and Trump's DOJ as they continue to break the law?

The Iran war, the White House ballroom, security for the White House ballroom, immigration enforcement,

Trump arch, returning the pool, the reflecting pool renovation, slush fund

for crooks, and the farm bill.

How do we pay for all this?

Well, that wasn't a town hall in Manhattan or Los Angeles. That was a town hall in Norfolk, Nebraska. Donald

Trump has put Republicans in a terrible position ahead of this midterm election.

Voters want answers, of course, and they do, about Trump's objectively insane agenda.

And Republicans, most of them, don't have good answers to give them because there aren't good answers to give them.

I mean, here was Republican Congressman and candidate for governor in Wisconsin, Tom Tiffany, yesterday trying to answer questions about Trump's Capitol riot, Sleshund.

The idea that some of the January 6 rioters would reappear who were convicted, prosecuted, and convicted, and some

Jailedd would actually receive money from this. Do you agree with that concept?

Um, if they were illegitimately harmed, then possibly they should.

I mean, that guy you just saw there is the leading candidate to be the Republican nominee for governor in Wisconsin. And thanks to Donald Trump,

He's now on the record saying that the people who stormed the capital on January 6 may deserve your hard-earned tax dollars for their own reckless

conduct. It's painfully clear that Trump doesn't care what he's doing to his party right now. He doesn't care about their fate in these midterm elections.

And there's simply no better example of that than what just happened in the state of Texas. Well, Donald Trump, against the better judgment of most elected Republicans,

As people who really care about holding on to the majority, I should say it matters to them, has just helped make Ken Paxton the Republican nominee for

Senate, giving Democrats their best shot at taking that seat this November. Now, let's be clear. Texas is still Texas,

Democrats have not won a statewide race in that state since 1994.

But there was a reason why so many Republicans did not want Trump to endorse Ken Paxton. I mean, for starters, his long history of scandals

allows his opponents, James Terrio, that is, to run ads like this.

Remind us all, what is Attorney General Paxton accused of doing?

The list is really long: bribery, dereliction of duty, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. A majority of

Texas House Republicans voted to impeach one of their own. 60 Republicans voted in favor. 

office to benefit himself and a major donor who allegedly paid for his home renovations and even helped him cover up an affair.

They claimed the AG used secret email accounts, burner phones, and a fake Uber account to see his mistress. We obviously don't expect our elected officials.

officials, especially not the top lawyer in Texas, to be charged with a crime.

He's always been on the edge of sort of criminal activity. Three felony fraud charges, which have lingered for nine long years. And in between it all, the state's top attorney had a mug shot.

There are calls for Ken Paxton to step down.

Paxton is a repugnant character. Ken Paxton is an extremely flawed candidate, and I sense the worst is yet to come about his background.

That last one was on Fox. I mean, that was, and that was the first new ad put out by the Torico campaign following Ken Paxton's victory in the Republican primary.

runoff last night. And while Paxton denies any wrongdoing, that extremely long résumé is part of the reason.

Republicans expect they will have to spend significantly more in Texas in this Texas Senate race now that Paxton is their nominee. According to the New

The New

York Times, Washington Republicans now fear they will have to divert as much as a hundred million dollars to save the seat. And Senator Lindsey Graham told.

NBC News reports that he thinks that Republicans will have to spend at least three times as much money on Paxton as their nominee.

And that is a huge freaking problem for them because, according to the most recent fundraising data, James Telerico has significantly outraised Ken Paxton.

In fact, Telerico's campaign has about five times as much cash currently at its disposal. And that's before you add the $600,000 Telerico raised in just.

The two hours after Paxton was declared the winner last night. the strongest two hours of fundraising of his entire campaign so far. And as Democrats

celebrated Paxton's victory last night, the National Republican Party went into a version of full panic mode. Overnight,

The Republican Senate campaign scrubbed their website of all that the P Ken Paxton opposition research they had been spending, u,h spreading to try and stop.

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him from becoming the nominee. As though removing those references to Paxton's many scandals would somehow make them.

all go away. Maybe that's what they think. Now, in reality, the bad press for Ken Paxton is expected to only get

worse because Paxton is currently in the middle of a messy divorce from his wife after allegations of numerous affairs,

which Paxton denies. But, but the proceedings for Paxton's divorce are scheduled to be held in open court in

Just four weeks in June. Now, all of this is why Republicans are now part of why they are now terrified that they

could lose this Senate race. And Democrats have the ideal candidate to make their case against Ken Paxton. I mean, here was James Telerico at an event in Houston just moments ago.

I ran for office not to be served, but to serve. And then there's Ken Paxton.

I have a legislative record. Ken Paxton has a criminal record.

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America, and he belongs.

nowhere close to the United States Senate.

As Anne mentioned, three years ago today, Ken Paxton was impeached by his own party for using his public office, his position of public trust, to enrich himself and his donors at our expense.

Ken Paxton is morally unfit for office.

He has failed the character test. He'll lie to you with a straight face. He's

the most corrupt attorney general in our lifetimes. And he has put his own interests above the laws of Texas. Those

These These

are not my words. Those are the words of Ken Paxton's fellow Republicans.

Ken Paxton is everything that's wrong with politics. He doesn't serve us; he serves himself.

With a candidate like James Tyler Rico, who you just heard making the case, and an opponent like Ken Paxton, how did Democrats seize this opportunity in

Texas, maybe win a statewide seat in a state they haven't won one in for many decades? I have just the person to ask. Joining me now is Betto

Aor. He is a former Democratic congressman and Democratic Senate nominee from Texas. He's also the founder of the Power of the People. It's great to see you.

I've been dying to talk to you about all of this, nd what you think of all of this. So, let's just start by asking you, I mean, when you look at the

numbers from last night, you're so familiar with parts of the state, and I'm sure you dove into all the data, is my bet. ,nd when you look at what you heard

FAQ US:

What number of MQ-9s were misplaced in Iran?

Bloomberg stated that the US might also have lost up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones in the struggle, a higher number than the 24 that a report launched this month via the Congressional studies committee mentioned.

Which u . s . is not any. 1 in drone generation?

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