EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Bill Haslam (R-Tenn.): “I don’t think any race is entirely on the president, win or lose.”
PLUS: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.): “We do have a narrow path to a Senate Democratic majority.”
NEW: NBC News/WSJ Poll Shows Democrats Hold Seven-Point Edge
Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd Anchor “The Vote: America’s Future” at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT This Tuesday Live From NBC News World Headquarters in New York
NOVEMBER 4, 2018 – In an interview on Meet the Press, Stacey Abrams said President Trump’s assessment that she is “unqualified” is “vapid and shallow.”
The Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, running against current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, also said that she does believe it will be a fair election.
“We have seen unprecedented turnout in this race from people who normally do not engage and do not vote. Some of that has been driven by the conversations of voter suppression because one of the best ways to encourage people to use something is to tell them that someone is trying to take it away. Luckily we’ve had two court decisions against Brian Kemp.”
Brian Kemp declined an invitation to appear on Meet the Press.
Watch the full interview.
In addition, Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam joined Chuck Todd for an exclusive interview to discuss Tuesday’s midterm election stating that no “race is entirely on the president, win or lose.”
Haslam also remarked on if Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, both gubernatorial candidates for their respective states, should recuse themselves from the vote-counting process on Tuesday stating, “I don’t think so. Again, I don’t know the specifics of exactly how the process works in their states. But I know how it works in our state, and the secretary of state’s role in it. And while he oversees the process, there are a lot of people involved in that. Again, if our secretary of state was running, I wouldn’t ask him to step down because there are so many checks and balances in the process that I just don’t have any fear about the integrity of the ballot.” Watch the full interview.
Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined the broadcast to discuss Tuesday’s midterm elections saying Democrats “do have a narrow path to a Senate Democratic majority.”
“Everything comes down to turnout. And we’ve got more than seven Senate races that are, you know, down to the wire and the margin of error. So, it’s all about turnout … you can’t go 0-4 in [Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and North Dakota], that’s right. And that’s not going to happen.” Watch the full interview.
Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley was slated to appear on Meet the Press but canceled yesterday citing scheduling conflicts.
New NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll numbers debuted on this morning’s broadcast showing that Democrats hold a Seven-point edge among likely votersahead of Tuesday’s elections. Read more.
Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher, NBC News’ Tom Brokaw and Kasie Hunt, TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and radio host Hugh Hewitt joined the broadcast’s roundtable for insight and analysis on the week in politics. Watch the full panel.
Read the full transcript of Meet the Press this morning, and follow the show on Twitter and on Facebook for the latest.
Tune in at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on Tuesday to the NBC broadcast network for live coverage of the 2018 midterm elections, “The Vote: America’s Future”, anchored by NBC News’ Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd from NBC News world headquarters in New York City.
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