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Q: If Donald Trump loses the election, what do you think the main reason will be?
Chris Sununu: 'People don't want to go back to that type of attitude.'

If Donald Trump talks about abortion, 'it could really backfire on him and other republicans. I'm more concerned about republicans down ballot,' says Chris Sununu.

Question: Your pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee, what does that look like if the nominee is not you?
Nikki Haley responds.

Question: You have remained disciplined in not defining what a win looks like in any of the early states. Will you define what a loss looks like for you in Michigan? How your team is measuring that?
Nikki Haley responds.

One exit poll out of the SC primary -- After Trump mocked her husband's military service, exit polls showed Trump won nearly 70 percent of voters who were military veterans.
How does Nikki Haley make sense of that?

Question: You often say Donald Trump can’t win a general election, won't win a general election. You have not yet convinced a majority of republican voters in primary contests that he shouldn’t win. Why not?
@nikkihaley responds

Gov Nikki Haley joined us today, Michigan primary day.
'What does today mean for you and your campaign?'

Chipped phone, chipped nail and ready to wake up earlier.

Starting Monday, JB SS and KB are moving. We’ll see you 7a to 10a eastern.
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Lishay Lavi found out Sunday her husband Omri is still alive, held hostage by Hamas. Says she & her daughters 'we are mentally hostages.' Her 2 year old Roni 'every morning asks if he is going to come back today, and every night, she understands he's not going to come back.'

Bob Good and Eli Crane, who both voted to oust McCarthy, defend doing so even as Speaker Johnson is also advancing a clean spending bill with support of Ds.
“At least he didn’t lie to us,” Crane says

MTG, who backed McCarthy, says of Johnson’s plan: “I think it’s a failure.”

Gov Beshear: 'I think our blueprint was as simple as show up, get results and care about everybody and don't get distracted by whatever the issue of the day is in Washington DC.' AND some answers about 2024 & 2028...

.David Philipps on his investigation into A Secret War with Secret Wounds. A story that stopped me in my tracks this weekend.

Lishay Lavi survived the Hamas terror attack. She's now learned her husband Omri is alive but being held hostage in Gaza. 'I know I will see him again...inside my heart that I'm going to see him again.'

General David Petraeus on comparing the fight for Fallujah or Mosul to what Israel could be facing against Hamas in Gaza: 'They're inadequate. This is vastly more challenging.'
Full interview here.

On my way to DC — Tonight The Partnership and I will be announcing the #Sammies2023 winners. Honoring federal employees who get the real work done! So many unsung heroes to celebrate tonight.
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'We saw from Matt Gaetz one of the greatest acts of heresy that I've seen in a while.' Rep D'Esposito just now. 'These individuals need to be held accountable...because once they have one disagreement with the next speaker or the next leader, we'll be headed down the same path.'