juncker in -- connecting glenn juncker into president trump has not worked out the way the democrats hoped. that is worrying for the midterms because the playbook by the democrats, connecting every republican on the ballot to trump and anyone who defends trump's politics, supports trump, voted for trump is tainted by that red flag, it doesn't work in virginia and it will not be a winning issue in wisconsin and pennsylvania, more competitive battleground states. this is one of the many reasons that virginia is a bellwether, a test on whether the trump card can still work for democrats in attacking republicans, even when trump is not on the ballot. josh kraushaar let's look at -- host: let's look at the republican playbook. one of the headlines in your recent columns, to win back congress republicans must look past trump's turf. guest: the flipside of the democratic pandering to progressives, on the left is the republican party been essentially taken over by trumpists in every state in every part of the country. what we are seeing in the senate and house races that the redder the state

juncker and president trump. the numbers don't suggest it will be similar to the 2020 be a good year for republicans where it may be easier to win the blue-leaning states. there is a good chance that the path to the senate for republicans will go to new hampshire and nevada and virginia for the governors race. the chances in the red states like georgia and arizona would still be lower because of the candidates. host: it feels like we hear wave election all the time. when is the last time we did not have a wave election? guest: that is a great point. politics all the way back to 2004, the first election i cover for the midterms, almost every election since the bush years has been a wave because people have said that they are dissatisfied with the direction of the country. all the way back to 2004, the iraq war, hurricane katrina, distrust in government and you hear the same discontent almost 15 or 20 years later. the public is dissatisfied with both parties, dissatisfied with leadership on both sides so they basic

today, virginia gubernatorial candidate glenn juncker and others discuss --. you can also watch our coverage with our new video app, c-span now. >> john sopko, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, testified on how u.s. funding assistance was used in afghanistan during the 20 year war. mr. sopko says he believed there were more failures than success stories in the country, and will look at reports that the former afghan president fled the capital with millions of dollars as the government fell to the taliban. >> this subcommittee on the international development, the international organization, social impact will come to order. thank you to our witness for being here today to deal with the conflict lessons from afghanistan. the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit extraneous material to the record. to insert something into the record, please have your staff emailed the previously mentioned address or contact full committee staff, and please keep your video fu

juncker in -- connecting glenn juncker into president trump has not worked out the way the democrats hoped. that is worrying for the midterms because the playbook by the democrats, connecting every republican on the ballot to trump and anyone who defends trump's politics, supports trump, voted for trump is tainted by that red flag, it doesn't work in virginia and it will not be a winning issue in wisconsin and pennsylvania, more competitive battleground states. this is one of the many reasons that virginia is a bellwether, a test on whether the trump card can still work for democrats in attacking republicans, even when trump is not on the ballot. josh kraushaar let's look at -- host: let's look at the republican playbook. one of the headlines in your recent columns, to win back congress republicans must look past trump's turf. guest: the flipside of the democratic pandering to progressives, on the left is the republican party been essentially taken over by trumpists in every state in every part of the country. what we are seeing in the senate and house races that the redder the state

glenn juncker and is the republican nominee, someone from the business world. donald trump did poorly in virginia, particularly the second time he lost in 2020, which ended up being the biggest democratic when for president in virginia since the lyndon johnson landslide. i think that overstates a little bit how democratic virginia is. it has definitely become a left of center state at this point. i think junking has appeal to republican voters in northern virginia. i think this is a closing competitive race, a race that often brace against the white house. it is pretty common for the party that does not hold the white house to end up winning this race after the presidential race. that means it gets a lot of national attention. so many political commentators and operatives live in virginia and i think that also causes a little more focus to be on it. host: how terry mcauliffe has run this race, what will it mean if he wins? guest: he started by clearly embracing joe biden then i think he is now. i think he has read the tea leaves and set himself he was on a call

today, virginia gubernatorial candidate glenn juncker and others discuss --. you can also watch our coverage with our new video app, c-span now. >> john sopko, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, testified on how u.s. funding assistance was used in afghanistan during the 20 year war. mr. sopko says he believed there were more failures than success stories in the country, and will look at reports that the former afghan president fled the capital with millions of dollars as the government fell to the taliban. >> this subcommittee on the international development, the international organizat