On Morning Joe the morning after election night, Hamilton said Democrats have six months to show they are getting something done, including on healthcare, or voters will be disillusioned. He said he wants to be the "best friend in Washington" of Jerry Moran, Kansas's Republican senator, and to work together "not the retribution."
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- Who
- Adam Hamilton
- Where
- TV interview - Morning Joe (MS NOW), morning after election night
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 60 seconds, unedited within the cut
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But let's, I'll tell you, Democrats have got to show in the next six months that they are actually performing, they're actually getting something done for the American people. And if they don't, I think people will be disillusioned with them. We've got, and there's so many other things, healthcare is another one that's just critical. We've got to be addressing that. And then we look at the really big problems. We've got to require thoughtful Republicans and thoughtful Democrats coming together to solve. And I think there's gonna be a lot of Republicans who are gonna find some nerve and courage now after the primaries and the shellacking that the, you know, that their party took in this midterms, the rebuke to what's happening in Washington and they're gonna start saying, hey, let's work together with the Democrats to get something at least that's what I'm determined to do. I want to become Jerry Moran, our Republican senators from Kansas. I want to be his best friend in Washington. I like for Kansas to be able to model. Here's what it looks like for thoughtful Republicans and Democrats to work together on really big issues. Because if we don't, we're not gonna get anything solved. We've got to get to that point, not the retribution. and we got to get to the point where we're actually working together and healing and fixing government. That's part of I think what people elected me in Kansas.
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