the choice to go around a judge or a constitutional amendment. she will lie to you tonight and tell you that the governor can do something about the constitutional amendment. mrs. dickson is either woefully under informed about the office she is running for or she is lying to you. it is that simple. a governor will absolutely impact these rights. in fact, the only right it s because of my action. now, governor whitmer is talking about the lawsuit she filed that stopped michigan s very extreme 1931 abortion law from being enforced. governor whitmer is ahead in the polls. but i remember when she appealed vulnerable coming into this election. was abortion the game-changer here? the dobbs decision? or was it just a bad candidate. it s a combination of all three. she has done a really good job and run a good campaign. then, the dobbs decision. you ve seen a lot of work that she has done. people don t talk about this, though. with black voters, latino voters there s a big coalition
by a medical professional. it s not abortion by demand, through the ninth month. so i support that ballot initiative. i think it s written directly and codifies roe, where without that we re facing a 1931 ban. just on the issue of third trimester abortion. should there be restrictions to that? yes. i agree with the proposal which says up to viability, but afterwards you need the inputs of a medical professional. i think that s the right place for our state. you have prided yourself on being a moderate democrat. i wonder if you think there is room within the conversation around abortion. for democrats who are antiabortion by john bell edwards or representative henry
blessing to our nation. the latest polling suggests democrats edge with latinos voters is slipping. g.o.p. leaders are hoping for diverse candidates will help close that gap. dagen: thank you so much for that. dana: democrats are scrambleling to keep our next guest from flipping a house seat from blue to red for the first time since 1931. frank mer vin of indiana facing off against jennifer ruth green an air force veteran. wonderful to have you. looking forward to our conversation. for people who don t know you, tell us about your background. good morning. thanks so much for having me. i m a third generation combat veteran. had the opportunity and responsibility to serve in operation iraqi freedom. graduated from the united states air force academy and serve as a lieutenant colonel in the indiana air national guard. pilot by trade and focus is on helping young people underrepresented in the aviation
politics. what is going on? how is this playing out in the state? this is really interesting, after so many republican primaries, we saw candidates who have pretty extreme positions on the issue and walk them back and matt has not been one of those republicans. i did not have a chance to speak with him in office in michigan last month, i asked him if he intended to uphold the 1931 ban that was on the books when he took office. if you took office, he said yes. he also said the county prosecutors in michigan should be enforcing the 1931 law. which as i think many of us know our, they are currently not being enforced. thanks to but, yes this is really something that is unprecedented for a candidate. unprecedented to say the least. kara bought, jessica post and read gayle, and thank you all very much. when we come back, racial equity and justice at the state department all, yes it is a thing. it has been codified, i m speaking with the official who was fighting racism and social just
example because, you know, i saw in your poll it shows that abortion was ranked number three as issues that people are concerned about. but what you have to look at is how is it changing the political landscape, and what s interesting about michigan is just the way that gretchen whitmer, the governor there who is up for reelection and, you know, in the spring we thought she was going to have a really tough race. polls had her tight until recently. she s double digited ahead in the polling is how she managed this issue. in april, before dobbs was leaked, well before the decision, she filed a lawsuit to repeal, to challenge a law that they have on the books from 1931 that outlaws abortion. the concern that being roe being overturned, she has been doing round tables with women, doctors, moms, young women worried about abortion rights, and i think that has helped kind of create when i was there in michigan, it felt like a sense