they do have a concrete plan. so it s not an et/or thing. they care about all these things. they want people in washington who are serious, adults, not extremists, and we re going to focus on practical st. louis. so let s talk about what you are up against in the 7th district. it is a tough reelection against tom kane, jr. you have repeatedly said you don t think democrats can keep hold of congress if you hold this district and this race. why? because i represent the median district in america. about half of the other districts are more republican, more are half democratic. we have a four-seat majority in the house, as you know. i m one of those four, so we have to hold on to the seat. everybody knows that. that s why the republicans are
seven district, and filed is through the roof because of failed democratic policies and leadership what my opponent has brought to the 7th district. john: what about economic issues, inflation, food on the table, gasoline in the tank. those are issues that hispanic voters care about, they work hard for their money, they want more of that money in their pocket and they want the wasteful spending to stop and that s what they have been seeing out of washington over the last couple of years. folks are starting to figure things out, and making those tough decisions, whether they put gas in their vehicle or take another trip to the grocery store. john: a sense in places like texas where we saw flores win in a seat republicans have not had for 100 years. and in the state of virginia, do you believe it s the case, latino voters are like they will
friend was killed, your brother was wounded, you became a police officer in arlington. when you hear people like governor kathy hochul saying republicans are master manipulators, fact deniers with crime, they are making it up, what do you say? i find it appalling. this is a district result of the democrat s defund the police movement and law abiding citizens are having to pay the price. you see it on tv every single day, how crime is impacting our youth, our children and across the board and voters have had enough. they expect for their elected representatives to stand up and provide safety and security and that s not what the democratic has provided and so we are talking about that issue with voters in the 7th district as well. john: and immigration and what we are seeing the images on the border every day. you are the daughter of salvador immigrants, you were born in texas. when you look at what s happening at the border, almost 2.4 million people crossing illegally in fiscal yea
election and my race is going to be a nail hbiter. it is those i m speaking to, moderate republicans and independents that know this kind of toxic anger that people are throwing back and forth in the political realm is not good for our country. reporter: so slot kin making the calculation that there are sp independents and republican voters who are listen to cheney s message on democracy. this is one of the closest congressional races in the country in the 7th district of michigan. it leans slightly toward trump as as of 2020. but it is interesting to see if the rally of democrats or republicans for more her opponent tom barrett. so what is barrett, slotkin s opponent saying about this. he s a state senator from here in mid michigan. his name is tom barrett. and yesterday he received the even dorsment from harriet
in lansing. cheney who was once the number three ranking republican in the house had never before publicly endorsed a democrat. in a statement released by the slot kin campaign cheney wrote, while alyssa and i have our policy disagreements at a time when our nation is facing threats at home and abroad, we need serious, responsible, substantiative members like alyssa in congress. in response, slotkin s opponent, republican state senator tom barrett released a statement that read in part, now establishment war hawks like liz cheney and elissa slotkin are standing together because i opposed their senseless thirst for more foreign entanglements. listing the battle to represent michigan s 7th district as a toss up. we ll watch that race, but let s pull back to 20,000 feet. which is why we have jon meacham here. this race, and this