mailers about trans athletes and disney world and issues that literally mattered to a small, small segment of the most intense, far right republican base. as far as compared to inflation, compared to crime, these and so what happened? they got absolutely crushed because americans wanted to talk about inflation. they wanted to talk about crime. they wanted to talk about abortion. they wanted to talk about the proliferation of military weapons going out into the streets of america. and my god, republicans just got hammered in swing state after swing state. and they got hammered about their own hammer because they started majoring in minors and minoring in majors. you have to deal with the major concerns of the electorate if you want their vote. and i can t for the life of me
better of their matchup. joe, to your point about majoring in minors, most americans, the vast majority of americans hear him say disney is sexualizing children, and they go, what is he even talking about? what does that even mean? most are going out to see disney s little mermaid for $150 million it made at the box office, whatever it was this weekend. he is running to be president of the united states. if he is on a debate stage with joe biden and starts talking about disney sexualizing young children, does that turn on voters in the suburbs of atlanta and philadelphia and milwaukee? is that something they even understand? we ll see. i get it, this is a primary. he is trying to win a primary first, but he has a lot of stuff, including the six-week abortion ban he has to unwind if he is the nominee. that ll be difficult to do. what did we hear repeatedly in the summer of 2022? what we heard was the biggest
ideology. we re so far from ronald reagan. you know, america is a city shining brightly on the hill for all the world to see. yeah. you know, a serious point here, too, because, well actually, let me play you this clip. this is when i just started thinking, you know, we used to have a football coach that would say, you boys are majoring in minors. focus on the big things. this is what ron desantis is doing. he is majoring on the minors, on things that may get a small sliver of the population. it s not like reagan. reagan would say things that maybe 50% of americans agreed with, but he d say it in a way that 90% of americans would go, yeah, this guy is on to something. reagan was always reaching out, probably why he won 47 states,
of business when she got older. she was majoring in marketing at the university of idaho s business school, when she was murdered. ben mogen is her father. maddie was his only child. just so bright and would go after what she wanted in life. yeah, i think she could have done anything she put her mind to. reporter: kim is one of maddie s grandmothers. she was well loved and she s gone. it s still hard to believe. reporter: this past weekend was the spring commencement of the university of idaho. maddie was a senior and would have been here for the graduation. but in a sensue, she was here. it s sad and it s happy. and it s yeah just so many different emotions. so many different emotions after ben and maddie s dad was
mattie maintain those interest her whole life. but added an interest in the world of business as she got older. of something becoming an entrepreneur. she was majoring in marketing at the university of idaho s business school, when she was murdered. ben mogen is her father. maddie was his only child. just so bright, and would go after what she wanted in life. yeah, i think she could ve done anything she put her mind to. kim is one of maddie s grandmothers. she was well loved. she s gone. it s still hard to believe. this past weekend, with the spring commencement at the university of idaho, maddie was a senior and would ve been here for the graduation. but in a sense, she was here. it s sad, and it s happy. yeah, so many different emotions.