determine not just the makeup of the next congress and the occupants of governors mansions across the country, but also the winner of the 2024 presidential election. the events of january 6th a mob stormed the u.s. capitol. candidates running at every level of office in america for governor, congress, attorney general, secretary of state, who won t commit, they will not commit accepting the results of an election they are running in. it s unprecedented. it s unlawful. it s an american. i ve said before, you can t love your country only you win. if republican election deniers at state and federal win enough seats season f-crucial posts, whether governor of michigan, speaker of the house in washington, d.c., they will have the power to install a president.
races secretary of state in most dates is responsible for certifying and refereeing the election. they have somebody with the power to do that, use it to subvert the actual results is catastrophic. we are simply not sure as a country how to handle that. catastrophic is indeed the right word. elections people like me keep saying these are the most important in terms of our lifetime, if not ever. you are the historian. is that fair? is that true? is that hyperbole? that is quite true. if i look at the recent past, when thinking about elections, with this one, [inaudible]
don t tune out. get off your coach and do what? the! but down your votes and do what! the! a vote for josh shapiro, vote for john fetterman. vote for leaders who will fight for you and your families. vote for people who will fight for that inclusive, hopeful, forward looking america that we believe in. who will work with joe biden to build a country that is more fair and more just and more equal and more free. that s our job. let s get to work! you heard the man. go vote. feel free to grab an impossible if you like. that s it from me tonight. thank you for watching the mehdi hasan show. normal time slot until then you can find the show on the msnbc hub on
young people lined up waiting to vote in houston texas, a day later on friday, the last day of in-person early voting in texas. that line of young voting doubling in just eight days time. the question before us, though, what will this mean on tuesday night for the overall results? let s ask ramirez, president of nextgen a merica, the nation s largest youth voting organization. christina, thank you so much for coming back on the show. so far, how are early voting numbers for young voters comparing to 2018, 2020, in your view? well, we know over 1 million young people have already voted during early voting. those numbers are now to 2018. young voters are the generation that are most likely to vote closer to election day. there s been a huge birth of young people that registered, especially young women that have registered across the country. far outpacing young men, the decision to pull back roe v. wade.
administration is [inaudible] that is the largest drop in the deficit in the united states history. democrats are the are doing the economy, they are doing the work that they we are arguing that perhaps the republicans are going to be the ones to fix the economy. maybe democracy is worth it. republicans voted against lowering gas prices who also i guess our access to birth country. democracy does not survive on these issues, we will lose it all. we are out of time. just listening to you speak we should put you out more. i wonder in the next midterm elections, the next elections you will be running yourself. sophia busch, thank you so much. always a pleasure. thank.