at some point. so maybe two, three, four votes they have to break. but this is really ultimately a test ofs will. kevin mccarthy is going to say i have all of these people. what is your plan? that s when you start talking about somebody else trying to emerge. then it gets really complicated. and ashley parker from the washington post is joining us now. ashley, just because we all anticipated that this could happen should not undermine the significance of what we re seeing play out on the house floor. yeah, that s exactly right. what we re seeing is a number of other people have mentioned truly historic. it s also a fascinating window not to bring everything back to the former president. but of different strategies from republican speakers and republican leaders of trying to manage him. as brendon buck knows well, john boehner, paul ryan, obviously had to deal with this far right
we talked to both candidates, the incumbent and the challenger. we found maggie tracking back to the middle. she s finding ways to distance herself from president biden. she brought up her independence from joe biden and talked about the myriad of issues where she criticized him and his administration. her opponent talking to a big crowd last night. more than 100 people, a doubling down on some of the big right wing issues which there s a lot of passion behind in the republican party. we will see as the other guys have said, turnout will be massive. this state could be among the many that could determine control of the state and the house as well. thanks so much to all of you. former maryland congresswoman donna edwards and brendon buck.
we are in new york. obviously, thought of as a blue state. this congressional district where the president is going to speak today is one of only ten congressional districts, according to our friends at the cook political report, republican held and toss-up seats. democrats have been playing defense. this is an example where the president is actually trying to go on offense, winning a republican-held seat that really should be in democratic hands. this is a district the president won in 2020. we should note, there s defense happening here. governor kathy hochul of new york, she s running for her first full term in office. she s going to be in attendance. she s in a tougher race than any analysts were expecting a few weeks ago. that s one of the other headwinds, that is crime. we will see the president focus squarely on the economy today. mike memoli, thank you. want to bring in victoria defrancesco, brendon buck and
secretary of state. 9 trump-endorsed candidate frequently campaigns on banning ballot drop boxes he s sponsored screenings of a mute vae that climbs widespread fraud. but the current secretary of state says there s no objective evidence that 2020 election was stolen and according to a database from the conservative heritage foundation, wyoming has seen just three instances of voter fraud in 40 years. zero since 2014. i want to bring in brendon buck. he s also affiliated with americans keeping country first. a superpac that s helping vulnerable candidates who voted to um peach impeach president trump. back with me is news now anchor kristen cass per. so this wyoming race is really just one example of many across the country where on one side
palmeri, former communication director for president obama and hillary clinton. and brendon buck. what a mess in pennsylvania. jennifer, pennsylvania used to be the place where ed rendell, hillary chairman in 2008, former dnc chairman, governor, mayor in philadelphia. democrats did well. republicans were people like tom ridge and dick thornburgh. they were moderate republicans. this is completely changed. jennifer, what does yesterday s big win for fetterman and, of course, what s happening on the republican side tell you? i think midterms are going to be tough for democrats. the question is, are democrats able to nominate in their primaries candidates that are best positioned to break through and win in a difficult environment? clearly, john fetterman and