arizonans who support access to safe and legal abortion. we are under the threat of this being enacted into law depending upon what the courts do with the injunction on place and it. governor-elect katie hobbs, thank you very much for joining us as often as you did during the campaign to keep everyone updated on what was at stake in arizona. we really appreciate you joining us during the campaign, and, of course, tonight, as a winner. thank you. thank you very much. coming up, donald trump turned to the pennsylvania legislator in 2020 to try to overturn the presidential election. he won t be able to do that again thanks to our next guests joining us in the winners circle tonight. that is next.
office as governor in january. what is governor hobbs first action on day one as governor? well, i said many times that i will call a special session to repeal arizona s pre roe abortion ban. this is a band that completely criminalizes abortion. it is far out of touch with the majority of arizonans who support access to safe and legal abortion. we are under the threat of this being enacted into law depending upon what the courts do with the injunction on place and it. governor elect katie hobbs, thank you very much for joining us as often as you did during the campaign to keep everyone updated on what was at stake in arizona. we really appreciate you joining us during the campaign, and, of course, tonight, as a winner. thank you. thank you very much. coming up, donald trump turned to the pennsylvania legislator in 2020 to try to overturn the
voters will for years. and unfortunately, they were lettuce bright by our former president and they tried to silence all of us and most recently, with their majority, they moved forward a constitutional amendment, the first step to banning abortion here in pennsylvania. mandy steele, i had my eye on your race because i was told by somebody who knows that area, if mandy steele can win in this district, that means that democrats will probably win the house of representatives in pennsylvania. when did you feel the win was within reach? you know, i have to say, i felt it from the beginning because i felt a lot of time out on the doors talking to people and people did not want to see women s rights overturned in the state and that across all kinds of doors. and it was clear to me from the beginning that we were going to vote against this extremist minority. and vote for the people. and it sure played out that way in a big way for us in pennsylvania.
beginning that we were going to vote against this extremist minority. and vote for the people. and it sure played out that way in a big way for us in pennsylvania. joanna mcclinton, what advice do you have to the incoming new members on the democratic side like mandy steele? everything you heard from the voters at the door, everything you heard from your neighbors, it is a mandate. the voters are clear. they rejected fear, hatred. so now, as we go into 2023, and you become that representative, we are going to craft an agenda that defense workers rights, that helps families who have been trying so hard to get ahead in pennsylvania, whether the from the west where you are, or whether there from the eastern part of the state where i serve. mandy, i think people have their best understanding of politics before they become too deeply professional. you will be moving from your
we know that we need to have autonomy over and joining us now our pennsylvania house democratic leader joanna the clinton and state representative elect mandy steel. and presumptive speaker, i know i should not pronounce you speaker quite yet, but i want to speak to the senior most member of the delegation and the junior most member tonight and this is a great way to start. how do the could democrats do it? how do they pull off this victory that has taken 12 years for the democrats to win the house of representatives in pennsylvania? so, we were able to accomplish this big victory, by working families all across mental our candidates knocked more than 1 million doors. they went straight to voters to explain the horrific things that were happening in harrisburg. because most of the time, people think, oh, that s my