where the next battles are going to be. i don t have a lot of time left, but i want to get to both of you. same question, megan. what does this broadcast about what these midterms are going to look like? the midterms are going to be a mess. i think that the focus on ketanji brown jackson s record on crime, the focus on crt, all these bad faith acts that are nonsensical, they re replaying the virginia governor s race. they thought they had a big winner with the crt panic, so they re bringing that back, bringing back the fearmongering about crime in big cities. they don t have a governing agenda. mitch mcconnell explicitly said they have no governing agendy for the next two years so they re going to work on making people afraid and hope that gins up votes among particularly white women in the suburbs. that plays out last week. what does this tell you about the gop? what does it tell you about the gop? that when they cannot come up with real things to real
academic, and ex-republican tom nichols and he can correct me if i m wrong here who seems to believe liberals in the left need to stop being so woke and obsessed with race issues if they want to keep anticonservatives on board and trump out of office. thank you for coming on the show. a few weeks ago when i interviewed kimberly crenshaw on the show you tweeted about that interview suggesting it didn t clear anything up and was making an anti-trump coalition more difficult. i happen to think dr. crenshaw did a great job explaining how the whole crt panic is really a front for old fashioned antiblack racism on the right. i have to ask you tom are you saying conservatives won t join a coalition with liberals to save democracy if liberals don t stop talking about racism? well, thanks for having me, mehdi. first of all i think that is the wrong question. the question isn t whether never trump conservatives like me are going to join you. it is implied in never trump.
afraid, and it draws on this you know, crt panic and its associated stuff. this, i think, could create a blowback because i think once people realize what they re actually talking about, you know, toni morrison, beloved, in a senior english class? it doesn t ring true, but it s about the culture war wedge issues that republicans think they can win on as long as they walk that line, distance themselves from donald trump in public and playing the culture war card, which can resonate with a lot of swing voters. so we ll see. terry mcauliffe always runs like he s behind. the problem is 10 out of the last 11 elections, the virginia governor s race goes from the opposition party to the president who is just elected. so it s an uphill climb. but this is a little bit of a desperate play. it s a culture war play. we ll see if voters see it for what it is. a senior in high school. don, also it just so happens that that kid who was so traumatized by toni morrison s
it is rough stuff it is because the horrors of slavery was real. it is literature, not trash. it is designed to make people afraid. it draws on the crt panic and associated stuff. this i think could create a blowback because i think once people realize what they re actually talking about, you know, tony morrison, beloved in a senior english class, it doesn t ring true. it is about the culture war issues republicans think they can win on. as long as they walk that line, distancing themselves from donald trump in public and playing the culture war card, which can resonate with a lot of swing voters. we will see. look, terry mcauliffe you always runs like he is behind. the problem is 10 out of the last 11 elections the virginia governor s race goes for the opposition party to who than the president who is just elected. so it is an uphill climb but it is a little bit of a desperate play. it is a culture war play. we will see whether voters see through it for what it is. a senior in h