of ayman, republican revolt. house speaker mike johnson just pitched his plan to keep the government open and legislate members of his own party are already shutting him down. plus, 60 or losing strap. the gop has lost almost every major election since 2017. when will they learn they need to change? and taking advantage, how president biden and democrats can keep it straight going into 2024 and beyond. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republicans, well ? they just keep on losing. and this week the gop suffered more losses in states all over the political spectrum to, in large part, to a stubborn hard-line stance on extremism and abortion. out of step with the super majority of the american public on both of those. virginians weren t fooled by governor glenn youngkin s gaslighting about a common sense 15 week abortion ban, that s how he described it. pennsylvanians refused to allow a candidate who had tried to hide her radical views on abortion, even scrambling
yes, you mentioned polls are extremely close, well within the margin of error. millions of dollars spent on this race. and the issues when you listen to the candidates centered on crime, housing, infrastructure in this area. but there s a race that s also being watched beyond jacksonville because it s a signal for democrats and their ability to perform in this state. jacksonville, duval county where they ve been seeing success up until desantis s re-election in 2022. in 2018, gillam flipped it. then came governor desantis when he won re-election by a double digit margin. was that a one off or part of a new trend in this area? i want you to listen to how both party chairs broke it down to me just yesterday. duval county is a battleground. it s an epic battleground. in a microcosm epitomizes the great struggle between the right
until we see how the legal ramifications pan out? and i m so glad that we have governors like jay inslee, who are, you know, looking out for women, and they re doing not just the right thing. they re doing the smart thing. a liberal judges resounding 11 point victory in wisconsin is just the latest reminder that the republicans, extremism on abortion is deeply unpopular. we also saw this in ruby red kansas, of all places where voters beat back abortion ban by double digit margin, despite the $3 million of the catholic church spent on the race, so the republicans are fundamentally out of step. with american people that takes us to the new pew research center poll that has found that more than 50% of americans think medication. abortion should be legal. while only 22% disagree. the rest aren t sure and yet access to this abortion pill is now uncertain due to the views of some judges, politicians and
walker finished about a point below warnock it it means there were a large number relatively speaking, large number who cast ballots for the republican for governor but did not cast ballots for herschel walker, the republican in the senate race. why is that? will that dynamic change? will those voters end up being for walker? will they end up staying home tomorrow? i think it is a key question here, why it happened. look at this. how did independents break in november? in the senate race independents went for warnock by double digit margin. in the governor s race kemp won over stacey abrams. in the exit poll they were asked about the judgment of each candidate. the question was asked does warnock show good judgment. among all voters 50% said yes, he does. look at the number for herschel walker. only 34% in the exit poll in november said walker shows good judgment. 63% said no. break it down by party.
in pennsylvania, or democrat shapiro has won the governor s race by a double digit margin, his republican opponent, fervent election denier, doug mastriano, has still not conceded the race. in fact, since mr. mastriano dance a little bit to the rocky song and made a brief statement to supporters last night, he is not set anything since. over in michigan, the losing republican secretary of state candidate there has not been shy. christina karamo, accused one city clerk clerk in the city of ann arbor , michigan of engaging in mass election crimes. just like that mastriano, kristina karamo has not conceded the race she lost to incumbent democrat joscelyn benson, despite the fact that she chose by 14 points. then there is arizona.