these are all gerrymandering districts trump won this district for points against joe biden in 2020. this is a district right near to portland, oregon. this is a republican district. but it s not a marjorie taylor greene district. i guess we ll find, out it s not that lopsided. but we will find out of marjorie taylor greene candidate can win in a district like that. if it does, it pretend something i think pretty alarming for what the next congress is gonna look like. what was your sense of the state of the race being there? it s obviously hard to say. there is a huge amount of enthusiasm for i want to one of her campaign events at a brewery. we re not only where the prairie path, but there were as an overflow crowd outside listing through the windows. jamie herrera beutler s biggest is now supporting what perez. so i think everyone feels like she is an underdog with people do feel like with the right
candidates are conducted. your the washington post which is reporting the democracy advocates are raising alarm over concerns state lawmakers could twist the election laws to favor their party. how real of a possibility is that and what kind of implications are we looking at for the 2024 election? if you think this term was consequential, if this case goes the way those critics fear, it could control every decision that comes down the road. what it says is that state legislatures alone have the power to decide how their votes are cast and elections. that means gerrymandered districts, if it s okay with the state legislatures, then it has to be the last word. there are 30 states that have republican controlled legislatures. for verdict oppression and gerrymandering districts, they managed to control the machinery of those states. if they get the last words, the judge can t overrule them even if they do something that might be unconstitutional. it s the states they get the last word.
people s, you know, the ease with which people can vote, gerrymandering districts. there s important issues that are critical to democracy at stake. instead, what i think we will see is it will play to the democrats. they will be watching. you know, about 20 million people watched. i think the evidence presented will be convincing to them to people that would already vote for other democrats. and i don t think it s going to move the meter much for anyone else. i think that people are really focused on the economy. you have 75% of the country thinking that the economy is not looking good, that the country is not moving in the right direction. and we see a majority of voters have listed the economy as the most important issue in the election. and specifically inflation and they see inflation as more important than other issues like unemployment or economic growth. it s a problem for the democrats. yeah, i mean, republicans are
other reproductive rights. a new analysis put it is this way, quote, republicans have spent the years since roe working every angle, taking over state legislatures. gerrymandering districts and ensuring that presidents elected by a minority of americans have now appointed the majority of supreme court justices. joining us now, rocky gonzalez, i want to ask, did i get all the details right there? almost. but very close. there has been cases before. there s over, we have data from a report from our partners called, a report called rose, unfinished prom sis that has a lot of research. we ve documented over 1200 cases of pregnant people being charged and incarcerated for their
of mississippi s new law challenging roe v. wade, banning abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy. if roe ultimately goes, 26 states are all but certain are most likely to ban abortions and other reproductive rights. new analysis from new york magazine puts it this way. quote, republicans have spent the year since roe working every angle, taking over state legislatures, building a pipeline of anti-abortion judges who have risen to the highest courts in the country. gerrymandering districts and disenfranchising democratic voters and ensuring that presidents elected by a minority of americans have now appointed the majority of supreme court justices. joining us now, rocky gonzalez, founder and board chair of frontera fund. rocky, first, i want to ask did i get all the details right there? almost, but very close. so there has been cases before. there s over since we have data from a report from our