if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
democrats are good at th ground game. they need to get better at the long game. really pay tension to th states or else we will set ourselves back by decades. i think senator tim scott and nikki haley might want a word on the optics of th republican party i think you make an importan point, ashley. tara, look, frankly, i think i is shaping up that abortio rights and just women s rights frankly, and health care, ar really shaping up to b defining issues for not just democrats but republicans in 2024 what are republicans saying to you privately? what is your reporting telling you about how they feel this week they do not want 2024 to be another row election, i ca tell you that. at the level of the donor class, that people funding people lik ron desantis, the fact he ha $200 million in the bank, a lo of his top donors can diva schwarzman, the top gop