your podcasts. the news continues with jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. tonight with exactly three weeks until the critical midterm elections here in the united states, candidates across the country in key races are increasingly taking extremism to the extreme. but what exactly is the definition of extremism? obviously that depends on who you ask. in a new ad airing in pennsylvania, republican u.s. senate candidate dr. mehmet oz paints himself as a middle-of the-road type of guy. his opponent fetterman is extreme for supporting criminal justice reform and supporting traditional democratic economic plans. guys like john fetterman take everything to the extreme. extremism on both sides makes things worse. we need balance, less extremism in washington. i m sure fetterman would respond that most of the extremism in contemporary american politics is coming from inside dr. oz s own party, but extremism, extremist, that s an insult we r
american politics is coming from inside dr. oz s own party, but extremism, extremist, that s an insult we re hearing on a lot of debate stages and no doubt you re hearing it on your tvs. masters is so extreme and so wrong for arizona. greg abbott signed the most extreme abortion ban in the united states. he is too extreme on abortion. this guy is so extreme. way too extreme for me. he s just too extreme. stop extreme liberal ryan. for republicans, the focus has been on extreme democratic policy positions. at the top of their list, defunding the police, which of course became a rallying cry for the progressive left after a minnesota police officer murdered george floyd in 2020. the proposal being that cities should reduce police funding or close police departments entirely and use that money for other programs in the community