being driven by a thing that women care about, what is that thing? it s roe. i feel that we ve been undercounting it, and under covering it since the summer. women just don t get over the idea that they no longer on their bodies. that s not something that they say, hey, you know, it was a little cheaper. i ll probably get over it. that isn t something that happens. so when i look at the electorate and the way that campaigns are looking at it, they re saying, can republicans catch up to that 4 million vote lead on election day? because that s when they are voting. and it used to be, back in the day, when i used to be on the other side of the campaign with that pretty lady over there, is that we would say, okay, we ve got an early vote in, because young voters, black voters in particular, college students, people have to work hourly jobs, that s your democratic electorate. they vote early. that s your early voter, so to the polls, right? and then on election day, it used to be awash. you
but he denies it, when asked about it, and he is being backed up by over $60 million in money from national republican super pacs, who are trying to buy an election denier. u.s. senate seats, and so, part of our job is to make sure that people understand how extreme his position is, that he is trying to conceal that from people. people want us to protect their social security, they want us to protect medicare. you also would privatized medicare and make over a trillion dollars in cuts to it. but he s also trying to conceal that. and so, that s the real rub here, you know, in a recent debate, don bolduc said that he was sick of talking about election denial. he wasn t gonna answer any more questions about it. this is somebody who believes he can refuse to accept results of an election, so he really doesn t think he has to engage with state voters or be honest with them. and voters to care about this, i am hearing a lot about it.
ban, because they don t think they re accountable to you. senator, it s lawrence o donnell. only go to that point you just mentioned about social security, what are new hampshire voters telling you about that? because an issue like social security has been part of these kinds of campaigns for decades now. you now have the highest cost of living in adjustment in social security in many years, in fact, in decades, because inflation is so high. and the social security payments are paid to that inflation to keep pace with it. so many republicans have worked for many years to try to cut that cost of living, increase, and to cut social security itself. but it doesn t seem to penetrate in these campaigns. well, so, one of the real issues in my campaign is that my opponent keeps trying to conceal his position. so, he is on record, on video, saying he would eliminate social security. that position has been confirmed by independent fact-checker s.
goes on, and as the vote counting stretches into the late evening overnight into wednesday, and even longer. we know now, to expect how protests from republicans who will insist that somehow suspected, it is voter fraud and election rigging going on. they will demanded the vote counting stop, they will file even more losses on the top of dozens they already have to try to disqualify early roger democratic votes. but knowing it s coming doesn t stop it from happening. it does help us know what it means when it does come. but setting those expectations is probably the best thing that we can all do for ourselves, for our family members, for our friends, in terms of being real, being patient, and not jumping to conclusions about tomorrow night results. joining us now for the first time is the great steve kornacki at the big board. steve, tell us what s important from this big final nbc news this out today? yes, sort of conflicting
tomorrow, and the polls thus far have been interesting but nothing as joy put it, the only poll that matters is the vote. a man who knows that better than all of us put together, joins us now. he is mandela barnes, the lieutenant governor of the great state of wisconsin. is the democratic candidate challenging republican incumbent senator ron johnson in a race that is absolutely crucial for both sides. lieutenant governor barnes, real pleasure to have you with us tonight. thank you so much for making time. well, thank you so much for having me, really excited about this campaign, excited about the position we are in, and about the momentum we ve been seeing. really glad to have a conversation with you all. well, tell us about that moment, and we ve all been discussing here how much we feel like tomorrow is a black box, and that anything seems possible. nicole has been saying that she feels like particularly in the last week, some of the polls indicate this, it does feel like there