for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what s a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barrage of misleading text messages to kansas voters the day before the vote that made it sound like voting yes would protect a woman s right to choose when in fact the opposite is true. but despite all those obstacles, voter turnout was massive, far from the usual trickle of voters for an august primary in a midterm here. turnout approached nearly presidential levels. and the votes to defeat the antiabortion measure didn t just come from the urban and suburban counties where most of
Good morning. It is saturday, may 25th. Im Charles Coleman jr. Filling in for my friend allie velshi. Weve got a lot to talk about. In the last seven days donald trump has reminded us of the many reasons why he remains a danger to the constitution and overall to democracy itself. Lets start when the former president appeared in Nra Convention in texas. During his speech that presumptive president ial nominee asked the critical quote, are we going to be considered three term or twoterm . Some can interpret that to mean just because trump continuously is delusional and believes he won the 2020 election, a possible victory this year could be considered in his eyes a third president ial term. For others, it raises concerns that trump might be floating the idea of serving more than two terms. Which is something he also slightly suggested at a couple rallies during his president ial campaign four years ago. There are a lot of things i could say about this idea. Aspirational, presumptive, eve
Nailing some threepointers to help the indiana beavers sale to their first win of the season. The mavericks beating the timberwolves to take game two of the Western Conference finals. Now it is the celtics. The commanding lead against the pacers. Today, saturday may d 25th, 202 this is, today. With Peter Alexander and laura i jarrett. Live from the studio 1a from Rockefeller Plaza visor. Thanks for joining us on this fine saturday morning. Are you ready . Ni all of those Memories Facing Backwards and the station on the long road. We wish you and your kids facing the wrong way good luck wherever you are. We have a lot to get to this morning. On track to get the busiest in 20 years with millions hitting the road and taking to the skies as we turn the corner and the summer. 70 million americans neat ri for severe thunderstorms, high wind, and possible tornadoes. Nbcs maura is checking the weather for us from Lake Michigan in my hometown. Good morning. Reporter folks are expected to take a
I have an hr complaint. Can we count on you for potato salad . You are crazy. Do you make potato salad . Charles, you have a good show. I appreciate you guys and thank you at home for joining me. Today on velshi , what is behind the alarming new revelations from donald trump worldal . It may be an understatement but there is a lot going on and we will get into what you need to know about the sizable slice of the american electorate that does not care. Plus, donald trump doing everything to appeal to Working Class minority voters, one of my favorite star wars quotes, it is a trap. If you dont believe me, i have invited two republicans of colored to join me and break it down. Velshi did not leave us alone without an episode of his beloved fan club. This week, he is in conversation with a group whose work to defend democracy and motivate women voters includes their very own chapter of the book club. You dont want to miss this conversation. Velshi starts right now. Good morning. It is satu
Laura good evening come i am Laura Ingraham and this is the Ingraham Angle from washington tonight. The great deflection. That is the focus of tonights angle. Now the globalist insisted that if the house didnt relent and push for the 60 billion for that losing the war effort in ukraine, america would lose credibility because Vladimir Putin would rush Totute Berlin and trying to embolden to move on taiwan. Weakness is what the world would see. But now that Speaker Mike Johnson has madee jozelenskyy, northam come run happy for it by getting money to your crane, we have the respect that as a country, right . Oh course not rse if you care about the way america is perceived around thee world, you should be enraged that donald trump is on trial in new york. These are the types of electionyear shenanigans that happen in other countries in third world the talker sees, not in the United States, come on by his press minions areon ecstatic. Anything to avoid covering the border or gas prices or f