Labor day afternoon with us on this special edition of deadline white house, with just 64 days to go before the election, the sprint to the finish is in full swing today. Vice president kamala harris and governor tim walz are wasting no time flooding the zone with a flurry of campaign events across the battleground states. Using this labor day to make their case to union voters and organized labor. Vice president harris kicked things off in detroit, flanked by michigan governor gretchen whitmer and two of the most powerful voices in organized labor. Shawn fain of the united autoworkers, and randi weingarten of the american federation of teachers. We celebrate unions because unions helped build america, and unions helped build america s middle class. It is true across our nation and it is true here in detroit. For generations, in detroit and across our nation, the brothers and sisters of labor have stood together to righteously demand fair pay, better benefits, and safe working conditio
Military families in america. Should we be shocked? yes, political boomerang. Why republicans should do research before going ahead with their attack on kamala harris. And katie harris said the zoo has come to town. It turns out the real circus just showed up on trump s transition team. I am ayman mohyeldin. Let s do it. Five time draft dodger donald trump loves to paint himself as a champion for veterans. Nobody has ever defended the veterans like i have defended the veterans. I took good care of our vets. We will take care of our veterans better than anybody. Trump s performative support for the military hit a new low this week when he went arlington national cemetery 213 fallen soldiers who died during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. As we now know, trump used his visit to get political, filming an ad in which he jabbed president biden with the headstones of fallen troops in the backdrop. We can never assume why trump does what he does, but we do know that it leads to disgraceful m
All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It was a big day for the future of american democracy. We will get to that significant action in a moment, but before we do, just give me a second to go back to the context of what happened in the last election. I think it has been obscured by the sabotage and disinformation and violent insurrection unlike anything weve seen in the history of the country stoked by the former president. Remember this, last november, right, once in a cent ray pandemic, we got a glimpse of what a full or fuller participation version of our democracy would look like because due to the pandemic, state after state, jurisdiction after jurisdiction, and i should note this is both democratic and republican there were fights over this. But across the board, more or less on the whole in the aggregate, all these places did something praise worthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mail
Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters cast a ballot. And also there was no uniform drubbing of one party by the other. It was not a blowout. It was a competitive election. Yes, joe biden won by a healthy margin. 7 million votes. 70 plus Electoral College votes. But remember republicans gained seats in the house. They want some key senate rates right . Now rather than looking at that outcome and thinking wow, we can be a Competitive Party even in high turnout elections which would have been a totally rational conclusion. Republican
And in both chambers of congress and the nation was formed. Like most americans on my life journey i have overcome adversity. By the grace of god, where is 12yearold my dad died of a heart attack. I learned at an early age, each day of this life begins. My brother martin passed away. This type of debrief of losing a family member. Every moment, every chapter of our lives is a gift. As it has been for most chapters of my life i didnt come here in the traditional or easy way. I think governor doug doocy for the blessing to serve the great state of arizona especially during these times of unprecedented challenges. Accepting the governors appointment by the most prestigious, and governing body, like most missions in my life, high risk, high purpose and ever, becoming a us senator is the alternate expression of this, do things afraid. In my fight for the grand canyon state. I gave my maiden speech on this floor, gave my approach through 26 years in uniform. The best of your calling, dont wa