hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
constitution. politico reports this on the fallout of the referendum, quote, turnout soared in canas despite advisory and little else to draw democrats to the polls yet in a state where trump beat president joe biden by 15 percentage points in 2020, the amendment was failing badly in a brushback to republican legislators who are preparing to move legislation s stricting abortion, and if the politics of roe proved fruitful for republicans in kansas, it will be even more treacherous for the gop and swing more moderate swaths of the country and here s how abortion rights advocates pulled it off according to the new york times, quote, registered republicans far outnumber democrats in kansas and they made explicit appeals to unaffiliated voters and center right voters. in interviews last week in johnson county, texas, a number of voters said they were registered republicans and opposed the amendment, a dynamic that certainly played out across the state given the margin. the resu
so it has nothing to do, and this is what i think the democrats need to be smart on, while voters have decoupled, what they are going to vote in congress from joe biden, democrats need to decouple their message pg. they don t need to worry about hawking great things that joe biden has done to try to make joe biden appear better and all of that. they should let that go and just basically say, we re the ones that are going to protect your freedoms. we re the ones that are going to protect your democracy. do not turn over, don t give the keys to these crazy people. that should be the fundamental message they should run on. matthew used the word of the day, decoupled, because that s why i believe the democrats have a chance to hold the house in november. i put it on tape. it s out there. you guys are going to blow me up. i agree with you. thank you. the voters are telling us something that all the smart