Mo katie. One of the key races this november is for senator. Tina smith is the incumbent, a former Lieutenant Governor first appointed by governor mike dayton in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full six year term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis, he served a term in congress from minnesotas Second District and is a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to s
Appointed to the seat by governor mark dayton in 2018 and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins, it will be for a full sixyear term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis. He is also a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. I will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. I flipped a coin before we started, jason lewis, you get the first minute. Why
Leadership position because of her recent vote to impeach donald trump. The Secret Ballot vote 14561. The full house will vote tomorrow under the control of the democrats, remember, On Whether To Kick Greene off her committees budget and education. Greenes past comments include but arent limited to her view that School Shootings were staged, clintons murdered john f. Kennedy jr. , theres no evidence that plane hit the Pentagon On 9 11. Goes on into violence against democrats and rabid antisemitism. Marjorie Taylor Greene is totally out of control. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer. P last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. Republican Leader Mccarthy issued a statement after his meeting with greene this evening condemning her past statements, and went on to accuse the democrats of course of fuelling the controversy by scheduling the
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Contagious disease is widespread. China, canada, other countries around the world are doing similar moves. Edward lawrence from the white house. Reporter the move from the department of justice and department of Homeland Security not just from those country, passing through a country with widespread disease. Which would eliminate all asylumseekers coming across the board of the United States. This is likely to be challenged in court. 30 minutes the mexican president will be back here at the white house. A very formal dinner is laid out for the two leader. Invited guests include ceos of fedex,ups, ford, intel. The fifth richest man in the world carlos slim of mexico. They talked about today, immigration. But also the big topic of the day, trade. Were already seeing the fruits because it started. It is the largest, fairest, most advanced trade deal ever reached by this country. It will bring enormous prosperity and both american and mexican workers and canada. Reporter talking about the