I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
With michael steele. Alicia is on. Today the harris campaign is in georgia. Donald trump defends his disastrous visit to arlington national cemetery. Elizabeth warren slams trump s proposal saying he thinks women are stupid. Marc elias is back as the fight to protect the 2024 election is already underway. Grab your coffee, settle in, folks. Welcome to the weekend. folks, there is just 66 days until election day. You heard me, 66. The first ballots will be mailed out in just six days. Vice president kamala harris is showing up in places that haven t seen a presidential nominee in quite some time. Harris took her bus tour with governor walz to southeast georgia this week, marking gains in the battleground state. According to her campaign, a presidential candidate hasn t stopped in savannah during a general election cycle since the 1990s. While in savannah, harris sat down for her first major interview is democratic nominee. Here is how she explained her shift on some policies. I thin
Here are some of the key conversations you might have missed. The house took a major step toward potentially banning tiktok over concerns. Reporter for Social Media Giant ticktock, announce calling to split from its Parent Company or be shut down. He now heads to the senate. The u. S. House on wednesday, in a rare and overwhelmingly bipartisan vote passing the major that requires tiktoks Parent Company byte dance to sell the company within months. Would you say to people who cant understand that people watching silly dance videos is a National Security threat . We cant allow one of our foremost adversaries to have control over what is quickly becoming the dominant music and. Reporter many believe can and does store data from american users, partly because of a National Security law that requires Chinese Companies to share data and other information with the government. It begins to allow them to know how to influence americans. Reporter the annual Intelligence Committee says china used
Reached the number of delegates to secure the nomination. It happened on the very same night that President Joe Biden clinched the democratic nomination which means the stakes are set us before. As donald trump will be on the ballot, the 2024 election will not be defined by Big Policy Debates or disagreements between the two candidates and parties of which there are many, but rather by a very basic question whether or not we want our democracy to continue as we know it. Because donald trump has made it clear in public speeches and announcements he will take a Wrecking Ball to the rule of law, he will pardon the january 6th insurrectionists. And he will serve in his own words, this is a quote, a dictator on day one. Voters who go to the polls in a few months have to answer the question whether the 248year democratic experiment sees its birthday . That choice has been laid out in stark detail, voices not just on the left or center, but also the far right. Remember this, from liz cheney.
That you might have missed. The hthousep of representatives passed a set of Funding Bills needed to avoid a partial government shut down. House speaker johnson said he is pleased with the legislation because it allowed him to make spending cuts. We also advanced as you seen the surgery cuts to some of the agencies that we believe are really overreaching. And have been turned in some ways against the American People. We are going soto cut 3 from doj, 7 from the atf, 6 from the fbi, and 10 from the epa. And thats a start. We have a lot more priorities and things we need to advance but the reality is we have to grow the house majority, take back the senate and win the white house and i am hear to tell you the reason we are optimistic is because we believe the things will happen in november. What happened to my former party. You got a speaker who bragging about defunding the police. He is bragging about defunding the top Law Enforcement agencies in america. He is bragging about defunding t