and i just thought that, you know, every election, every time there s a chance to vote and to say something, you have to go out and say it. we re going to discuss all that ahead. but in new york, there are four other congressional races we are watching closely. in new york s 12th congressional district, long-time democratic representatives jerry nadler and carolyn maloney were forced into the same race due to redistricting. nadler won that primary ending maloney s 30-year stint in congress. seant patrick maloney and jone were almost forced to run against each other, same way nadler and maloney were. but congressman jones is running in new s york s newly-drawn ten district. he is facing a crowded field including dan goldman, former lead counsel during donald trump s first impeachment, who spent millions of his own money in that race. goldman is currently leading the pack butnt the race still too close to call. tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc. th
it was a fake deal. gretchen whitmer was in less danger than the people sitting in this room right now. today, two of the menstrual to that very real plot to kidnap michigan governor whitmer were convicted for their crimes. they face up to life in prison for them. actions do, in fact, have consequences. but if this whole thing, the storming of the state capitol, the extremist plans for violence, president trump claiming it was all fake, if that all feels familiar to you, you aren t crazy. storming of the michigan state capitol and the plot against the governor there were in many ways the ideologic precursors to january 6th. the first real manifestation of the idea a civil servant doesn t do what you want, you should physically threaten or harm them. we saw that on january 6th with the chants of hang mike pence. we saw that again earlier this month when an armed man tried to attack the cincinnati fbi field office after the fbi raided president trump s florida home.
and so charlie crist enters this race behind but in the game. look, florida democrats chose a candidate tonight who has not won statewide in 16 years. that is a critical analysis of his candidacy. but what we are also seeing that steve pointed out is a national trend that may be beginning to favor democrats and frankly for charlie klcrist, val demings, tv national trend might be enough in the state of florida to really put them over the edge. but without that national trend in florida, democrats are certainly fighting uphill. look,ti republicans, let s flip the script a little bit, republicans tonight ande in previous elections in the last six to eight weeks are woefully off message. they want to be talking about joe biden and the economy. and they re actually talking about donald trump and roe v. wade. or at least they re having to that.about that is a losing position for republicans. the more democrats like charlie crist can focus on those issues the morese likely he could give
lot of moderate voters, independent voters and even weak-leaning republicans feel the party is off the rail. to say nothing of the islamophobe ya, the anti-semitism, theth racism, th anti-immigrant sentiments for someig voters this is finally going to beis an election that might be a stretch too far for some republicans and either abstaining or willing to cross over. indavid, we know that charli crist will go up against ron desantis. it s not lost on you or carlos. it will be 30 years since hurricane andrew landed in florida. many onlookers in your state saying it will take nothing short of a political storm to unseatic ron desantis. your thoughts? a lot of people say florida is a redle state. i think that s wrong. it s still a politically divided state by just three or four points.
imposed what might be the most authoritarian restrictions on daily life in the history of this country. sort of like an out of control tyrant. i m saying hello from the policed state of michigan where i live under the martial law of gretchen whitmer. then two weeks later things just escalated. hundreds of protesters, many of them heavily armed, rushed the michigan state capitol. they chanted let us in. and demanded to be let on to the house floor. they were trying to put pressure on michigan state lawmakers who were voting to let governor whitmer s emergency declaration expire. this is a photo a michigan state senator took of armed protesters yelling down at them during the vote from the balcony. these were against covid restrictions and whitmer herself. president trump responded by calling the protesters, quote, very good people. then a few months after that, the fbi foiled an alleged plot