talked about closing the medicaid coverage gap. now walker for his part has continued to campaign against crime and inflation, blaming president biden and senator warnock for those things. you watch him on the stump, he seems more comfortable when talking about you know conservative culture warrior issues. he talks a lot on the campaign trail about critical race theory, about so-called wokeness. pronouns, transgender athletes. those are the kind of things that stir up republican base voters, maybe held less appeal to independent voters. so the messages are largely similar, but the fact this walker lost the strongest argument ahead of the general election, which wasn t it control. there is data showing that that was a big butt affair republicans. now democrats have to act. also interesting because it gives you a real window and saw hill into who they think they need to turn out, which sort of runs counter to what we ve been hearing about these moderate republicans, independents that w
at politics as being an absolute necessity, an imperative for getting the kind of society that we want to see for ourselves, and our children. well to that point you are familiar with the u.s. senate and how it operates. what is the difference between a 50/50 senate or vice president harris needs to come in and be the tie breaking vote and 51 seats for democrats? if you have a 51, 49 majority which we hope that we will get with raphael warnock being reelected, you have an advantage on committees. you are much better able to move legislation and nominations through the committees. if they are split 50/50, the amount of time and effort that it takes to get something through a committee, to get it to the floor, to get a vote, over the threat of a filibuster ate up the clock. so the warnock elections and port, and both because he has
take, there are citizenship and their stewardship of our democracy very seriously. but they re also demonstrating which we re talking about earlier, that this means on a mattress of the country but it means something to georgians. and the stark difference between the choices is not lost in any way, shape or form on these voters. their understanding about what needs to happen and what they need to do to make sure that we get a candidate like senator warnock and not the other is again, significant in the way that they understand what s happening. kendra, there was some reporting today and the new york times that i want to ask you. quote the winner of today s election will serve and that has been overwhelmingly white throughout its history. but a race that may seem like a trial for black political prior has sort of complicated mix of emotions for many black georgians. walker s troubled candidacy has clouded their pride with suspicions, this may, offense, even embarrassment. i wonder ken
georgians have already voted for either senator raphael warnock, republican challenger herschel walker. election day, it s tuesday. and the contrast between warnock, and walker is on full display. warnock spent the day rallying voters from atlanta to augusta, pitch to voters, expanding health care, touting his accomplishments like lowering the cost of insulin and reaching across the aisle to work with republican senators on solutions for the american people. senator warnock has also increasingly calling out the character of his opponent. arguing he is simply not fit for public office. now i am not mad that he doesn t know what he is talking about, i am mad that he does not know what he is talking about and he thinks he ought to be a united states senator. he is running for senate, he is not just uncle talking at the family reunion. georgia deserves a senator who knows what he is talking about. and it s not just that argument about walker s lack of substance, it s his dishonesty. hi
exactly helping. and who post on truth social you know, has not operation of twitter, trump called for the quote termination of the u.s. constitution to overturn president biden s election victory. chaos, chaos and nothing more as a closing argument. out of the crucial election in georgia. like spring and nbc news senior political reporter, sahil kapur running the runoff in atlanta for us. sahil, how to senator runoff closing message compared to walker s campaign strategy in these final days? well alicia, the closing messages are largely the same as we saw head of the general election with one big difference. senate control is off the table now. then across have clinched it so it s become more of a candidate contrast. you see raphael warnock sharpen s message down the stretch, portrays opponent herschel walker as unqualified, woefully unfit. saying the man does not know what he is talking, about warnock also like to talk about policy on the campaign trail. he spoke today about his su