wave, and it wasn t. so you step back and you say, why? it may just be that americans by and large and, again, just enough, right? it s not a democratic wave. let s be very clear. but enough americans said, i actually want a constitutional republic where we argue about differences peaceably. we don t encourage political violence. we understand that democracies are about giving and taking, and it s harder to give than to take. our natural instinct is to take, and i think more than half the country made a decision that they would rather have a constitutional republic where you may not get everything you want on policy e this afternoon, but you want to preserve a system that has delivered more good than ill. so bob woodward, you have
issue. [ applause ] and, by the way, this is not a blue state issue as we saw it in kansas. and kentucky. i was going to say. and as we saw in kentucky last night. this is not a blue state issue. an issue, again, for 65% of americans, really matters. republicans, they didn t just celebrate the overturning of roe. state legislators started passing just the most extreme pieces of legislation that we saw in exit polls last night. only 9% of americans supported. kentucky. they re not going to stop, joe. a real problem for the republican party. they are going to keep pushing this. there is a segment of the republican party that this is the only motivating force in their life as it comes to the government, and they re not going to stop. yeah. they re going to keep going. they re going to go after medical abortions, because now the pill is being used way more
haven t talked a lot about house races but when virginia broke hard for spanberger late in the count. it was late. it was late. 77% in, like, oh, she s going to lose and then, boom! yeah. man, like secretariat, the race, going down to the belmont. an unbelievable win, and democrats at that point said, hold on a second. hold the phone. wait, because everybody said that was going to be the bellwether. one more thing, great guests to get to but a couple of things to underline very important to people haven t talked a lot about. i want to talk about, robert, three states that democrats have been so nervous about for good reason, because if they lost those states, then the election deniers could could could rob americans of of the, the
eligible citizen to vote. they are making it harder. they are making it harder because they know the only way they can win is to cheat, steal, lie, and rob americans of their right to have their voice heard. it s laughable that you are saying what you re saying, simply because obama is making the case that trump made, and you are critical of that. look. everyone just needs to stop with the rigged-election nonsense. we have free and fair elections. the election process was full of integrity back when donald trump won in 2016 and it was free and fair when joe biden won in 2020. and i think just the sheer mention of rigged election plants that campaign chestnut in voters minds like, well, if the campaigns and the elections aren t fair, then why should i even go out and vote? and we should be telling people to get out and vote. the elections are fair. and your vote does count, and making sure that there is integrity in our election process because the more we talk about rigged elections
the weeds here. the way that congress gives our authorities, we are able to require performance by the grantee, which is eco health alliance. they had a sub-award to the wuhan institute of biology. we are not permitted to have direct interaction from the sub award. that had to come from eco health. that needs to be changed. we are interested in asking congress to change that, and we re also looking closely at circumstances where progress reports are delayed to see what should be done in that space that perhaps in this instance was not done. so, yes, it s a learning experience for sure. why should americans trust you and the nih on the issue of covid origins when you didn t even know about the programs it was funding with taxpayer dollars this china? that s a little too strong, pam. we did know exactly what the funding was intended to support in terms of the research on these bad coronaviruses, and the vast, vast majority of what they did was exactly what we had