so they re trying to focus on what motivated voters. what will be watching between j.d. vance and tim ryan in ohio. he was seen as a strong candidate but that state is no longer up for grabs. that is a ruby red state at this point. well i think first off, the fact that ohio is even competitive to begin with is something that was not expected. not competitive for democrats, i mean. because i think that is why you haven t seen the democratic official party arm really invest there. because this was a reach seat for democrats. but the fact that ryan has made it so competitive shows that j.d. vance was not always the candidate that a lot of republicans wanted. i mean, he is an election denier, even though he has said that he would concede and accept the election results. and he s repeated trump s lies about the 2020 election. and i think that we may see representative tim ryan try to really hammer that point
he writes politico s florida playbook where his latest edition is titled questions, confusion and fallout follow desantis migrant transport. gary, thanks for being here. desantis governs as a guy representing a ruby red state, but florida isn t, recight? every four years florida is purple. so how does this play at home in the midst of a re-election campaign? well, i think that desantis and his supporters are would tell you that they don t think florida is a purple state anymore and that they are out to prove it this november and that basically if you look at the trends and demographic and voter registration and basically the fact that donald trump won the state in 2020, they would take the position that, no, the state is becoming more republican. and look, the way it looks from here and on the ground in florida, the desantis campaign pretty much thinks that they have this election pretty wrapped up. you can tell i mean you had
to look at the various ads that the abortion rights supporters used, because, this was one of the first times that i ve seen how effective it can really be in a, you know, a ruby red state like kansas. let me ask you about something else. a strategy that was deployed last night that heard one of the more normal republicans. peter meijer, a republican congresswoman in michigan, who voted to impeach donald trump. democrats got involved in his election, they tried to help his far-right opponent. and it worked. that guy won! what is your take on that strategy? democrats are thinking let s get far-right candidates to be the general, and we can get behind them. yeah, it sets up a line to be careful what you wish for. it s hippocratic on one line to say that election denial poses an existential threat to democracy. and then wink wink, let ten
and they went right at, a sort of libertarian reproach to the issue. so i would strongly urge people to look at the various ads that the abortion rights supporters used, because, this was one of the first times that i ve seen how effective it can really be in a, you know, let s face it, a ruby red state like kansas. let me ask you about something else. a strategy that was deployed last night that heard one of the more normal republicans. peter meijer, a republican congresswoman in michigan, who voted to impeach donald trump. democrats got involved in his election, they tried to help his far-right opponent. and it worked. that guy won. what is your take on that strategy? democrats are thinking let s get far-right candidates to be the general, and we can get behind them. yeah, it s cynical and be careful what you wish for. it s hippocratic on one line to say that election denial poses an existential threat to
his grievances is raising the questions broadly. prospects all of this puts that in question. thank you very much, bill, alisa. next, we are learning tonight that the secret service is considering actions after those texts went missing on january 6th. we will tell you what those were and also what happened in kansas. that incredible vote to protect abortion rights in the ruby red state. democrats seizing on the surprising result. conspiracy theorist alex jones facing a brutal cross-examination forced to admit his lies about the sandy hook shooting. it is 100% real as i said yesterday, and as i said here yesterday. it s 100% real. if you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure you re a target for chronic kidney disease. you can already have it and not know it.