her paid for by oz and mccormick. it could cost them the seat being vacated by pat toomey, somebody who voted for impeachment of the last president. now in an exclusive interview, barnett told my colleague that her notoriety may be new but her campaign has been around for a year and she believes it represents the true will of pennsylvania republicans. yes, i was trying to tell whoever would listen that when i am walking into these rooms that were filled, and i would ask people, who in this room are new to politics since 2020, and
muslims. barnette asked twitter followers to pray as she was about to board a plain with a lensians, true story, but she s also been attacked from the right for her twitter posts confirming the existence of systemic racism. republicans are hand-wringing over the prospect of throwing away the seat being vie kated by tax cuts pat toomey. the big orange factor looming over it all is not with a caveat the former president released a statement saying kathy barnette will never be able to win the general election against the radical left democrats. she has many things in the past that has not been properly explained or vetted. he s one to talk. if able to do so she will have a wonderful future in the republican party. the current pick dr. oz is not running away with anything. he got booed by the crowd at a rally with trump last week. joining me now stewart stevens,
right? i mean, if you pull on roe v. wade, all this stuff, it is fairly consistent over time. republicans know this. and so they became more squirrelly about what they were up to, even as they pursued their goal of overturning abortion rights with even more dog tenacity. and to be clear, this moment was 50 years in the making. and like all catastrophes, if it comes to pass and i don t know for sure that it will, i hope it does not it will be the product of a whole bunch of things that had to go wrong at the same time. that s a definition of catastrophe. the list is endless. but it has been interesting to see the fallout on the right from this leaked draft. among the first responses from republicans and i think most people miss this, i read it on air because we were covering it in realtime the other night it came from far-right congressman billy long of missouri. long is running in a contested primary to fill the seat being vacated by retiring senator roy blunt. on monday, after
abortion rights with even more dog tenacity. and to be clear, this moment was 50 years in the making. and like all catastrophes, if it comes to pass and i don t know for sure that it will, i hope it does not it will be the product of a whole bunch of things that had to go wrong at the same time. that s a definition of catastrophe. the list is endless. but it has been interesting to see the fallout on the right from this leaked draft. among the first responses from republicans and i think most people miss this, i read it on air because we were covering it in realtime the other night it came from far-right congressman billy long of missouri. long is running in a contested primary to fill the seat being vacated by retiring senator roy blunt. on monday, after an hour passed from the leak, he put out a statement saying, quote, i am optimistic that these reports are true and that the supreme court will do the right thing, finally overturning this travesty of a decision. i have always
cincinnati mayor john cranley to win the democratic nomination. we have cnn s kristen holmes live for us in cleveland with the very latest. reporter: good morning, brianna. it was a big night here in ohio and it was a big night for former president donald trump. there were a lot of eyes on that senate republican race, many viewing it as a litmus test as to just how strong of a hold the former president still has over the republican party and if last night is any indication, at least here in ohio, the former president still yields a lot of power and influence. the midterm election ballots are set in ohio with trump-backed j.d. vance projected to win the ohio senate republican primary. thank you all so much. reporter: the hotly contested seat being vacated by republican senator rob portman was seen as a crucial contest, a litmus test on the power former president trump s support could have on the fall midterms. now, this campaign i really think was a referendum on what kind of