also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge night of primaries in some key battleground states. voters in five states are casting their ballots setting up critical showdowns for this november, and the stakes could not be higher. the choices voters make could very well determine whether or not this country remains a democracy, and that claim is not made hyperbolically. we saw how our democracy was pushed to the brink in 2020 with the twice-impeached former president pushing the lie that the election he lost was rigged. of course it wasn t, an
imprisonment of arizona s top election official for her hand liming of the 2020 race and for the jailing of journalists over what she calls or what she claims are election lies. now lake is taking a page out of trump s playbook claiming each before election day that there s fraud in the voting without providing any proof because, of course. what fraud is there, kari? what fraud is there? . this is seerous. this is about arizona voters participating in this election. the last person on planet earth that i would tell you, you and ms dnc. you know about a crime. i m not telling you. the there s nothing new. there s state rep mark finchum vying for arizona secretary of state. this is a person who once identified himself as a member of the oath keepers and was present outside the capitol on january 6th. to this day he is still pushing
teleprompter. joe bide then year. joe biden this year. coming to a theater near you. let me close on a seerous note. weeing having a good sign but as has been true for the last several years we have incredible men and women serving in uniform overseas in the most extraordinary of circumstances and we [ applause ] we admire their courage and their valor. we also need to remember our neighbors in alabama and across the south that have been devastated by terrible storms