a landmark climate and health care law. democrats sided with the american people, and every single republican in the congress sided with the special interests. democrats say it s good policy, but with inflation historically high, how much will it matter in november. and mow ron desantis game the commanding general of the culture wars. we must weight the woke in our schools. we must fight the woke in our pizs. the state of florida is where woke goes to die. as he campaigns for maga candidates across the country will republican voters be willing to pitch trump for him? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip, with the midterm primary season just about over donald trump has succeeded in defeating nearly every republican who openly opposed him. liz cheney s blowout loss is the exclamation point, the fourth republican who voted to beat trump, and to lose their primary.
children in the top 1%. their household income. top 1%. they are twice as likely to get into these elite schools as children. especially in the middle of the income distribution. do you think that the courts should be as sensitive to that socioeconomic issue as they have been to the idea that affirmative action in the case of some of the conservative justices needs to be rolled back? clearly there is a correlation in america between race and socioeconomic status. also about the admissions process and beyond. but i think to your earlier point into the latter. in the first instance, it is part of what the supreme court has looked at in terms of figuring out. these quote, backdoor way of violating suspect classifications. wing race, gender, religion and beyond. they are really about whether the court will look at a very narrow test to figure out under strict scrutiny if what you are trying to accomplish.
state. speaking of the money, though, i want to show folks this. the national republican senatorial committee made some news by actually cutting their ad funding in a bunch of key states in arizona, pennsylvania, nevada, and wisconsin. there are a lot of red flags being raised about what s going on at the nrsc. how it s being managed. it s pretty telling that they can t sku some of these candidates who are struggling to, like jd vance, raise money. and are being kind of blown out in some cases on the air waves. fund raising has been really strong, and nobody has seen ohio has very red. but pennsylvania, arizona, georgia, you know, wisconsin, these were always going to be swing states. these were always going to be tough races, and these candidates are making it more challenging for republicans. and also to maggie s point about roe, when you have a swing race, that s where democrats see the opportunity with an energized
the midterms. election day is just 14 days away but it may be weeks until we know who wins key races. including a senate race in mississippi which if things falling a certain way, they could be deciding control of the united states senate. our nbc news/marist show the republican senator, appointed senator, cindy heinz smith has a nine-point lead over the democrat mike espy but still all-important short of the 50% threshold. no candidate hits 50, there will be a runoff on november 27th. think about that. you want to be in mississippi for post thanksgiving for campaigning? apparently i am. with the senate map as close as it is right now, one seat could tip the balance to either the republicans or the democrats. how about mississippi? the year started with alabama. why couldn t we have a swing race in mississippi too? much more to come on the meet the midterms road trip. we re in florida today, a state i have spent a little time in and a state that knows a lot about overtime. we will be b