and when the special interests are done with us, they re gonna come for the second amendment, they re gonna come, as you said, for a minimum wage. and so many other issues. our farming industry, agriculture is next. so we have it tonight. we ll still see what the results of this election. whether we protect our constitution or not. but it s bigger than abortion, it s a better way of life. where midwestern see, with midwestern values, we have the chance here to protect our constitution. be like other states, like illinois. what do you say of people who are critical of the timing of this? even former republican governor of the state, taft, said that a question this big should go to
decided to have in august? even though that republican super majority had just voted to eliminate august special elections, or do you think that it is a sense, from what you have heard on the ground, about an energy there. behind what voters believe on abortion rights. it was definitely a mix. abortion rights was a driver of this campaign, there is no doubt, but when you talk to many republicans they encountered. as we ve been saying over the last month. we ve encountered many republicans who are opposed to abortion rights, but they do not believe that this summertime special elections was the way to change the state constitution. two former republican governors, taft, and kasich, have been campaigning across the state saying that the state constitution should not be changed in this way. the threshold should not be raised. so there definitely was a sense of, some describe it as a power grab. when you talk to secretary of state, franklin wrote today, he distressed that. he said clearl
ballot they felt was more reasonable would be a loser. so in a lot of ways, it was about abortion. andrea, again, i think where people are is, again, stay away from the extremes and try to do something that connects with the public. to the pro-lifers, i think the view is, you save as many babies as you can in recognition of where people are on this issue. i think when you look at the results, you ll find out it wasn t just democrats that voted against this thing. there were a number of republicans that did as well. like i say, a lot of former statewide ohio republican officials came out against it. governor taft came out against it, former attorney generals. i think now that they ve lost this thing, i understand some of the leaders are saying, well, we didn t have enough time or other people came out against it. no. i think what they should have
former president while minimizing disruptions to the normal court process. wolf, in less than 24 hours, this is going to be a very busy place. brian todd reporting, thanks very much. let s get more reaction to the historic indictment from journalist and author bob woodward who is going me here in the situation room. what s your reaction to this moment in history we re all going through right now? it s very important. and there are technicalities in the indictment saying that trump defrauded, worked to defraud the government of a process of certifying and saying who won the presidency. and what is rooted in all of this is the concept that it was a former president who is chief justice, a hundred years ago chief justice taft who had been