politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
the 2022 congressional elections take their place i the history books right afte the 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was th first time since 1934 that a first term president saw every senator in his party reelected every senator who is running in 1934, first term democratic placid and franklin roosevel sought every democratic senato running for election get reelected. president biden saw the same thing this year. and the democrats added a seat for their control of the senat when john fetterman one in pennsylvania, a very difficult state for democrats to win, as is arizona and georgia but, democratic senate candidates won in those states to for my race in arizona, i had support by republicans republican mayors and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. you know, they ve come up to m frequently but also endorsed me republican mayors. because, you know, they re tired of what they ve seen ove the last, well, six years now. and they just want to ge thi
the 2022 congressional elections take their place i the history books right afte the 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was th first time since 1934 that a first term president saw every senator in his party reelected every senator who is running in 1934, first term democratic president franklin roosevelt sought every democratic senato running for election get reelected. president biden saw the same thing this year. and the democrats added a seat for their control of the senat when john fetterman won in pennsylvania, a very difficult state for democrats to win, as is arizona and georgia but, democratic senate candidates won in those states too. for my race in arizona, i had support by republicans republican mayors and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. you know, they ve come up to m frequently but also endorsed me republican mayors. because, you know, they re tired of what they ve seen ove the last, well, six years now. and they just want to ge t
of americans who want to see abortion access protected. abortion appears to be mobilizing topic for democrats in the midterms. but voter fatigue with the issue is always a concern. especially when the suprem court is back with conservatives. how do we keep voters from losing hope? i actually don t think that this is a winning issue. if you look at the turnout i wisconsin and the mobilization not just of women and protes voters but of young people, my view is that that 2024 electio run-ing on to issue. gun control and abortion rights those will be the galvanizin issues as we saw in tennessee, even talking about all our, where our rights are under attack, where americans feel that ther is, they are going back in time, they are highly motivated. so i really don t buy th narrative that says that thi is not a galvanizing issue i think it is. it will remain so. women are the majority of th electorate black women are fundamental to our functioning democracy. these are constituents who sho
we wanted to win outright in november we put in the work we knew what we had to do in the 40 vote period to bank the votes that we needed to to hav in the bank before electio day. we were successful in doin that so i think it s discipline and i think voters in the state of georgia and here s a republican explanation for why they lost. well, president trump los again. and i know a lot of people i our party love the president former president but he s - if you will, the kiss of death for someone who wants to win a general election donald trump chose horrible candidates like herschel walke and dr. oz to run for senate which some republicans admit i ve always said that there is no substitute for quality candidates, at all start there. it s clear to me that among th voters in the middle of th electorate, which are the ones that decide national elections and certainly swing stat elections, they just weren t having it. and then, of course, thos