year, to be found by a new yor jury as a rapist diana florence and nick akerman great to have you here at the table that is all in on thi wednesday night, alex wagner tonight starts right now good evening chris, i m gonna just set the trump of al this aside, congratulations to you, buddy thank you, buddy. for ten years i d like to say, this seems like a long time to people haven t known you for how many is, 26 i wanna go. with my good. we don t look at the over 25 congratulations you deserve all the accolades, i have loved watching you fo these decades, but especially, on the air for the last ten. you should be really proud o what you ve done i am very proud of you i don t need to soun diminishing. as your friend it s awesome. getting choked up. i m happy and proud to do i with you yes, that s the best part who knew thank you to all of you a home for joining us this hour, if you are a superstitious person, as i am, maybe you are familiar with the notio
republicans outnumber democrat 3 to 1 same in the state senate and the state assembly, wher republicans have had overwhelming majority for th past decade, despite the fac that the state is evenly split by voters from both parties. i was that even possible it s possible because wisconsi republicans have engaged i some of the most aggressiv gerrymandering in the country. building themselves almost permanent majorities the wisconsin is emily s essentially district 73, a district along the state s western border, when tha includes the greater metro are for neighboring duluth minnesota. the map on the left says wha that district used to look like the map on the right says that it looks like this now after republican stretched the corners of the district to include more rural conservative areas in order to watertown democratic votes the crystal clear example of the way the republicans have broken democracy to cement minority rule.
janet protasiewicz and he bloodthirsty comrades don care about wisconsin values, they just care about makin money and killing babies any, race up or down th ticket, across the country with voting rights issues an gerrymandering, and abortion access, and other hyperpartisa concerns that can come befor the wisconsin supreme court. this race effectively became a microcosm for our national politics just as the people of wisconsi made their choice clear, but under janet protasiewicz by 11 points just as that s happening republicans are already trying to use their new supermajority in a gerrymandered state senat to impeach janet protasiewicz, to undemocratically overturn the will of the people, whic also sends a little bit like our national politics, doesn t it joining us now is republican senator tammy baldwin. senator baldwin, thanks fo joining us tonight i have to start with thi announced theory tha republicans might try to
back and take in the magnitude of last night. the voters said crisply an clearly that we want our right and freedoms back. this is a state, as you know that has razor thin margins in most of the statewide races, and janet s protasiewicz one with 11 points if there are republicans who thought that the voters ha simmered down on abortio rights, they got it wrong. this is a first step with th election for janet protasiewicz, and more needs to follow can we parse the results little bit more? it seems like you re sayin that abortion was the bi driver here in terms of victory. is there a reason that w haven t seen that same, and i thinking about the midterms, thinking about mandela barnes, why don t we see the same sort of reaction with other democrats who would ve protected a woman s rights t
very own race for sore loser it s the most deepl deceitful, dishonourable despicable campaign i have eve seen run for the courts. it is truly beneath contempt my opponent is a serial liar she has disregarded judicial ethics, she has demeaned the judiciary of with her behavior this is the future that we hav to look forward to i wisconsin. always be generous an defeat the republican party s hostility towards democrac isn t full display here in wisconsin. the voters in that state hav just taken the first up toward fixing it, and it all starts with ending gerrymandering if wisconsin can unwind th structural barriers that republicans have put in place, as far as small d democratic