from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
the red wave that wasn t. the people have spoken. we should have seen an overwhelming victory for republicans. we didn t. how a supreme court ruling and gop missteps helped democrats defy midterm history. plus, the comeback kid. we beat the odds. a string of wins on capitol hill and at the ballot box rejuvenates the biden presidency. why do so few democrats want him to run for a second term? donald trump under siege. weapon aized department of justice. open else has ever gone through this. these people are sick. is his iron grip over the gop finally loosening? hello and welcome to inside politic sunday. i m abby phillip. 2022. it was the year of the political plot twist. ups and downs. twists and turns. surprises. unexpected revoels and unended expectations. how did the year end with a record number of bipartisan accomplishments? how did the year with donald trump in control of the gop end with rivals ready to challenge him? and how did the party in powe
roe v. wade. but republicans have the momentum, with voters saying inflation is still issue number one. plus, why the stakes are so high in the arizona governor s race. what i m seeing now is a movement of people who are ready to save our republic. it s not just about democrats or republicans, it s a choice between sanity and chaos. and how much longer will donald trump wait to announce a 2024 run? in order to make our country safe, successful, and glorious again, i will probably have to do it again. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip. we are just over two weeks abuy from one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. millions of voters are streaming to the polls, so we want to take a look at the state of play in the house, senate, and the governor s mansions across the country. while control of the senate still remains a jump ball, the latest poll shows vo
arizona house speaker rusty bowers. bowers didn t just refuse to participate in trump s campaign to, i don t know, end democracy. he testified about it publicly before the january 6th select committee laying out exactly how team trump pressured him to throw out the legitimate arizona election results even if they admitted they didn t have a scrap of evidence to back up their vote fraud claims. after saying back in june after that dramatic public testimony that he would support trump in a rematch against biden, bowers had a change of heart and is now saying that he will never, ever vote for trump again. here s what he told abc news jon karl after being the subject of attacks from donald trump. i have thought at times someone born how he was and raised how he was and he has no idea what a hard life is, and what people have to go through in the real world. he has no idea what courage is. how do you explain the hold that he has, though, on republicans including a lot of repub
harass and look at this event that was mocked by right wing media. there are new headlines about rupert murdoch snubbing donald trump and there s new headlines about the story about elon musk. joining us to make sense of it all tara pal mary, the senior correspondent at puck, oliver garsy and elizabeth mayo, former online communications director at the rnc. protesters are gathering at the steps of the u.s. capitol to advocate for legislation that s stalled in the senate. you see pictures of the protest under way on the steps of the capitol. they re advocating for the passage of legislation to provide funding for veterans who have suffered from toxic burn pits in iraq and other previous wars. this exposure bill was stalled the other day by republicans. let s be honest about this, tara. this would not be as big a story were it not for jon stewart. he s used his celebrity status to force this to be a national news story. absolutely. the way he handles it, he s so direct. he