of ayman, republican revolt. house speaker mike johnson just pitched his plan to keep the government open and legislate members of his own party are already shutting him down. plus, 60 or losing strap. the gop has lost almost every major election since 2017. when will they learn they need to change? and taking advantage, how president biden and democrats can keep it straight going into 2024 and beyond. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republicans, well ? they just keep on losing. and this week the gop suffered more losses in states all over the political spectrum to, in large part, to a stubborn hard-line stance on extremism and abortion. out of step with the super majority of the american public on both of those. virginians weren t fooled by governor glenn youngkin s gaslighting about a common sense 15 week abortion ban, that s how he described it. pennsylvanians refused to allow a candidate who had tried to hide her radical views on abortion, even scrambling
thought and still think it was worth it. one of those congressman who supported obamacare and lost his seat as a result of it was former virginia congressman tom perriello. he s now running for governor in a democratic primary in virginia and released this ad moments after congress voted thursday, the house at least, voted to repeal the affordable care act. republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable health care. i m tom perriello, and in congress, i voted for obamacare. because it was wrong that a million virginians weren t covered. while insurance companies held all the power. now i m running for governor because it s wrong that most virginia incomes haven t gone up in 20 years. together, we can stop donald trump, raise wages, and build an economy that works for everyone. and we ll make sure this never happens in virginia. tom perriello joins me now. i m impressed by the one take, congressman. you managed that very well. the crushing of the ambulance as
republican leaders are trying to do there to affordable care act. in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong when a million virginians weren t covered. we ll make sure this never happens in virginia. a one take spot. but the interesting thing is, in the election after obamacare passed, rare was the democrat who ran an ad who says i voted for obamacare. but he lost his job because of the health care vote. what will be interesting about the governor s race is that the governors are the ones who make a lot of these real decisions on health care. and this can swichk tng two way. i don t know how strategic this is on the republican party and white house s part, but you could see a scenario if a governor makes a decision to pull back on pre-existing conditions or medicaid expansion and the state finds it
thinks this is a winner for democrats as well. i m tom perriello. and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren t covered. insurance companies held all the power. we ll make sure this never happens in virginia. first of all, you can seen literature cla he was obably not real soft on symbolism. the crushing ambulance behind him, a very direct message. but second, politically, you know that in these governor s races, you don t have to bring it back to congress. you can run on all kinds of other things. just on the politics what does it tell you that he think this is a winning issue for him to bring up federal issues and trump and the aca? well, it s no surprise. look, a 17% approval rating, and that was before they said, yeah, we re going to treat rape like a preexisting condition. we re going to treat babies with heart defects as having a preexisting condition and charging them more. this bill stinks. this bill is not popular. and it s
result of the republican drive to advance an unpopular piece of legislation. we ve already got our first campaign commercial. tom perriello, running for governor in virginia for a democratic primary, roll the film and we ll make an observation. republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable health care. in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that 1 million virginians weren t covered, while insures companies hold all the power. now i m running for governor because it s wrong that most virginia incomes haven t gone up in 20 years. together we can stop donald trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. and we ll make sure this never happens in virginia. hey, david, the question i have about the ad, was that a green screen, and if not, did he nail it in one take? and how many ambulances did they have lined up if he stumbled over his lines? but more seriously, is that a sign of what s to come?