their generation, and you really just are seeing a huge surge in energy that i think will continue on election day. we will see. and that s one of the great things being the preelection sunday, we ll be counting them soon. up next, democrats are poised for big gains outside of washington, hoping to make history in florida and georgia as part of what democrats believe will be a big, blue bounceback in races for governor. do the thing that you . let s clear a path. let s put down roots. let s build something. let s do the thing that you do. let s do the thing that changes the shape of everything. that pushes us forward and keeps us going. let s do the work. cal: we saved our money and now, we get to spend it - our way. valerie: but we worry if we have enough to last.
want to expand medicaid. you said it would cost your state nearly $300 million. you have also proposed a $150 million earned income tax credit for lower-income families and a $40 million renewable energy plan. i understand you have proposed a few ways to bring in some of that money. but will any families in georgia need to pay more in taxes in order to fund these ambitious plans? we do not need to raise taxes under my plans to raise expectations and to raise outcomes. georgia spendsunts $1.75 billion per year on uncompensated care, health care costs. by expanding medicaid, we can join states like kentucky that cut that number in half. that s savings that will go directly into providing access to the programs i m talking about. my plan is to put money back into the pockets of hard-working georgians and all plans i have proposed which are detailed, specific, and have pay-fors, all of those programs can be done under our current budget. what s more important is that the economic benefit
work. president trump, meanwhile, rallying his base, talking about undocumented immigrants and the threat of caravan. if you want to protect criminal aliens, you should vote democrat. if you want to protect law-abiding americans, vote republican. it s really very simple. today, president trump will be in georgia, campaigning to win one of the tightest and most closely watched races in the nation. the battle to be georgia s next governor. joining me now, democratic candidate for georgia governor and the former statehouse minority leader, stacey abrams. i want to note that we did invite abrams opponent, brian kemp to join us, but he declined this sunday as well as on two previous sundays. thanks for joining us. president trump will be in georgia campaigning for your opponent this afternoon. here s what the president had to say about your candidacy earlier this week.
the midterm vote also includes 36 races for governor. and democrats see a giant opportunity to roar back at the statehouse level. republicans dominate in the current balance of power. 33 gop governors, 16 democrats, and one independent, but democrats 2018 hopes include a half-dozen contests in midwestern states that currently have republican governors and democrats see a chance to make history in florida and georgia. tallahassee mayor andrew gillum wants to be florida s first black governor. and in georgia, stacey abrams has a chance to be the nation s first african-american woman governor. abrams loving this big turnout assist in the atlanta suburbs. make your voice are heard on november 6th. we have this incredible opportunity to make history. we have our inalienable right to vote, because the once place where we re all equal, where is it? it s at the polls! this is a tight race here in georgia. this is tight. and there are tight races all
we have a plan in place for remarkable turnout on election day. we have folks knocking on doors across the state of joerma, and i think they re getting scared. i think desperation tends to lead to comments that aren t necessarily grounded in reality. you re running for georgia governor. i was curious about your reaction to something a former governor of georgia said last night. take a listen to secretary of agriculture sunny purdue at a campaign event for ron desantis. he s running against tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. public policy matters. leadership matters. and that s why this election is so cotton picking important for the state of florida. i hope you all don t mess it up. this election is so cotton-picking important to the state of florida. did you have any reaction to hearing that? i think that there is certainly a throwback element to the language that we re hearing coming out of the republican party that is unfortunately disparaging to communities. it may be uninten