We think is the strongest Election Integrity measures in the country. Im going to sign it right here. It takes effect. So there you go. Governor ron desantis, nearly three years ago, signing floridas Voter Suppression bill and doing it live on fox and friends. He turned his state into a maga wonderland. Desantis signed the stop woke app that banned the teaching of race and racism in the state of florida if it made white people uncomfortable. He supported the idea slavery benefited enslaved people suggesting it was sort of a skills training program. He signed the dont say gay bill which banned any teaching about homosexuality or Gender Identity in florida Public Schools and all of this was supposed to transform florida into a Conservative Utopia that then would put ron desantis directly on a glide path to be the next president of the united states. It was highlighted in speeches and broadcast live on fox news. All of it, except for one thing. There was one agenda item so toxic, so unpopular with so many people including republicans that Governor Desantis decided he would sign off on it very quietly in a closed door ceremony under the cloak of night. It was floridas six week abortion ban. Since Governor Desantis signed that law, floridas Abortion Bans have been stalled in the courts. But yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court gave Governor Desantis exactly what he wanted. Mostly. The court upheld floridas Abortion Ban Allowing Desantis six week ban to take effect. At the same time, though, floridas highest court also decided to allow florida voters the chance to amend their states constitution this november and enshrine the right to an abortion. Putting abortion on the ballot in a president ial Election Year is the last thing republicans wanted to happen. The last time Abortion Rights were on the ballot in florida during a president ial election was the year 2012. That year, voters soundly rejected new Abortion Restrictions by a 10point margin. And that in turn almost certainly helped president barack obama narrowly carry the state over republican mitt romney. That marks the last time a democratic president ial candidate won florida. Yesterday, nbc news was first to report on a new memo from President Bidens Campaign Outlining how it believes democrats might win back that state this november. Today a group of House Democrats traveled to florida for a Field Hearing about the restrictive Abortion Bans. Among the witnesses was debra doorburg, a woman forced by state law to carry her baby to term despite doctors assessments would not survive long after birth and carrying that pregnancy to term could risk her life. So florida law forced you to carry the baby until 37 week withs no Amniotic Fluid and a certainty that he would not survive. Yeah. Yes. The next few months were the toughest times of my life. As i continued to grow and experience horrible pain, from the baby pushing up on different body parts, i struggled with my mental health, experienced depression and anxiety. Debra joins the chorus of woman speaking out in states across the country about the absolutely appalling and dehumanizing experiences they have had to have while trying to end pregnancies in states with new Abortion Bans on their books. And those stories have reshaped traditional battle lines. In california and vermont, it is one thing, but in red states like kansas and montana and kentucky and ohio, in bellwether states like michigan and virginia and wisconsin, literally everywhere Abortion Rights have been on the ballot or been a central issue in the election, the side favoring access to abortion has won. Because the war on womens bodies is a very real menace here. Republicans have already banned abortion in 21 states. And that is something that joe biden and the democrats are going to speak about unceasingly until election day. It is an issue that has the potential to change political reality. The Biden Campaign is running this ad as part of an ad buy on several swing states. Because for 54 years they were trying to get roe v. Wade terminated and i did it. And im proud to have done it. In 2016, donald trump ran to overturn roe v. Wade. Now, in 2024, he is running to pass a national ban on a womans right to choose. Im running to make roe v. Wade the Law Of The Land again so women have a federal guarantee to the right to choose. Donald trump doesnt trust women. I do. Im joe biden. And i approve this message. Today, donald trump told nbc news that his Campaign Plans to make a statement about abortion next week. We will see what that statement says, if it even happens, if it is even a statement. Now trump has sought to avoid any discussion about abortion and what he actually supports throughout his campaign thus far. Instead, he would prefer to drum up fear about phantom menaces. Today, trump held a Campaign Event in michigan focused on the issue of border security. While michigan is technically a border state, he was not there to fear monger about our canadian neighbors. He is hoping to drum up his own brand of rage, hurt, and shock around the issue of immigration. The 22yearold Nursing Student in georgia who was barbarically murdered by an illegal alien animal. The democrats say please dont call them humans. I said no, theyre not humans. Theyre animals. And nancy pelosi told me she said please dont use the word animal, sir, when talking about these people. I said i will use the word animal because thats what they are. To be clear, migrants are not driving any sort of Violent Crime wave in america. Violent crime is on whole down in the united states. Multiple studies have found that migrants commit crime at a much lower rate than u. S. Born citizens. An analysis by nbc news found that crime rates are actually dropping in the big cities where conservatives have been busing migrants from the southern border but the truth has never constrained donald trump in places where it might benefit him. So that is his strategy to win in michigan and we see what President Biden has his sights onto win florida. The question is which of these candidates can run a Stronger Campaign on threats, both real and imagined. Joining me now is Congresswoman Alyssa from michigan. It is great to see you. Thanks for being here tonight. Let me get your response to former President Trump calling undocumented migrants animals. You know, look, i think it is deeply, deeply inappropriate for anyone who is a leader to set that kind of tone. I think it falls on deaf ears, he obviously was making fun of people asking him not to refer to immigrants as animals. We are a nation of immigrants right . He had Family Members who emigrated here from somewhere. It just is, and it is sadly a tale as old as time in the united states. There were times where italian immigrants and irish immigrants and name it immigrants were called animals in the past. We have seen this movie. It is meant to divide us. It falls on deaf ears to say anything about it. He is proud of it. His it is a pretty sad State Of Affairs over there right now. Setting aside the poisonous rhetoric here. I wonder about trump and the Republican Partys efforts to drum up fear about the border and the southern border, not the Canadian Border in a state like michiganment if they feel they are playing some kind of Winning Strategy here, is there any credibility to that . Well look, in michigan, we are a border state so we know what a healthy functioning border looks like and we need to acknowledge that no one thinks the southern border is, you know, great right now. No one says that this is how business should be running at our southern border and as someone who was a former cia officer and pentagon official spent my entire time in homeland security. The question is why is it that donald trump isnt letting republicans negotiate on some sort of bill so we can deal with the southern border. I think this is what drives many of us crazy is that he comes in. He will do a big rally, he will donald drum up all this energy and stop republicans from negotiating on a deal. We had a bipartisan deal. I come from the pentagon and national security. If i said to any of my bosses here is the Number One National security issue, with we have to take care of it, we are vulnerable, but lets not do anything for the next nine months because i need to make some political hay out of it, i would be fired. My republican colleagues, get in a room with us. Ill listen to anybody and negotiate anything. But, they are refusing to meet with us on it. This guy is not serious about doing anything in the southern border. He is serious about winning the election. It is frankly a little disturbing. Yeah. And i mean, in addition to the lack of sort of seriousness about policy and fixing the problem on a policy level, he is trying to divide the country right . I do wonder if democrats are not leaving some money on the table if you were. By not going harder after trump on the race piece. The racism is embedded in the message. Trump has seen gains among latinos and black voters in this country and i just wonder if there is not some sort of way for democrats to carve out that support and bring it back across their side of the aisle. An inherently bigoted message central to trumps campaign. He is bigoted, he knows that. He is proud of it. He talked about it today in this rally. So, it is just, the problem is, you know, we are used to a world where people feel shame. Where people do something wrong, they feel shame. And they are embarrassed. Donald trump does not feel shame. It is a difficult thing to highlight when he keeps doing it. Keeps repeating it. Yes, of course, i think it is the job of all of us who care about the country to highlight what he is saying in his own words. He will do if he becomes president again. You dont have to make up scenarios for what he will do. He is telling us. Today in the same rally in michigan, he said if i dont win this election, it will probably be our last election in this country. So, we dont have to make it up. And it is our job to help Shine A Light on that. What do you make of President Bidens outreach . He is focused intently on michigan. He was on the picket line with striking uaw workers. He has the endorsement of the uaw. There has been some real Retail Politicking on the part of the president. Does that Work Get Outshined by The Fear And Loathing that trump conveys and brings with him when he arrives in town . Or do you think biden has a good operation there, structurally and rhetorically . Yeah. I definitely think the Biden Operation has come in, enforce in the state. They are there, they are hiring and opening offices. They are visible which i think is important. But look, i dont think it is any one visit. I dont think it is any one thing. If you are in michigan or the midwest, you have to be speaking to peoples pocketbooks and their kids. You have to talk about what you will do for their pocketbooks and kids particularly with the economy right now. You need to make the case. And for me, i always think of michiganers in particular as being practical people. We know what we can see with our own eyes, right now in michigan, we have a manufacturing renaissance going on. We have an Electric Vehicle Battery Plant going up in my district. 40 plus new factories in the state of michigan after 40 years of not building a new one. So, people can see dirt moving and i think that matters to people. But it is not any one visit. It is making the case every single day in ways that compel people. And they are connected to what they really care about. Their pocketbooks and their kids. Congresswoman alyssa, thanks so much for your time. We will be following this race intently. Appreciate it. Thanks. Joining me now is nikki fried. It is great to see you. We began the show talking about the six week abortion ban that is going to soon be in place in your state. And i wonder on the biggest macro level, how much hope should democrats pin on this Ballot Measure. Carrying democrats in november . First of all, the opening sets the stage of exactly what we are here in florida having to live under. You know, i was actually sleeping outside protesting the six week abortion ban when desantis signed in the cloak of darkness. Had a helicopter around where we are sleeping. The week before, i had been arrested for protesting abortion. So you are seeing just four plus years of just suffocation from ron desantis. So when we have abortion on the ballot in november, what this will do is not only galvanize the democrats but it is not just democrats. It is republicans and independents. Almost onethird of our state is independents at this point. Who were tired of this extremism. So this is an opportunity for us to be able to get out our message, hold ron desantis, donald trump, rick scott and the rest of the republicans here in florida finally accountable for what they have done to this state. That is the political reality. And then there is the on the Ground Reality for people in the state seeking reproductive choice. And in neighboring states. I believe florida, over 84,000 abortions were reported in the state of florida in 2023, an increase from 2022. There are states like georgia that has a six week abortion ban. You have people coming from elsewhere in the south that have become choice deserts. Flocking to florida. Can you talk a little bit about what this means for the people of florida who may need abortions either life saving or otherwise and what, the immediate future for them in the next few weeks. This will be devastating. As to your point, not just for floridians but the entire south. We are all seeing the maps with red all over the south with access to abortion. So florida was the last opportunity with so many women across the entire south. Now we have 15 week abortion ban that was held up in the courts yesterday. Which triggers the six week abortion ban that will go into effect in 29 days. Over the course of the next seven months you will hear stories like you are hearing earlier in the top of your show. These heartbreaking stories of women having to make these ultimate decisions. Decision so private and intimate, it should only be between the woman, her doctor, and anybody else she allows into that space. Certainly not politicians. But you will see women having to make these Life Altering Decisions that will put themselves at risk. Potentially future opportunity to have children. And these will be drastic ramifications here in the state of florida and the entire south. Yeah. And just the unusual nature of all of this. The abortion ban comes down in a matter of weeks. So florida women will live in the florida version of the hand maids tail. All will have an option to pull the state back to the 21st century and go back to protected reprotective choice. Which i would imagine is going to actually help the cause of choice to be able to see what the alternative is in a very concrete way before being given this choice on the actual ballot. Yeah. And that is the point. You will have the stories coming out of what happens. A six week abortion ban is an allout ban. Most women dont know they are pregnant at six weeks. And so now, youll have a state which is for all intents and purposes, libertarian in nature, 77 of floridians did not want the six week abortion ban. Now it will bring to light the clear choice floridians had come november. Do you want access to Reproductive Health care . That is what will be the issue on the ballot. And i said, consistently dont count florida out. We are fighting, carrying this message making sure people across the nation understand that florida and our floridians are hungry for change and will put in the work. We will work to get Health Care Back in our constitutions and win the seats up and down the ballot. Holding rick scott who would have signed that six week abortion ban if he was governor and donald trump who want to take a National Abortion ban to dc. That is a clear choice on the November Ballot in florida. Protect Reproductive Health and democracy. Send rick scott packing and make sure that we reelect joe biden and Kamala Harris in november of 24. Well, donald trump won the state by a little over three points this Ballot Measure needs a 60 threshold to pass. It is hard to see if it passes. Nikki fried, thank you so much for your time tonight. Thanks for having me on. There is a lot of news to get to, tonight. This guy went from marching with White Supremacists at charlottesville to elected office. And just a fe