but we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economic and historical trends that could she should favor public, and this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected. thanks in large part to republican extremism and states across the country. from the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade and subsequent state abortion bans, to election denialism, to a cruel political stunt using s a asylulm seekers, to book bans and censorship in the classrooms, republicans are executing on a radical agenda. those efforts are being led by red state governors. governors like texas greg abbott and florida s ron desantis. men who are pushing this extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to inherit trump s mantles as leaders in the next generation of republican presidential hopefuls. on the other side of that fight our handful of democ
decided to postpone tomorrow s proceedings. we re praying for all those in the path. we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economical and historical trends that should favor republicans, this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected, thanks in part to republican extremism to states across the country. from roe v. wade to state abortion bans to election denial to political stunts to silence asylum seekers, the republicans are executing on april radical agenda. red state governors like texas greg abbott and florida s ron desantis. men pushing the extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to raise trump s mantles as leaders for presidential hopefuls. on the other side of that fight are a handful of democratic governors, the people leading the charge against ready cal republican policies. chief among them is california gov
My awakening in all this is it s not just about midterms in congress or 2024, biden will biden, will it is deeper than that. the rights revolution that we ve taken for granted is being wiped out in realtime state after state. and they have attention. they are focused. and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals of rolling back all of these rights. and they re doing it successfully. during our interview i also asked governor newsom about what he thinks democrats should be doing in this moment to combat republican policies and push back against a torrent of misinformation that s being pushed out by the right way. we also discuss some of the pointed criticisms he s directed at his own party. the right-wing has been formulating this stuff for decades. they have a structure of leadership that has been incredibly effective. and there isn t an analog on the left? i look at what you did and what you are saying in the wake of the dobbs decision. you are out there saying, where
Effective. yeah. and there isn t an analog on the left. no. and on the dobbs decision you were out there saying where is the democratic party? where s the party? why aren t we standing up more firmly, more resolutely? how lacking are we on the national level in the democratic party? i mean, there s no doubt states are on rights, the supreme court has made that crystal clear. we ve honed our focus in that respect. we have a problem, i really believe it. then you can argue what are we doing on comprehensive reform and others. i m not going to deny the substantive challenges our party as well, addressing those issues, it s a messengering problem that we ve had for years and years. we allow the cultural wars to take shape. eight out of the top ten states
Also arguing that national democrats are not doing enough to fight this. take a listen. where the hell is my party? where s the democratic party? are you guys paying attention? why aren t we standing up more firmly, more resolutely? why aren t we calling this out? this is a concerted, coordinated effort. yes, they re winning. they are. they have been. we need to stand up. where s the counteroffensive? so, where is the counteroffensive, senator? every one of us is standing up, speaking out, rallying, marching, talking to our constituents, lifting up their voices and their stories. this is the biggest fight of a generation, jake. and if america s people, america s women and men who love them do not fight right now, we will lose the basic right to make decisions, to have bodily autonomy and to decide what our futures look like. this is a fundamental moment for advocacy and for not giving up.