Pulpit, its bull horn, now to frame this conversation going into the close, i m very happy they re saying it. i think you re going to see more democrats picking it up, because i think it is a closing argument. i do understand that look, in all the polling, choice and economy were top issues, so dowd is right. the typical thing is what s the top issue, speak to that issue. many of us arguing that democracy is not just a top issue but it s a mobilizing issue. it s an issue that you can actually mobilize voters around, as opposed to just being economy is my top issue. which is their top issue every election cycle but i m glad the white house is doing this. let me show you what president obama had to say and i want to come to you yamiche with these excerpts i just got. these days just about every republican politician seems obsessed with two things, owning the libs and getting donald trump s approval.
Place for a slice. they don t like it. that s too bad. we are protecting democracy by protecting our elected officials. miles, there s also no way of suggesting that the targeting of pelosi was unknown to anybody. i mean, there s some great reporting from my colleagues about stewart rhodes who wrote a message to trump calling on him to save the republic, prosecutors played recordings of rhodes, including audio talking about civil war in the wake of the january 6 attack. quote, we should have brought rifles. we could have fixed it right then and there. i would hang fin pelosi from the lamp post. publically and privately targeting pelosi has been talked about by trump s closest allies and participants in the january 6 insurrection. yeah. i mean to continue off of
Your candidate. but if you believe that our democracy and constitution are worth fighting for, and you want a congresswoman who will always stand up for what s right, then i m elaine laurel, i approve this message and i am your candidate. yamiche, it s so striking. you have these democratic candidates running on patriotism, running on the country above all else. i guess the $64 million question is, is it going to work? is that what we expect to hear from the president tonight? that s i think part of what we re going to hear from the president. that s a key question, is what elaine lurie doing, staking her political future on defending democracy, is that going to work in her favor or like liz cheney someone saying i m standing on my morals, dignity but i ll no longer be in office next year. that s the big question.
The podcast questioning the da filing and the police reports from san francisco or just the feeling we don t have any breaks anymore, even a brutal attack on the speaker s husband doesn t break the toxicity. it s by my sense that the president has been worried about this for a while, nancy pelosi s husband beaten up is part of it. but let s remember when he launched his campaign he talked about this was a battle for the soul of the country and white house officials are saying this is a continuation of the same theme and message from him. it s the same thing we heard when he went to philadelphia and made the speech about democracy. this is him yet again saying to the american people, we re about to have an election things might get tense but remember we re all americans and democracy needs to be the thing we fundamentally agree on. i don t think it s one big
hi, it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden is set tonight to weigh in on the issue that is foundational to every other issue and debate we have in this country, democracy and the threats that loom over our democracy more than a year and a half after the ex-president tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. it s an issue that would not be an issue if it were not for the fact that one of our country s political parties turned its back on democracy and decided to harness the terms of auto considerates. we are talking about the republicans. days before what could be the most important midterm election in history, president biden is