thin elections. in in 2016, republicans narrowly flipped the badger state red forrowlyr the first time sie ronald reagan, but it wase by 2 back to blue by 2020. that election came during an unprecedented year for the country, was rife with tension in the suburbs ofse milwaukee, the divisions seemed deeper than ever, but that was just the beginning. e begitwo years later, the u.s. supreme court struck down roe versus wad. wadee, leaving the legality of abortion up to the states and wisconsin that many nearly total ban. the power of that issue drove democrats to the polls this year and now the that news in a liberal majority on the court could have that abortion issue before it again. just as the race for the white house accelerate s tonight, the republican candidate will face off at the home of the bucs and the marquette golden eagles, who return nextnt july to this city on the shore of lake michigan to accept the republican nomination at their party s national convention. ton
tomlinson at the white house, and we re getting read not only the significance of this day. and this weekend but again we re knee-deep in a political season that s starting off pretty early pretty feisty. lucas. that s right neil to put it mildly now democratic leaders don t want to talk about a primary challenge to president biden they say his nomination is set in stone. president biden is the democratic nominee along with vice president harris. and if you look at both parties, when they have an incumbent president that incumbent president participates and it goes back to reagan and ford. let s go back to 1976 when ronald and reagan and then scored a big upset win in north carolina. the nomination was not settled until the gop convention in kansas city that year. perhaps your next guest thinks he can pose a similar primary challenge to president biden now biden co-chair won t mitt to a debate in the general election. we have not had a conversation about that at all.
look at what happened putin did today. he killed prigozhin. when i was at the u.n. the russian ambassador suddenly die. this guy is a murderer. and you are choosing a murderer over a when these drug pushers are bringing fentanyl across the border, that s going to be the last thing they do. we re going to use force and we re going to leave them stone-cold dead. some of the highlights from last night s republican presidential debate. we ll have much more from the fiery showdown in milwaukee. plus, the man who led a brief mutiny against vladimir putin appears to have been killed in a plane crash. we ll have the latest out of moscow. also ahead an update out of fulton county, georgia, where more of donald trump s coconspirators have turned themselves in ahead of the former president s expected surrender tonight. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, august 24th. i m elise jordan in for jonathan lemire. we begin with last night s combative rep
polls. i will never let the deep state bureaucrats lock you down. i am the only person who is not bought and paid for. i was a house conservative leader before it was cool. if you want something said, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman. america can do for anyone what she has done for me. our nation is in trouble because of failed leadership. the solution is not for more years of joseph biden. i am from a town of 300 people. it is a big deal to make it on the stage. ramaswamy grabbing a lot of headlines and the attention of his fellow debaters. who is this guy with a funny last name and what is he doing in the middle of this debate stage? i have had enough of a guy who sounds like chatgpt standing up here. the last person who stood in the middle of the stage and said what is a skinny guy with an odd last name doing up here was barack obama and we are dealing with the same type of amateur. now is not the time for on-the-job training. today, u
in 2016 republicans narrowly flip the badger state read for the first time since ronald reagan. but it was back to blue by 2020. that election came during an unprecedented year. the country was rife with tension. in the suburbs of milwaukee the division seemed deeper than ever but that was just the beginning. two years later the u.s. supreme court struck down roe vs. wade leaving the legality of abortion up to the states. in wisconsin, that meant a nearly total ban. the power of that issue drove democrats to the polls this year. now that new thin liberal majority on the court could have that abortion issue before it again just as the race for the white house accelerates. tonight, the republican candidates will face off at the home of the milwaukee bucks and marquette golden eagles hoping to return next july to the city on the shore of lake michigan to accept the republican nomination at their party s national convention. tonight, the race for the white house takes flight. w