when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need to know the message that crisis september. week of recall, gas topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever and republicans began gearing up to make the election all about inflation. those were theoretically, the contours of this election, only a few months ago, as of the first week of june and then two weeks later, everything changed. the united states supreme court struck down a 50-year precedent protecting a woman s own right to control her own body which upended politicals across the country.
saying this out loud as part of a strategy, all three of those election deerns, karamo, finchem and marchant have been endorsed by president trump. and one who may actually win her races, minnesota s kim crockett, trailing steve simon by a fuel seven points but today, two weeks before the election, she finally got her trump endorsement. that would mean four trump supporters running key elections by the time trump is on the ballot in 2024 which is concerning. what makes it decidedly bonkers that even if they don t win, they may try to stick around, rolling stone reported this weekend that president trump has been holding in-person meetings for more than a month now to gin up as much as possible to midterm elections. trump sees the challenges as a dress rehearsal for trump 2024. two of these republican candidates for secretary of state have already refused to
lake. she has fully embraced donald trump. she is running for governor. mark finchham. the top election officer. he is running on a platform that the election was stolen. every single person on that list are free members of congress who voted to throw out the election results. mike lindell and the qanon guy ron watkins another election denier might be involved somehow. that itself it. it is all election deerns at deniers at this big rally. i got to be honest every time we talk about former president trump or something like this, there is always people that say why give that oxygen? first of all, we re calling lies, lies, we think it s important. he is the former president to come running again in 2024. arizona will be a state important in that effort. i ll tell you personally it s