Democratic National Convention in chicago, where a Sound Check underway. My good Friend And Colleague boris sanchez, is in washington and its Homecoming Day as the dnc is jewish, chicagos hometown Heroes Headline Night number two, here at the united center, former president Barack Obama, former first Lady Michelle Obama. This Star Speakers set to take the stage live later this evening, obama made his national debut at the dnc 20 years ago, he delivered a speech that laid the groundwork for his successful White House run in 2008. And tonight, he will make the case to the american people for why Kamala Harris should be the nations 47th president unlike Last Night, harris will not be inside the convention hall. She is heading to milwaukee for a Ride Rally and a Dnc Watch Party in the critical Battleground State of wisconsin. But her husband, second gentleman, doug emhoff, will be among tonights keynote speakers here in chicago. Im joined now by cnns mj lee, mj, what can we expect to hear
Just been through a major newsweek thats a, Harris Pick are running it. With us, we have the host of way too early, the jeep of political, Jonathan Lemay her. Msnbc Contributor And Author of the come out the right lost its might, charlie sykes, congressional Investigations Reporter for the Washington Post, jackie, is with us this morning, and white House Correspondent for political and coauthor of the playbook, Eugene Daniels is with us now. Good to have all of you with us this morning. So, Vice President , Kamala Harris and her Running Mate, Governor, tim walz spent their first full day together on the Campaign Trail, with two stops in the midwest. The pair visited Eau Claire Wisconsin to yesterday, looking to build more momentum for the new democratic ticket. It was plenty of enthusiasm for Harris And Walz. This is everything you need to know. Standing in the sun, waiting for a chance to get to a Kamala Harris, tim walz Rally. 12,000 people, packed the outdoor Rally, despite warm tem
Republicans is just getting started. Those efforts now echoing through the halls of capitol hill. Heres texas State Representative, one of the state democrats in washington. I hope that we can show Senator Manchin, Senator Sinema and the rest of their democratic colleagues in washington how to fight, how to stand on principle, how to make a sacrifice, how to risk their careers in order to do the right thing by the United States and by the voters in this country. Fighting words, and the stakes are high. Right now, 17 states have enacted Legislation Clamping down on voting rights. Texas is on track to become the 18th. Meanwhile, in georgia, republicancontrolled commission now has the power to remove local election officials and has already done so. In florida elections officials who failed to continuously supervise Drop Boxes can be fined 25,000. Arkansas has empowered a State Board to, quote, take over and conduct elections in any county the gopcontrolled legislature deems necessary. In
Lie about what happened in the 2020 election and look no further than the Cpac Straw Poll for how thats manifesting among this selfselecting conserve this has become a top issue for the party and there is a Reward Structure for lawmaker whose go along with this. If you look into the Straw Poll, many of the people who rank highly on the list, like Ron Desantis and ted cruz, have backed up or not directly condemned this lie about the 2020 election. There is definitely a Reward Structure in this. In terms of trumps Hold On the party, though, you see it from the messaging perspective, especially as hes starting to take much more public posture over the course of these next few weeks and months leading up to the midterm elections this is the message that he is choosing to lead with. A backwards looking message about what happened in 2020, hoping that thats enough Red Meat to actually fire up the base to go vote again in the upcoming midterm elections it may be a different plan than people l