since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
to impersonate what was required in that state which was only biden electors. the other, a trump campaign lawyer who worked in arizona and new mexico. here s what that fraud meeting looked like in georgia where republicans got together and together sat in a room and claimed to represent the will of the voters. whether it is elkor fraud or massive voter fraud is being investigated. then you have brad carver, there he was, so happy at the motel, putting it on film. telling on themselves, we ll find out. according to prosecutors, whether this is a chargeable crime. the january 6th committee revealed trump s lawyers for starters thought the whole thing looked illegal. did you hear the white house council s office say this plan to have electors meet and cast votes for donald trump in states that he had lost was not legally sound? yes, sir. mr. meadows, mr. giuliani, and giuliani s associates. they knew it at the time. then there is the secret footage we keep hearing about fr
the direction of independence, that doesn t mean we can t have some kind of working level contact with taiwan, which is a democracy which is a country that has a long standing relationship with the united states. it s going to stir the pot and raise tensions, but that s the new normal we re in. we have to get accustomed to the reality that they are just going to be heightened issues around taiwan, given how much china has taken a more aggressive posture and how many the taiwan has moved away from negotiation with china because they don t see any end point other than being swallowed up in the manner that hong kong was. ben rhodes, thank you so much. now an update on a story we have been following closely on this program. after widespread pressure to amp up the federal government s fight against monkeypox, president biden has appointed a white house monkeypox coordinate. he s robert fenton, who led the
needs to hand something to vpotus, please. it was asked what it was, the staffer responds, it is the alternate slate of electors from wisconsin. the alternates didn t even them as if they were real or valid which involving actually submitting this. pence aide responds, do not give that to him. it was clear. johnson had these fraudulent payments identified by state. knew they had not been received because they were not valid but attempted to push them on to pence even after pence was rejecting this whole scheme. and no senate staffer tees up that unusual white house level contact with a senator handing over these once secret items unless the senator directs it. which is why johnson has been in trouble once the news broke. he is not trying to do usual deflection or claim fake news. he s so worried about taking questions on this that he tried to avoid any further comment by
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