hopefully, a billion dollars richer. simone picks things up from here. greetings. you are symone watching. in a midterm election where the stakes could not be hire. and with election deniers on the ballots in droves, and it is more important than ever to make sure your vote is counted. we will be on the to talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. we will talk with kari lake we will get into it. also, let me say it again because we can t say it enough. democracy is literally on the ballot. nbc news has details from a new report with disturbing findings about election deniers, running for state legislatures in key battleground states. and the impact on the 2024 presidential election if they win. plus, we are speaking to someone deep in the battle for democrats to hold on to control of the house. amelia sykes is running for congress in a newly drawn district in ohio. she has lots of support. but will that get her across the finish line? i am symone and
Insinuate that elections are not secure, distrust in the process after the 2020 election. she even posted a tweet warning that, quote, without election integrity, we will cease to be the greatest nation in the world. gilbert has also made statements about voter fraud in elections. these are all just baseless claims. are you concerned that these claims have taken up root in ohio s 13th congressional district. hi, simone. thank you for having me on today. absolutely, we are concerned. this election is certainly going to help determine where our democracy looks like in the future. my opponent is one who has been identified as one of the election deniers on the ballot this year. we are doing everything we can to make sure that she does not find herself as a member of congress. we have way too much at stake this election cycle to allow for people who truly do not believe in fair and free elections. that s why it is so important for me to work very hard to
In ohio that is an leaders radars for both parties. i m not talking about the senate race. i m talking about the battle for sea in congress that could help determine which party will have control of the house of representatives. let s look at a critical election in ohio s newly drawn 13 district. democrat emilia sykes going up against former trump staffer and attorney medicine gilbert. they disagree on everything from the economy to abortion to when the 2020 election. please welcome state representative and minority leader of the ohio house, emilia sykes. very nice to see you here. i want to get into it. your opponent is talking about the need for election integrity. i m using quotes because this is a term that is often used to