of our democracy. we will be covering everything over the next two hours. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. it s no longer election day, it is election month with just ten days until the midterms, more than 21 million americans had already cast their ballots across the nation, including president joe biden. today, the president and his granddaughter natalie voted in biden s hometown of wilmington, delaware. that comes as president obama hit the campaign trail, urging voters in georgia, michigan and wisconsin to do the same. so if you re scared, if you re anxious, if you re frustrated, don t complain, don t do, don t do know, don t get distracted, don t get bamboozled, don t fall for you go out and why? vote! get off your couch and what? ! vote put on your phone and what? vote! these buttons at the first nationwide election since donald trump began spreading the big lie, following his loss to joe biden back in 2020. that lie of a stolen election
Make of this? what would it mean to have even more election deniers in congress? do you think we would have learned our lesson in 2020, and here we are two years later, with 60% of americans voting in an election where somebody who denies the election is on the ballot. honestly, it breaks my heart. it breaks my heart because i know our country is better than this. my opponent is one of this now growing majority who cheered on two busloads of insurrectionist for our community, who s taken campaign contributions from rudy giuliani in the head of the oath keepers, non domestic terrorist group in this country. as you said, that s now mainstream maga republican. major reason i am running and i know a lot of my colleagues, we have to stand up. this is bigger than democrat or republican. this is an american issue. we have to reclaim patriotism and the american flag and what it stands for and our