plus, senate republicans block a bill to protect access to birth control as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are now 153 days away from the election, and it that means it is exactly five months from today. and as we get closer to that day, president biden is trying to show the sharp differences between him and donald trump. right now he s in france to mark tomorrow s 80th anniversary of d-day. and while he is there for a very important occasion, he is also trying to reassure our allies about america s place on the world stage. and what will happen when voters go to the polls in november. as our friend reports for the atlantic, quote, in capitals across the continent, leaders and diplomats express a sense of alarm bordering on panic at the prospect of donald trump s re-election. on friday, he is scheduled to give a major speech on democracy and the global struggle against authoritarianism. compare that
have you ever heard anything like this before? you know, as you said, you know, this convention has always kind of been where the most hard line people come. you know, last year or two years ago we saw a referendum on texas succession. we saw calls that homosexuality was an abnormal lifestyle, but even in talking to people who went this year, the consensus was this year did have a much more overt kind of spiritual warfare dynamic that i think really was concerning to even some republicans, because as we saw from the stay jiness, a lot of this was framed not as a fight with political enemy, people on the other side of the political aisle, but an existential battle. what does that even mean, spiritual warfare? you know, i think it s it is a term that is, you know, really started, i think, has