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 >>> WISCONSIN.                    
 RIGHT NOW AS WE SIT HERE,         

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 ABORTION.                         

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 >> YEAH.                          

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 >> BANNED.                        
 NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR         

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 INCEST.                           
 IF YOU'RE AN ABORTION PROVIDER    

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 AND YOU GET CAUGHT, YOU GO        
 PRISON FOR SIX YEARS.             

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 CAN YOU BELIEVE WHERE WE ARE?     

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 >> THE HIGHEST COURT OF OUR LAND 
 JUST TOOK A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT 

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 THAT HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM     
 THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, FROM THE   

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 WOMEN OF AMERICA.                 
 MOST OF US BELIEVED IN THE        

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 IMPORTANCE OF THE JOURNEY OF      
 AMERICA, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN    

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 ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF RIGHTS,    
 NOT THE RESTRICTION OF RIGHTS.    

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 IT'S ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL        
 PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND         

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 LIBERTY.                          
 AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN,         

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 FRANKLY, BLOWN UP BY THE DOBBS    
 DECISION.                         

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 THAT CONCERNS ME DEEPLY.          
 AND, YES, I WOULD HAVE NEVER      

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 THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.   

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 >> LOVE LIFE?                     

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 >> CHOOSE LIFE!                   

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 >> LOVE LIFE.                     

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 >> CHOOSE LIFE.                   

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 >> ROE V. WADE HAS BEEN           
 OVERTURNED.                       

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 22 STATES ARE BANNING ABORTIONS, 
 AND MORE COULD ANNOUNCE BANS IN   

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 THE COMING WEEKS.                 

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 >> MY BODY!                       

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 >> MY CHOICE!                     

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 >> I AM SPITTING MAD OVER THIS.   
 WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK.       

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 >> ABORTION HAS BECOME FRONT AND 
 CENTER ON EVERYONE'S MIND.        

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 IT HAS BECOME A HUGE MOTIVATING   
 FACTOR.                           

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 >> ABORTION IS OKAY, ABORTION IS 
 OKAY.                             

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 >> FROM AN EXPECTED RED WAVE TO   
 WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO         

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 HAPPEN.                           

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 >> WITH A THIRD OF VOTER          
 REGISTRATIONS BY WOMEN.           

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 >> THEY DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE      
 DIE.                              

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 >> GOP POLITICIANS ARE RESHAPING 
 THE STANCES ON ABORTION RIGHTS.   

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 >> LINDSEY GRAHAM PUSHING FOR A   
 NATIONAL ABORTION BAN.            

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 >> REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, RATHER 
 UNCOMFORTABLE.                    

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 >> I LEAVE IT UP TO THE           
 CANDIDATES TO DETERMINE WHAT      

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 THEIR RESPONSE IS.                

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 >> I SUPPORT GOING OUT TO THE     
 STATES AND LAYING WE THE PEOPLE   

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 SIGN.                             

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 >> DEMOCRATS MIXED MESSAGES.      

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 >> HOW CAN DEMOCRATS KEEP UP      
 THIS MOMENTUM?                    

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 >> THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE       
 IDENTITY OF THESE TWO PARTIES.    

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 >> EXPECT THE RACES TO BE REALLY 
 TIGHT.                            

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 >> 50 DAYS UNTIL THE MIDTERMS.    
 SO FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT,         

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 EVERYONE.                         

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 >> REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE A CLUE 
 ABOUT THE POWER OF WOMEN.         

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 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.        
 THEY'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.        

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 >> MY BODY!                       

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 >> MY CHOICE!                     

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 >> OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO GREAT.   

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 >> MY DEAR.                       

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 >> WHAT DID YOU ORDER?            

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 >> I GOT A TSUNAMI DOG.           

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 >> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE       
 GOTTEN THE SPICY REDNECK CAT.     

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 >> HOT DOGS.                      
 THIS IS MY FAVORITE, AND I'LL     

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 TELL YOU WHY.                     
 DESPITE ALL APPEARANCES, THIS     

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 ONE ALSO IS A SPEAKEASY.          
 AND IF YOU KNOW THE SECRET        

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 PASSAGEWAY YOU ENTER ONE OF THE   
 BEST BARS IN THE WORLD.           

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 >> WHOA -- OH.                    
 OH MY GOD!                        

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 >> TAXIDERMY.                     

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 >> WOW.                           

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 >> LOOK AT THIS.                  

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 >> THIS IS THE NEW "CIRCUS" HQ,   
 I THINK.                          

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 >> TWO THINGS ARE TRUE.           
 THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LOSSES WE'VE 

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 ALL SUFFERED.                     
 ONE, THE QUEEN.                   

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 BURIED TODAY.                     
 AND TWO, ANOTHER QUEEN, ALEX      

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 WAGNER, WHO HAS LEFT US.          

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 >> THE QUEEN OF THE ROUND TABLE. 

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 >> ALEX WAGNER IS AN              
 IRREPLACEABLE PRESENCE, RIGHT?    

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 BUT FOR THIS NEXT EIGHT           
 EPISODES, WE'RE GOING BRING IN    

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 SOME PINCH-HIT.                   

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 >> SPECIAL FRIENDS.               

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 >> FRIENDS AND FAMILY.            
 AS WE SIT HERE TODAY ON MONDAY,   

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 SEVEN WEEKS FROM TOMORROW WE      
 HAVE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.           

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 AND ONE THING HAS BEEN TRUE FROM 
 LAST NOVEMBER UNTIL THIS JUNE.    

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 IT LOOKED LIKE EVERY OTHER        
 MIDTERM ELECTION WE'VE EVER       

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 COVERED.                          
 DEMOCRATS WERE FUCKED,            

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 REPUBLICANS WERE IN THEIR GLORY. 
 INFLATION HIGH.                   

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 JOE BIDEN'S APPROVAL RATING IN    
 THE TOILET.                       

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 >> HE HAD THE LOWEST APPROVAL     
 RATING OF ANY PRESIDENT.          

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 IN THIS TIME PERIOD, LOWER THAN   
 EVEN DONALD TRUMP DID.            

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 >> THE REPUBLICAN IS RED WAVE,    
 RED WAVE.                         

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 AND THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.      

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 >> THE HIGH COURT JUST RELEASING 
 ITS OPINION IN DOBBS VERY         

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 JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH.           

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 >> ROE V. WADE IS HISTORY.        

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 >> AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION,      
 THERE WAS A VERY INTENSE          

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 BACKLASH.                         
 WOMEN WERE INCENSED.              

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 >> EVERYONE HAD THEIR EYE ON      
 KANSAS, RIGHT?                    

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 WHICH WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST   
 LEGISLATIVE TEST.                 

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 A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT   
 SAYS WE'RE GOING STRIP AWAY THE   

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 EXISTING PROTECTIONS IN THE       
 STATE CONSTITUTION SO THE STATE   

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 LEGISLATURE COULD PASS A LAW      
 BANNING ABORTION THIS THE STATE. 

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 A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE STATE.      

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 >> THERE IS ALL THESE REASONS TO 
 THINK THAT THE PRO-CHOICE IS      

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 GOING TO GET KILLED, AND THERE    
 IS THIS STUNNING OVERWHELMING     

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 VICTORY.                          

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 >> IT WAS LIKE OKAY, YOU KNOW,    
 IF YOU GUYS DO THE WORK,          

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 ENERGIZE, GO ORGANIZE, YOU CAN    
 GO WIN ANYWHERE.                  

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 IF YOU CAN WIN AN ABORTION VOTE   
 IN KANSAS, YOU CAN WIN AN         

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 ABORTION VOTE ANYWHERE.           

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 >> AND THE NEXT DAY, WHO STARTS   
 SCRUBBING THEIR WEBSITES?         

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 >> EVERYBODY IN THE REPUBLICAN    
 PARTY.                            

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 >> THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE WHERE   
 THE REPUBLICANS CAUGHT THE CAR,   

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 YOU KNOW.                         
 AND THE THING ABOUT THIS ISSUE    

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 FOR REPUBLICANS THAT HAS ALWAYS   
 PERPLEXED ME IS AN INNATE         

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 HYPOCRISY TO SAY WE'RE THE PARTY 
 OF WOMEN AND GOVERNMENT AND THEN 

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 TO SAY OH, NO, WAIT A MINUTE,     
 WE'RE GOING TO TELL WOMEN WHAT    

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 THEY CAN DO AND WHEN THEY CAN DO 
 IT.                               

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 AND THEN AFTER THE DECISION, YOU 
 HAVE REPUBLICANS SCREAMING        

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 STATES RIGHTS, STATES RIGHTS.     
 AND LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYING --      

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 >> WE SHOULD HAVE A LAW AT THE    
 FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WOULD SAY      

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 AFTER 15 WEEKS, NO ABORTION ON    
 DEMAND.                           

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 >> REPUBLICANS IN THE DITCH AND   
 LINDSEY GRAHAM DECIDED TO DIG     

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 DEEPER.                           

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 >> BOTH SIDES ARE SEEING THE      
 LESSONS OF THIS, RIGHT?           

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 AND THERE IS A BUNCH OF PLACES    
 WHERE IT'S CENTER STAGE IN RACES 

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 OF GREAT CONSEQUENCE.             
 NOT JUST SENATE.                  

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 >> GRETCHEN WHITMER, GOVERNOR OF 
 MICHIGAN, BIG RISING DEMOCRATIC   

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 STAR.                             
 A FEW MONTHS AGO IT LOOKED LIKE   

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 GRETCHEN WHITMER WAS GOING TO     
 LOSE.                             

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 BUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHITMER     
 MADE ABORTION THE CENTERPIECE OF 

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 HER CAMPAIGN, SHE IS PRETTY FAR   
 AHEAD OF HER REPUBLICAN           

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 OPPONENT, THIS WOMAN, TUDOR       
 DIXON.                            

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 >> TUDOR DIXON.                   

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 >> SHE WOULD HAVE WOMEN WHO WERE 
 RAPED FORCED TO HAVE THOSE        

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 BABIES.                           

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 >> THE OTHER RACE, THIS NORTH     
 CAROLINA SENATE RACE.             

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 >> TED BUDD.                      

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 >> TED BUDD.                      

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 >> TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE,      
 CLASSIC MAGA CANDIDATE.           

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 >> HE IS RUNNING AGAINST CHERI    
 BEASLEY, WHO WAS A JUDICIAL       

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 SUPERSTAR IN THE STATE.           
 SHE IS OUT THERE BANGING THE      

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 DRUM ON THE ABORTION THING.       

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 >> THIS BAN WON'T JUST TAKE AWAY 
 OUR FREEDOMS.                     

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 WOMEN WILL DIE.                   

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 >> BUT THAT RACE IS A PERFECT     
 EXAMPLE OF AT THE VERY LEAST      

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 THIS ISSUE HAS MADE RACES THAT    
 WERE OTHERWISE COMPLETELY         

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 UNCOMPETITIVE, NOT ON THE RADAR   
 SCREENS, OH, SOMETHING IS         

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 HAPPENING HERE.                   

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 >> LOOK, IT'S CLEAR THE BIDEN     
 PEOPLE THINK IF THERE IS          

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 ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP     
 DEMOCRATS FIGHT THE HISTORICAL    

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 ODDS, THIS IS IT.                 

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 >> JOE BIDEN HAS DEPLOYED KAMALA 
 HARRIS ON THIS ISSUE AROUND THE   

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 COUNTRY.                          

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 >> BUT NO ONE'S LIKE OH,          
 DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE A BLUE 

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 WAVE, RIGHT?                      
 SO THE QUESTION, IS IT ENOUGH?    

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 >> IT WILL BE A BATTLE TO HOLD    
 ON TO THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.   

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 AS MUCH AS A BOOST AS ROE HAS     
 BEEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY 

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 HARD.                             

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 >> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CAUGHT UP   
 WITH REPUBLICANS IN ENTHUSIASM.   

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 REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM IS STILL    
 OFF THE CHARTS.                   

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 >> THAT HASN'T CHANGED.           
 SO YOU'RE LIKE OH, YOU KNOW,      

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 DON'T GET AHEAD OF YOURSELVES     
 HERE ON WHAT THE OUTCOME HERE IS 

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 GOING TO BE.                      
 DEMOCRATS NOW HAVE A FIGHTING     

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 CHANCE.                           

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 >> YEAH.                          
 AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT    

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 UNTIL KANSAS.                     

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 >> WHO HAD ON THEIR BINGO CARD    
 THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE IN 

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 AMERICAN POLITICS IN 2022 WOULD   
 BE KANSAS?                        

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 BUT WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE. 

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 >> FROM ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE    
 ON AIR FORCE TWO, LANDING HERE    

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 IN MILWAUKEE WITH THE VICE        
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.   

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 KAMALA HARRIS, WHO IS HERE TO     
 TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT'S       

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 CONSUMED A LOT OF HER TIME SINCE 
 ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, THE   

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 DOBBS DECISION CAME DOWN IN       
 JUNE.                             

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 AT ISSUE IS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, 
 WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE, AND          

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 ABORTION.                         
 WISCONSIN IS A STATE THAT'S BEEN 

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 REALLY DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE   
 OVERTURNING OF ROE.               

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 THE LAW OF THE LAND IN THE STATE 
 NOW IS AN ANTI-ABORTION LAW       

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 PASSED IN 1849 THAT MAKES         
 ABORTION IN THIS STATE ILLEGAL    

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 ACROSS THE BOARD.                 
 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT      

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 THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS       
 STRUGGLED TO FIND HER FOOTING.    

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 AND THEN THIS ISSUE CAME ALONG.   
 IT HAS GIVEN A HUGE STAGE TO THE 

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 VICE PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE LEAD   
 ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE             

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 ADMINISTRATION.                   
 VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS GIVING A    

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 SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC STATE        
 ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHO ARE         

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 MEETING HERE.                     

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 >> HI!                            
 THE WHOLE CREW.                   

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 GENERAL, GENERAL, HOW ARE YOU?    

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 >> TO INSTALL A CHAMPION FOR      
 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, JUST AS     

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 SHE IS TODAY.                     
 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET   

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 HER.                              
 I WAS NERVOUS.                    

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 SHE WALKED IN AND SHE CALMED MY   
 NERVES, WE HAD A GREAT            

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 CONVERSATION.                     

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 >> I REMEMBER THAT.               

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 >> BUT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO        
 WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA     

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 HARRIS.                           
 [ APPLAUSE ]                      

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 >> AS ATTORNEYS GENERAL, YOU ARE 
 FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES TO    

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 DEFEND OUR RIGHTS.                
 YOU ARE ALSO, OF COURSE, LEADING 

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 THE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM 
 OF WOMEN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT 

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 THEIR OWN BODIES.                 
 [ APPLAUSE ]                      

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 >> AAAH!                          

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 >> I WAS GOING SNEAK UP ON YOU.   

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 >> YOU MOVE FAST IS THE THING.    
 YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN STEALTHY.      

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 >> WHO HAS TIME TO MOVE SLOW      
 THESE DAYS?                       

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 COME ON.                          
 COME SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME.     

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 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.         

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 >> YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE          
 ABORTION RIGHTS, THE PRO-CHOICE   

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 THE WAY THEY TALK IS WOMEN'S      
 RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND REPRODUCTIVE 

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 HEALTH AND ALL THAT YOU TALK      
 ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU ALSO CONNECT 

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 THOSE THINGS TO THESE KIND OF     
 NOTIONS OF FREEDOM, LIBERTY,      

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 THESE LARGER PRINCIPLES AND       
 IDEAS.                            

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 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT OPINION    
 WAS LEAKED, YOU WENT AND GAVE     

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 THAT SPEECH AT EMILY'S LIST.      

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 >> IF THE COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. 
 WADE, IT WILL BE A DIRECT         

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 ASSAULT ON THE FUNDAMENTAL        
 RIGHTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION TO   

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 WHICH ALL AMERICANS ARE           
 ENTITLED.                         

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 >> I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THE   
 FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUAL     

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 RIGHTS AS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOMS.   
 THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE IN OUR        

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 COUNTRY TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO    
 MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER     

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 THEY START A FAMILY, ABOUT THEIR 
 OWN BODY, ABOUT WHO THEY LOVE.    

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 ALL HUMANS ARE ENTITLED TO        
 CERTAIN FREEDOMS, AND THEY        

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 SHOULD BE PROTECTED.              

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 >> THERE IS A BACKLASH FOR THE    
 STRIPPING AWAY OF ROE V. WADE,    

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 AND WE SAW IT IN KANSAS.          
 A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE, RIGHT?    

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 DEMOCRATS, THEY WANT TO MAKE AN   
 ARGUMENT ABOUT REPUBLICANS BEING 

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 EXTREME PARTY IN GENERAL.         
 WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IS PART OF     

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 YOUR RHETORIC HAS BEEN KIND OF    
 TO STITCH ALL THAT TOGETHER,      

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 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REALLY        
 MATTERS, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A   

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 PERFECT WINDOW INTO A REPUBLICAN 
 PARTY THAT'S EXTREME ACROSS THE   

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 BOARD.                            

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 >> WE'RE SEEING A PATTERN HERE.   
 YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM THE SAME    

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 STATES AND PLACES WHERE YOU'RE    
 SEEING AN ATTACK ON WOMEN'S       

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 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS, AN ATTACK 
 ON VOTING RIGHTS, LGBTQ RIGHTS.   

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 WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.            
 REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE TRYING TO 

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 GET A NATIONAL BEEN ON ABORTION, 
 WHICH INCLUDES CRIMINALIZING      

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 DOCTORS, NURSES WITH UP TO FIVE   
 YEARS IN PRISON.                  

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 ARE YOU KIDDING ME?               

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 >> THEY WON THIS ENORMOUS         
 VICTORY, AND I GOT TO SAY IF I    

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 WERE A MACHIAVELLIAN, HEY, GUYS, 
 GO CRAZY HERE.                    

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 INSTEAD ALL THE TRIGGER LAWS      
 KICKED IN.                        

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 THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING    
 TO TRY TO BAN ABORTION TOTALLY.   

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 >> A 10-YEAR-OLD OHIO GIRL        
 RAPED, AND UNDER THE STATE'S NEW 

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 ABORTION BAN, FORCED TO GO        
 ACROSS STATE LINES TO INDIANA TO 

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 GET THE PROCEDURE.                

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 >> LIKE HAD A HUGE AFFECT ON      
 PEOPLE WHO WERE WAIT A MINUTE.    

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 THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING?        

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 >> IN APPROACH BY THESE           
 REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS HAS      

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 BEEN PATERNALISTIC.               
 IT HAS BEEN CALLOUS,              

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 SHORTSIGHTED, AND I DO BELIEVE    
 THAT AT SOME POINT, THEY'RE       

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 GOING HEAR FROM THEIR MOTHERS     
 AND SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS THAT    

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 IT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT FROM     
 THEIR LEADERS.                    

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 THEY WANT THEIR LEADERS TO        
 RESPECT THEM AND TO TRUST THEM    

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 AND NOT PUSH FOR LAWS TO          
 CRIMINALIZE AND PUNISH THEM.      

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 >> YEAH.                          
 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF       

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 LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO 
 KAMALA HARRIS IN THE FIRST YEAR   

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 OR SO OF THE ADMINISTRATION.      
 SAME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE LIKE    

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 SHE'S LIKE ON FIRE ALL OF THE     
 SUDDEN, RIGHT?                    

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 BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT YOUR           
 BACKGROUND AS A LAWYER, A WOMAN, 

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 A MINORITY.                       
 SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS         

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 WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE VICE        
 PRESIDENCY IS HARD FIGURING IT    

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 OUT HOW TO GET GOOD AT IT.        
 SO DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE HIT YOUR    

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 STRIDE NOW IN A WAY YOU HADN'T    
 BEFORE?                           

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 .                                 
 THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK THERE,   

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 BUT LET ME START WITH THIS.       
 LET ME START WITH THIS.           

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 I CARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS      
 ISSUE, FOR SO MANY REASONS.       

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 I WAS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR     
 TWO TERMS, AND MY LIFE'S WORK,    

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 FRANKLY, HAS BEEN AS A            
 PROSECUTOR AND AS AN ATTORNEY     

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 DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION.       
 I WAS INSPIRED BY THURGOOD        

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 MARSHALL.                         
 I BENEFITTED FROM THE WORK OF     

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 EARL WARREN.                      
 I HAVE ALWAYS HELD IN SUCH HIGH   

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 ESTEEM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 
 COURT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING   

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 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT IT DOES 
 TO REAL PEOPLE.                   

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 WHEN THIS DOBBS DECISION CAME     
 DOWN, IT WAS -- IT COMPLETELY IN 

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 MY WHEEL HOUSE IN TERMS OF ALL    
 THOSE FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIENCES     

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 AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS 
 ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT EQUITY IS 

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 A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN            
 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.            

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 >> WHEN I WAS A MAYOR, I WAS      
 KIND OF KNOWN AS MODERATE PAT.    

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 THEN WHEN I BECAME GOVERNOR,      
 BECAUSE OF THE GENDER IDENTITY    

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 ISSUE, I WAS KNOWN AS THE         
 RADICAL RIGHT-WINGER.             

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 >> YEAH.                          

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 >> AND THEN WHEN I RAN FOR        
 SENATE, ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY      

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 BRAND WENT TO RINO, A LEFT-WING   
 RINO.                             

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 >> WHOA!                          

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 >> HEY WE GOT TO GET THIS.        

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 >> GOOD JOB.                      

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 >> GOOD JOB, GOVERNOR.            
 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I OWE YOU   

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 FOR THAT.                         

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 >> THAT WILL BE GOOD ON CAMERA.   

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 >> IT WILL.                       

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 >> LET ME TALK ABOUT ABORTION.    
 SO THAT'S AN EQUATION THAT'S      

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 CHANGED OVER THE SUMMER, BUT      
 IT'S TAKEN A PRETTY EXTREME       

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 POSITION ON THIS AS I UNDERSTAND 
 IT.                               

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 FIRST OF ALL, HE IS FOR THE       
 LINDSEY GRAHAM FEDERAL VERSION.   

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 >> ACTUALLY, BEFORE THAT HE WAS   
 AGAINST ALL ABORTIONS, INCLUDING 

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 RAPE AND INCEST.                  

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 >> RIGHT.                         

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 >> IN THE PRIMARY.                

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 >> HAS HE MADE HIMSELF            
 VULNERABLE?                       

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 >> YES.                           

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 >> BUDD HAS MADE HIMSELF          
 VULNERABLE AND BEASLEY IS TRYING 

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 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.          
 HER OWN ADS ARE ATTACKING BUDD    

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 ON BEING EXTREME ON ABORTION.     

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 >> BUDD WANTS ABORTION OUTLAWED   
 WITH NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR    

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 INCEST.                           

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 >> THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE IN 
 THIS RACE.                        

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 >> I THINK THE ISSUE IS THE       
 TURNOUT.                          

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 WILL ABORTION BRING MORE          
 DEMOCRATS OR INDEPENDENTS OUT TO 

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 VOTE?                             
 NORTH CAROLINA NOW, THE           

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 INDEPENDENT PARTY IS 35% OF THE   
 REGISTERED VOTERS.                

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 >> SURE.                          

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 >> WHICH IS GREATER THAN BOTH     
 THE DEMOCRATS AND THE             

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00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:55,347
 REPUBLICANS INDIVIDUALLY.         
 IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO     

313
00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:59,585
 WIN THIS STATE, THEY'RE GOING     
 HAVE TO JENNY UP THE TURNOUT.     

314
00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,620
 >> AND THEY BELIEVE PROBABLY DO   
 IT ON THAT ISSUE, DON'T YOU       

315
00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:02,154
 THINK?                            

316
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,456
 >> I WOULD THINK THAT WILL BE     
 ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY WILL TRY   

317
00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:05,324
 DO IT ON.                         

318
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,659
 >> ON THIS ISSUE, YOU'RE A        
 STATES RIGHTS GUY, RIGHT?         

319
00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:08,527
 >> YEAH.                          

320
00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:13,065
 >> YEAH.                          
 I THINK WE AS REPUBLICANS HAVE    

321
00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:13,999
 BEEN RATHER HYPOCRITICAL.         

322
00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,467
 >> RIGHT.                         
 WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE LINDSEY 

323
00:17:15,567 --> 00:17:17,836
 GRAHAM DECISION, IT'S SO          
 CONTRARY TO REPUBLICAN IDEOLOGY. 

324
00:17:17,936 --> 00:17:20,339
 >> YOU'VE CAUGHT US.              

325
00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:21,440
 >> RIGHT?                         

326
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,310
 >> FOR 40 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN       
 SAYING THIS IS NOT A FEDERAL      

327
00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:27,212
 ISSUE, THIS ISSUE BELONGS TO THE 
 STATE.                            

328
00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:31,750
 THE DAY AFTER ROE, EVEN           
 McCONNELL SAID WE MAY CONSIDER    

329
00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:32,985
 IT FOR LEGISLATION.               

330
00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:36,288
 >> GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE,    
 GOVERNOR, IN YOUR BACKYARD, WE    

331
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:39,458
 MAY BE BACK HERE ELECTION NIGHT   
 TO SEE IF THIS TIPS THE BALANCE   

332
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:40,759
 IN THE SENATE.                    

333
00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:47,699
 >> I THINK NORTH CAROLINA WILL    
 BE THE BELLWETHER STATE.          

334
00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,304
 >> THE NATIONAL DEBATE OVER       
 ABORTION IS AT THE HEART OF THE   

335
00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:53,472
 MIDTERMS IN MICHIGAN.             

336
00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,707
 >> NEW POLLING SHOWS A GROWING    
 LEAP FOR GOVERNOR GRETCHEN        

337
00:17:55,808 --> 00:18:00,212
 WHITMER AHEAD OF NOVEMBER'S       
 ELECTION.                         

338
00:18:00,312 --> 00:18:04,917
 >> IT TERRIFIES ME TO THINK THAT 
 RIGHTS THAT I'VE HAD MY WHOLE     

339
00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:09,788
 LIFE ARE NOW VERY MUCH IN         
 JEOPARDY FOR ALL WOMEN AND        

340
00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:15,160
 FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY.         

341
00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,062
 >> I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A          
 PERSONAL STORY THAT I SHARED ON   

342
00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:21,834
 THE SENATE FLOOR.                 
 I WAS RAPED WHEN I WAS IN         

343
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:27,139
 COLLEGE, AND IN THE AFTERMATH,    
 IT DAWNED ON ME I COULD HAVE      

344
00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:29,274
 BEEN IMPREGNATED BY THE PERSON    
 THAT ATTACKED ME.                 

345
00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:33,178
 IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT THAT I      
 THOUGHT IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M   

346
00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:37,049
 GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS WHAT   
 I NEED TO ACCESS TO TAKE CARE OF 

347
00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:40,919
 MYSELF AND TO DO WHAT I NEED TO   
 DO.                               

348
00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:45,290
 >> IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO    
 REALIZE WHAT WOMEN HAVE BEEN      

349
00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:50,095
 SUFFERING THROUGH WHEN ABORTION   
 WAS NOT LEGAL.                    

350
00:18:50,195 --> 00:18:51,096
 >> AGREED.                        

351
00:18:51,196 --> 00:18:54,900
 >> I MEAN, IT'S SCARY.            
 IT IS VERY, VERY SCARY.           

352
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,769
 HOW CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO    
 WITH MY BODY?                     

353
00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:05,777
 IT'S THAT BASIC.                  
                                  

354
00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:09,648
 >> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER WAS 
 IN A PRETTY PRECARIOUS POSITION   

355
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:12,384
 IN THE SPRING.                    
 VERY CLOSE RACE FOR REELECTION.   

356
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:16,755
 SINCE THEN, SHE HAS FOUGHT TO     
 GET AN INITIATIVE ON THE STATE    

357
00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:20,726
 BALLOT FOR THE FALL ELECTIONS     
 THAT WOULD ENSHRINE WOMEN'S       

358
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:24,496
 RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IN THE       
 STATE CONSTITUTION.               

359
00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:27,065
 SINCE TAKING ON THIS ABORTION     
 FIGHT, SOME POLLS NOW HAVE HER    

360
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:32,437
 WITH AS MUCH AS A 10-POINT LEAD. 
 AND THE QUESTION IS ABORTION      

361
00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:37,709
 GOING TO DELIVER THIS MARGIN OF   
 VICTORY FOR GRETCHEN WHITMER?     

362
00:19:37,809 --> 00:19:38,177
 >> HI.                            

363
00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:39,878
 >> HOW YOU?                       

364
00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:41,113
 >> I'M GREAT.                     

365
00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:44,816
 >> I'M GLAD WE WRAPPED UP THE     
 PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN WE DID.     

366
00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:46,451
 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO GET 
 SOME WEATHER.                     

367
00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:47,452
 >> I KNOW.                        

368
00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:50,822
 >> YOU ARE A WOMAN, A MOM,        
 GOVERNOR CANDIDATE.               

369
00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:55,827
 IS THERE ONE OF THESE ROLES THAT 
 JUST COMES TO THE FORE WHEN       

370
00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,330
 YOU'RE THINKING AND TALKING       
 ABOUT ABORTION?                   

371
00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:01,600
 >> WELL, LIKE EVERY AMERICAN      
 WOMAN, I WEAR A LOT OF HATS.      

372
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:04,503
 BUT I TELL YOU, I'M IN THIS       
 FIGHT FOR MY DAUGHTER, FOR ALL    

373
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:06,939
 THE WOMEN AND GIRLS AND FAMILIES 
 IN MICHIGAN.                      

374
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:10,509
 I'M IN THIS FIGHT AS THE LEADER   
 OF THE MICHIGAN ECONOMY, KNOWING 

375
00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:13,779
 WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR OUR       
 ABILITY TO DRAW TALENT.           

376
00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:17,583
 SO I WEAR ALL THOSE HATS.         
 BUT WHEN I SAY I'M FIGHTING LIKE 

377
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:20,419
 HELL, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE      
 FACT THAT THEY COULD LIVE IN A    

378
00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:22,988
 MICHIGAN WHERE THEY'VE GOT FEWER 
 RIGHTS THAN I'VE HAD MY WHOLE     

379
00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,723
 LIFE.                             
 IT'S UNACCEPTABLE, AND WE'VE GOT 

380
00:20:24,823 --> 00:20:26,491
 WIN THIS FIGHT.                   

381
00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:29,294
 >> LAST SPRING IN APRIL, YOU      
 FILED THIS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING    

382
00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:32,798
 THIS ZOMBIE LAW YOU HAVE FROM     
 MICHIGAN FROM 1931 THAT OUTLAWS   

383
00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:35,033
 ABORTION.                         
 THE CONCERN WAS THAT MIGHT TAKE   

384
00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:38,837
 EFFECT IF ROE WAS OVERTURNED.     
 SO EVEN BEFORE THE DOBBS LEAK,    

385
00:20:38,937 --> 00:20:41,807
 YOU FILED THAT LAWSUIT.           
 AND SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS    

386
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,176
 RISKY.                            
 SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS        

387
00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:48,547
 ALARMIST.                         
 MAYBE YOU MIGHT EVEN TRIGGER THE 

388
00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:50,048
 LAW.                              
 WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS     

389
00:20:50,148 --> 00:20:51,283
 LEADING UP TO THAT DECISION?      

390
00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:54,686
 >> WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG       
 PASSED AND WE SAW WHO THE FORMER 

391
00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:59,224
 PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO BE         
 NOMINATING, IT SET OFF ALL THE    

392
00:20:59,324 --> 00:21:00,826
 ALARM BELLS.                      
 THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED            

393
00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:03,829
 RESEARCHING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 
 MICHIGAN IF ROE WERE TO FALL,     

394
00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:06,732
 THE 1931 LAW AND WHAT CAN WE DO. 
 IT WAS AN EARNEST ATTEMPT TO      

395
00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:11,737
 ENSURE THAT WE WERE USING EVERY   
 TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PROTECT   

396
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:12,971
 REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT HERE IS IN     
 MICHIGAN.                         

397
00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:16,441
 >> IN THE SPRING, POLLING SHOWED 
 THAT YOU WERE IN A REAL           

398
00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:18,277
 DOGFIGHT.                         
 IT IS A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR     

399
00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:19,711
 DEMOCRATS.                        
 IT'S TOUGH EVERYWHERE.            

400
00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:22,314
 AND NOW YOU'RE IN A MUCH BETTER   
 POSITION.                         

401
00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:26,451
 DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S THAT        
 FIGHT, ABORTION, THAT PICKING     

402
00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:27,619
 THAT FIGHT MADE THE DIFFERENCE?   

403
00:21:27,719 --> 00:21:30,889
 >> WITHOUT QUESTION.              
 WE'RE SEEING NOT JUST WOMEN       

404
00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:33,025
 MOBILIZING, BUT DADS OF           
 DAUGHTERS, RIGHT.                 

405
00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,595
 WE'RE SEEING ALLIES OF WOMEN      
 MOBILIZING.                       

406
00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:40,666
 AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT     
 CROSSES THE TRADITIONAL PARTISAN 

407
00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:46,171
 LINES.                            
 ONE PERSON'S BELIEFS SHOULDN'T    

408
00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:49,374
 RIPAWAY EVERYONE ELSE'S RIGHTS,   
 AND THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE LINE     

409
00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:49,908
 HERE.                             

410
00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:52,978
 >> TUDOR DIXON, YOUR OPPONENT     
 HAS SAID YOU CAN VOTE FOR THIS    

411
00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:55,414
 BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT WILL       
 ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION    

412
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,215
 AND VOTE FOR ME FOR GOVERNOR.     

413
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,252
 >> YOU CAN VOTE FOR GRETCHEN      
 WHITMER'S POSITION WITHOUT        

414
00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:03,522
 HAVING TO VOTE FOR GRETCHEN       
 WHITMER AGAIN.                    

415
00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,458
 >> EVEN THOUGH SHE'S STAUNCHLY    
 PRO-LIFE AND THINKS THAT HOME     

416
00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:09,761
 WITH ARE RAPED IS A PERFECT       
 EXAMPLE OF A PREGNANCY THAT       

417
00:22:09,861 --> 00:22:14,499
 SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO TERM.        
 THERE ANY CHANCE HERE THAT BY     

418
00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:17,069
 ARGUING FOR THIS BALLOT, FOR      
 THIS INITIATIVE BEYOND THE        

419
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,072
 BALLOT, YOU'VE CREATED A DYNAMIC 
 WHERE THIS FALLS AWAY FROM A      

420
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,808
 RACE WHERE ABORTION IS REALLY     
 THE CENTER TO BEING A REFERENDUM 

421
00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:26,278
 ON LIKE THE STATE OF THE WORLD,   
 JUST LESS FAVORABLE TERRAIN FOR   

422
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:26,945
 DEMOCRATS?                        

423
00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:29,781
 >> WHOMEVER IS GOVERNOR IS        
 ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT    

424
00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:33,752
 ON WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN CAN       
 ACCESS THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY 

425
00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:35,153
 NEED.                             
 BALLOT INITIATIVE PASSES OR       

426
00:22:35,253 --> 00:22:38,857
 FAILS.                            
 AND IF SHE IS IN OFFICE, SHE      

427
00:22:38,957 --> 00:22:43,462
 WILL DO EVERYTHING TO CIRCUMVENT 
 THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IF IT'S     

428
00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:46,031
 PASSED, TO UNDERMINE IT.          
 THAT WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE.         

429
00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:50,469
 AND WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO    
 THEY ARE, YOU BETTER BELIEVE      

430
00:22:50,569 --> 00:22:51,336
 THEM.                             

431
00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:54,339
 >> DON'T LET GRETCHEN WHITMER     
 USE YOU AS A STEPPING STONE       

432
00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:57,142
 AGAIN FOR HER AMBITIONS.          
 YOU DESERVE A GOVERNOR WHO IS     

433
00:22:57,242 --> 00:23:01,613
 GOING TO WORK IN AND FOR          
 MICHIGAN.                         

434
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:04,249
 TUDOR DIXON IS A BONA FIDE BAD    
 ASS.                              

435
00:23:04,349 --> 00:23:09,821
 SHE IS A BAD ASS.                 
 AND YOUR CURRENT GOVERNOR IS      

436
00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:14,659
 JUST BAD.                         

437
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,630
 >> WE ARE AT A RALLY FOR TUDOR    
 DIXON WHO WON HER RALLY BECAUSE   

438
00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:22,367
 DONALD TRUMP ENDORSED HER, AND    
 THAT'S WHY KELLYANNE CONWAY AND   

439
00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,703
 DONALD TRUMP JR. ARE GOING TO BE 
 HERE TO SUPPORT HER.              

440
00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:27,873
 >> YOUR GOVERNOR IS ON THE        
 LEADING EDGE OF THE LUNATIC       

441
00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:34,513
 FRINGE OF THE RADICAL LEFT.       
 ELECT TUDOR DIXON AND A GREAT     

442
00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:37,783
 LINE OF CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE WHO   
 CAN BRING COMMON SENSE BACK TO    

443
00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:45,791
 MICHIGAN.                         

444
00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,058
 >> READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO        
 GRETCHEN WHITMER?                 

445
00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:50,162
 SHE'S BAD FOR BUSINESS.           
 SHE'S BAD FOR STUDENTS.           

446
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:57,669
 SHE'S BAD FOR OUR SENIORS.        
 NEVER FORGET WHAT SHE ROBBED      

447
00:23:57,769 --> 00:24:02,073
 FROM YOU IN THIS STATE.           
 AND MAKE SURE SHE NEVER HAS THE   

448
00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:12,517
 CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN.            

449
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:19,391
 >> SHE IS GOING TO TAKE           
 QUESTIONS.                        

450
00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:25,197
 >> YOU HAVE MORE COURAGE TO SAY   
 WHAT'S ON YOUR CARD THE SPEAK     

451
00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:25,897
 THE TRUTH.                        

452
00:24:26,431 --> 00:24:30,202
 >> THANK YOU, GUYS.               
 IF I COULD HAVE YOU FOR A COUPLE 

453
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,002
 OF QUESTIONS.                     

454
00:24:31,102 --> 00:24:32,137
 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE       
 TIME.                             

455
00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:35,073
 CLOSING IN THE RACE NOW.          
 SIX, SEVEN WEEKS LEFT, HOW DO     

456
00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:35,874
 YOU FEEL?                         

457
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,542
 >> WE FEEL GOOD.                  
 WE FEEL STRONG.                   

458
00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:39,911
 YOU SEE CROWDS LIKE THIS THERE    
 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE STEPPING OUT   

459
00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:42,848
 AND SAYING WE WANT TO BE LOUD.    
 WE WANT TO COME OUT AND NOT HIDE 

460
00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:43,482
 ANYMORE.                          

461
00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:48,220
 >> YOU WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE A    
 REFERENDUM ON JOE BIDEN AND       

462
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,355
 GRETCHEN WHITMER'S STANCE ON THE 
 ECONOMY.                          

463
00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:53,592
 A POLL CAME OUT THAT SAID PEOPLE 
 IN MICHIGAN CARE AS MUCH ABOUT    

464
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:54,926
 THE ABORTION ISSUE AS THEY DO     
 THE ECONOMY.                      

465
00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,628
 SO HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT?        

466
00:24:56,728 --> 00:24:59,931
 >> PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE ON   
 THE ABORTION ISSUE SIMPLY.        

467
00:25:00,031 --> 00:25:03,201
 THIS GOVERNOR'S RACE IS ABOUT     
 MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GET GREAT    

468
00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:06,872
 EDUCATION, MAKING SURE OUR        
 CITIES ARE SAFE, AND MAKING SURE 

469
00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:09,774
 OUR BUSINESSES HAVE A PARTNER IN 
 GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF AN ENEMY.   

470
00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:14,212
 >> SO YOU HAVE SAID IF PEOPLE     
 CARE STRONGLY ABOUT THE           

471
00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:16,815
 PRO-CHOICE POSITION, THEY CAN     
 SUPPORT THE SAFE BALLOT           

472
00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:18,817
 INITIATIVE AND VOTE FOR YOU.      
 BUT GRETCHEN WHITMER SAYS IF      

473
00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:23,722
 YOU'RE GOVERNOR, YOU WILL WORK    
 VERY HARD, DESPITE THE BALLOT -- 

474
00:25:23,822 --> 00:25:26,825
 >> A CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION. 
 I WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE          

475
00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:29,461
 WOULDN'T VOTE FOR THAT, TO BE     
 HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE THE      

476
00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:32,397
 ONLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT CARRY THE 
 POSITION OF THAT CONSTITUTIONAL   

477
00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:35,734
 AMENDMENT THAT SHE WANTS ON THE   
 BALLOT ARE CHINA AND NORTH        

478
00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:37,135
 KOREA.                            
 THAT'S HOW RADICAL THIS IS.       

479
00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:41,239
 >> I MEAN, YOU OPPOSE ABORTION,   
 EVEN IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. 

480
00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:43,742
 THAT'S NOT A POSITION SUPPORTED   
 BY EVEN --                        

481
00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:46,845
 >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE 
 SHOULD GO TO THE LEGISLATORS.     

482
00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:49,414
 THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T MAKE LAW IN 
 THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.            

483
00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:52,717
 THIS GOVERNOR IS PUSHING A        
 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT IS 

484
00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:56,454
 THE MOST RADICAL CONSTITUTIONAL   
 AMENDMENT IN THE WORLD.           

485
00:25:56,555 --> 00:26:01,359
 >> CLEARLY, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT    
 HAS POPPED UP SINCE THE DOBBS -- 

486
00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:02,961
 >> ONLY BECAUSE SHE CONTINUES TO 
 PUSH IT.                          

487
00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:06,932
 I NEVER HEAR IT, AND I'VE         
 TRAVELED ALL AROUND THE STATE.    

488
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,434
 GRETCHEN WHITMER HASN'T.          
 SHE IS HAVING EVENTS THAT ARE     

489
00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:11,036
 INVITE ONLY.                      
 SHE HASN'T TALKED TO THE PEOPLE   

490
00:26:11,136 --> 00:26:12,604
 ON THE GROUND.                    
 THIS IS ALL BECAUSE SHE IS NOT    

491
00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:14,873
 RUNNING ON ANYTHING.              
 WHAT IS SHE RUNNING ON?           

492
00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:17,642
 WHAT ARE HER ADS THAT SAY WHAT    
 SHE IS GOING TO DO FOR THE        

493
00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:18,577
 STATE?                            
 NOTHING.                          

494
00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:20,245
 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.       
 APPRECIATE IT.                    

495
00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:21,379
 >> GOD BLESS.                     

496
00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:22,213
 >> WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU EVERY    
 DAY.                              

497
00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:30,221
 >> THANK YOU.                     
                                  

498
00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:33,358
 >> AFTER THE DOBBS RULING AND     
 THE SUPREME COURT THAT STRUCK     

499
00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:38,863
 DOWN ROE V. WADE, THE EYES OF     
 THE COUNTRY FOCUSED ON KANSAS.    

500
00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:41,366
 THE STATE BECAME THE FIRST BIG    
 TEST CASE.                        

501
00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:45,737
 AND I WILL SAY THAT PRETTY MUCH   
 EVERYBODY ASSUMED THAT KANSAS     

502
00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:47,672
 WAS GOING TO PASS THIS            
 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND      

503
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:53,144
 THEN BAN ABORTION.                
 KANSAS IS VERY REPUBLICAN, AND    

504
00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:54,646
 YET IT'S HAD DEMOCRATIC           
 GOVERNORS.                        

505
00:26:54,746 --> 00:27:02,654
 AND ONE OF THEM, MAYBE THE BEST   
 KNOWN, KATHLEEN SEBELIUS BEFORE   

506
00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:06,458
 BARACK OBAMA MADE HER HEAD OF     
 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.        

507
00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:10,395
 >> THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL THE   
 DOBBS DECISION ABSOLUTELY LIT A   

508
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:15,066
 FIRE.                             
 WE HAD THE FIRST UP OR DOWN VOTE 

509
00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:16,668
 ON THIS ISSUE IN THE COUNTRY.     

510
00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:17,369
 >> RIGHT.                         

511
00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:23,775
 >> IF WE LOSE IN KANSAS, IT WILL 
 BE DISAPPOINTING, BUT NOT HUGE    

512
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:26,244
 BECAUSE PEOPLE EXPECT.            
 IF WE CAN WIN THIS IN KANSAS,     

513
00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:29,781
 THIS WILL CHANGE THE POLITICAL    
 CONVERSATION.                     

514
00:27:29,881 --> 00:27:34,452
 >> THE NO VOTE WON, ACCORDING TO 
 OUR NBC PROJECTION, WHICH MEANS   

515
00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:37,022
 KANSAS VOTERS DECIDED TO PROTECT 
 THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.         

516
00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:44,763
 >> WHAT WE SAW EARLY ON WAS THIS 
 MASSIVE TURNOUT.                  

517
00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:48,366
 THE BIG WIN IN KANSAS FOR A       
 DEMOCRATIC CAUSE.                 

518
00:27:48,466 --> 00:27:49,134
 >> HUGE.                          

519
00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:52,170
 >> IS FOUR OR FIVE POINTS.        
 THAT'S LIKE A LANDSLIDE.          

520
00:27:52,270 --> 00:27:59,144
 ROUGHLY 60-40 VICTORY WAS         
 SHOCKING, BUT ALSO REAFFIRMING.   

521
00:27:59,244 --> 00:28:01,246
 >> DEMOCRATS ARE VERY NOW         
 SUDDENLY VERY OPTIMISTIC.         

522
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:05,784
 I WOULD SAY THE CONSENSUS VIEW    
 IS THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO    

523
00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:08,086
 HOLD THE SENATE, AND SOME THINK   
 THERE IS A CHANCE THEY COULD      

524
00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:10,789
 HOLD THE HOUSE.                   
 DO YOU THINK THAT'S OVERLY        

525
00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:13,024
 OPTIMISTIC, OR DO YOU THINK       
 THAT'S REASONABLE?                

526
00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:16,027
 >> EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT.      
 EVERY RACE IS DIFFERENT.          

527
00:28:16,127 --> 00:28:18,997
 THERE IS NO ONE MAGIC BULLET.     
 DEMOCRATS NEED TO EMBRACE THIS    

528
00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:23,068
 ISSUE AND NOT RUNAWAY FROM IT.    
 WHAT KANSAS SHOWS YOU IS YOU      

529
00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:27,572
 DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN.       
 IF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND HAVE    

530
00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:33,778
 THEIR VOICES HEARD, EVERYTHING    
 IS POSSIBLE.                      

531
00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:39,217
                                  

532
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:42,053
                                  

533
00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:42,087
  I                               

534
00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:42,187
  I AM                            

535
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:42,220
  I AM HERE                       

536
00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:42,320
  I AM HERE TO                    

537
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:42,353
  I AM HERE TO LIVE               

538
00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:42,420
  I AM HERE TO LIVE IT            

539
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:50,095
  I AM HERE TO LIVE IT UP