People who he is, he pretty clearly and look, his running mate is doing this, too. You know, this is my diplomatic way of saying it. They re misogynistic pigs. Liz cheney, republican, with some brutal honesty about donald trump and yd vance as she announces she s not the only cheney endorsing kamala harris. Also tonight, donald trump finally admits he lost the last election. Like maybe we ll all forget about the heavy cost this country has paid for his election denying lie. Plus, republicans like trump and vance again deny that the problem is the guns. After the deadly school shooting in georgia. And even after trump himself was shot at by a gunman armed with an ar15. And we begin tonight with 60 days to go until the election. Just four days until the first presidential debate between donald trump and vice president kamala harris. And while the vp is currently in pittsburgh prepping for that showdown on tuesday, you know, a normal campaign thing to do, the other candidate hasn t held a
analyst. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. white house bureau chief of my politico. and host of the circus, john heilemann. good to have you all. polls open in less than an hour in georgia, where one of the most consequential primaries of the midterms is taking place. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot, but the ones we re closely watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. quote, georgia s got everything. disputed elections, rapid demographic change, celebrity democrats, a restrictive new voting law, an open criminal investigation into donald trump s meddling in the 2020 election, a deep rural-urban divide and unending drama between the trump wing of the republican party and the local gop establishment. that s a lot. former senator david perdue, whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats control of
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democracy. stacey abrams, though, should have conceded the race. the fact the democrats can t just say that tells you, again, how idealogical this issue has become. joe, it really is a cesspool. it is concerning. to quickly fact-check some of the claims that were said. biden received almost 4 million more votes, i believe, than obama. it was record turnout for the 21st century in elections. and, also, the georgia board of elections, they disproved three claims of ballot harvesting that recently were tried and came force. investigators for the secretary of state s office said that the claims, you know, in a particular case, it was a family member returning ballots of family members. and so ballot harvesting is illegal in georgia, and no cases have been proven to date.
though they will still there is optimism among the democrats they can get the whole caucus in line, they lack the 6 0 votes needed to overcome a republican filibuster. there won t be any republicans tomorrow to move ahead let alone ten, which they would need to overcome a filibuster and mansion said repeatedly, he will not change a filibuster rule even on this issue to move ahead so it means, erin, almost certainly this is doomed until after next year s midterms. all right. thank you very much, manu. i want to go to the georgia election officials losing their seats. the republican vice chair of the dekalb county, georgia elections board and helen butler member of the georgia board of elections and registration. thanks to both of you. let me start with you, republicans try to replace you as a republican with a local conservative with a history of false statements. i guess when you look at this, do you think your removal could impact the results of the next