teachers, court officers and the like. we ll be obviously following developments there in georgia. i also want to ask about another legal case impacting trump and his world. the justice department now reversing course in its plan to defend the former president in his defamation lawsuit with writer e. jean carroll. you were in the courtroom during that first trial. can you explain why the doj would have been in a position to defend trump to begin with and then what this now means for the case moving forward? sure, it s a little bit complicated. it wasn t the first suit filed this was the first suit filed, not the first suit tried. that allows the department of justice under a federal the right defendant is the united states, not trump. also to move to dismiss that
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effort to lower the deficit and lower cost for families. the president took a stance on abortion this week. and he seemed to be test driving a new midterm message. here it is. one part of the next things that will be attacked because this megacrowd is almost extreme political organization that is existed in american history. recent american history. it wasn t the first he made during the remarks. definitely sort of a new framing that the white house has. the president s concerns come on the heels of an election night in ohio. the first big midterm primary. abortion is quickly moving to the top of voters minds. it could be a potentially seismic shift this year. i have a pretty expert panel on set to discuss the developments.
state, despite false information about our election system, an order to have additional stopped amongst citizens about the security and integrity about the process, and to scare voters from believing in or participating in democracy at all. that is why we say, democracy is at stake in these elections. so, you are on the frontline of the fight for democracy. it s at the state and local level that these big lie gop candidates have the most chances, the most energy. do you feel let down by the democratic colleagues, when capitol hill and the senate who failed to pass a freedom to vote and john lewis bills, and have just moved on to other things, leaving you and michigan and american democracy exposed? yes, it was a missed opportunity, to be sure. it wasn t the first or last opportunity they ll have to help us in this states protective democracy. we ve asked, for example, federal funding, increased funding in our elections. we ve asked for changes to the electoral contact to protect ag
and to scare voters from believing in or participating in democracy at all. that is why we say, democracy is at stake in these elections. so, you are on the frontline of the fight for democracy. it s at the state and local level that these big lie gop candidates have the most chances, the most energy. do you feel let down by the democratic colleagues, when capitol hill and the senate who failed to pass a freedom to vote and john lewis bills, and have just moved on to other things, leaving you and michigan and american democracy exposed? yes, it was a missed opportunity, to be sure. it wasn t the first or last opportunity they ll have to help us in this states protective democracy. we ve asked, for example,