morning about dixon. the biggest difference is my opponent is someone who s election denier. and so you know, i m prepared to accept the will of the people. i hope ultimately, she will do the right thing as well. whether it goes her way or not, democracy s not more important than one person s ego or political agenda. reporter: even though whitmer has been talking a lot about abortion because there s a referendum on the ballot here, she s been hammering her opponent on the issue of threats to democracy. she was at one point a target of a kidnapping plot. there were people convicted, arrested of trying to kidnap her. on the republican side, you ve heard dixon say i m not a conspiracy theorist. she has been questioning the 2020 election. i said are you going to accept
true. letitia james may be hunting him down if he came to the state. i d be going to places like florida and that are ruby red. arizona may not be a bad place to show up. it would have been a mistake. lee zeldin has a tough race here, tough to close in manhattan. i don t know how he gets across the threshold of 30% or whatever he needs to win. that would be as the young kids would say these days epic and unlikely. so one of the governor s races i know you re watching closely is michigan. governor whitmer is running for re-election and has a rally tonight in the final hours. why do you think that one is so important? i think because so many of the big themes of this election kind of come to a head in michigan. so there is the election denialism. you have candidates who have embraced that. then you actually have consequences and you saw threats on the governor, right, so it is not theoretical to the voter. like oh, okay that seems bad. kidnapping plot. and then there s other aspe
because he is a friend and the two members of his security detail work ferreira can or when i was in his office. i know them well. they are wonderful people, dedicated to doing the job. we re lucky they were there at the right time. next time, republican or democrat, they may not be. the kidnapping plot on gretchen whitmer could ve been a successful. these are things that should scare every american and cause everybody in american public life to try to do better for themselves and ultimately for the country. yes. and the idea that violence is a strategy as needed condoned, supported and being furthered by especially one party in this country should be an accessible to all of. former communications for the rnc, thank you for your time tonight. thank. you we have much more ahead tonight. coming up, we ll talk to one of the most ambitious democrats in the country as far as keeping control of the senate. congressman and candidate tim ryan joins us live. and up next, republicans hav