incumbent republican brian kemp and democrat staibians who lost by the tiniest of margins and is running unopposed in the primary. from what we ve seen so far in the political ads, stacey abrams is the star of the show, all the republican candidates, no matter what office they are running for are talking about you. how dare you, stacey abrams atapping butch miller for writing a law against transgender boys competing in boys sports. chris carr, georgia s conservative attorney general, he s taken on president biden and stacey abrams. stacey abrams and the liberal mob forced the all-star game to move. stacey abrams and the media, they all came after us. we ve got to keep stacey abrams from becoming our governor and our next president. wow, it will be up to the next governor to stand up to the big lie, and there are plenty of republicans pushing that farce, including in the races for senate and secretary of state. in the race for the republican nomination for governor f
welcome to the beat weekend, let s get right into the headlines. this is a debate that certainly is memorable. but not in a very happy way. it seems to be another in a series of shared american experiences and memories that feel more infamous than famous, more traumatic than cathartic. and so tonight, together with you right now, as we are still within these first 24 hours of that face-off, we re going to take stock with the evidence, trying to look at the significance and the fallout and the actual real possibilities. we are not going to devolve into, or take too much time with the fantasy screenplay scenarios, because while there is talk of rain play style solutions, what matters more, for what this is about what we are going to do, is what is possible. indeed, the screenplay talk, the fantasy talk me tell you about the reactions of the dark of the democratic party, it may matter in that sense but not of the screenplay coming true. what if it is true, in what we ve seen i
letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. happy friday. happy friday. thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i m joining you on this friday, june 28th, a day that marks a major shift in this presidential race. it s something you can basically feel and that many felt in their core. the emotion hitting probably before the logic or any intellectual observations, even as president biden first walked out to the stage. at this debate which his campaign pushed for. earlier than ever. and then delivered a performance that has, for now, up ended this race and done so so swiftly the discriminations had begun long before he and trump walked off that very stage. this is a debate that is certainly memorable but not in a very happy way. it seems to be another in a series of shared american experiences and memories that feel more infamous than famous, more traumatic than cathart