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Children for college and life. education was not a voting issue until this election. it will be a big issue in 2022 and 2024. the republicans are poiseed to retake the house in 20twa. -- 2022. you take virginia and new jersey, if republicans continue to support what they support and continue to back higher taxes and more spending, you will see a reversal in washington, d.c. one last point, 4 times in the last 50 years, the party on the out in the first election after a presidency, 4 times the ot...

Such a critical issue for not only 22 but 24 is what do these republican-leaning voters, who moved away from the party, do. are they willing to cast votes for republicans who will enable and excuse what trump is doing. and in virginia, the answer seems to be more yes than no. . >> is trump losing potency as a voting issue, sophia? >> i think so. i live in loudon county, northern virginia. im one of those republicans, you all know this, moderate that moved away, never trumper. i refuse to have an...

Stick. you got to have a stick. you have to have some penalty for people that carry on polluting otherwise people are not going to change that behavior. so interesting to see and even above inflation. what are we talking about. and yet, climate change are a bigger voting issue. >> yes, absolutely. joining us now is kate bedingfield, kate, i just know on your 40th birthday, this is exactly where you want to be. first of all, inside the white house, the sun is not out and your kids are like where ...

Change the politics around gun violence. i wanted it to be a key voting issue. it now is. i wanted people who would do something about gun violence to be elected and in fact, we now have a president and we now have a house of representative who will pass gun safety legislation. we are a few votes short in the senate and what we saw again today is how there is a nongoverning party in the senate who will play games with the lives of our children in order to maintain a hold on power. break the damn...

Doubt fired up about what is making its way into their schools into their childrens education. im talking passionately motivated. your daughter is a little bit younger than my son. this is a motivating voting issue. and its big in virginia. its big in loudoun county. ainsley: loudoun county and fairfax. fairfax is the county next door. i have so many friends pulling their kids out of school. changing schools because of this critical race theory that is making it into the classroom. one friend wh...

Collective. i have to very quickly ask adam a question based on what we just heard from senator smith. have you ever met the voter whose voting issue is the specific amount of debt the united states owes, debt is their only issue? >> no, absolutely not. especially dealing with numbers at this point that verge on the comical, you know, so democrats ill sound like im joking but im not. they should raise it to a gagillion dollars. they will raise it so its knot -- not the republicans issue and soun...

Support. we cant just depend on an opinion poll. the nra made guns a voting issue. >> you launched a political revolution that changed the face of congress and rewrote bill clintons idea of american history. >> not only was the nra very successful in flipping party control of congress in the 94 election but put a ten-year limit on the assault weapons ban so it automatically lapsed after ten years and that was the praise they paid in order to get that bill through congress. >> now the assault wea...

Happening in texas and other states and beyond, theyre going to have to make this more of a voting issue, which is something that cecile richards is well aware of. >> i hate to put everything on the one party thats not trying to destroy our democracy and deprive women of reproductive freedoms, but katty has a point. this joins all the other sacred things theyre trying to protect, voting rights and the covid package and other priorities. i wonder where you think this should rank? >> well, i think...

An issue for activists who care about -- and i know this issue. i know that that choice is an issue that appeals to a lot of people beyond activists. but as a voting issue, an issue that mobilizes people, an issue that becomes central to local elections, statewide elections, federal elections, presidential elections, thats what has to happen if this is now going to be a matter decided by politics state by state and federally and where the court is basically going to say anything goes, this will ...

Happening would not happen because of the vote for kavanaugh and others she has voted to put on the supreme court and gave us assurances that what is happening would not happen, but in fact, kavanaugh turns out to be exactly who we thought that he was. but sort of double down on the point that my friend on the right was making that republicans perhaps have awoken a sleeping giant, and i say that because he is right, this is a primary voting issue for republicans, but voters in the mid of the ele...