🚨 Biden FINALLY gets the good news he's been waiting for

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
1 Apr 202410:42

Summary

TLDRThe video discusses the recent positive momentum for Joe Biden, with rising poll numbers against Trump and successful fundraising. It highlights the strategy of targeting Republican voters, particularly those who are open to Democratic policies on issues like NATO and reproductive rights. The Alabama State House member's election, won by a significant margin on a platform of protecting abortion and IVF rights, is emphasized as a key example of this strategy in action. Additionally, the economic strength under Biden's administration and Trump's legal challenges are presented as factors that could influence the upcoming election.

Takeaways

  • 📈 Joe Biden's polling has been consistently rising against Donald Trump, with at least eight national surveys showing Biden leading in the polls.
  • 🔄 Biden's campaign is making significant fundraising progress, recently raising $25 million in a single event, surpassing Trump's combined total from December and January.
  • 🌟 The Biden campaign is focusing on appealing to Republican voters, particularly those who are open to supporting democracy and pro-democracy Republicans, without pandering to conservative issues.
  • 🤝 Biden has been reaching out to former Trump administration figures, such as Nikki Haley, to build bridges and understand the perspectives of former Republicans.
  • 🛑 The script highlights the importance of discussing common ground between left-leaning individuals and certain Republican voters, such as on issues like NATO, bodily autonomy, and protecting democracy.
  • 📊 The economic situation is increasingly viewed positively for Biden, with the stock market hitting new highs, low unemployment rates, and energy independence contributing to his image.
  • 🎙️ Trump's campaign and rallies are described as negative and divisive, potentially alienating moderate voters and not reflecting the current needs and desires of the general public.
  • 🚨 The script warns against complacency, emphasizing the need for continued vigilance and effort in the political process, despite the apparent momentum for Biden.
  • 🗳️ The interviewee, Marilyn L, successfully campaigned on reproductive rights and IVF in Alabama, despite the state's traditionally conservative stance on these issues.
  • 💬 Marilyn L's personal story and outreach to voters have resonated strongly, leading to open conversations and a sense of community among those facing similar reproductive health challenges.

Q & A

  • What is the main theme of the discussion in the video transcript?

    -The main theme of the discussion is the recent positive political developments for Joe Biden, particularly in relation to polling numbers, fundraising success, and the potential to attract Republican voters who are not aligned with Trump.

  • How has Joe Biden's polling been recently?

    -Joe Biden's polling has been consistently improving, with at least eight national surveys showing him leading Donald Trump. The Morning Consult poll also indicates that Biden is gaining ground in six swing states.

  • What significant fundraising achievement did Biden's campaign accomplish?

    -Biden's campaign held a fundraiser in New York with former presidents Obama and Clinton, raising $25 million in a single day, which is more than what Donald Trump raised combined in December and January.

  • What is the strategic approach of the Biden campaign in terms of attracting Republican voters?

    -The Biden campaign is focusing on finding common ground with pro-democracy Republicans on issues like protecting NATO, bodily autonomy, and democracy. They are also leveraging former Trump allies who have spoken out against him as surrogates to reach out to Republican voters.

  • What economic factors are mentioned as beneficial for Biden's campaign?

    -The strong economy, with the stock market hitting fresh highs, the unemployment rate staying under 4% for the longest uninterrupted stretch in half a century, and the US achieving energy independence are all factors that are potentially benefiting Biden's campaign.

  • What challenges are highlighted for Trump's campaign?

    -Trump's challenges include his rallies not being well-received, his campaign being based on controversial topics, the upcoming criminal trial starting on April 15th, and previous legal findings of rape and fraud against him.

  • How did Marilyn L manage to flip a Republican-held seat in Alabama?

    -Marilyn L focused her campaign on protecting abortion rights and IVF, issues that resonated with voters despite the traditionally conservative leanings of Alabama. She shared personal stories and connected with voters on a deeply personal level.

  • What was the impact of the Diane Sawyer special on Marilyn L's campaign?

    -The Diane Sawyer special featuring women affected by the abortion ban, including Alyssa Gonzalez from Alabama, inspired Marilyn L to share her own story and use it as a key part of her campaign messaging.

  • How have voters responded to Marilyn L's personal story and campaign focus?

    -Voters have responded positively, often sharing their own stories and experiences with Marilyn L. This has led to a more open dialogue and a sense of community among those facing similar reproductive health challenges.

  • What is the significance of Marilyn L's campaign strategy in Alabama?

    -Marilyn L's campaign strategy is significant because it shows that focusing on personal stories and issues like reproductive rights can be successful even in traditionally conservative states, and it challenges the narrative that such issues cannot win elections.

Outlines

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📈 Biden's Rising Polls and Fundraising Success

This paragraph discusses the positive news for Joe Biden as his polling numbers consistently rise against Donald Trump, with at least eight national surveys showing Biden leading. The momentum is shifting in Biden's favor, especially with his recent fundraiser in New York, where he raised $25 million in a single day, outperforming Trump's combined total for December and January. The paragraph also highlights the importance of appealing to Republican voters who are not aligned with Trump, such as those who support Nikki Haley. The Biden campaign is focusing on common ground with these voters, emphasizing issues like NATO, bodily autonomy, and democracy. The paragraph concludes with a call for continued vigilance in the political landscape, despite the favorable trends for Biden.

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🚨 Trump's Challenges and Biden's Economic Strength

The paragraph outlines the challenges facing Trump, including his inability to gain more support from the general public, his upcoming criminal trial, and past legal issues. In contrast, Biden is benefiting from a strong economy, with the stock market hitting new highs, low unemployment rates, and energy independence. The paragraph emphasizes that while the economy has been robust, the credit for this strength is now starting to align with Biden's leadership. The narrative of American Carnage and dystopia at Trump's rallies is also mentioned, suggesting that his messaging may not resonate well with the broader population.

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🌟 Marilyn L's Campaign on Abortion and IVF in Alabama

Marilyn L, a newly elected member of the Alabama State House, discusses her campaign focused on protecting abortion rights and IVF. She navigated this challenging topic in a conservative state by highlighting the personal stories of women affected by reproductive health issues. The paragraph details her interactions with voters and the emotional responses she received, emphasizing the isolation that often accompanies these situations. Marilyn L's own story and that of Alyssa Gonzalez, a woman from Alabama, are shared to illustrate the real-life implications of abortion bans. The paragraph concludes with an encouragement for open dialogue on these issues to provide support for those facing difficult reproductive health decisions.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Trump

Refers to Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States. In the context of the video, he is mentioned as a figure of opposition, with the discussion focusing on the negative news cycle surrounding him and his potential impact on the upcoming elections.

💡Biden

Refers to Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. The video highlights his rising poll numbers against Trump and various strategic moves his campaign is making to appeal to a broader voter base, including former Republican supporters.

💡Alabama State House

Refers to the legislative body of the state of Alabama, which is responsible for creating and passing laws at the state level. In the video, a newly elected member of the Alabama State House is interviewed, highlighting the political shifts occurring within traditionally conservative states.

💡Abortion Rights

Refers to the political and social movement supporting a woman's right to choose whether to have an abortion. The video discusses how this issue has become central to certain political campaigns and elections, with candidates taking positions based on their stance on abortion rights.

💡IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)

Refers to the medical procedure where an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body and then implanted in a woman's uterus. The video mentions IVF as a key issue in the political campaign of the interviewee, emphasizing the importance of reproductive rights and technological advancements in family planning.

💡Swing States

Refers to states in the U.S. that do not consistently vote for one political party, making them crucial in determining the outcome of national elections. The video highlights how Biden is making gains in these states, which can be pivotal in securing an election victory.

💡Republican

Refers to a member or adherent of the Republican Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States. The video discusses the challenges and opportunities for Republicans, particularly those who do not align with Trump's policies, in the current political climate.

💡Nikki Haley

Refers to the former Governor of South Carolina and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump. In the video, she is discussed as a figure who may not have as much support as previously thought, indicating a potential shift in political dynamics.

💡Economy

Refers to the financial and economic conditions of a country or region, including factors like employment rates, stock market performance, and overall prosperity. The video discusses the strong U.S. economy and how it may impact the political landscape and Biden's approval ratings.

💡Never Trumpers

Refers to Republicans or conservatives who do not support or endorse Donald Trump. The video discusses the Biden campaign's efforts to appeal to this group, indicating a strategic move to broaden the Democratic voter base.

💡Democratic System

Refers to a form of government where power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through elected representatives. The video emphasizes the importance of protecting and respecting the democratic system, which is seen as under threat by certain political actions.

Highlights

Interview with newly elected Alabama State House member Marilyn L, who flipped a Republican-held seat by focusing on protecting abortion rights and IVF.

Joe Biden's polling consistently increasing against Donald Trump, with at least eight national surveys showing Biden leading.

Biden gaining ground in six swing states, tying the race in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and leading in Wisconsin.

Biden's successful fundraiser in New York with former presidents Obama and Clinton, raising $25 million in a single day.

Biden's campaign capitalizing on the opportunity to attract Republican voters disillusioned with Trump, such as those who supported Nikki Haley.

The Biden campaign's strategic outreach to pro-democracy Republicans and former Trump allies like Liz Cheney and John Kelly.

Biden's campaign focusing on common ground with Republican voters, such as protecting NATO and bodily autonomy.

The economy's strength and the closing gap between economic performance and credit given to Biden for presiding over it.

The stock market hitting fresh highs, the unemployment rate staying under 4%, and Biden adding 15 million jobs to the economy.

The United States achieving energy independence, potentially benefiting the incumbent party in the upcoming election.

Donald Trump's rallies and campaign being based on divisive and controversial issues, which may not resonate with the broader public.

Trump's upcoming criminal trial and past legal issues potentially impacting his electoral prospects.

Marilyn L's campaign in Alabama focused on women's health and reproductive rights, despite the state's conservative leanings.

Marilyn L's personal story and its central role in her campaign, connecting with voters through shared experiences.

The impact of the IVF ruling in Alabama and how it became a critical part of the conversation during Marilyn L's campaign.

Marilyn L's interactions with voters and the personal and emotional connections formed through discussing reproductive rights and health issues.

The importance of open dialogue around reproductive rights and health issues, reducing the isolation felt by many families.

Transcripts

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today we're going to talk about a

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tornado of bad news for Trump and good

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news for Joe Biden in I interview newly

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elected member of the Alabama State

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House Marilyn L who flipped a republican

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held seat by 25 points by running on a

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campaign based on protecting abortion

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rights and protecting IVF I'm Brian

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Tyler Cohen and you're watching no

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[Music]

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lie so I know we've been in kind of a

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doom Loop where Trump does everything

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wrong and yet still the polling doesn't

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seem to budge even an inch we finally

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got some good news on that front Joe

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Biden's polling has consistently been

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going up against Donald Trump with at

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least eight National surveys uh showing

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Biden leading Donald Trump in the polls

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uh the morning consult poll shows Biden

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gaining ground in six swing States tying

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up the race in Michigan and Pennsylvania

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and also leading in Wisconsin now as the

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momentum clearly starts to shift to

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Biden's favor add that to some more good

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recent news for Biden just this past

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week he held a fundraiser in New York

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with former presidents Obama and Clinton

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pulling in 25 million bucks alone from

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just one event that $25 million is more

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than Donald Trump pulled in in December

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and January combined and Joe Biden did

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it in a single day here's another one uh

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something that I personally have been

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calling for remember that a February

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Quinn aak poll showed that about half of

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haly Voters would vote for Trump while

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about 37% would vote for Biden Nikki

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Haley by the way is a republican she was

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Trump's own un Ambassador uh the fact

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that fewer than half of her supporters

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would come out for Trump is not only a

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huge warning sign for him but opposes a

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massive opportunity for Joe Biden that

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this many Republicans are in play in

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fact Haley basically left the Biden

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campaign a trail of bread CS in terms of

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how many voters in each primary state

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are persuadable which you know if I'm

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talking about it you better believe that

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Biden's campaign knows about it and is

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acting on it which brings us to this ad

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that the Biden campaign just released

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bir brain I call it bird

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brain Nikki Haley has made an Unholy

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alliance with rhinos never trumpers

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Americans for no Prosperity she sitting

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there like

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she's gone crazy she's a very angry

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person she is not presidential Timber I

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don't need votes we have all the votes

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We

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need he is she's gone haywi there aren't

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that many never trumpers anymore how do

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you bring these Micky Haley voters back

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into the tank I'm not sure we need too

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many and look the ad is the first step

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but it signals that the Biden campaign

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is taking this opportunity seriously and

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by the way that doesn't mean that

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Biden's going to tack right it doesn't

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mean that he's going to call for tax

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cuts for billionaires or start fear ing

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about migrant Caravans but there are

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plenty of issues where the left and

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these pro-democracy Republicans these

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Haley voters already do have common

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ground like protecting NATO like

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protecting the freedom to have bodily

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autonomy like IVF and building your own

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family like protecting democracy

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remember what Trump and his magga

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acolytes are advocating for is not

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American it's not patriotic and he's

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losing people on the right because of

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that so Biden doesn't have to reinvent

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the wheel here to show these non-trump

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supporting Republicans that they there

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is a lot of common ground between the

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two sides if for nothing else than our

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mutual respect for uh a democratic

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system of government I actually spoke

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with Tim Miller as part of our YouTube

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series called inside the right about

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this exact issue and he echoed this

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optimism about the Biden campaign you

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know there's an article in Politico

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today about how maybe Biden could be

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doing even more to try to reach out to

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these former Republicans but uh in this

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article it said that they hadn't he

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hadn't called I think Pence and Christie

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yet which I think he should but he had

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called Haley um and I think that was

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noteworthy and and and um there was a

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separate article in the dispatch about

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how Biden's Finance team had reached out

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to the praly Grassroots and finance

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organizations so you can tell that they

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are taking this seriously I'd like to

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take more seriously it doesn't mean and

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and here's the thing it doesn't mean

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pandering onto like conservative issues

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really right it means talking about the

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issues where you agree NATO Ukraine for

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example come to mind um and then also

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just kind of leveraging the other allies

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which are you know the people that went

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and worked for Trump that have spoken

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out against him Liz Cheney Cy huderson

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John Kelly Mike Pence right like trying

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to to sort of solidify that group and

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use them as surrogates to speak to the

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Haley voters those are kind of the

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elements I think that are going to go

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into this campaign and it's it's clearly

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a good start what what we've seen so far

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this week so again this ad signals that

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they are taking this opportunity

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seriously and that there are more good

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things to come on the Nikki Haley voter

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front more good news what does everybody

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you always say that elections are about

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at the end of the day the economy and

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the economy has been strong but there's

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been this this uh languishing gap

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between how strong the economy is and

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the credit that Biden's getting for

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presiding over it well that Gap is

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finally starting to close and it's

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coming at a good time as we head into

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November the stock market is hitting

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fresh highs every single week the

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unemployment rate has now been under 4%

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for the longest uninterrupted stretch in

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half a century Biden's added 15 million

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jobs to the economy consumer sentiment

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is surging to to its highest point in

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years the US is now energy independent

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and as more and more people begin to

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feel these changes it'll continue to

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benefit the guy at the top and one last

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thing Trump seems incapable of helping

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himself his rallies are straight

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American Carnage Revenge T dystopias his

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campaign is predicated on releasing

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prisoners who assaulted cops on January

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6 he wants a nationwide abortion ban and

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right now the only people who know this

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are the people who read his truths on

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true social or who go to his rallies

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Trump isn't really platformed right now

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meaning once people do start to tune in

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and listen to this lunatic's unhinged di

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tribes it's only going to hurt him add

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that to the fact that he's starting his

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first criminal trial on April 15th and

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he'll go into the election most likely

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as a convicted felon add that on top of

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the fact that he's been found liable of

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rape and fraud and all of this combined

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is not going to do him any favors with

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people outside the orbit of his cult so

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look the point of me saying this is not

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to say that Biden's got this thing in

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the bag or that Trump is done for

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obviously we have to stay vigilant

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because anything can happen and in this

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country it does tend to happen more

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often than we like it is to say that we

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can win and that we've got the momentum

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on our side so much of the right

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strategy is to make us feel helpless

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that we just like throw our hands up in

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the air and give up because Teflon Don

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never seems to have anything happen to

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him they want you to despair because

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that helps them so don't give them the

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satisfaction because far from being

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Invincible Donald Trump is in as

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precarious a situation right now as he's

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ever been here's a preview of my

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interview with Marilyn L

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how did you navigate running a campaign

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predicated on abortion and IVF in a

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state like

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Alabama well we knew that abortion was

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going to be a key part of our messaging

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when we went into the campaign in my 22

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2022 campaign uh the Dos decision hadn't

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been handed down yet and once that came

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it became a piece of that campaign this

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time around things have been a little

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bit different and Women's Health heare

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and Reproductive Rights have have sort

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of been at the heart of this

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campaign and when we started this

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campaign we hadn't had the IVF ruling

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here in this state and so that was a

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real shocker and then that became part

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of the conversation and I've had so many

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people reach out to me to share their

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own

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stories and I think people are talking

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about these issues now more openly and

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more freely and I think that's really

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healthy dialogue that's taking place now

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I know that that your story your story

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in particular has been a central focus

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of your campaign would you mind sharing

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that today no I'm glad to do that

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um so it started when I saw the Diane

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saw your special on the brink and she

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profiled I believe it's 16 women from

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across the country who've been affected

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by the abortion ban and one of those uh

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women Alysa Gonzalez is a young woman

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who also lives in Alabama

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and I reached out to her and my husband

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and son and I went over to meet with

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Alyssa and her

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family and her story and mine have many

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parallels and I shared my story then

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with

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Alyssa and we both we both were to have

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second Sons these were very much wanted

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additions to our families both of the

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babies had a genetic disorder

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triom uh hers was a triom 18 mine was

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triom 13 both of us were told that the

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babies were not viable at all it was

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catastrophic and both of us were told

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that our lives were at

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risk but in Alyssa's case she had to

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travel 500 miles to a place she'd never

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been to before with a doctor she had

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never met whereas two decades ago I got

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the care that I needed right here with

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my own doctor in my own Hospital and the

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stark contrast of the fact that we have

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taken this giant step backwards really

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compelled me at that point to share my

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story help take us through what your

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interactions with voters have been like

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because I'm assuming you know these

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aren't exactly uh Medicare for all

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Advocates calling for a $50 minimum wage

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so so who are these voters and what has

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it been like on the campaign Trail for

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you it's been interesting and it it's

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been very personal um not just telling

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my own personal story but also from

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hearing from so many other women and

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families that have been affected by not

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just um the kind of situation Alyssa and

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I were in but miscarriages and eptopic

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pregnancies and now the fertility issue

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and I knock on doors and women hug me

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you know it it's been just really

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incredible and people have been sharing

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stories with me that they said I I

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haven't spoken about this in 30 years or

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no nobody knows this except my immediate

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family and often these kinds of

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situations that families find themselves

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in can be very isolating and I hope

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that's one of the things that's coming

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from having these conversations around

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these issues is that they're coming out

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into the open more and and that people

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will get more support when they're going

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through difficult times like this to

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