donald trump and republicans and since the fall, republicans have continued to have access for the choice for those who want a baby and need civilians to make that happen. the severe and total restrictions on abortion services. they wanted total control of our lives and fundamental freedoms. last month donald trump acted to protect the freedom for women. we know that the republican party if they have their way will create a national abortion ban which means michigan's constitutional protections that people worked hard to achieve, hundreds of thousands of signatures working hard and devoting to put this protection for the freedoms into the michigan constitution will be ripped away if that happens. it'st happening all the time right now in the states that have severe restrictions and i will never forget hearing a woman talking about her own experience being told she wasn't close to death enoughe to get care in the emergency room doctors arern now talking to thr attorney before they are talking to other doctors so, who decides what happens to someone in that situation? the woman supported by

longer the most republican county and the state, it's like 44th in terms of the size of the republican margins it generates. so these are huge changes in what we thought of for a long time as hallmarks of wisconsin politics. they are also changes in which the state is becoming more like the nation as a whole. and it is starting to conform to these national trends but they are happening later and they are more jarring because it wasn't that long ago that democrats were unusually competitive with rural voters and republicans worked unusually strong with suburban voters at least in southeastern wisconsin. so that has had a big impact on the electoral math in wisconsin. if you compare our 2004 map to our 2020 map, at the top level it's almost the same election. democrats won this election for president by 11,000 votes and they won this election by 20,000 or 21,000 votes. but look at the map. all these counties that were blue are mostly red. and then you see the reddening of the map in north and central wisconsin. and then also outside of milwaukee, washington county is still pretty red, bu

republican national convention.ack the balance of my time and move the previous question on the resolution. >> without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. all those in favor, signify by saying aye. all those opposed, signify by saying no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair now recognizes the delegate from west virginia for the purpose of offering a resolution. >> mr. chairman, i am josh holstein from west virginia and i offer the following resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. resolved that the secretary of the convention is hereby directed to prepare and publish for the convention, a full and complete report of its official proceedings under the direction of the republican national committee and is authorized to make all necessary clerical, grammatical corrections and make technical and conforming amendments as necessary and reports, motions and

of the republican national convention. vance appealed to the working-class and voters in the rust belt swing states. vance touted to his appalachian roots and lashed out at president biden over his foreign policy record, including biden's support of nafta, which vance blamed for exporting thousands of u.s. manufacturing jobs to mexico, as well as then senator biden role in the iraq war, supporting it. vance is a u.s. marine veteran who served in iraq. vance also promoted tougher policies on china, which he's described as the biggest threat facing the u.s. and blamed biden for skyrocketing inflation. vance was introduced by his wife usha vance, the daughter of indian immigrants. much of the rnc has centered anti-immigrant hate speech and policies. among the other speakers yesterday were donald trump jr, texas governor greg abbott, and former trump adviser peter navarro -- who was released from a miami federal prison earlier on wednesday before flying to milwaukee to deliver his speech. navarro served four months in prison f

but really, the primary issue that republican convention in 1880 was simply a lot of republicans, including james garfield, did not want to see ulysses three. ulysses s grant nominated to run for up for a third term grant willing to run again if he won the nomination. but a lot of republicans did not feel it was appropriate for anyone to seek a third term. garfield was one of those who did not think grant should run again. so garfield gave this really impassioned speech on the floor of this convention, nominating john sherman for the but eventually, when they started to vote, the party could not settle on a candidate grant didn't enough votes sherman didn't have enough and james blaine the senator from from maine, did not have enough votes. they were the three main candidates. and so the party, frankly, just went looking for a compromise candidate who, while no one's first choice would be acceptable to everyone, objectionable to one somebody that they could rally behind, even though he wasn't anybody's first choice as someone that they believed could win in the fall and on the 36th ballot,

some are republicans, some are democrats . the republicans say that this is a political case . the democrats say that more than this, trump was guilty. it is completely a bipolar country, and there are serious fights, and this is another sign of the decline of america, that is, the american who somehow managed himself in the field of domestic politics, claimed that we are a model, now go and survey all the countries of the world, what do you think? they do this the system that you see in america now is a model . nowhere in the world do they consider america as a model in the political field. they may like it in the field of technology , they may say that they have good military capabilities, but in the political field, no one sees america as a model. he was a model for many people in our country, our enlightened people , many of them are interested in the american political system, for this reason, this is also a sign of the decline of the current state of america. introduce a new option you mentioned that he might be completely greedy, or he might be the governor of california

once again we will see democrats and republicans stand on a very simple question. thank you. >> thank you. senator cantwell question. >> thank you it's good to be with majority leader schumer mcculloch senator murray i thank her for her tremendous leadership for very long time on women's reproductive health. two years after dobbs women are being denied emergency care and lifesaving treatment. hardships are been placed on women and families after they have to travel very long distances to get care and our healthcare system even in pro-choice states are being strained. my office released a snapshot report on that to your dobbs anniversary and found one idaho woman per week is being airlifted across the border just to get emergency abortion care. these are often women who desperately want to have children. they are experiencing a heartbreaking complication. they need an abortion to protect their life, their health and their future fertility and they are not getting that. there being airlifted out at 1% a week. my snapshot report highlighted ob and gyns are fleeing ida

i am a republican.is very difficult for me to vote for a democrat because i do not agree with their policies. i do not agree with their shift to the shift to the left. i never would have had any problem. trump is something else. his appeal is to ugliness. that is his basic appeal. he has done one thing that is unthinkable for a president for anyone in public office. we took the oath to support the constitution of the united states. when you try to upset an election, when you try to claim that elections are ringed. the courts and the judges are corrupt. it is an attack of the system, a direct attack on our constitutional orders. that is one thing you can't do. we can disagree on policy and the size of government, the cost and what we should do in this program or that program but all of us who haven't taken -- served in a public office and every member of the bar, lawyers, we take the same oath and that is to the constitution, not to an individual or a party but it is to support the constitution of the un

and the republican leadership. that's what the american people should be offended about. house republicans are living in land of make believe when it comes to the record of vice president harris. we keep hearing the term over and over again. the lies that she was the border czar. vice president harris was never the administration's border czar. republicans even know that because they had to change the resolution. there has never been such a position. it was invented by republicans. border secure is the responsibility of homeland security secretary mayorkas. he has been to the border. he has met with the border chief. republicans tried to impeach him and failed in the senate. now they have a desperate resolution to blame vice president harris for the border. again, this was not the responsibility president biden gave her. president biden tasked the vice president to address the root causes in the northern triangle countries of central america that caused migrants to flee their home countries. while a lot of work rem

how can the republican party message on lowering the temperature when the republican presidential candidatee show, they keep stoking the tensions, they keep fearmonger, using these words? >> they can't, quite frankly. they are a rock in a hard place because you built a party designed to numbly push anti- dei racism everywhere, also want to push hate and extremism and push abuses of power and push violence. they are not new to this, they are true to it. i think speaker johnson had his powwow with other house members, we will see how they go the next few weeks. they are seen and what we are seeing as a nation, republican party vigilant to continue the path they have been going. i think we are well past a sitdown conversation to make them behave. i think we are where we are and we have to accept it and know what to do, to when he does point, come november. the toothpaste is out of the tube, these people are not going back in. there showcasing who they are and they will get more vigilant and amped up, that is what we will see as the campaign cycle continues. >> they are telling us what they wil

to get more black voters to join the republican party. c-span's washington journal. join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern monday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span's campaign 2024 takes you live to milwaukee for our coverage of the republican national convention. tune in live monday as delegates from across the country gather to select the republican nominee for president. watch as they lay out their priorities for the next four years and vision for the future. the republican national convention live monday on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. c-spanyour unfiltered view of the convention. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> at mediacom, we believe that whether you live here or right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. that's why we are leading the way. >> mediacom supports c-span as a puic servicealong with these other television providers, giving you a

say they are republicans. so, i wish they would stop getting on the phone and lying that they didn't do anything because they did. they did a lot and they are still doing things. thank you. host: all right, gloria. >> later today c-span will start live coverage from the ground in milwaukee of the first day of the republican national convention. a live picture of the fiserv foreman where the convention takes place this week. at 12:45 we will have a preview of everything to expect. then shortly before 2:00 p.m. it will be the for session of the convention we away speck the roll call of delegates to select the republican party's presidential nominee. at 7:00 p.m. we will have experience from prominent figures and 11:00 we will get your reaction to what you saw and heard the first day that. is live on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app and c-span.org. we followed the public school students and volunteers as they work todden fluctuate nearly 100,000 balloons to be dropped the people day. [the sound of air

i am a republican. it is very difficult for me to vote for a democrat because i do not agree with their policies. i do not agree with their shift to the shift to the left. i never would have had any problem. trump is something else. his appeal is to ugliness. that is his basic appeal. he has done one thing that is unthinkable for a president for anyone in public office. we took the oath to support the constitution of the united states. when you try to upset an election, when you try to claim that elections are ringed. the courts and the judges are corrupt. it is an attack of the system, a direct attack on our constitutional orders. that is one thing you can't do. we can disagree on policy and the size of government, the cost and what we should do in this program or that program but all of us who haven't taken -- served in a public office and every member of the bar, lawyers, we take the same oath and that is to the constitution, not to an individual or a party but it is to support the constitution of th

that in may of last year, house democrats, senate democrat, house republicans, and senate republicans, in partnership with president biden, reached an agreement connected to the bipartisan fiscal responsibility act. that agreement in this upcoming fiscal year calls for a topline spending number of 1681. the republicans in the house right now are marking up an appropriations bill at 1606. that means they are cutting $75 billion from their own agreement reached with everyone else under the capitol dome and president joe biden along with vice president kamala harris. that $75 billion cut will adversely impact the health, the safety, and the economic well being of the american people, hurt children, hurt seniors, hurt veterans, and hurt many others. it's unacceptable, it's not sustainable, we are not going to accept a dime less that then 1681 number we all agreed upon. the behavior of the extreme maga republicans right now, and by the way, they're unable to pass their own reckless appropriations bills, which should tell you everything you need to know, suggests to me that they are marchin

it's not about democrat or republican. a lot of my friends are republican.f my friends are democrats. it's not about that. it's about our corrupt government right now. they are so corrupt and china has made it clear for years and years that they were going to own us. that is what is going on. why else are we selling out our country? why have we become not dependent um on ourselves anymore for anything, we are dependent on other countries, why are we giving all these other countries money and not taking care of our own people, letting in millions of immigrants, many of them very violent, with crime, everyone lives in fear, and it is just the gas pumps, our food, our insurance, every single thing has gone up, and people just -- >> kathleen, did you vote in 2016 and 2024 donald trump? -- and 2020 four donald trump? >> i did not vote for him, wait, in 2020, yes. not in 2016i did not. >> and why did you come around to him? >> because i am seeing what biden is doing and i do not even think biden is running this country, i think because he is so corrupt and i think

as a republican.t is time for the party to unite with the democrats and find a solution for immigration. not only for legal immigration, people who want to stay after they study and they want to contribute in silicon valley, it is a wide array. but i do believe that now because we are in a different era that that is going to be achieved. or at least we can start the conversation of whatever he to do with so many people who have no documentation in this country. amna: again, was it a mistake to walk away from the bell? -- that bill? was it a mistake for republicans to walk away from the bipartisan bill? maria: too little, too late. i didn't like it. i like the dignity bill. i think that was just a little patch to do something. let's do something real and deep. that was not the case. my bill does it. but like i said, immigration is something that is very toxic and discussions -- you need to have the political will to reset the table and try to solve. geoff: you are part of the red wave of women who ushe

tonight at the republican convention, the republicans rolled out basically a parade of republican senateandidates from various states including swing states, all of whom are hoping to flip democratic held seats. this hour, two of donald trump's biggest primary opponents from the republican presidential primary will take the stage to say how much they love donald trump now and do should forget the stuff they said about him before. first up, nikki haley is the governor of south carolina, she was critical of trump during the 2016 campaign but then she took that back and agreed to become his u.n. ambassador after she left the trump administration, she was critical of trump after january 6. she decided to run against trump in the republican primary and during the primary she called trump unhinged and chaotic. she said he was too old and confused and diminished to be president again. she said nominating donald trump for president again would be, quote, suicide for our country. she said, quote, i know the american people are not going to vote for a convicted criminal. trump in turn mocked nikki

they're not landslide republican they are less republican than they are in a lot of states. with easy to forget those voters are very important to the democrat party. charles polling shows the percentage of democratic voters who are white and do not have a college she was almost half its 45% of the democratic vote the demographically think of is a approach trump demographic is usually important. this is why it wisconsin is is a battleground weather continues to be a battleground all the arrows are pointing in that direction you have the last two elections which every poll has done suggests it's a jump ball election. why that you include leaners, undecided, where the ask about all six candidates who could be on the ballot. it would not expect these patterns to change anytime soon. they may be modest changes can democrats stem erosion and a small count and rural counties and what is the city of milwaukee look like? i'm going to wrap it up there. i will go onto the next panel, thank you. [applause] so, we put together a panel of the subject matter experts. on to introduce that

what motivated you to join the national confederation of republican women -- national federation of republican women? >> i was invited. i was interested in doing what i can. i had been screaming at the tv, seeing the various media and their spin on things and i wondered if there was anyone else that cares about our country as much as i care about our country. what do you do, what do you do with this passion for your country? at the time i was homeschooling my children and was invited to some type of leadership meeting -- i didn't know at the time but it was. my children were doing a school project with the homeschool community where they needed to cover the election and collect information on both parties. that's actually how i first found the republican party and was invited into the leadership meeting. turns out it was actually a phone bank [laughter] . [laughter] so, that was my first experience with republican women, immediately going to work. host: when we hear about so-called women's issues, we often start with abortion. is that fair? guest: i do not think that's fair. the democrats and

kemp: some people's definition of conservative republican is different than the maga republican, which is fine. we can have those debates. i think you will see a lot of this debates happen even after donald trump's is elected when it comes to foreign-policy, tariffs, regulation, tax environment. people in washington say different things now that others may not agree with. that is part of politics. when you get elected you have to bring coalitions together to get things done. i think president trump has shown the ability to do that in the past. i think he will be able to do that in the future. having somebody like j.d. vance on the ticket and a member of the united states senate will certainly help him legislatively. eugene: you said when he is elected. it sounds like it's a done deal. gov. kemp: i want to be confident but not overconfident. i absolutely do not think this is a done deal. i feel good about the unity that is happening. i feel good about the excitement people have. coming off of the debate, coming off of really all the things that happened last weekend. but also for five m

that in may of last year, house democrats, senate democrat, house republicans, and senate republicanstnership with president biden, reached an agreement connected to the bipartisan fiscal responsibility act. that agreement in this upcoming fiscal year calls for a topline spending number of 1681. the republicans in the house right now are marking up an appropriations bill at 1606. that means they are cutting $75 billion from their own agreement reached with everyone else under the capitol dome and president joe biden along with vice president kamala harris. that $75 billion cut will adversely impact the health, the safety, and the economic well being of the american people, hurt children, hurt seniors, hurt veterans, and hurt many others. it's unacceptable, it's not sustainable, we are not going to accept a dime less that then 1681 number we all agreed upon. the behavior of the extreme maga republicans right now, and by the way, they're unable to pass their own reckless appropriations bills, which should tell you everything you need to know, suggests to me that they are marching the co

to the republican party. biden shifted america. [indiscernible] and you saw that shift starting with donald trump. you saw this week. and there are things we never seen before. >> you the right to life movement. what is the future and what you want that? >> j.d. vance is a friend of the pro-life moment and we endorsed him in 2022. eight candidates running, we only endorsed j.d. vance. he supports the right to life moment. is it a state issue? absolutely. is it a federal government? absolutely. we have different rules to live by. we are coming together as a family and advocate. >> governor dewine will have an opportunity to appoint to the senate do you have any names? >> we have a name focused. and bernie and united states senate. and but we got a great stable candidate and he is the only person that can decide and the governor appoints a replacement. >> enjoy your convention. host: ohio delegation with some prime seats inside the forum when j.d. vance comes to the podium tonight his fellows will be to his lef

you republicans really think americans are that stupid? do republicans think they can take away a constitutional right and convince us it is a win for freedom? that is insulting. here's an idea. you want to really go toe people i say on abortion? how about you let each person decide with their doctor what's right for them to next how it for small government? how is that for letting people decide? madam president, if republicans really want to let people make their own decisions on abortion, that's news to me. it would certainly be news to the countless women who have had that choice ripped away from them by republicans politicians over the past two years. but they have a chance to prove it right here today right now when we vote on my reproductive freedom for women act. this is a plane up or down vote on whether you support women being able to make their own reproductive health care decisions. it doesn't enforce anything, it doesn't cost anything. it's actually just a a half pe bill simply saying that women should have the basic freedom to

warned of a potential republican landslide victory. doug across the country gather for the republican nominee for president. watch as they lay out their priorities for the next four years the party's vision for the future. the republican national convention live monday on c-span perceived that now or online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of the convention. c-span is your unfiltered view of government been funded by these television companies and more including cox. >> connection is needed most cox is there to help. tech to boys and girls club whenever or wherever they matter the most. other television pride is giving a front row seat to democracy. senate attempted to begin work on the senate supporting abortion access and other reproductive health care issues. the bill is blocked of failing to get the 60 votes needed to proceed. here is a look at some of the debate that preceded that boat. >> madam president. >> the junior senator from hawaii director dobbs came down we worried aboute what america would look like. what oth

republican coalition.er several find that? ruy: your over superfine it -- chris: good, i am on tv, so good. ruy: but there is a resemblance in what you are saying. obviously in how they switched working-class support basis. republicans, reliably now, get the greater share of the working class vote overall then democrat s. that did not used to be the case. the democrats -- it was a clichÉ. democrats were the working-class party. and you look at the way parties are evolving in terms of their coalition, it is clearly neither one of those. democrats are no longer the working-class party, and certainly republicans, it is silly to think of them as the country club party. chris: voter propensity is a problem for republicans, because republicans used to have this advantage -- the rule is basically more educated, more affluent people voted at a higher propensity. and when the republican coalition rested in the suburbs and more affluent people in their old coalition, they punched above their weight, and it was harde

republican in birmingham, michigan. hi, tom. >> good morning. i'm a registered republican. first voted for george h.w. bush and probably will not vote for harris and being in this area and voter history and >> absolutely. michigan will be the battleground and competitive at presidential level and senate level and at they house level right now and look at latest polling from this weekend and the first week, her favorables jumped 11% in the polls two weeks ago and favorable under water and now plus one and if nothing else, it gives democrat as bit of a hard reset right now. we mentioned senate candidates and creating own weather outside of the national environment but harris and democrats are still downright now. they're going to have to be democratic candidates will have to be quite the storm system to overcome the national environment and open seat like in michigan and now retiring and that's going to be one of the hardest holes for democrats right now. >> clear ditches in the harris campaign is a campaign for humanity and the trump campaign is white supremacy. no matter ho

for republicans, (202) 748-8001.ependents can reach is that (202) 748-8002 -- reach us at (202) 748-8002. if you would like to text us, that number is (202) 748-8003. if you would like to reach us on social media, that is facebook.com/cspan and on x at @cspanwj. we want to turn to the rally in grand rapids, michigan yesterday, where former president trump returns to the campaign trail for the first time since the attempted assassination on his life last week. here is a bit of that rally with him discussing what happened. [video clip] >> let me begin with a special thanks to americans nationwide, including all of you here today for your extraordinary outpouring of love and support in the wake of the horrific last saturday event. when you think of it, it was exactly one week ago today, almost to the hour, even to the minute. >> incredible. what a day it was. as i said earlier this week, i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. i should not be here. maybe j.d. or somebody else would be here, but i should no

i am a proud republican. i haven't always been a republican.mocrat. along the way, i noticed that i didn't like what the democrats had become as a party. but more importantly, i didn't like what the democratic party was doing to our great united states of america. [crowd cheering] to the independence and especially to the forgotten democrats out there. for a moment, i want to speak to you. i know how you feel tonight. because that's how i felt back in 2019. you feel like your party has left you behind, because it has. you feel like your party doesn't care about american workers and american work and family, because it doesn't. and you are worried that joe biden and kamala harris are hurting our country, because they are. [crowd cheering] i felt the same way. so after being a democrat, to vote against impeaching donald trump, i took a long walk with my chief of staff. i remember saying to her, perhaps my time in elected office was done. you know what? i was ok with that. there was no way, no way i could be a democrat anymore. [crowd cheering] bu

terms of my republican colleagues, former president donald trump, and extreme maga republican, are having a meltdown right now. a complete and total meltdown. why? because their presidential nominee is unpopular. extreme maga republican policies are unpopular, including trying to impose a nationwide abortion ban. on the american people. and their project 2025 is unpopular. they're having a meltdown right now. all we want to do as democrats is have a debate about moving the country forward and continuing to push people over politics. reporter: what concerns were you hearing about the president possibly dragging down ballot, and how this changes that? mr. jeffries: we are going to do everything we need to do as house democrats to win back control of the house of representatives and vacate the extreme maga republican majority on november 6. reporter: when is that meeting? today, tomorrow? mr. jeffries: we're waiting on leader schumer to get back in town as well as to get exact confirmation from vice president harris. thanks. reporter: that conversation, particularly about the president? mr.

republican polls are very bullish on this. we still have it as a tossup but it is a state that trump won by 16 points. that is going to grow. republicans feel like they have had weak challengers against tester in the past. a concerted push for his 2018 nominee, roosevelt was pushed out of that contest. she he is a very young -- sheehy is a very young energetic veteran. tester is chairman of the veterans committee. he is trying to emphasize his bipartisan credentials. how much can he outrun biden by in a state that we know trump is going to run up a big margin in? >> one more, that is nevada. sam brown is the republican candidate and he will be speaking tonight. >> we have this race in our tossup colin -- column. she had a rapid rise in politics. she was elected to the house in 2016. novato is very unique because it is a very transient state. a lot of new people moving in every four years, candidates have to reintroduce themselves to anywhere between a quarter and a half of the population. this state has been hit uniquely hard

talk about republicans. number one target joe biden. and if he was a that way for law, the the, there's no end in sight over how you're going to continue to destroy the earth. is the case for the med, most of the people. i tried to go to the gym, but i'm certainly not ready to fight russia. this is also of soon. this is the 3rd world will receive re washing press for so the funder line likes to say we have the tools while we just start with stability and business deals to help me living on that. and we have very close propaganda. you know price here in new york. i think we don't know the aftermath any time that you're not allowed to ask questions, you should ask all of the questions. some more questions ask a better. the answer is, will be the least return to the russian states. never as tight as i'm sort of the most sense community, best of all sense and up to 5 must be the one else calls question about this, even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin moved the machine, the state on the rus

that's right, maga republicans are stepping on your constitutional right. that is why we have to ask our colleagues in the senate whether they agree with that, whether they agree or they're going to stand up and a help women get access to health care that they deserve. >> great job. and tomorrow maria will issue a report on this issue which i think it's veryhi important to e people give it a look at. >> i want to call on a woman first. >> are you confident president biden has what it takes to win in november answer the next four years? >> as a said before i'm with the gel. >> based on the differences -- [inaudible] might be a challenge at the convention and if there is -- [inaudible] throw out virtual nomination? >> as i said before, i'm with the gel. yes. don't yell. way in the back. right there. >> senator whitehouse and senator -- special counsel investigating -- is is something you support? >> upon light is the supreme court is way off the deep end, and in so many different ways as we documented today. the whitest, senator durbin has many ways of trying

trump has no influence on the republican party, their influence is zero. mike pence did not do anything so special, he simply implemented the results of the presidential election in the united states in conditions where trump opposed this implementation, he actually ended his political career, although he is a person of extremely conservative views, which correspond to the views of most members of the republican party today, but this man did not obey trump. it is enough to never support it again, it is a brand new republican party, i repeat, there has never been a republican party like this, and the democratic party remains what it always was and what the republican party was before, it is the party of debate, it is the party, in in which joseph biden is a leader, but a person to whom you can give advice, and every one of, let's say, from the democrats who are respected, nancy pelosi or baraka... or anyone else can give advice to joseph biden, but as you understand, donald pramt doesn't need advice from anyone, the people who meet with him from the republi

i want to know why a lot of christians that vote republican, i always say that the republican party the religion, because they have told me to my face and other democrats, they have degraded jimmy carter and we are not christians because we don't vote for the republicans. you want to talk about civil and all of this -- democrats across this country, they go to church and are degraded by people that say that we are not christians because we don't vote for the republican party. is the republican party your religion and why? why don't you accept christians that are democrats? host: ok, susie, let's get a response. guest: i'll be very clear, the republican party is not my religion, far from it. you know, in our system of government we have two parties, that's just the way it works. as a christian and a follower of christ that believes the bible, we want to see policies that are a blessing to the nation in alignment with god's word. we look at the two parties and we see which one is most closely aligned and we try to influence. that's why i'm a part of the republican party. if the democratic

p. civil war inside the by whole for the soul of the republican policy. in cambridge, massachusetts, thomas gift director of the center on us politics that university college london. his research focuses on comparative politics and the political economy. and also in washington dc, jennifer victor, an associate professor of political science at the shop school of policy and government at george mason university. i'm more than welcome to one if i could start with jennifer jennifer, looking at the latest speeches by both donald trump and campbell of how it says it looked like this campaign is now going to be even more personal, even more vicious. well, i think the expectation, uh, even before the change in canada see was that this would be a pretty vicious campaign to use your words. the electorate is closely divided by all accounts. it seems like this will very likely be a close election. and, and just by, i judge that just based on the poli and so whenever you have a political situation where you have a tight races where each side believes that there is so

this is a big piece of republican, the attractiveness of the republican party, that we have platform in place that can speak to results and not just talking points. >> host: what are the key issues facing black voters, in your opinion? >> guest: it's huge. employment issued. the cost of living. we just had a tremendous rate increase for rent in our state, i'm sorry inner-city come because of a referendum of a school system that is failing black and brown kids tremendously. they had the audacity to want to raise a referendum and the people of milwaukee did vote for. now as result of that property taxes are increased. as result of that rent will go up. so went, safety, employment. yet big issues of the city and i think we have a better path with forward as conservatives. on the same we are the end-all be-all but our process and our way of thinking can yield a better outcome. >> host: and we'll go to calls now. orlando, this is really a first a democrat in maryland. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i would like, you're just mentioned about big government

south carolina, the governor's republican. the two senators to congress are republicans.x out of the seven house members are republican. james clyburn being the exception. the state legislator controlled i republicans. this is a state where poverty is high, above the national average. but when you break it down, about 9% to 10% of the whites in the state fall under that poverty line. almost 25% of lack people. how do you explain that? tim scott explains it by saying, essentially, it is those people's fault. it has nothing to do with the policies of the state, has nothing to do with systemic racism. but we are talking generations of ways in which people across these republican states have been mired in poverty, disproportionately racialized. if you look at education, access to health care -- and all of these situations, racial disparities tend to manifest. but none of this is being addressed by the tim scotts, ben carsons, amber roses and other people of color they are putting on stage at the republican national convention because those are inconvenient truths. amy: claren

the republicans, my grandfather was a republican. all of his children are republicans.my mother. she finished college in 1930 nine and became a democrat under roosevelt. the democrats being the ones that hang the end of murdered people down south, even in st. louis, where i was raised under jim crow. the thing about the jim crow era is that the democrats changed what they started with with the black panther party in mississippi and americans became more democratic in that time. the sister in arkansas, correct your information on the jim crow period. host: and you have stuck with that? caller: democrats became more democratic. host: tell you what, we are going to move on at this point. edwin in maryland, republican line, please go ahead. caller: the last person you had on, you asked them about project 2025. this is the third or fourth time i've heard a republican person on the show actually lie, sounds like they are lying from their voice and say that they don't know what project 2025 is. seems like throughout the whole rnc, as well as all the speeches i've heard, everyb

the republicans are united. we're united behind a simple notion i think at least 81% of americans, maybe as high as 87%, depending which poll you look at, believe in a simple concept that only american citizens should vote in american elections as elise just said. not surprisingly, our democrat colleagues, and in particular the president yesterday in his statement of administration policy take a different view. they don't believe we should require only citizens vote. our legislation is very simple. it's already unlawful as our democrats to point out are unlawful to vote but we don't have a mechanism to ensure that's the case because the court interpreted the law to prevent that. our legislation provides ample highways for the americans to vote and no way will they be hampered but ensure our elections that we have documented truth to vote. this is simple, you either want to preserve and protect what it means to be a citizen in the united states and preserve and protect this great country and do what the vast majo

republican. caller: yes.ost: hay, joe. caller: how are you? host: good. go ahead. what do you think of senator vance? caller: he is a good pick in the sense that he has military experience. he has risen from a very poor environment. i know you just had a speaker on . i think he is a good pick. he is young. he has had military experience. he has risen from poverty. i don't think he has forgotten or will forget where he came from. he certainly would be the youngest president ever if he had to step into that role. he is a solid citizen. he is kind of like lincoln in the sense that lincoln was born in a cabin. they have both risen from poverty. what is exasperating is the old saying about if you tell a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. some of your speakers have talked about 2025. i would ask people to look at both sides and watch all news channels. trump was just interviewed and said he knew nothing about the 2025 project that is driven by the far-right. the republicans are the party of emancipation. we ne

the republicans will be in play in deep blue territory.re is a fear that if democrats feel the white house is gone and the senate is gone maybe all resources could be diverted to the house of representatives. overconfidence is something republicans are warning against. >> drama is playing out on the democratic side. people do not know who they will be running against at the top of the ticket. >> that is a good point. that is something we saw in the trump campaign. kamala harris said i am but he to debate j.d. vance. that uncertainty is playing out. the republican side does not know. >>. a first timer here. you talked about unity. what are you experiencing? ? >> everyone seems to gather in one place. in any square-mile, you have important people gathered. >> thank you for setting the stage for tonight's events. >> thank you so much. >> on the convention floor this evening on this fourth and final night, the big event tonight, the big speech is by the former president. he will make it official and accept the nomination and his remarks. we ex

south carolina, the governor's republican. the two senators to congress are republicans.x out of the seven house members are republican. james clyburn being the exception. the state legislator controlled i republicans. this is a state where poverty is high, above the national average. but when you break it down, about 9% to 10% of the whites in the state fall under that poverty line. almost 25% of lack people. how do you explain that? tim scott explains it by saying, essentially, it is those people's fault. it has nothing to do with the policies of the state, has nothing to do with systemic racism. but we are talking generations of ways in which people across these republican states have been mired in poverty, disproportionately racialized. if you look at education, access to health care -- and all of these situations, racial disparities tend to manifest. but none of this is being addressed by the tim scotts, ben carsons, amber roses and other people of color they are putting on stage at the republican national convention because those are inconvenient truths. amy: claren

all republicans, why should they be why right? but perhaps come on. the harris can, the po, joe, but some of those vote to segments that we've seen is leaning towards donald trump . i'm very excited about biden stepping aside, largely because i think it's now time to get back to a racist on substance entirely. you know, identity politics certainly rule the day in the united states when it comes to our elections, whether at the state level, sometimes that but certainly at the federal level, we're seeing more of it, but it's hard not to get excited when you see somebody like yourself emerge is the front runner for an office that they've never, nobody liked them has ever been before. you know, it's certainly an interesting and exciting prospect to see perhaps the 1st of female president and the 1st woman of color to be president in that very same. it's just exciting, but again, this is about what these people can do to better our lives. and so many americans across many demographics were feeling that joe biden wasn't speaking to the problems of the day.