i'm zain claire c'est moi. we will be back next saturday and simone starts right now. starts right now. >> readings. you're watching someone. the countdown to the midterm elections are 100 days away, people. if you are fed up of what's happening in this country, if you are scared, you're right being stripped away, now is the time to act. we are live on the ground and states where critical elections are coming up. plus, democrats are trying to pick up a hold on to several governors seats across the country, especially folks who are facing election deniers. i'm talking to governor phil murphy who was responsible for coming up with a winning strategy for democrats. also we are talking to democratic candidate for governor and maryland westmore, he's going to give us some insight into his campaign against one of those -- plus, the panel is back.

we have a group of suburban moms here to tell us about the midterms and what's driving them to the polls. i'm simone sanders thompson and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ we are now 100 days from the 2022 midterm elections. i'm very excited because what happens beyond the ball boys more consequential than ever, y'all. we're gonna start by zeroing in on a michigan and arizona. michigan governor gretchen whitmer is a democrat incumbent running unopposed, voters will head to the ballot box on tuesday to pick the republican nominee. just days ago trump endorsed, tutored dixon after -- from former education secretary betsy devos. you remember betsy, the one who resigned after mike pence

involved the 25th amendment in the wake of the capitol right? well, it's the road to trump, quote, to make sure we'd be democratic, -- beat gretchen whitmer, in november, the best thing we can do is work together to elected her dixon. she's committed to the same principles you are and she's the only one who can stand toe to toe with that woman from michigan. >> across the country in arizona, recent polling indicates that trump endorsed election denier carey lake, could clinch the republican nomination for governor. she's pulling ahead of karen taylor robinson. carrie lakes victory would embody the dramatic swing of the states republican voters away from the days of the late republican senator, john mccain. here to dive even deeper into what's at stake, we have nbc news correspondent bob hilliard, and shaquille brewster. thank you. i want to start with michigan. shaq, how has these pro trump republicans in the state rip responded to donald trump's

endorsement and the governor's race? >> they tell me they watched an endorsement and looked at for that endorsement extremely closely, especially considering how chaotic this race to take on democrat gretchen whitmer has been in the state of michigan. the early front runner in this primary, he was booted from the ballot months ago because of a scandal involving invalid signatures. you have democratic groups, pouring millions into this. republican primaries trying to influence the result. then you have that endorsement from former president trump just yesterday. i want you to listen to what some voters and undecided republican voters told me how they are viewing that endorsement from the former president. >> i think i can choose for myself. but i do take it under consideration. >> i look at the person. yeah. i vote that way. but i don't listen to did i like him as a president? yeah. did i like him as a person? no. when i invite him over to my house for a party? definitely.

>> i did speak to one republican voter who says he's an independent but plans on voting in the republican primary, who told me that trump's endorsement signals that he would not support that candidate. he would not go and back to their dickson, and not something that's going to be a text, here especially when you listen to with the secretary of state here in state of michigan, more than 600,000 voters have already returned their absentee ballots. it's an open question as to what kind of impact that endorsement will have on this race but it's not the only race we are watching. we're watching the primaries for the third congressional district in the state, that is a primary where president trump is influencing that race, trying to take on one of the ten republicans that voted for his impeachment. >> lots moving in michigan. le pen bond is in arizona. it's looking more and more that carry lake will win the republican nomination in arizona. the democrats think she's going to be a formidable opponent?

what are you hearing? >> shaq and eyes what we've been testing about. these two races. in a lot of ways these governors races are going to be telling, especially when you're talking about the potential of these trump endorsed candidates running again these democrats here in states that you could contend are more purple or in the case of michigan, blue, but arizona, i would say this is more of a conservative state. that is where in talking with not only democratic but republican strategists, those that are working on these political races right now, a view carrie lake is a serious general election candidate contender here. this is an individual who is a local news anchor for more than 20 years. she, in many ways, is the face of election denialism and conspiracy theory propagation, entering the mainstream. she quit her job as a local news anchor nearly two years ago. she ran for political office instead. she has since called for the

prosecution, the jailing of elections officials and suggested that in the spirit of john mccain reaching up from his grave to take a hold of the republican party, and it's on her and others like paul gosar, and kelly worden when the rioters to fight back. she is somebody who is more than a not lie to donald trump. really seen as a rising trump star. this is an individual who is campaigning against karen. she is a pencil lined, doocy aligned candidate. but when we're looking towards the general election, symone, kari lake is a serious contender, there are many people that have known her as a more moderating voice and figure for years. they have a hard time reconciling that with the person that is now seen as this trump-like figure that she pretends herself to be today. >> this is like the playoffs, except democracy is on the line. thank you both for your

reporting. with abortion rights now let the states and election denials still gripping the nation, it's important that you know that the candidate that you choose to represent your state as governor will have nationwide consequences. who better to ask about democratic strategy to get governors elected? the men with the plan himself. joining me now is the democratic governor of new jersey, phil murphy. thank you for joining me, governor. >> great to be with you, symone. >> i'm excited about this conversation. let's get right into it. the people may not know, sir, but you're actually the vice chair of the democratic governors association. the bg, and that is the entity that is responsible for electing democratic governors in the united states. would exactly has the dga identified as the most important issues to voters in your key races? >> again, great to be with you. 36 governors races roy cooper as our terrific chair of north

carolina, and will rise to chair next year. it's got to be affordability, affordability, affordability. opportunity. a different way to say that. i think values, whether it's abortion, guns, voting rights, lgbtqia, plus the environment. i think it's -- it cannot be one or the other. it's gotta be both. it's gotta be at the kitchen table pounding away at white democrats are the right governors and leaders to deliver affordability and opportunity on the one hand, and on the other hand i think a full-throated defense of the values that we as a party stand for. >> so then, governor, would keeps you up at night when you think about the midterms? you just identify these key issues, but we discuss of concern to you? >> it's tough to be an incumbent right now. probably from either party.

this is a very sort of uncharted herd electoral reality right now. coming out of covid, inflation, which is serious, a war in europe, i'm a former u.s. ambassador in my case, to germany, that something i didn't think we would see in our lifetime. the mental health stresses that are associated with all of the above. and nation thanks to a radical right-wing supreme court that has become a patchwork quilt, particularly on the question of values. you add all of that up together. there is a lot of volatility in the system right now. >> yes, daunting. one thing i did not hear your name was -- one about the president? i think, frankly, that his agenda is popular, but the reality is his average approval rating is currently just under 40%, and i'm looking at 5:38. does that concern you? >> listen, it is, first of all,

i've known him forever. i love him. i think he's doing a terrific job. particularly given the really tough hand that he has been dealt for all those factors i mentioned a minute ago. secondly, his situation in terms of popularity is not dissimilar to a lot of incumbent presidents. at this point. and thirdly it's hard to say otherwise, if you can buy in technology bills, which had a lot of bipartisan support. i'm sure the governor's national association which is a non partisan organization. we supported that wholeheartedly. when you add to that which appears to be a very effective compromise on a big climate and affordability bill in the senate, that is real momentum. it's not abstract. it will make a difference. >> i think it was a big week for the president as well, but i guess, governor, my question

is do you think that these numbers could be a problem for candidates running for governor, particularly the democrats? i hear a number of my strategist friends talking about that. you are the man with the plan for the democratic governors in america. >> i appreciate that. i would just say this. i think it's very defensible to say that governors have never mattered more, particularly over the past two and a half years since the advent of this pandemic. and you add to that a fracture political discourse. this patchwork quilt reality of america, so i actually think folks make the decision overwhelmingly based on who is going to be the best chief executive in our state. we've got some great incumbents running for reelection. some great candidates trying to win elections. i feel really good about the team we've got on the field and i think people overwhelmingly vote based on that individual, and their administration,

whether it's what they've done or with their committing to do in the future. >> you know, you mentioned guns earlier. you have signed a number of gun safety bills into law this year. what do you think about what you've done in new jersey? is this a blueprint and oreo encouraging candidates to run this fall? >> we don't do it because it's a blueprint, but i will argue that if, as it is in many respects a blueprint. we are rated one of the top couple of gun safety states in america. we still have gun crimes and there will be no doubt about it. as it relates to guns. -- along the safest states in america. we could do more. we have to do more. i want to do more, particularly given the recent supreme court ruling overturning the concealed carry law in new york. i'm happy that congress over the past month or so has taken some steps, and that's a good thing. i would desperately love them

see take more steps. because we are not an island. as good as we might be on gun safety, 80 or 85% of the crime guns recovered in new jersey are coming in here from out of state. more federal teeth, i think, would make a huge difference. >> governor murphy, let's get your predictions. how many governors seats are you all gonna grab and will democrats expand seats in the senate, you think? or are they losing the house? >> listen, i'm an optimist. i don't know that i've got a number for you, symone, but we've got good incumbents running, and we will get some real opportunities to take seats from the other side, in places like massachusetts, maryland, potentially arizona, georgia with a great stacey abrams on the ballot. i'm an optimist. i'm an optimist for the senate. i know the house of those three hands will be the toughest hand to play. but i will tell you, when you combine a foreign 80 --

affordability an opportunity for which democratic's stand for, we've got to work our tails off. we could take nothing for granted. we need every penny. we need every person on the street knocking on doors. i'm an optimist. >> democratic governor of new jersey, phil mercy, an optimist and vice of the democratic governments association. thank you, governor for being here. >> thanks for having me, bought symone. >> as we look ahead to tuesday 's primaries, msnbc is lining up a night a very big coverage right here. we're going to have steve kornacki back at the big board to break down the results in five states, including arizona and michigan. kansas or both on the first state abortion amendment since roe v. wade was struck down by the supreme court. so join us for primary election night here on msnbc tuesday starting at 8 pm eastern. okay all, coming up, i'm talking to three reporters covering key races beyond the

beltway about the political dynamics and cite some of the most -- midterm states. we will get to the latest on how motivated voters are, the trump factor, and get into efforts to -- of the courts on key voting routes. we're gonna break it all down. first, my colleague, cory coughlin is here with other top news stories. >> thanks, simone. tributes -- after the news of two deaths today. we lost a legend, bill russell who died at the age of 88 today. russell was also the nba's first black head coach. his career was so extraordinary he worked for the most valuable player of the nba finals -- named after him. adam silver called russell, quote, the greatest champion and all of team sports. groundbreaking actress, michele nichols, has died at the age of 89. she's best known for her role as the star trick character, she was one of the first likely females on television.

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control of the house and senate? >> i think people are sick and tired of politics. i really do. you're sick and tired of democrats fighting in feuding and holding pieces of legislation hostage because they didn't get what they wanted. or something or someone might get credit for something. why don't we start doing something for one country and just say this is good for america? >> it seems to me he was talking about himself. what you also heard in that interview was democrat senator joe manchin hesitating to say whether or not he wants is all on political party to keep us control of congress. i can't believe he said it. we're going to get it for you, because it's crazy. people, this is why it is critical for democrats to expand their majorities they want to see consequential changes. it's not just congressional races you need to worry about. let's get into it. we are going to talk with

reporters beyond the beltway for today's political panel. -- the new york times. job rosston is an msnbc analyst and ceo of the nevada independent. and lauren gibbons is a political reporter for branch michigan. welcome, welcome, welcome to you all. i'm excited. we are covering political strategists. this is everything for me. john, you're the man with the plan and nevada. let's talk united states senate. democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto, she's -- against a challenge from republican nominee adam laxalt. -- not so even got some support from republican, it should be even less vulnerable than she thought? >> she's vulnerable. and as you know it's all democratic, senators are even governors and swing states are -- she is as you know, not an attention seeker. she is a classic example of a workhorse, and not a show

horse. she learned from the person -- she taught harry reid how to raise money. she's raised a ton of money. adam laxalt is a terrible candidate. he's an imaginative. the biggest proponent of the big lie in this state. all he could talk about as woke leftist, whatever is the latest issue that will get among tucker carlson's show. but that shows where we are today, simone, that a guy like adam laxalt was a terrible candidate and within the margin of error in a lot of the polls out here. >> i think that terrible candidates for my republican friends, this cycle in the senate is a pattern here. let's go to georgia. democratic senator raphael warnock is going to face off against the republican nominee for senate -- i don't think the republicans brought their best here for this race so tell us what we

should know about the state of the race and about the voters in the south more broadly. >> the message on that senate race, particularly from senator warnock has been that herschel walker, who is a very popular all-important figure in football in the state is not exactly ready or prepared to serve in the united states senate, that he is very untested and perhaps had a lot of dominance on the football field, but might not actually be able to deliver, when it comes to actually legislating one of the highest centers of government in the country. you know, voters are paying attention to this race in particular in addition to the governor's race. it's one of the essential questions here. it has been how this ticket will really shake out. côte d'ivoire have a scenario in which governor brian kemp, possibly defeating stacey abrams or more knocks, still winds as an incumbent, or if democrats a total sweep, that's

proving that 2020 with joe biden's wins and warnock and senator ossoff's winds were not just a one-off, or something driven by anti trump sentiment, but prove that the south is up for grabs for democrats, particularly in georgia where we are seeing all kinds of voter mobilization efforts, and of course, lots and lots of money being poured into the efforts to be able to turn out voters and keep georgia, maybe not blue, but definitely purple. >> yes, the sum of the young people would say, the candidates are definitely in their bags. let's talk gubernatorial elections. i want to bring you in here. i want to talk michigan. tutor dixon is really hoping she's going to be the one to take on democratic incumbent, gretchen whitmer. -- they think that this could put governor whitmer on the path to reelection. you're someone who has covered this race in michigan. what is your view?

>> tutor dickson recently earned the endorsement for former president trump, and she previously lined up -- influential conservatives around the states, such as the right to life in michigan. that said, this has been a very crowded primary race. a lot of political newcomers in this race, and that means a lot of voters, even up to last week are still trying to decide who to vote for here, and going up against governor whitmer who has a formidable campaign fundraising, and has basically been making her pitch to voters this entire time. it's going to be a tough battle for whoever comes out of the primary to go up against an incumbent here. >> michael, i want to ask you about stacey abrams strategy.

she's been spotlighting policy conversations with black male voters in georgia. she did a 45 minute talk on a cigar bar earlier this month. do you think this focus on black male voters can make a difference in this race? >> i believe it will. we know that in competitive states like georgia, races are won on the margins. that means that it's probably going to come down to single percentage points which means the campaigns like abrams have to focus on particular groups that they know they will absolutely need and high percentages to be able to win outright. black men are absolutely part of the calculus. looking at 2016 and 2020, there were some openings with republicans with blackmon, not huge ones, maybe less than 10%, former president trump making some inroads with that demographic. i think that the abrams campaign saw that and said that we could battled -- not let the same thing happened in georgia. again, where these races are just going to come down to

particular groups. and in addition to black man, the campaign has been focusing on moderate and independent suburban white women. particularly with this issue of abortion and the supreme court's ruling, sort of making access to abortion almost nonexistent in georgia, with a subsequent law that has just taken place. the campaign and the number of democratic campaigns for that matter will you see an opening with that group to chip away. >> yeah, i mean i have a suburban mom later in the show. we're going to ask them about the very issue. john, the last word is going to go to you, because it's not just black male voters, the democratic party has also struggled with latino male voters. we know that latinos will be key in the big -- talk to me about latino male voters and the impact they can have, not just in the governor's race, but the senate race, attorney general doug -- >> i'm not sure he's all right. he's running against a real

fringed candidate. that's the real danger, simone. that's why the democrats here are focused on trying to stamp some of the hemorrhaging on the hispanic voters that have been key here in nevada. we've had the surgeon hispanic voting since 2008 when barack obama won the state and won hispanics by a 3 to 1 margin and that has continued through hillary clinton until donald trump did better, although he lost the state against joe biden. there are efforts going on here. by the democrats to kind of revive the base voters in the hispanic or to try to get them to turn out. there's a lot of spanish language tv, but on the other hand, republicans see an opportunity here to try to grab hispanic voters using biden's poor approval rating here, inflation, gas prices, all the issues you would expect. that is a real challenge. if the democrats can revive the

hispanic base, they should be all, right but if not, there could be that red wave. >> a lot of maybe. 's a lot of ifs côte d'ivoire, thank you all very much. when we come back, we've got a candidate from where the midterm matchups we are watching very closely. he is joining me. democratic nominee for governor of maryland westmore is here, folks. next. folks. next next cleaning spell, cleaning spell... oorrrr... this stays between us. if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide pods. add doctor strange in the multiverse of madness to your marvel studios movie collection.

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you have had a successful career. before you decided to jump into this race. meanwhile your primary was filled with nine competitors who had been around politics for very long time. tell us how did you pull of this win? >> it's great to be with you. i think we pulled off the win because we were going everywhere, and we were making -- there was not a part of the state that we did not go to. when people say you guys are campaigning in a lot of areas, there's not a lot of democrats. my point was yes, but there are a lot of marylanders. i knew we were going to focus on the issues that actually matter. we would focus on education, we were going to focus on public safety. we are going to focus on the economy. my entire life's work has been making big change and creating impacts on those issues, and i think we're able to make the argument when we talk about the future of our state, the future of our state, that our vision

and values were more than what people -- >> mr. more, when you are out campaigning, you've been known to say, and let me just read it, when people cast their vote's they're not just voting for a person, they are voting for abortion access and the right to marry who they want. social justice, a higher minimum wage. i absolutely agree with you, sir. but the question is how are you going to make people understand that? >> i think one of the powerful things about this moment is about us being able to share our values and show people -- in our administration we are going to make maryland a safe haven for abortion access. abortion is health care. we're going to get you a 15 dollar minimum wage. i worked with families for much of my career when i was one -- in one of the largest nonprofits in this country.

people were still living below the poverty line. we've got to accelerate that minimum wage. i know that for my republican opponents, all those things that i talked about, he doesn't believe it. he believes maryland should be that donald trump is still the president. it's going to be a very clear choice for the people of maryland to decide which direction that they want to go. >> let's talk about your opponent. you are up against what i would call arch conservative, dan cox, and or spinal trump. he didn't have the support of the current republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, he called him a qanon whack job. dan cox was also at donald trump's valley at the ellipse on january 6th. i want to play for you when he told wrc reporter tracey wilkins when she asked him about being labeled an extremist. listen to this. >> we're going to make sure that the policies that president trump has advanced are the policies we bring to

maryland, because the biden policies are hurting us. it's actually worse than hurting us, that's the bat the biden policies are creating a disaster. everyone in maryland is tired of labels, extreme this, extreme not. the focus of my candidacy is to say we have an extreme crisis happening right now. we have a crisis at the pump. we have a crisis in our schools. we have a crisis of blood running in our streets. if you come at me with labels and name some coming back at you with the problems that is happening in your neighborhoods, and we are going to fix it. >> look, i think the label is important. this man is an election denier. we should not gloss over that. the reality is that crime and inflation are issues that you are going to have to address in this race, and if you are elected governor, which is your plan? >> actually, i'm excited to be able to have that debate with my republican opponent. we will talk about all those individual issues that we actually have a plan on how to

combat those things versus he is not. we're going to talk about things like having a 21st century education system that includes things like making sure we are investing in early childhood support and ensuring that we have free pre-k for every child in the state of maryland. make sure we have an education system that is training our students on the house just to be employees, but how to be employers. we're gonna have an option for every single graduate. we're going to get illegal guns off our streets. we're going to make sure we are fixing broken probation systems, because much of the offenders are in violation of probation 's. we have hard concrete policy proposals that we want to put in place versus my republican opponent. someone who spreading lies about the 2020 election and trafficking conspiracy theories. i believe come november people in maryland will see that the concrete proposals that we are putting together and activating or things that they're going to want to see from the next

incumbent. >> we will be watching, sir. before i let you go, do you expect to get current governor of maryland, larry hogan's endorsement? he is not a fan if your republican point. >> no, he's definitely not a fan. he said he wouldn't even give him a tour of the governor's office, let alone support him to be the next governor. we are going to have a big -- it's one of the reasons that we have been so successful both in the primary and why we will be successful in november. because when i was in the military i i always said a question i never once asked by soldiers, what is your political party? it did not matter. we had one goal, one job, when mission. we plan on begging a big tent and bringing everybody on board to make sure that our state -- >> all right, wes moore, democratic candidate for governor in maryland. thank you for your time, sir. >> great to see you. thank you. >> next, why you don't want to

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do today. i would like to welcome my panel of mothers from all over the country. -- from michigan, porsche from georgia, and nancy gutierrez from arizona. greetings to you all. hello, ladies. y'all are -- we've been talking about the people with the plants, peeling back the layers -- you are the women with the votes. okay? i want to start by asking each of you what issues mattered most to you for this upcoming midterm election. rosie, let's start with you. let me just tell our folks, i'm being told that you actually have not voted in the past. but you are planning to vote this election. what changed that? >> definitely having children changed that for me. i have a daughter -- women's health care, where that's going, what direction. in general, my children are not able to go to school yet. they will be within the next few years. there are safety, of course, is my primary concern. >> it's safe to say, the gun

conversation across the country, particularly seeing what happened in buffalo and uvalde, it really hit home for you? >> absolutely. my heart completely breaks for those families. i can't even imagine. >> porsche, what about? you what is motivating you in this election? >> right now, for me, it's absolutely guns. i mean, the day before my son's last day of school, the school shooting in texas happened. it was a hard, long walk to the bus stop. i didn't really want him to go. unfortunately, i live in georgia, where governor kemp has signed in a law that anyone can pretty much have guns around here. i am terrified. tomorrow is the first day of school. nothing has really been resolved in the state of georgia. i am wholly focused on guns. >> i've been so struck by the fact that you both set guns. nancy, i am interested in your answer here, because not only are you motivated to vote, you are so motivated to run. you are running for office right now.

what made you take that step? it is gonna motivating factor for you? >> guns are definitely a motivating factor for me. in arizona, we have some really open gun laws. this year, in the state legislator they wanted to make it illegal to put loaded weapons in school campus parking lots. luckily, that was voted down because of groups like moms demand action. i'm a public school teacher. and, so one of my main motivations is our public school system in arizona. it is being dismantled by the republican party. our governor just passed, and our legislator, just pass universal -- which arizona voters have voted against time and time again. it will cripple our schools. also, i am motivated because of roe v. wade. i want my daughters to have the same, and my students, to have the same right to abortion that

i have always had. and in arizona, climate change is also -- we are in a climate and water crisis in our state. we have to address that. >> i was gonna ask, climate is critical for everyone. i'm definitely feeling the heat wave here, in d.c.. congress is debating a bill right now that would address why people are calling inflationary pressures. climate change, rising cost, prescription drugs. is inflation, are you all feeling the inflation woes across the country? show of hands, who is feeling it? everybody's hand went up. rosie is like, yes. okay, you are really feeling it, rosy. you had a little extra there. talk to me about that. >> you know, we would love to be able to move into a bigger home, to accommodate our family. right now, just looking at rising costs of -- especially interest rates on mortgages are crazy high. we would love to move, but it's

kind of like, okay, do we wait? what's going on? things rising out of control. i think it's not a good move for us right now, as much as we would like to, because of everything going on in the economy. >> everyone here is feeling the inflation was. show of hands, who has noticed that gas prices have gone down? okay, okay. everybody has noticed. porsche, you first. have you connected the gas prices going down? has it given you optimism for inflammation? does that make you feel like inflation is going to get a little better soon? >> yes, i totally believe that with a gas prices dropping a little bit, i feel like, okay, our government is understanding the people are really, really struggling and kind need some relief somewhere i'm definitely looking at my budget and going, okay, yes, gas is going down and, i can breathe a little bit

because -- my daycare bill just went up again. having a little relief with gas prices going down, i'm like, okay, things are working, systems are kicking in place to help us. >> before we go today, i want to get some feedback on what y'all think of our current leaders in washington. nancy, i want to go to you on this. we've been really digging in on arizona. is there anything they are doing that keeps you up at night? how better can they serve you? >> i think they can listen to us more. senator sinema certainly has not voted how we thought she would, being endemic. she has held up some really important bills that would benefit all of us. we are tired of her keeping the filibuster, and blocking those bills that would help every single, not just arizona in, but every single american. we are not happy, as democrats. >> all right. we will have to leave it there.

nancy gutierrez, rosie keller, and portia, thank you so much for your insights. just your time today, ladies. really appreciate it. all right, folks. after the break, i have a simone says. it's about the single most important tool americans have for change. i worked in the white house and let me tell you, nobody has a magic wand. there is you, there is your right to vote, and then there are consequences. we will be right back. we will be right back. so she starts a miro to brainstorm. “shoot it?” suggests the scientists. so they shoot it. hmm... back to the miro board. dave says “feed it?” and dave feeds it. just then our hero has a breakthrough. "shoot it, camera, shoot a movie!" and so our humble team saves the day by working together. on miro.

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throughout this hour a have been talking about the midterm elections, the critical races, the candidates, and the issues to watch across the country. why? because we are 100 days away from election day, y'all. i have something to say about voting. voting is the single most important tool in our tool box in the five social justice, and if you don't use it, protests mean nothing. if you do not vote, advocacy means nothing.

i know some of y'all are gonna try to fight me on this, but let's be very clear. you can protest all you want about your rights, some that have been taken away, others that are in jeopardy. but if you don't have the elected officials installed in the spaces and places, from the state legislators, to the governor's mansion, the senate, the white house, who will hear your protest and turn your protest into policy, it doesn't matter. i would argue, you are wasting your time. the only way to get them there is to vote. today, we spoke to a suburban mom. yesterday i talked to millennial and gen z voters. they have friends who don't plan to vote because they don't believe in the political system. they feel like it's not speaking to them. please hear me when i say, the idea that you can just -- say you don't like it, say you don't like politicians because they have not spoken to, then withhold your vote to hold people accountable, that's a bunch of bs, y'all. it does not work like that.

i am riled up. let me just tell you, maybe if we had a magic wand, that could happen. but there isn't a magic wand, folks. i don't have one in my purse. there's not one of my desk. i don't have one in these pockets. we have to deal in reality, folks. the reality is, the vote is the most precious and important tool we have. if we use it, we can change lives. don't forget that. and the next 100 days, until the election in november, do your research. pull back the layers. ask the questions. at the end of the day, sweet baby jesus, make sure you go to that ballot box and a vote. that's all. thanks for watching symone, as we mark 100 days into the midterms, i am symone saunders -- msnbc's live primary results coverage. steve kornacki will be at the big board and we'll be breaking down all the results as we get them. and you can catch me on msnbc every saturday and sunday at 4 pm eastern and anytime over on

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