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prejudice and paranoia. he is taking hate groups main stream. and helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. >> and now that radical fringe has taken over. what used to be known as the republican party. we know it today as the cult of trump. politician, diplomat, and prognosticator, hillary clinton, joins me next. >> plus, isn't it funny when an 82-year-old man is violently attacked with a hammer? arizona's kari lake apparently thinks it's just hilarious. and later, the daily show's jordan klepper, who is actually hilarious, is here with the downlow on his new midterm special premiering tonight on comedy central. we begin with fears of rising political violence in the united states. late today, in his first court appearance, the suspect in the brutal attack on paul pelosi pleaded not guilty to attempted

murder and other charges. he's currently being held without bail. let's be clear, america does not relish in this type of political violence. but a whole lot of republicans sure seem to. the attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, is the result of the far right, which has taken full control of the republican party, ramping up its rhetorical extremism, from menacing attack ads to members of congress like marjorie taylor greene telling her supporters the speaker of the house deserves to die. >> it's a crime punishable by death. is what treason is. nancy pelosi is guilty of trees treason, and we want her out of our government. >> republicans have long demonized nancy pelosi. she's been a top target of republicans, from rush limbaugh's attacks on her, to the fire pelosi campaign of the

obama years, to this election season, where republicans have spent some $40 million on ads mentioning pelosi by name, just since labor day. some of the attack ads are especially dehumanizing. >> we call that bull nancy pelosi. she's a beast. >> i know how to handle nancy pelosi and stop her [ bleep ]. and i'll put a boot right in her socialist platform. >> madam speaker, tear down this wall. >> with just seven days until election day, our democracy frankly feels vulnerable. something many americans are desperate to save, while others taint it with conspiracy theories and hateful political theater. along with open displays of racism, misogyny, and anti-semitism. but even before the years-long campaign to eliminate nancy pelosi, my next guest spent much of her adult life as a hate object of the right.

>> there's got to be some down side to having a woman president, right? something. something that may not fit with that office, correct? >> hillary clinton doesn't have the fortitude, strength, or stamina to lead in our world. [ chanting lock her up ] >> lock her up. that's right. >> such a nasty woman. >> and who better to talk about it than hillary rodham clinton herself. joining me now, former united states secretary of state, hillary clinton. secretary clinton, thank you so much for being here. >> glad to be with you, joy. >> so, you know, i played that last little montage because if anyone can relate to and understand nancy pelosi's life as a full-time hate object of the right, it would be you. so i wonder if you can just, you

know, tell me how the attack on paul pelosi struck you and what did it tell you about the state of the right in this country, and the hate toward a powerful woman? >> well, i think your question kind of answers itself, joy. there's always been a streak of violence, of racism, misogyny, anti-semitism, as you said. but i think what we're seeing today, and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi, is not just an aberration where one or two people or a small group engage in that kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others.

we're seeing a whole political party, and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner, engaging in behavior that is so dangerous and i find frankly disqualifying for people who are running for office. you know, this midterm election, we have seen a lot of ads by republicans running for everything, touting crime. crime is the issue. but when an 82-year-old man is attacked by an intruder in his own home, they don't seem to be too bothered by that. because that person is married to the speaker of the house, who is of a different political party. i just want your viewers and really i would like every american just to stop and think about that. this is the kind of violent rhetoric that leads to violent action that props up

authoritarians, and that's unfortunately what we see the republican party today supporting. >> you know, and to your very point, this attacker allegedly confessed to police that his plan was to kidnap paul pelosi, to wait for nancy pelosi to come home, and then to hold her hostage, to break her knee caps if she didn't tell whatever truth it is he thought he could get out of her, and then use her as a symbol to everyone else as to what would be in store for them if they didn't behave as his sort of right-wing conspiracy theory mind believed they should. if you think about it, this was a kidnapping plot that was directed at the sitting speaker of the house, and yes, her husband is the victim of it because he happened to be her husband and happened to be home. and yet, you saw the person who now solely owns twitter, which like it or not, is still a giant

global public marketplace of ideas, promote lies about what happened to paul pelosi, promote conspiracy theories about it. with the reach that he has, and the fact that his -- he and the saudis own this thing, and that was blasted out to all of his followers and to the world. we're not even in an age of reality anymore. >> well, to his credit, he took that down. i don't see republicans running for the congress or governors and many other different positions taking down their violent ads, or i don't see them curbing their rhetoric. you played something from marjorie taylor greene who is calling for, you know, the death because of treason for speaker pelosi. the level of just plain crazy

violent hate rhetoric coming out of republicans, you played something from the candidate, the republican candidate for governor in arizona. i want viewers, i want voters to stop and ask themselves, would we trust somebody who is stirring up these violent feelings, who is pointing fingers, scapegoating, making a joke about a violent attack on paul pelosi, why would you trust that person to have power over you, your family, your business, your community? so i want to take this a step further, away from the incident, the terrible incident with paul pelosi, and broaden it out. because what we have with the rhetoric coming from the republican candidates, from their party right now, is so disturbing. i didn't see a big outpouring on the part of elected officials to stand with nancy pelosi the way

she has stood with republicans as well as democrats in times of real terror, like on january 6th. and so ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who are either themselves unable to see how terrible it is that someone would be attacked in their home, or don't really care because they think it will somehow get them votes that will get them elected. this is a real threat to the heart of our democracy. >> in fact, if kevin mccarthy were to become speaker, it's very likely marjorie greenwood get a gavel. that she would get a committee, that people like lauren boebert would get committees. that people like matt gaetz would be on committees. perhaps committees dealing with national security, because he would have to appease them in order to get enough votes to be speaker at all. are you concerned that maybe

voters are not putting those pieces together? that having a republican house would mean that the people you're talking about would be even more empowered, that faction would be in power. >> well, i think with all of the noise that we have got in this election season, i don't think people are able to really grasp that, but more importantly, i'm not sure they really understand the threats to their way of life. they may think that whoever is chairing a committee is, you know, kind of abstract. but the republicans in the house and others like the chair of the republican senate campaign committee, are on record saying that they are going to put social security and medicare up for a vote. now, i don't understand why every american, not just people eligible for those two programs that they have paid into, that they have worked hard for, that they have earned, are not up in

arms. you know, we've got lots of problems right now in our country. we need sensible people to come together to try to solve them. the last thing we need is to make life even harder for the vast majority of americans, because it's not just seniors who would have medicare and social security on the chopping block. it would be their children and their grandchildren, who would have to step in to fill the hole that would be left by this reckless behavior, this idealogical action that the republicans are promising to take. so there's a whole range of issues, and sometimes when i tell people that, they say, oh, they would never do that. well, they told us for 50 years they were going to get rid of roe v. wade. and turn abortion over to the states, where state legislators, local political officials could decide what your health care would be. why wouldn't you believe them that they're going to go after social security and medicare? i believe them. i take them at their word. you have got everybody, you

know, wondering whether it's true. listen to them, and watch what they have done. and what they say they're going to do. >> throughout the 2016 campaign, donald trump would use lock her up as a call and response to his audience about you. michael flynn would repeat it. i can remember being in the convention in cleveland and it was guttural, the amount of rage directed at you personally. it was very -- it felt very personal. when you look at where we have come since then, to where donald trump's ideology has now taken full root in the republican party, kari lake laughed at paul pelosi, an 82-year-old man being beaten and concussed by an intruder. and that is now just standard. are you concerned that our democracy is not going to be able to hold past what you can only describe as fascism, violent politics and demand for

power without elections? >> well, i hope that voters really rally in this last week before the midterms to understand fully what's at stake. to not get diverted, like i said, the republicans have been talking about nothing but crime, then when a crime is committed against paul pelosi, they could care less. these people do not really believe half of what they say. i served for eight years in the senate. i know a lot of the people who are still there. and i don't recognize them, and i do know they know better than what they're talking about, but they think that they need to be part of this, you know, right-wing move that is unfortunately taken over the republican party. so we have have a week for people to focus. if you have a candidate in your state who laughs about an 82-year-old man being hit with a hammer in his own home, there's something wrong with that

person. why would they want you to laugh with them about a crime? if you have someone running who voted in the house as the vast majority of the republicans did, to turn back the clock on women's rights, to turn back the clock on social security and medicare, then why on earth would you vote for that person? so let's clear away the smoke and the noise and try to focus on what's in your interest. you know, the republicans have talked a lot about inflation. they have done nothing about it. it's president biden who has gone after corporate profits that seem to be way out of whack, particularly for the energy industry, the oil and gas companies. you know, it's president biden who is trying very hard to inject new energy into our economy, and it's working. you know, here in new york, where i'm talking to you from, two huge announcements that were in many ways promoted because

the congress, the democrats finally passed something called the inflation reduction act. so the republicans talk a good game, but they rarely do anything other than try to take away your freedoms, you know, undermine the quality of our life, make our political discourse violent instead of bringing people together. why reward that behavior? you have a chance between now and next tuesday to send a very clear message. you know, we want people who don't laugh at a hammer being hit on someone's head. we want people who help us solve our problems. and we sure don't want anybody getting elected who's going to put social security and medicare on the chopping block. >> before we go to a quick break, you mentioned that you served with many of these members and you don't think they believe what they're saying. this is you, and you can see standing there with you are the late john mccain and if you look all the way to the left, the

left screen, for me, that's lindsey graham. susan collins is there as well. lindsey graham is something of a puzzle, for i think a lot of people. he used to be an ally of john mccain and now he is donald trump's poodle, one might say. he's his besty. what happened to him? what do you think is going on with him? >> i wish i knew, joy, because i can't see the picture, but you described it to me, and you know, basically, that was a trip that i took with john mccain and the others when we were all in the senate. literally, to educate ourselves and our constituents about climate change. so we were looking at melting glaciers, talking to indigenous people who had seen the changes in their lives in a relatively short period of time, and there was no doubt that everybody, including senator graham, understood and believed in climate change. and while john mccain was still alive, he seemed to believe

that. after senator mccain's very sad passing, lindsey was unmoored. i don't know how else to say it. and in 2016, he was still somewhat of himself, and he pointed out a lot of the inconsistencies and the dangers of donald trump, and then when trump ended up getting elected, senator graham threw his lot in with him. and now the supreme court has refused to hear his appeal that he must testify about whatever he was doing to overturn the election in georgia. i find it bewildering that somebody who was always on the conservative side, don't get me wrong, has so thrown his lot in with the cult that goes along with the big lie and seems to be moving us in a direction that i think anyone with half a sense of american history knows is going to hurt us. and i think everybody should

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political polarization is not a purely american

phenomenon. many democracies across the globe are struggling with the same issues. on sunday, the citizens of brazil elected lula da silva, who successfully beat back far right president jiair bol saw narro. tonight, bolsonaro broke his silence telling reporters he would follow the constitution while never conceding his defeat. at the same time in israel, another politician seems to have made an astonishing comeback they predict benjamin netanyahu will once again lead the country. he will marshal a far right coalition of out spoken religious supremacists including the follower of the racist ultra nationalist whose organization was once classified as a terrorist organization by the u.s. state department. netanyahu and bolsonaro are close allies to vladimir putin, netanyahu's re-emergence on the scene is troubling for ukraine. netanyahu recently wrote that putin is smart, sophisticated,

and focused on one goal, returning russia tites historical greatness. since launching its invasion of ukraine, russia has waged targeted attacks against civilians including torture, rape, and indiscriminate attacks in densely populated areas all with a name of making russia great again. back with me is former secretary of state hillary clinton. we're going to take advantage of your foreign policy chops and i want to start by asking you about brazil. what do you make of the fact that bolsonaro in the end was defeated and his reticence about conceding that defeat? >> well, i think what he did today sends a quite positive message, joy. i think that he basically couldn't bring himself to say that he lost, and so it wasn't a formal concession, but he said he would follow the constitution. and he apparently gave the okay to his team to say they would start the transition. so we didn't hear big steel, we

didn't hear it was rigged. i didn't really lose. we didn't hear any of that from him like we heard and still hear today from trump. so i'm cautiously optimistic that brazil will make this transition. i think it's going to be quite difficult for lula because the election was so close. it was about as close to a 50/50 election as you could get. but he has made it clear again, something we didn't hear from trump at his inauguration, but he has made it clear he wants to be the president for all brazilians, those who voted for him, those who did not vote for him. so as i say, i'm cautiously optimistic that he will be able to govern the country effectively and begin to deal with some of the very big problems that face brazil. >> isn't it wild when normal politics is like surprising news? when people just do the normal thing and concede an election. i want to move on to vladimir putin. you know, among the many

troubling things that are going on inside the kremlin is this new seeming partnership with iran, which apparently is going to be sending drones to help them continue to commit war crimes in ukraine. putin seems to be completely off his skis in terms of what he's trying to do. saying last week, taiwan is part of china. you know, sort of trying to stoke maybe china to do the same thing he's doing in ukraine. what -- how do you think this ultimately ends, what putin is doing in ukraine? do you think his government can survive this incredible mistake he's made and his just seeming losing his hinges? >> we don't know yet, but i think three things are really important. number one, the courage, the resilience of the ukrainian people, led by a very impressive government operating under the most exceptionally difficult circumstances. i give the government and the

people of ukraine just enormous positives because of what they have been able to do in the face of this barbaric onslaught coming from putin. they could not have done it without the very strong support of the united states, nato, our allies in two ways. one, continuing to provide the kind of military equipment they need to defend themselves against russia. and imposing sanctions that at least we seem to believe are beginning to really bite and will continue to deepen the economic pain of russia. so i think if we stay with the ukrainians, because i personally view their fight as our fight, they're fighting for democracy, they're fighting for freedom. they're fighting for their rights to make their own futures and not be subjected to putin's whims and his imaginary history

that they have never existed. i think it's important for us to continue to support them. and you mentioned the partnership between russia and iran. i think that's one that should make everybody nervous, and that's another reason we need to continue to support ukraine. >> i literally have to go, but do you have a very quick comment about what's happening in israel? if netanyahu becomes prime minister again with a very far right, dare i say anti -- a racist coalition, what does that mean very quickly, we're out of time? >> we don't know. netanyahu is a very experienced politician, and he certainly has always paid attention to the threat from iran. i hope he pays attention to it now because this partnership that iran has with russia should be of deep concern to israel. >> well, i will leave it there. i would love to talk to you for another hour. we'll have to have you come back. thank you very much. i appreciate you being here. >> thank you, joy. >> we'll be right back.

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nancy pelosi -- well, she's got protection -- apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection. >> well, that is the maga republican brand in a nutshell. arizona's republican candidate for governor kari lake not only mocking the attack on the 82-year-old husband of nancy pelosi, but getting a big laugh from the crowd because there's

literally no bottom to maga republicanism. i'm joined by claire mccaskill and democratic pollster cornell belcher. i spoke with secretary hillary clinton, claire, and you know, she was very clear that this is an emergency. it is urgent that americans reject the kind of political nealism you saw from kari lake. what do you make of that, that it is brand okay in the republican party to laugh at an 82-year-old man being physically attacked in his house? >> all of the lip service they give supporting the police and how worried they are about victims of crime, and the blue line. and then think about this. they're turning a violent attack into a joke. and in the process, they're putting out this false information that is basically accusing those police officers, they responded to a 911 call, when a violent break-in and assault was under way and had to

physically endanger themselves to arrest him, took him down, gave him his rights, and he confessed. and now they're trying to act like it's somehow the facts aren't the facts because they don't like the victim. i have said over and over again, the republican party has turned nancy pelosi into a villain. she is anything but. she's strong, courageous, a very good leader, and by the way, went out of her way to express unity and support when steve scalise was shot. did none of this nonsense. it's just mean, joy. it's just downright ugly mean. >> you know, and cornell, not even they don't like the victim. they don't even know the victim. they don't know about paul pelosi. they don't like his wife. and to the point that claire is making, i mean, the right has never said that family is off limits. i remember how they abused chelsea clinton when she was a little kid, how rush limbaugh

got even more popular when he was mean to a child. they attacked the obama children. they have never thought family was off limits. it's not like that's new. but now, it seems like it's the way that you rise. saying lock her up and saying lock her up which they have translated to any woman they don't like in politics. it's what makes them more popular. you're a pollster, is there something to it that there's something about cruelty that is helpful to republicans? i think about ron desantis. i feel like his popularity is because he's cruel and the crueller he is, the more they like it. what is going on in the republican base? >> well, two things. first, it's always a pleasure to be on with senator mccaskill. but i want to go back to that excellent interview and connect the dots to the excellent interview. one, what secretary clinton, one, my goodness, how different we may be as a country if we had in fact elected this very

capable, experienced woman as president. perhaps today, we wouldn't see or at least we would be able to keep at bay some of the mainstreaming of the hate, the bigotry, and the sexism that we see openly right now, that i think the presidency of donald trump has played a part in. but then i'm going to lean in on something, joy, that many in 2016 pulled back from. and that is deplorable. and it is quite frankly deplorable. and it's morally reprehensible what they're doing, but they're feeding to a segment of the electorate that actually is not bothered by that. right? they're not at all bothered by it, and they like to in fact see people who they don't agree with, you know, hurt, being punished, and they're suffering. now, the good news is that's not

the majority of americans. that's what where the majority of americans are, but it does look like for ron desantis and for other candidates running on the republican side, but to energize the base of the republican party, they have to feed them that ugly, sexist, hate red meat. we see it time and time again. but the good news is again, joy, that's not the majority. and hopefully the majority is going to reject it. >> i feel like marco rubio is a perfect example of that. he morphed from being a jeb bush sort of nice guy republican to being this mess that he is now because he's chasing what he thinks is popular. you made a point, sorry, secretary clinton made a point that a lot of them don't even believe it. this is an interview with the latest herschel walker accuser. she's still jane doe, but this is somebody who voted for donald trump. this is not some partisan attacker. but here she is talking about what she experienced with him. take a look.

>> he was very clear that he did not want me to have the child. and he said that -- he said that because of his wife's family and powerful people around him, that i would not be safe and that the child would not be safe. >> that's very menacing. >> it is very menacing. it is very menacing. and i felt threatened. and i thought i had no choice. >> claire, what does it mean for much of the party that woman's tears mean nothing? and that he clearly doesn't believe what he says about abortion, herschel walker, even though he still denies it to this day? >> there's a whole lot of morphing going on in the republican party. everybody from marco rubio to rob portman to lindsey graham,

as secretary clinton referred. they're all about power. not about integrity. they're fine with hypocrisy. they're fine with lies. lies and hypocrisy have kind of become a way of life for the republican party since donald trump arrived on the scene. and what's really going on here is, it is more important to them for mitch mcconnell to become leader of the senate than it is for them to show any kind of preference for our country, our constitution, for common decency and humanity, and certainly hypocrisy about abortion is no big deal to these guys. no big deal. >> i wish we had more time, but thank you both for being here. claire mccaskill, cornell belcher. >> jordan clipper has delved

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your reality? >> exactly. >> for the better part of a decade, jordan klepper has been trekking across the country talking with republicans. he's shined a light on the conspiracy driven world of the maga crowd providing some humor to what is a scary reality. tonight, his latest special airs focusing on the upcoming midterm elections. appropriately titled, america unfollows democracy. jordan klepper joins me now. thank you for being here. congrats on the special. i have now screened it, and i am actually very, very terrified for the future of this country, and i hope people will watch it. i wonder if as you go around honestly and talk about people and hear people's genuine and seemingly cult-like thoughts about donald trump and about the election, does it scare you, does it make you worry for the country? >> oh, it's frightening. if i wasn't dead inside already, i would be terrified right now. yeah, i think already some of the logic out there proves that we're living in multiple realities. what was interesting about this

special is, we're talking about this very consequential midterm and instead of arguing about who won the last election, i was getting people over and over again telling me how they're not going to accept the results of the upcoming election. news from future is things are dire. >> let me play another clip. this is another clip, and this is exactly what you're talking about. talking to voters about being willing to concede. take a look. >> as america barrels into the midterm elections, there's just one question on my mind. democracy, are we still cool? if you knew you got fewer votes, you wouldn't concede? >> what does that mean? >> accepting loss. >> no. why? >> i mean, you even asked one guy, and you did a whole sports metaphor first. okay, your team, you love your team, it's your favorite team. they lose. he said i would have to love with that. what about the election? no. like, do you think that this -- does this strike you as a religious cult?

what is the maga movement at this point? >> religious cults tend to have a stronger ideology. this is just a cult of personality. i think that man i talked to, he encapsulated it all. he's a lions fan. i'm from michigan, i'm a lions fan. the one thing you need to know about the lions is they don't win. you accept defeat and learn to fight again. what he said is it would crush him if his entire identity was built into the detroit lions. but it's not. yet again, he believes trump won the last election, and it shows you the magic trick that donald has. he has these folks not supporting the gop, they support donald trump. any loss he has is a loss that they see on themselves. >> you also spoke with congressman adam kinzinger. he had dire warnings about where we could go. he referenced the troubles in northern ireland and just the way that this could go bad. that actually was one of the more frightening, the special is hilarious, but that was frightening to me.

is that something that you get the sense of, that these people are not just ill informed or cult-like, but in a moment, they could be at january 6th committing the kind of violence we saw? >> i think you have to listen to somebody like adam kinzinger and take him seriously. the fact civil war is something he's not shying away from is very serious. i mean, we look at what's happening this week with paul pelosi and you see violent acts. this isn't just rhetoric that people aren't acting on. this is rhetoric that affects the mind. when you have misinformation and no shared realities, you have people taking violent action based on shoddy info. you also have a bunch of adults in the room who are acting like children, and that's a recipe for disaster. even though we can laugh at the hypocrisies out there, i -- ramifications of them, and i -- peddling misinformation because oftentimes, it travels fast with impacts. >> the elon musk thing i think proves that.

you probably interact series of interviews when you go out we'll hear a lot of the conspiracy theory that he tweeted out reflected back at you. >> it's all they need. , something like that should have a reckoning. does this kind of language create a violent atmosphere. when i will engage somebody on that question, instead of looking and having the incomparable conversation, they will use a random piece of information, you almost sent out as a way to deflect from actually looking inside and having difficult conversations. americans don't want to have difficult conversations, and misinformation is getting in the way of actually dealing with the consequences of your action, and yet again, accountability, it's not marketing. >> last question, when you talk to these folks, you get a sense that any of that can be brought back, that reality can somehow penetrate the fog of misinformation that they are in? >> no, --

>> i was afraid you would say that. i was afraid you are going to say that as a one word answer. i knew you would do that. jordan klepper, you are good at what you do. by the way, a lot of folks could learn from you on the followups. the followups, that is a key to a great interview and yours are brilliant. america unfollows democracy, the name of the special, premieres tonight at 11:30 pm eastern. jordan klepper, thank you, man, i love what you do. we will be back in a minute. l be back in a minute. e, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand elderberry.

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take the stage in florida to campaign for congresswoman val demings and former governor charlie kursk, who is trying to unseat the governor's comments for senate and governor respectively. trump is expected to make an appearance in florida over the weekend, but only to rally in support of marco rubio. apparently, ron desantis and his fancy boots were not invited. for the latest on the floor, we have national political correspondent, steve kornacki, at the big board. steve, take it away. >> florida, you take a look here at the matchup, there in the senate race, val demings, the democrat challenging marco rubio, the republican. it will be interesting on tuesday night to see if there is any split between how that senate race is turning out and how the governor's race for dissent is running for reelection against charlie chris plays out. obviously, the backed up there for what you are talking about what donald trump not appearing would desantis's dissent this potentially if he is able to get reelected for governor,

gearing up to run against donald trump potentially in a 2024 republican primary? you're starting to see detention boil over there a little bit. it will be interesting to compare those to races as they come in. one of the other interesting storylines in florida to follow is what was the biggest surprises of 2020. calling up the florida statewide results, where donald trump carried the state. he carried in 16, increased his margin in 2020. it big reason he increased his margin was here, miami day county. this county itself, heavily hispanic, one of the biggest surprises in the country, given the shift from 2016, which you can see here. in 2016, hillary clinton won miami taken by about 30 points. look at this, it came all the way down to just a seven point margin for joe biden, in a massive county here, that accounts for a lot of that game that donald trump made statewide, and this speaks to that question, one of the questions that came out of the

2020 election. we saw it in south florida. we saw it in south texas. we saw it in a number of areas in non competitive states. we saw a movement of hispanic voters, still democratic over all but less democratic than they have been in past elections. so it's a question of whether there is a continuation of that in 2022. one of the places we will be looking certainly in florida, miami day in, to see what does numbers look like in those races. the other thing, it is our early read out, pardon the pun, on election night, but at 7:00, the close -- the way it works in florida, the early vote and the mail-in vote, the counties basically get all of a processed and reported out within 30 minutes of polls closing time, that's two thirds of the vote in every county, so everything except the panhandle in this first 30 minutes, 70 7:30 pm, you'll see it light up like a christmas tree, and we'll get a good sense pretty quickly how things

are looking in florida. there are a number of potentially competitive or at least noteworthy house races in the state as well, so again, we can get data there in that first 30, 45 minutes. florida will be one of the first pieces we look on election night. >> oh, the irony. florida in 2000 got the reputation as being the state that could not come votes, but they are one of the earliest states to turn in their stuff because they actually do it early. steve kornacki, thank you very much, really appreciate you. be sure to check out steven bacchus, the revolution would steve kornacki, all six episodes are available now. also, we'll have much more on the florida race tomorrow with the reid out there live from the east cast say in orlando, florida. we'll talk to the democratic candidates for the senate and the governor's race. congresswoman val demings, former governor charlie crist. i see all their. and that tonight, is tonight's read out. chrissy starts right now. rissy starts right now tonight on all and