bernie sanders is not saying don't focus on abortion. consultants saying only focus on abortion, but sanders in this op-ed writes, while the abortion issue must remain on the front burner. he says, we should focus on this, democrats, he said. it would be political malpractice for democrats to ignore the state of the economy and allow republican lies and extortion to go on unanswered. kb what's going on here? >> largely reacting to the ads democrats using. he's right. democrats are spending tens of millions of dollars in ads focused on the abortion issue. there's a reason for that. it's working in their favor and elections, where not much else is. president biden's ratings are b better but still under water. worried about crime and the economy. it's encertain. even in republican messaging documents, that democrat have advance when it comes to abortion. people do not like -- they liked roe. you know, liked having that federal abortion rights standard, and they don't like that the supreme court took it away. >> a lot of this is about bernie

senator bernie sanders is going after the fed.e's hitting the fed for exacerbating the inflation problem for so many americans. >> i think they're hurting the situation. i think it is wrong to be saying that the way we're going to deal with inflation is by lowering wages and increasing unemployment. that is not what we should be doing. this inflation thing is a real issue, it is a global issue. but at a time when working families are struggling and the people on top are doing phenomenally well, i don't think you go after working people. lauren: the sentiment of that might be right, inflation is the real issue; right. higher rates needed to bring it down only pinch americans more. i think most people get that. but he is bernie sanders, and he went after at a later point in the interview, big oil, big pharma, even food stores, grocery stores, razor thin profit margins for reaping profits while every day americans struck and will he didn't acknowledge government spending as a root cause of inpolice station. stu: it's the eternal sham

but why is bernie sanders leaning so hard into this, john?s' core message his entire career. >> you mean the last 50 years? >> exactly right. i think it's the things that democrats haven't been hitting hard enough. the best defense in politics as well as in sports is a good offense and that's what bernie sanders is arguing. >> i wasn't going to bring up sports. >> i saw what happens to your eyes then. you should to appreciate berman couldn't make the reference -- >> i didn't say anything about sports. >> but democrats and bernie saying you have to make a stronger case for middle class economics. that's core of what joe biden has tried to do in the white house and what democrats can do in the house. they led the abortion. >> it's the curse of the incumbent government. when you are in power and people are unhappy with the state of the economy, the pocketbook, they're blaming the people in power. but democrats have not been offensive on this, they've been flat- flat-footed. they are not providing answers to what they can do to change this. repub

by a mile which is the economy, the democrats don't even talk about the economy. >> however, bernie sanders is not that smart because the bill that biden passed was if blueprint from bernie. what does that result in? increased inflation. what bernie sanders wants to do is spend more money. that's not very smart but he is smart to be able to say i'm not biden, i would be different, you got to do this or that and he tries to be all things to all people, not what americans are for. biden's presidency is getting a one star yelp review but he says i'm doing great. when we get his clips all the newspaper hollars give -- articles that make things look good atmore thing happening here is midterm election when you have one party rule, that means it's a check on one party rule and it's a referendum on biden. it's not a choice between biden and trump or whoever else so people are going soy say what can the republicans do. the number one thing the republicans want to do if they take the majority is symptom bad things from happening. that's the number one job. then they can talk about what they're for.

oz for using senator bernie sanders as a point of attack against fetterman during his campaign. >> heng about bernie, bernie sanders, you know, three years ago, he was on his show, and he hugged him, he said, i love this guy. you know why, why don't you pretend you live in vermont instead of pennsylvania and run against bernie sanders because all you can do is talk about bernie sanders. my truth is that health care is a fundamental right. and i believe some expanding that and i believe in supporting for health care, the kind of health care that saved my life. >> joinsing us now is rebecca tracer, new york at large new york magazine, rebecca, it's great to see you. thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me, alex. >> so, i want to know what you think about the debate. one of the things -- you have such a thoughtful and way about about fetterman trying to present running one of the highest stakes in the country. and one of the things you pause pose in your article is that fetterman is trying to turn a vulnerability into an asset here. do you think he did so on the stage toni

michael, democrats have this complicated relationship with bernie sanders over the decades. >> no. i don't think it helps. i would -- he would not be the surrogate i would call on. i know he's coming to pennsylvania. he won't be with john fetterman. he's not necessarily coming for the candidates. he's coming to get out the vote. i saw the states, wisconsin, michigan, florida, joe biden beat him by 20 points in those democratic primaries. the other problem for democrats is shedding this character republicans are good at with tagging them as socialists and that has to do with bernie sanders. in miami-dade county, biden did 20 points worse than hillary as a result of this messaging from republicans on socialism. >> i don't know that like bernie sanders is in danger of losing democratic voters. i think he's going after specific voters. he could bring out some new voters. if you're a democrat, you need all the help, bring in all the troops. and bernie sanders speaks to a certain group of the party. >>> an iranian athlete who broke law competing without a head covering is now back

senator bernie sanders warning to focus on the economy and working class instead of putting chips on ator sanders from vermont, as you know, told "the guardian this. well it must remain on the front burner commit would be political malpractice, excuse me, for democrats to ignore the state of the economy. that warning from sanders cummins has a report out this week says, "the dems have poured millions of dollars into more than 100 abortion focused ads in battleground states." here is a sample of what voters are seen. >> steve shabbat is obsessed with banning abortion. >> he is lying about his extreme position, no exceptions even for victims of even when a woman's life is on the line. >> voted against protecting rights to abortion in new york and reproductive freedom under assault. >> even vote to ban abortion with no exceptions even for victims of rape. the thought of him in congress is terrifying. the one when you look at all of the polling and not just a few aggregates outliers but everything, the economy and crime are often so much higher than abortion. why so much money on this? >>

senator bernie sanders, himself a millionaire who owns 3 houses says no one should be worth $1 billion and would impose an 8% tax on the very very rich most of whom made their own fortunes, 70% of the forbes 400 are self-made men and women. no one is any poorer because of mega fortunes. enriching the rich by ms. a rating of the poor was public policy. ask louis the sixteenth, by giving everybody a better and cheaper way to shop made all of us richer. bernie sanders had his honeymoon in the soviet union, i have been to moscow, it is very gay, anyway on the first of may. these ideologues are insensibly ignorant of the most basic economics. not only with a wealth tax be hard and expensive to administer, it would have devastating effects on the entire american economy and population. jeff bezos had to pay 8% of his networking taxes every year he would have to sell 8% of his vast holdings of amazon stock, that would cause the price of amazon stock to drastically decline, the anticipation of the sale would cause it to decline, with 8% of net worth. but directly and indirectly, millions of mi

fetterman during his campaign. >> he keeps talking about bernie sanders.three years ago he was on his show, and he hugged him, and said i love this guy. you know, why don't you pretend that you live in vermont instead of pennsylvania and run against bernie sanders? because all you can do is talk about bernie sanders's, the truth is, that health care is a basic fundamental right, and i believe in expanding that, and i believe about supporting fighting for health care, the kind of health care that saved my life. >> joining us now is rebecca tracer, writer at large for new york magazine, who's been reporting on john fetterman's senate campaign, it's great to see you tonight, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me, alex. >> so, i want to know what you thought of this debate. one of the things, you have such a thoughtful and incisive way of kind of presenting how fetterman is trying to work through these health issues in the context of running, probably the highest stakes senate campaign in the country. one of the things you pause it in your article

ideologues like bernie sanders, he had his honeymoon in the soviet union, please remember.stephen sondheim once wrote i've been to moscow, it's very gay. we'll, anyway, on the 1st of may. these ideologues are often invincibly ignorant of the basic economics. not only would wealth tax be extremely hard and offensive to minister, he would have negative impact on the entire american economy in the entire american population. if jeff bezos had to pay a percent of his net worth and taxes every year, he would have to sell 8% of his vast holdings of amazon stop. that of course would cause the price of amazon stop to drastically decline. indeed, just the markets anticipation of the sale would cause it to decline, costing bezos far more than 8% of his net worth. amazon's top is held not just by jeff bezos, but directly and indirectly from millions of middle class americans in their 401k a counts, irate, pension funds and annuity counts. about two thirds of corporate stock today is held not by pluto crowds but by ordinary americans. multiply jeff bezos is blows under a wealth tax by

and i think that's the message that bernie sanders has. just a quick point to tack on to the earlier discussion. the concern that i have with not being able to talk about a variety of issues ask then not investing in a lot of these candidates is that it may have a chilling effect. you look at barnes and other candidates that are running statewide offices, these are young candidates. this is the future of our party. if we're sending the message we don't want to invest in you and don't believe that you can talk about all of the issues that really do affect so many other voters in the state, then that sends a message that perhaps the democratic party is not for them. and that's not where we should be. wesz moore is talking to voters in many different ways across many subject areas in maryland. that is a paradigm for the future. and i think the party should be investing in that. >> so jonathan, another major issue. we know it's important from polls is the state of our democracy. it's going to continue to be in the headlines because of the janu

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bernie sanders came close to winning the democratic vote in 2016.nie sanders, instead of calling that out, went along with it and he was awarded in 2020 when he was searching in the primaries before nevada, he was russia gated. that's how the democratic party rewards even progressives who are loyal to their part, agenda. maybe nuclear war prospect will wake them up. >> tucker: you would think so. thank you for that. i appreciate it. two things voters will punish you for our high gas prices and inflation, so joe biden is selling off this country's most valuable accent stomach asset, and they're lying about inflation numbers but we have the real numbers ahead. plus a drag suit stomach show for halloween? not every mother is in favor of this. we'll be right back. >> we won't have those bidding on the school board who oversees the education of our children. you all stepped out of line. you should be ashamed! ♪ ♪ >> tucker: will the attorney general of the united states merrick garland has ordered federal agents to investigate parents who dared to compla

bernie sanders is right.month of trying to sell abortion as the only issue that americans should care about and expect some results with it. bernie sanders lost the presidentall primary but won the policy war. joe biden implemented the bernie sanders economic plan to try to address the economy post covid and things are much worse, right? gas prices, inflation, every metric things are much worse. so it is not that they don't have a plan. it's that we've seen it and it is awful, right? so i think most americans are reacting to that and then contrasting it with the economy under republican leadership which is a much different place than we find ourselves now. >> dana: the cash on hand or the house side for democrats versus republicans, look at the republicans are just way above the democrats on this. now that's party money. does this graphic tell us the whole story what's going on? some people like governor kemp for example constantly says we have to run like we're ten points down and we're being outresourced. >

the worst inflationary periods we've seen in years under the biden administration, even senator bernie sanders is expressing concern about voter turnout. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young peep and he will working people voting det crammic and i think again what democrats have to do is contrast their economic plan with the republican. i think it is important to take the attack to republicans, what do they want to do other than complain? >> carley: we spoke with candidate cory mills. >> almost every single american today, it is costing extra month of salary to buy things they bought just 22 months ago, reality is we have 40-year high inflation, we are cpi 8.3%. gas prices are record high, criminalality is record high, things are not going well for the democrats and they want to change the narrative so it doesn't highlight failures in policy. >> carley: if democrats don't pay attention to what the american people need, it could cost in the midterm. polling averages show the arizona senate race, republican blake masters is only down 2.5 points from mark kelly. republican

but senator bernie sanders says that exclusive focus is a huge mistake. s is wuith us. thanks so much for joining us. tell us why you think that's a mistake. >> first of all, i happen to believe that the supreme court decision overturning roe versus wade is an absolute outrage. i think democrats have the fight to make sure it is women who control their own bodies, not the government. so, i think this is a very important issue. but i don't believe it can be the only issue. at a time when we have an economy in which the wealthiest people, the billionaire class, are getting much, much richer, while working people are struggling to put food on the table, it goes without saying that we have got to focus on the economy and demand that we have a government that works for all of us and not just wealthy campaign con try connecticut tr not one of them is going to vote for legislation that makes it easier for workers to join unions. not one of them is going to vote to guarantee health care for all people, nor will they vote to raise taxes on billionaires at a time wh

far left senator bernie sanders, socialist, ring into the g.o.p.'ite a new poll showing more voters trust the g.o.p. over democrats to handle major issues including the economy. >> steve: ohio republican congressman jim jordan joins us early on this monday morning. jim, good morning to you. >> good to be with you guys. >> steve: you know, coming up two weeks and one day from today, people have a choice. do you like the way things are going? it's like that old ronald reagan saying are you better off today than you were in this case two years ago. i would like to see the hands of people who say yeah, i'm in great shape today. >> no, everyone understands what has happened, steve. we went from i always say this election is about four issues plus freedom. we went from secure border to no border. safe streets to record crime. $2 to $4 gas. stable price to record inflation. in addition to doing that to families in our communities and our country, the democrats have assaulted our liberties, too. they have weaponized government to come after you, your first

just before airtime, i spoke with vermont senator bernie sanders on the democrats strategy. >> senator, you said you've been working on the campaign blitz because you are concerned that the energy level for the younger working class foreign is not as high as you think it should be, why do you think that is? >> i don't know, but i do know that in recent years we've seen a significant uptick in young people participating in elections 2018 to 2020. and i just want to make sure that given the fact we have a younger generation that is quite progressive. people who are concerned about economics in the sense that they are standard of living is lower than their parents can afford. can't vote housing have a past minute concerned about racism and sexism and homophobia in the phobia. i just want to make sure that they understand how terribly important this election is. and see if we can get them out to vote. >> he warned democrats should not focus solely on the issue of abortion. traditionally, even people who say that abortion is an important issue for them, it has not been an issue that is top

at one point, the tv doctor from new jersey attacks fetterman for being a bernie sanders fan, proponent and fetterman responded. >> it's the oz rule. he's on tv and he's lying. so, i never supported any of that thing. you know, he keeps talking about bernie, bernie sanders. you know, three years ago, he was on his show and he hugged him, he said, i love this guy! you know what? why don't you pretend that you live in vermont instead of pennsylvania and run against bernie sanders. because all you can do is talk about bernie sanders, because my truth is is that health care is a basic, fundamental right, and i believe in expanding that, and i believe about supporting, fighting for health care. the kind of health care that saved my life. >> joining me now, claire mccaskill, former democratic senator of missouri. claire, you've been closely following these races. you know what it is to run in a contested, high-profile senate race. your thoughts on this one debate tonight? >> well, keep in mind that doctor oz was a guy that managed to sell millions of women on the idea that all they had to do

first we have the bernie sanders casual.k. joey: i have him in my group hunting picture. then we have the spirit halloween store itself. for any abandoned building that probably used to be a blockbuster or kmart that takes your hopes and dreams. but this is the one i really like. this one will be president trump. it will show president trump it says the greatest president of all time labeled president trump, let's juxtapose this with something actually for sale. this will be vice president biden. >> it's also on sale. i guess nobody wanted to buy them. >> despite inflation were actually on sale. david: it's called getting less value for your vote. i have been to spirit halloween. this is c -- this is capitalism. bernie sanders the communist. they have per it halloween. they are selling costumes and cultural appro a -- appropriate. halloween is something you can't be in your daily life and going out and have fun being it. up until thrice woke activists, nobody cared. frankly i have appropriated just about everything out there

our, you worked with bernie sanders as a deputy campaign manager in 2020.at there are working class anti establishment republican voters out there that democrats can still win over? if so, do you believe dams need to go more left more, populace, more progressive to win them over? >> i think what we need to do, i think bernie has pointed this out. talk about the economic accomplishments. talk about the things that have been done. just this weekend, millions of americans, hundreds of thousands of young people signed up on the treasury department, sorry, the department of education website to get their student loans forgiven. republicans are fighting against that. look, i know there is disagreement about the policy even within the party. here is the main point. republicans will be in a position of now taking something away from those kids. they have said they want to get rid of that student loan payback. sorry, the student loan forgiveness. there is -- that is something you can campaign on. republican candidates have said, as bernie has pointed out, they want

plus, senator bernie sanders on while he says control of congress will come down to an economic message. and rebecca -- on the campaign trail recovery of john fetterman and the tv doctor attacking him for his health. >> after having that stroke, i really understand, you know, much more of the challenges that americans have died in a day out. all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. whatever you think of the ex president and his brazen lies in his ludicrous lawyers and his alleged crimes, donald trump's strategy is kind of working. look, it's undeniably the case that he improperly took extremely classified documents it's that them at his florida home, slash resort. those documents reportedly even included nuclear secrets. some of the most closely guarded information the u.s. government halt. and then trump lawyers apparently misled the government about the nature and number of those documents. none of that is really in question, but the thing, is this is an august and we are not talking and more about the classified documents scandal itse

how do you respond to bernie sanders argument?out the economy but they never vote for legislation that would help working people? which is raising the minimum wage. >> such as cutting taxes, such as returning surpluses back to lower property taxes and creating more economic opportunity at home? look, i don't think i have to tell you, bernie sanders doesn't even represent the democrat party. he's a socialist. no, there's no answers there. he thinks we should look to europe. europe is in worse shape than americans, for goodness sake. sorry, bernie, you don't have the answers. good fiscal discipline is what is going to help bring us through the recession. yes, the recession is real. we haven't even begun to find feel the beginning of it. i can explain if you really want to. 23, 24, 25, that is when things are going to get really tight. we're still gonna have high wages, still gonna have high energy costs, fuel costs, gas costs. this is also going to be elevated under this democrat it administration. there's a tough storm to be weathe

we're hardly endorsing bernie sanders' program, but bernie sanders can think clearly. democratic party hated what he had to say. so they picked a guy, who had nothing going on downstairs, flatlining mentally, so they could control him. that's exactly what they're doing with fetterman. chris bedford is the executive director of common-sense society, which we badly need. chris bedford, thank you so much for coming on. >> good to be here. >> tucker: so you're a bigot if you want a senator who can use language? >> that's kind of wild to see one of those examples that you posted of tammy duckworth, somebody in a wheelchair, beat a sitting republican senator, senator mark kirk, because he had suffered from a stroke. because he had suffered from that stroke in office, he lost the endorsement from the "chicago tribune," got hard questions by reports about his ability to do the job. fetterman told us a few months ago, aside from missing a word, mushing one or two up, he was fine. now we see he's completely not fine. people want to call it ableism. the point of an election is wh

including james carville and bernie sanders. h an op-ed for "the guardian" democrats should not focus on abortion midterms. ainsley, james carville said essentially the same thing. >> ainsley: a lot of the consultants think if all we do is run abortion spots that we will win pier that will be a win for us. i don't think so. it is a good issue but if they are pummeling you with crime and the cost of you have to be more aggressive than yelling abortion every other word. >> brian: if you look at the economy and inflation 1 out of 2, at the border and crime is surging. please tell us the democrats look good in any of those four. they look good on election integrity and they look good on abortion. those and they want to put donald trump front and center. the former president has done a great job, but the rally aside not making himself the news. and he currently will make his announcement after midterms either way. so i think he has laid back. i don't think a lot of people thought he would buddies letting the candidates be the story. >

bernie sanders was a master of this in the 2016 campaign. stacey abrams does this. obviously aoc is a media person herself. for the most part, there is still a reticence to embrace progressive media. if the leadership does not, we cannot get the public to do it either. >> what about abortion messaging? a lot of people i'm around think the party is not bold enough, laying low when we should be fighting back. this is the time to not dillydally. and there are other people who say, we can only do so much, aoc obviously believes otherwise, but what do you think? >> i always have sympathy for people who work in the white house and have limited tools to serve -- to do what people care about. there's nothing he can do with his pen that will undo what was done or protect millions of people who just lost rights. but i do think, and i thought aoc's twitter thread on this, really resonated with a lot of people in my life who are interested in politics but don't work in it. what she did was say to recognize the urgency of the situation and say we need a plan. even if they plan o

in the piece from bernie sanders, he wants to raise the taxes on billionaires. according to forbes, 735 billionaires and 4.7 trillion in wealth. even if you raise their taxes you will not get us out of the spending hole we have created. they want the windfall profits tax, raise the federal minimum wage to $15, wages are up and that's contributing to inflation. >> sandra: but the real wage growth is actually down. >> real wages are -- >> sandra: not keeping pace with inflation, so actually negative. obviously huge part of the midterm elections that we are quickly approaching. mike. >> mike: the first debate between two senate candidates in ohio gets testy on stage. democratic congressman tim ryan facing off against j.d. vance in a race that could determine the balance of power in critical battleground ohio. the senate hopeful slamming on abortion and immigration and one of the most contentious debates of the general election season so far. >> if you get raped, j.d. vance and others will say you have to have that baby, state mandated pregnancies for a rape victim,

not bernie sanders or gavin newsom. gretchen whitmer is the covid lockdown queen. if you look through the list of potential candidates, there is no centrist, moderate who could possibly do that. those are the voters who will deliver the election to the republicans in november. they went to the democrats and they are swinging back. >> bill: that answer got worse if you listen to the next 15 seconds of it. he asked what does your wife think about it and it was just a stammer and stutter and a pause. marc, nice to see you on a monday. nice to start the week with you. thank you. >> same to you. >> dana: also hear alarming new data as the border crisis is one of the top issues for voters in the mid-terms. customs and board are patrol announced agents arrested nearly 2.4 million migrants over the past 12 months. that's the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year. another record more than 227,000 migrants were stopped last month. we'll have much more on this coming up with former border patrol chief rodney scott. >> bill: in the classroom a grim report on the impact

bernie sanders thinks democrats should be talking about inequality and how the republicans don't have fix inflation and that they should be not talking so much about abortion rights. listen to what he said. >> i happen to believe that a woman's right to control her own body is absolutely where we should be and that the supreme court decision was a total disaster, but i also happen to think that given the fact that for the last 50 years real wages for american workers are lower today than they are 50 years ago, that people can't afford health care, they can't afford prescription drugs. the democrats are simply abdicated and walked off the debate stage. they have allowed republicans to do all the talking. republicans talk about inflation. >> yeah. i mean, he says that the democrats should be hammering the fact that, you know, republican orthodoxy, cutting taxes, potentially cutting social programs, that would be a winning message for democrats but they haven't done it effectively. >> yeah, the democrats haven't a message. joe biden and others have tried to taut passage of things like th

i spoke with vermont senator bernie sanders on the democrats' strategy. ou said you were working on this pre-election campaign blitz because you feel the energy level is not as high as it should be. why do you think that is? >> well, i don't know. but i know in recent years we have seen a significant uptick in young people participating in elections, 2018 and 2020. and i just want to make sure that given the fact that we have a younger again ra er generatio quite progressive, people concerned about the fact their standard of living is lower than their parents, who have a passionate concern about racism and sexism, homo phobia, i want to make sure they understand how terribly important this election is and see if we can get them out to vote. >> you have warned the democrats should not solely focus on the issue of abortion. it has not been an issue that has been top of the list and certainly in exit polls of why people cast a particular ballot. you have said that democrats have to have an economic message to voters. do you think the democrats have overindexe

so, you know, bernie sanders couldn't get elected in pennsylvania. john fetterman is a bernie sanders democrat. i think dr. oz made those points last night. that was important. >> martha: senator casey, the other senator from pennsylvania said this about last night and about fetterman's candidacy. watch. >> this side that the speed of your response is somehow indicative of the way you would do the job is really faulty. i know this job well. john is prepared right now to be an effective senator. i think with even more months of recovery, he's going to be back to where he was. >> martha: so he's sticking by him. what is your response? >> well, where to begin. i mean, first of all, i know this job well. i've been doing this for 12 years. it's not about the speed of your response. john fetterman wasn't able to respond. he wasn't really able to give a good opening statement or closing statement which has nothing to do with response. look, a fundamental part of this job is engaging in dialogue. it's engaging on the senate floor. it's with constituents and

morning it's bernie sanders. because all you can do is talk about bernie sanders. >> mr. oz. would you support a trump 2024 rump -- run, and why? 60 seconds. >> i'll support whoever the republicans put up. >> donald trump has supported, you he has endorsed you. why won't you fully commit to supporting him in 2024? >> oh i do. i would support donald trump if he decide to run for president. >> do you support a biden run in 2024, why and 60 seconds? >> it's his choice whether he does, if he chooses to, ron i would support him. ultimately, that's his choice. >> joining us now to discuss, john micek, at her and chief at the capitol, star former philadelphia mayor,. michael nutter -- but he's going to matter to voters in pennsylvania? >> my social media is already blowing up with people meaning meaning this one, stephanie. the conversations very much alive. these are among some of the most engaged voters. you're correct, as to whether this is going to move the needle in the race, -- depending on the policy look, at it'll either be between five point and two points. i'll be skeptica

bernie sanders has been wrong before, but i like that he's going out there and making sure that peoplethink you're wrong. i think that democrats have a very good chance of keeping the senate. >> what do you think about the house? >> if we lose the house, it'll be 10 to 15. now, there's a lot of time still from now until election day, anything can happen. but right now here's what we're seeing. all of these national polls i don't think that they are measuring the phenomenal, incredible mobilization and energy that you see everywhere, most everywhere on this issue of abortion. >> let's talk about voting. >> in georgia -- yes, there's record numbers. >> part of early voting for strategists is to gauge the enthusiasm. >> correct. >> but who votes early? >> i want to address it. people who want to have their vote counted. but the thing is -- historically it's been democrats. >> my point is, i wonder with the ticket splitting and the idea there's no more pigeonholing and how you think about how to project a trajectory, does that factor into your points? how do you anticipate success? >> i th

is wrong. >> let me just say this, bernie sanders has been wrong, before but i like that he's goingmaking sure that people understand how important this election, is i think you're wrong, i think that democrats have a very good chance of keeping the senate. >> would you think in the house, where did they go? >> i think if we lose the house will be 10 to 15. >> there's a lot of time still from now to election day, and it can happen. but right now, here's what we're seeing. all these national polls, i don't think they're measuring the phenomenal, incredible mobilization and energy that you see everywhere, most everywhere on this issue of abortion. >> so let's talk about it. in georgia those record numbers. >> go back to, conversation part of early voting is to gauge the enthusiasm gap. but on this point -- >> who votes early? >> i want to address, it people who want to have their vote counted. >> historically it's been democrats. >> my point, is i wonder, with a ticket splitting, and the idea that there is no more pigeonholing, and the idea of how you think about projecting your traje

now you have alyssa slotkin blaming government spending for inflation and bernie sanders is saying torats don't make the midterms about abortion. are they so out of touch in d.c. that they don't know what is going on in the real world? >> they're out of touch in d.c. but in touch with what is going on the rest of the world. real interesting that slotkin would say this everybody knows that american recovery act, huge so-called covid relief bill passed in the first few months of joe biden's presidency, congressman spent way, way too much money, more than what was needed a lot of democrat wonks have been saying that for a long time. interesting that a member of congress says that. as far as bernie sanders and abortion issue, james carville is saying real issue it can't be our only issue. "politico" playbook this morning, basically asked, is the dobbs effect waning, meaning the effect from the supreme court dobbs decision, the abortion decision, is it becoming less powerful for democrats? what's happening is, it is waning and the big issue and what's always been the big issue, inflation i

bernie sanders and james carville have it right.ne when the parties let you know where they stand. the country is going to have an opportunity to choose, do you want prescription drugs that are negotiated by medicare which democrats won, but did not seem that republicans do, do you want to fully funded police bill the democrats all voted for, republicans tenant, and do you want the support, which many if not all democrats feels like some republicans don't. but this is not a statement about good or bad or these things, but these are things that i agree with. i think we should have medicare negotiating prescription drug prices. i think we should fund mental health services, when we were on a few months back it was a terrible day with the shooting, and we talked about the need for mental health services, and there has an opportunity to pass a bill, and going against it. these are things democrats should lay out. abortion alone is not going to lead us to victory, it's an important issue an important freedom that women and families and d

. >> i think aoc and certainly bernie sanders in his campaign. i talk about in the book about when we look at a trump rally and it's not a place i want to go, doesn't seem fun to me. it seems like his speeches are long and don't make a lot of sense but honestly the peoplethere are having a blast . and it's not just the people in the crowd that we see. obviously there's some pretty alarming things they're chanting but people want to be there and you see the photos and the reporters are doing their live shots before the event and it is like a festival, it's like renaissance fair, there are people dressed up as things. there selling all this swag and getting dressed up like donald trump. that's not my thing but i i think we need to think about politics in a way that is ni exciting. that was the core of obama was people wanted tobe there sanders , bernie aoc, i think stacy abrams in a different way brings people in and another one is who i have not seen this but i've heard this from a lot of people since i've been on the east oncoast is john fetterma

bernie sanders plans 19 events in 8 statements, butted biden's handlers are shielding him.y not have the stamina to do it. he may not have the focus to get through public appearances without a big gaffe. and besides, there are a lot of democrat candidates who don't want to be seen with the president when his approval rating is tanking. that's why there's a return to the basement strategy which biden used in the 2020 election. it worked then. the media gave him a pass. and by staying quiet, he avoided the stumbles that have plagued him ever since. but time around he's the president, and the basement is no place for a president to be. third hour of "varney" starts right now. ♪ ♪ stuart: jason chaffetz, the gentleman on the right-hand side of your with screen, joins me now. biden's gone back to the basement. it worked in 2020. do you think it works this time? >> i think it's their only option at this point, stuart. i don't know that it's so much that his handlers are trying to hide him as much as it is no democrat running for office wants to be seen with the guy. i mean, and k

people who were there to protect him. >> mandela barnes was endorsed early in the primary by bernie sanders. it helped vault him. meanwhile, senator sanders has been cautioning democrats to stay as focused on economic issues in the final weeks of the race as the party has been on the issue of abortion rights. senator sanders joins me now. welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be with you. >> look, i want to focus on -- this was an op-ed you wrote about a week or so ago. and you've said this in other programs. walk me through what you would be doing right now if you're in a battleground race. you've said abortion rights should be front and center. how would you be talking about the economic issues? >> well, number one, what the supreme court did was totally outrageous. it is women who should control their own bodies, not the government. number two, too many people have fought and died to defend american democracy. we cannot let right-wing extremists undermine what is so important to this country. that's the right of all people to participate in the political process. thirdly, and terr

bernie sanders is urging democrats not to just focus on the abortion issue. ical to focus the message on the economy and to present a pro worker agenda. sanders writes i'm alarmed to hear the advice that many democratic candidates are getting from establishment consultants and directors of well funded super pacs that closing argument of democrats should focus only on abortion. i disagree. in my view, while the abortion issue must remain on the front burner, it would be political malpractice for democrats to ignore the state of the economy and allow republican lies and distortions to go unanswered. none of what i'm suggesting here is radical. if we close this critical midterm campaign to meet the needs of working families to take on corporate greed and protect a woman's right to choose, we'll begin to rebuild the trust between democrats in washington and the working families of the country. and we'll win the election. joining us now, co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. he is an msnbc political contributor. good morning, jake. let's start there. >> good

i think aoc certainly bernie sanders of both of his campaigns. talk in the book we look at a trump rally, right? it's on the place i want to go. his noticing funds and being fair this pictures are very long we don't seem to makese a lot of suits. but honestly the people there having a blast. this is obviously alarming things are changing things like that. reporting live shot before that event is like a renaissance fair people dressed their family night thing about politics is a way that's exciting but wanted to view think bernie sanders, aoc carving stacey abrams in a different way brings people in. as i heard from a lot of people people are jazz to be around john fetterman. haven't talked about the moment you talk about injecting anti- government renderings in the strategy. >> the size and the government who the government is protecting who they are pressing. shrink the epa, osha and all of that. we would grow ultimately the republicans view government against an american is changing demographically and culturally and knowing people and politica

bernie sanders doesn't even represent the democrat party. he's a socialist.no answers there. he thinks we should look to europe. europe is in worse shape than america is, for goodness sakes. bernie, you don't have the answers. good fiscal hocks, fiscal discipline is what is going to help bring us through the recession. and, yes, the recession is real. we haven't even begun to feel the beginning of it. i can explain why if you want to. '23, '24, '25, that's when things are going to get tight. we're still going to have high wages, high fuel costs, energy costs, gas costs, this is going to be elevated under this democrat administration. so, there's a tough storm to be weathered here to be sure. >> what do you mean? what do you think is going to happen and why? >> so, look, everyone talks about the $5 trillion into the economy that has driven inflation. that's absolutely true. there's no doubt. what a lot of people don't realize, i think governors and a few of us who are actually in cha charge of allocating those dollars, only a fraction has been spent. it's all

you hear boris' report of a voter who supported bernie sanders in 2016 and is frustrated now because the problems at the border than democrats. look, biden is now using trump's title 42 policy to keep many migrants in mexico. we've seen a huge drop in venezuelan immigration. the biden numbers out tonight said 80% drop. will a drop like that help or hurt democrats because biden is using trump's policy? >> well, i think that what you heard there is two voters who are equally frustrated about a broken immigration system. and i don't blame them. this is something that presidents for decades have to deal with. what you see right now from republicans is they're attempting to politicize it while democrats are providing solutions. specific on biden's immigration policy, yes, he is -- people who are trying to come over illegally, he is having them wait in mexico. but he is using innovation and the program that he actually used for ukrainians who were trying to seek asylum to potentially use that to bring venezuelans who are seeking asylum. so what is different between biden and trump is not o