bernie moreno is no politician, a self-made man fighting for the american dream, because he has lived it. moreno will fight to bring down costs, secure jobs, and secure the border to protect our children. ohio, we deserve results, and bernie moreno is responsible for getting that done. host: mr. wasserman, those are probably not new to you as far as the ads are concerned, but what do you make of those messagings? guest: democrats have ads going on because they have been able to stockpile for reelections, as republicans have new candidates in the mix. that gives them the opportunity to be able to define moreno and another before they can introduce them and define themselves into voters. in ohio, the abortion has been a flashpoint, and we have seen ohio vote by a large margin, double-digit, to enshrine access to abortion into the state constitution. democrats know that biden is unlikely to win the state. they can try to reframe the senate race around the abortion issue, because moreno had to get past the primary by taking a pretty conservative stance on the issue. in arizona, democrats

that puts the three-term senator at 3.5 million in the bank for lipsing his republican senator bernie morenoho had just 2.3 million on hand n york. and in new york, elise stefanik pulled in $7 million after focus on anti-semitism in a number of high profile hearings. that with compared to $5 million the previous quarter. >> washington, d.c. reporter for colorado public radio. and recently put out this piece a lot of people are running for congress right now not all of them will make it to colorado's primary ballot. what is the path to becoming a member of congress in colorado? >> well, there are two pretty fateful tasks one is petitioning on the ball lo. you correct signatures for congress this year it's 1500 ballot signature that is has to get approved by the secretary's office. the other one is the assembly pass where you make different pitches to congressional delegates. and finally if it happens at the state g.o.p. or the assembly make a pitch there and there candidates have to get that's 30% of the delegates to vote for them. and there is technically a third option which is called the h

this time , brown is running against businessman bernie moreno.ublicans want to replace a democratic senator and regain control of the united states senate. moreno tells his supporters that he is proud to be his donald trump personally supports the candidacy. i wonder if sherot brown is equally proud of the fact that he voted 99% in unison for the joe biden administration. one of the encouraging moments for the democrats. is how decisively ohio voters last year rejected republican efforts to limit abortion rights in the state. reproductive rights activist veronica ingham said the situation showed that ohioans are voting for their interests, not their party's policies. americans support abortion rights and will come vote to protect these rights. voters made it clear that this is not a controversial issue. residents of ohio from different sides. but a victory on reproductive rights in ohio may not be enough for a democrat in the presidential race. ohioans run the gamut from moderate to liberal when it comes to values. they are not staunch conservati

montana and ohio i am happy to welcome democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio, running against bernie morenoguy who has made election to nihilism a focus of his campaign can --. senator, we know the top issues in your campaign across the state is the economy but how do you make them care that the presumptive republican nominee is on trial right now for election interference and he has three more on the way. things like that feel abstract to the voter, but they are the very foundation of what makes our democracy work. >> well, i focus on my job. i know there's plenty for pundits to talk about on politicians in washington and media people and i think it is one of the reasons people don't much like washington. today i was in toledo, this morning, and i did an event with two people who were paying way more for their insulin than they can afford. they are now, because of what we have done, bringing the price of insulin to $35 a month and in the future, we are going to put a limit on out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs for medicare. those are the issues people listen to and what people vote

and today, we have jd vance and we might have bernie moreno, whose claim to fame is they want to be puppets for donald trump. and it's not what we should be about. and that's why i referenced that new yorker piece. >> in what i wrote. because new yorker had a book review that looked back and said, the reason hitler came to the fore wasn't because a bunch of people went and voted to have a fascist leader it was because the people in government, in trying to get power for themselves a him >> and that allowed >> him to rise. that's what we have going on. everybody knows what the truth is that the people in congress were there, they were under threat from it. but for expedience, they're denying it happened do you think that those people who are looking to enable donald trump, as you >> say, what is the level of culpability here? i mean, obviously you're talking about trump himself and his the actions that he takes and his role in trying to hang on to power. but these enablers mean what responsibility do they bear >> i think they have full responsibility. i think journalists who veer from the tr