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is that leaders like gary peters, debbie sabinal, haley stevens, brenda lawrence, who worked with president biden to pass the first major gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years? that is what is at stake right now. michigan, who will fight for your freedoms? is it a bunch of about what can politicians and judges who think they should get to sign when you start a family or how many children you have, who you marry or who you love. or is that leaders like gretchen whitmer who believe that the freedom to make these personal decisions belongs to every american, not politicians in washington. that is the choice selection. that is why you have to decide. who is going to fight finally. who is going to fight to make our democracy actually work? i've been reading off on some of these candidates on the other side. lord have mercy. they have promise, they have promised that if they get control of congress, they will spend the next two years investigating their political opponents, according to joe biden. some of them said, they will impeach joe biden when they ask, they are not sure yet you are laug

that i just talked about, what is at stake in next month's midterms is the veteran congresswoman brenda lawrenceot want to belittle anybody's experience with inflation. we're all feeling it. it has been transformed into something that republicans in particular running for congress are blaming joe biden and democrats for specifically when in fact there is no economic evidence or mathematical evidence or any kind of evidence that is actually true. >> it is absolutely not true. >> of course she said more. look, republicans are the single issue party. that is inflation. i don't know if that is true or not but i think they're accepting defeat to republicans have controlled the messaging on inflation and the economy. stuart: i did notice that ali veshri wearing a jacket. lauren: what kind of hat? stuart: i have no idea. new study more than half workers want to work overtime or take on more shifts to help them deal with inflation. we'll talk to mike rowe about that in our next hour. >>> the demand for gas down. is that a recession indicator. i will ask gas buddy's patrick de haan is on the show. he is

let's look at the election issue, you discuss at some length yesterday with brenda lawrence.and that's a number of people, republicans in particular are arguing people need to go out and vote against the biden administration, and the democrats because they are causing inflation. in america, inflation does not break the top ten in the hundred economies of the world which are all suffering from inflation. it is not higher than the eu, the uk, it is not higher than the neverland's. but somehow, republicans have had some success in getting this pen done at democrats. how do you respond to that? >> i will be blunt. i will start with the most recent building inflation act, republicans have no kind of planet, nor do they talk about anything. we kept insulin at the cost of $35 per month. republicans voted against a strict out of the bill, a proposal that would've kept insulin at $35, so people with private insurance plans, they kept the amount of money people would have to pay for their insurance, their prescriptions at $2,000. and we were going to negotiate the drug prices. but also

. >> lawrence: brenda, i want to go to you you are a woman who started a women's group for firearms told this organization and this safe space almost for women? >> sure, this is actually terry's organization. i'm one of the students. so, i sought him out a little over two years ago because of all the riots and looting and stuff like that that was going on. also, just the rise in crime. did i not feel safe. i had a firearm at home. i did not know how to utilize it. and so i thought it was important to be a responsible gun owner to learn how to use that appropriately and so that way i am not a harm to others and i can protect myself and my family. >> lawrence: thank you so much. martina, you're a g.o.p. rep. what are elected officials doing to solve this problem and i don't want to just put the onus on you. because this is happening all across the country and yet, you hear story after story and victims feel like our elected leaders aren't doing anything to solve the problem. what can you tell them? >> you know, i would just say that crime and safety of our public is a top priority for le