joining me now is jamie harrison. jamie, if i could get my words out today. i'm flubbing them all over the place. talk to me about the message last night. the ryan win seemed to be particularly salient. he beat molinaro who is a much better known politician. what does that say to you? >> last night showed across the country voters are excited to defeat these extreme republicans who are running for congress. these are folks who don't believe in choice, who don't believe in reproductive freedom, who don't believe in voting rights, who, hell, are against helping veterans and prescription drugs. the last five since the dobbs decision including what happened in kansas are showing people are fed up, tired of it and they're pushing back and not going to be silent anymore. >> did you feel like republicans sort of misread the landscape? they're still talking about crime and inflation, gas prices have been down for, what, 60 something days. mitch mcconnell assailed president biden for for giving student loans which young voters really like. are they misreading the land

dnc chair jamie harrison. good afternoon. thanks for being with us. >> good afternoon. thank you for having me. >> nbc news has a new poll out about the top issues facing americans right now in their words, and it actually shows abortion behind threats to democracy, cost of living, jobs and the economy. how do you focus your message? what is the central message of the democratic party leading up to the midterms? >> well, this is the thing, abortion is very akin to threats of democracy. it's about women's right to reproductive freedoms, to control their own bodies. it's freedom. democracy is built on freedom. and what we see is a full-fledged assault by the republican party, this extreme party, to go after the rights of the american people. not only women's rights -- this is the first time in 50 years we've seen a retreat in rights as americans, but women's rights to control their body, voting rights, rights to free speech in this country are being attacked by the republicans and banning books right and left. that's what we see from the republican party, a party that is

despite breaking just about every record with nearly $110 million coming in at 2020, jamie harrison, a democrat, beaten by lindsey graham, a healthy 10 points, and i mean, newt gingrich, who knows more about this, he joins me now. mr. speaker, senate candidate turned into democratic senate candidate, as mentioned, charlie crist won his primary in november. should he be worried here? >> i have known him since he was a republican state senator in 1984 at the reagan convention in dallas. i think that he would be a great model and he was a democrat, republican, huge staying power and he needs to beat somebody by a big margin and he will come out, coming out of the general election, the biggest margin in modern times and charlie crist, he says he doesn't exist. he has no political stance, he has no platform that matters, he has no values that matter, but he is a very energetic guy. and so he has been part of it for a while. >> kicking out marco rubio in the senate as well, right now the media is certainly rooting for this candidate. >> he may have the best chance. >> marco rubio is in rea

but curt i want to come to you, the doj chair jamie harrison was asked about the biden semi fascist comment and how it squares with his calls for unity. watch. >> the one thing president joe biden has been is always been consistent and he has always been somebody who does what my grandfather used to do which is speak it plain, say it plain to the american people. and what we see right now is a full frontal attack by these extreme maga republicans in this country. >> sean: he's consistent, curt. what say you? >> he's consistent all right, sean. he's been a consistent more on for 50 years in washington and now he's a senile one as well. i don't need to be lectured on patriotism by some guy who got out of military service with a case of asthma that disappeared as soon as the draft hit. i deployed for my country two times. i don't need to be questioned by this hack or any of his hack friends like this clown. this is incredibly destructive. this is incredibly destabilizing. look, i served in places where the norms fellow way, where the system fell apart, where it turned into conflict because one

and twenty twenty democrat jamie harrison was beaten by lindsey graham by a pretty healthy 10 pointsy and i p mean, come on , newt w gingrich, who knows more about thisho fox news contributorns and author of defeating big government socialism joins me now m. mr. speaker, republican governor turned independent senate candidate turned think i have this right. democrat senate candidate, as bret mentioned, charlie, the christie crist, he won his primary, going to take on ronda santurce in november should the be worried here. newt? look, i think i've known charlie crist since he was a republican state senator in 1980. before at the reagan convention in dallas. i thinkk charlie would be a great modeli for a broadway play that was a musical comedyl because his whole life is amazing. i mean, he was a democrat. he's a republican . independent, but he has huge staying power. and i think ron d.a. needs to beat somebody by a big margin. i think that charlie is a perfect example and i think ron will come out of the governor, d.a. will come out of this general election with probably a huge the bigg

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