joining me now is democratic michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow.being here. tonight we've been talking a lot this evening about the war in gaza. even talk about trump v. haley and the schism within the republican party. i am really interested to hear from you how new acts factors are influencing the michigan electorate, and specifically the questions of reproductive freedoms. ivf, because of the alabama court ruling, has become a national issue, and i want to you can give me a sense of how that is playing out in your state in terms of animating independents, democrats, and even maybe republicans. >> look, i can tell you heading into this election year i think a lot of people felt a lot of fatigue at the thought of a rematch of 2020. but in the wake of the alabama ruling and a state representative here who has gained a lot of attention in the republican party recently who's called for an outright ban on contraception, it has fired people up. there has been phone banks and events organizing all around the state because this was an issue that michigan

the piece has received widespread criticism over the last few, days including from -- mallory mcmorrowcalled it not only irresponsible, but downright dangerous. that is because grossly mischaracterizing politicians, pro palestinian protesters living in the city. it conflates them with organizations like hamas and hezbollah, a country like iran. it makes no mention of the more than 27,000 people, many women and children killed inside of gaza, according to the palestinian health ministry. as the reason that the millions of people across the country and the world are protesting. this comes at a time where we are seeing rising anti-american and anti-muslim sentiments throughout the country. let's not forget that back in october, a six-year-old palestinian boy, he was stabbed to death by his landlord in an alleged anti muslim hate crime. in november, a former obama official was arrested after he was recorded taunting a new york city food vendor with islamophobic insult. he has since reached a plea deal on hate crime charges. in november, a man was arrested after shooting three palestinian s