doug mastriano: right. [applause] rebbie mastriano: we believe it is a woman's right to raise a child in a safe community where the government enforces the law and prosecutes crime. it is a woman's right to live in a nation with a secure border. [applause] and it is a woman's right to the first amendment. so important. but we are pennsylvanians, after all. it is also a woman's right to the second amendment. [applause] oh, yes. doug mastriano: come on. [applause] rebbie mastriano: and it most certainly is a woman's right to compete in sports that are not dominated by men. [applause] if everyone here would take up the challenge to tell 10 new people about doug before november 8, we are going to kick some serious butt, people. we really are. [applause] doug mastriano: fantastic. [laughter] she is going to be the best first lady ever, huh? oh, yeah. let's do this. wow. i've got to hit a few points here since the media covers for josh all the time, playing defense for their boy. let's see. he has a record he can

if you want school choice, doug mastriano is your only choice.applause] josh shapiro sued to keep you in masks, sued to keep your kids locked down and your business to shut down. he looked the other way when our loved ones were dying in homes, didn't care. supports the release of thousands of criminals and on and on. that is life under schapiro. but i know we will choose wisely on tuesday and have a new day in pa. on day one of my administration, we will be out of reggie, no carbon tax. on day one, we will drill and dig like never before, that is right. this part of the state, you will see incredible jobs -- sleepy joe wants to close down our coal plants. [booing] josh shapiro loves his party more than the people, he will do whatever he is told by party leadership. he is too dangerous. if you want to keep your jobs you have to have doug mastriano in town, that is right. on day one, all masking and jab requirements are over forever in pennsylvania. [applause] that's right. that's right. oh yeah, come on now, let's do this. on day one, no more crit

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was it small because of mastriano's far-right policies and election denialism? nope!s is facebook suppressing conservative speech. the reason there aren't people here is because facebook is silencing these people? silencing them, yes. they're saying the numbers are suppressed because facebook suppress... probably suppressed it. well, how did you figure out to come today? i got the information from facebook, actually. oh yeah, okay. so facebook might be suppressing people from coming here. -yeah. -but that's how you found it. -that's how i found it. -that's how i found it. a very maga rally without the heat of trump was almost relaxing. but there is a danger here. it's not that maga supporters are the majority. it's that they refuse to believe they may not be. if doug loses the election, will you believe it? doug's not going to lose the election, so there's nothin' for me to believe. let's say if the news comes out and it says that he did indeed lose, is it possible that it's not fraud? it has something to do with this turnout? no. there's no way a man who had 75 peopl

rich mentioned the activist in mastriano. i would be looking very carefully, i don't think it's gonna be a lot of voters. but there may be some republicans who vote for mastriano and don't vote for us. and you know, if it's ten or 20,000 people that can make a difference, in a race like this there's nuances are gonna be really important. >> let me ask you, each just a quick question here is kind of a big picture. looking about the map here when it comes to the senate, rich all start with you. a stay, if you could give me a state where republicans are feeling generally good right now. where you think maybe they ought to be a little bit more worried. in a state where republicans you think might be poised to do well but they were not talking about right now. >> well, they're being talked about. but arizona and new hampshire have really come back on to the board. we talked about arizona all along as a swing state. but masters has tighten that up, i think that's a toss-up. i think new hampshire is a toss-up, and if i'm not mistake

he is not just financially, but strategically different from mastriano. that looks like a classic pennsylvania race, and can for the republicans. host: we're going to see other candidates coming in. we saw president biden and the vice president last week. we will see them again. i think president obama also expected to pay a visit. i think former trump is going to visit as well. guest: this coming weekend is going to look like a very busy week and, as it often is in pennsylvania this time of year. president trump is coming out from that southwestern area where he had a lot of success with rural working class voters. he will be up there to try to rally republican support. president biden, we expect him to be back. he was just there this we can. president obama is expected to be in. the final details have not been firmed up yet, but we expect him to come. we expect obama and biden will likely go to democratic strongholds. resin biden's ratings overall are not great, but if he goes to deeply boot -- deep blue areas, he can likely turn i democratic base. the

so i hit up a mastriano rally to see if that kind of seditious gumption makes him governor material. the fact that mastriano went to the capital, does that disqualify him from being your candidate? no, no, 'cause everybody makes emotional mistakes. that's what happened at, uh, calvary. a whole bunch of people got caught up, including the state, and they killed jesus. let he who has not been a part of an insurrection -cast the first stone. -there ya go. i'd trust that man with my life. -his appearance at january 6th? -[man] uh... qualify or disqualify him? i got no comment on january 6th. a big part of his identity is based on the fact that he is somebody who went to january 6th. he spent his own money to pay for busses to get people to go to january 6th. i tell you, you're crucifying a man for going down there. the man wanted to support his president. the events had a negative connotation on our country. -i came and supported him here. -[jordan] mm-hmm. i mean, we're gonna crucify me 'cause i came here? how many cops were injured here? were there any deaths? all right, so there's-- t

he's experienced. >> do you worry mastriano is too extreme? >> yes. >> reporter: in the race for governor, some traditional republicans like the devines are leaning away from their party's nominee, doug mastriano, criticized by democrat josh shapiro as an extremist. >> my body, my choice is ridiculous nonsense. >> what i know about mastriano comes from shapiro's advertisements. >> looking at the senate race, what pushed you towards oz instead of fetterman? >> i think that fetterman, during the debate, he wasn't able to say what he was going to do and how he was going to solve the specific problems. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, it's not just a smattering of voters. several unions are splitting endorsements between parties in the state's top races. pollster quiz boarig says it's about who's on the ballot. why are we seeing this trend now? >> i think it's in some places a reflection of the party's going to the extremes. >> reporter: in the governor's race, polling shows democrat josh shapiro leading his republican opponent by a wide margin, whil

governor race shapiro attorney general with easy lead over mastriano that is still about a third of the vote in. here is big one. at that point in the race, fetterman has a lead on dr. oz. at 37% in. difference about 91,000. here is what i would watch in pennsylvania. eerie in northwest, pittsburgh allegheny county, philadelphia here in southeast and these counties that surround it, if you a democrat, that is where you win in pennsylvania, if you a republican try to keep the vote down in places like pittsburgh and philadelphia. have we yet to check in on new york. here is -- sorry the senate race, schumer called not much of a race. the governor race in new york. kathy hochul right now with 64%. lee zeldin under 36%. a lot of votes still outstanding. long island on house races. a lot of keen interest in new york about the house races. you don't find a lot of drama often in new york. look atmell -- is doing in staten island it would have been 50/50 race. right now she is easy winner with close. checking in here this is aoc. easy winner. 70% in boroughs of new york, this is maloney. we're

doug mastriano has pushed many more of them into our camp. they may be conservative in their beliefs, but one of the things they want to conserve is our constitutional republic. the former government we all inherited that has made our country what it is. i do think that has been very -- for them. the reality is that an environment of inflation, that is only one. group and we have to talk to this larger group of people that are struggling every time they go or try to go anywhere. the reality is -- for those very same people. we've done a lot tougher to lower their costs. and doctor oz does not know the first thing. we know they deliver script launch like a tv star, but if you actually asked him what he was going to chew to try to help a person who is on social security right now, you can't say much because your boss in this it is going to be a person like rick scott, who's actually admitted that he's acclimatized to eliminate social security altogether. so we make sure we're telling people to, truth around here. and that takes a lot of work. a

the race in pennsylvania between dug mastriano and shapiro leaning dem.the same goes for the new hampshire house race with that leaning towards the democrats. let's break this all down with lee carter maslansky + partners president and author. lee, let's start with new hampshire, the race for the second congressional district incumbent democratic congresswoman running for her sixth term whose big issue is abortion, bob burns, republican challenger whose big issue is inflation. burns, he was funded by democrat serve as you well know, agroup aligned with the democrats. how is that working out for the democrats? >> well, it looks like in some of the races that it is working okay but i think that it's a misstep by the democrats because they presume that they were going to lose. they presume that their issues weren't the winning issues so they tried to manipulate who the other candidate was going to be. we are starting see number one and two issues, inflation and crime are so much more important that the issues that democrats are running on which is abortion a

mastriano believed god would ensure his victory, so it was extra sweet when, this sunday, doug mastriano conceded to josh shapiro. ♪ lal louia! hallelujah ♪ yes, on a sunday. reminds me of the inspirational poster, where the lord says, "the times when you saw only one set of footprints on the beach, that's because i didn't wanna be seen anywhere near doug mastriano. he's koo-koo!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) before the-- ♪ hallelujah ♪ before the midterms, the former president had been teasing his 2024 presidential kickoff for tomorrow. right, it was supposed to be tomorrow. but now that so many of his candidates got creamed, republicans are advising him to delay his announcement until after the senate runoff in georgia. and so... he's gonna announce tomorrow. advisors to the former president claim he's eager to start attacking other potential g.o.p. hopefuls, saying, "i would expect him to come out swinging." which sounds scary at first. but remember: when he comes out swinging, it looks like this: ( laughter ) ( applause ) breaks my heart. breaks my heart. there's more chaos at twitter,

doug mastriano joins us now, running for governor in pennsylvania. just heard voting for you, voting in an election, is an attack on democracy. how does that work, i wonder. >> it doesn't work at all. i'm no hero, but 30-year veteran, colonel in the army, top-secret access, leading men and women on sensitive missions. really? november 3rd happens, i start hearing from constituents, i'm a state senator, and ask questions. we put a hearing together per our constitutional responsibilities. the rule is, tucker, only the democrats can ask questions like stacey abrams or hillary clinton. >> tucker: i don't understand why republicans put up this for one second. so many republicans over the past two years have said i don't want to have anything to do with the crazies. really? it's the responsibility of the people running the government to prove the system is not corrupt, and to do it with transparency. why doesn't anybody say that? >> it's as easy as that. you got nothing to hide, open up the books. >> tucker: yes. >> we were told glenn youngkin couldn't win

mastriano, josh shapiro running against doug mastriano in pennsylvania, he made that point last nightthe party of freedom if you are taking freedom away from women. voting rights and abortion rights are intertwined. >> absolutely. about a backsliding democracy comes from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. one of the things they speak about is that when a country begins suspending authoritarianism, you see curves on women's rights accelerating. this is the first time in history that we have had our supreme court, what is meant to be the highest court in the land, remove rights from americans. you start hearing from the horror stories. you hear about a ten-year-old rape victim in ohio who is forced to travel for care. a little girl who has not just -- not just men in power, some women saying this could be a blessing for her. anyone who's ever been through a sexual assault understands that you cannot force a person to compound their trauma. you should not. this is a moral issue. it's also an issue of medical safety. when you see this rollback, these curbs

in pennsylvania, democrat joshua pirro defeated doug mastriano by more than 14 points. mastriano, a prominent election denier just released a statement saying the results were not what he prayed for. however, he is a conceding the race. colorado's third congressional district, lauren boebert remains tied in an unexpectedly close race. according to new reporting, some people who voted for brokered two years ago said they were fed up with what seemed like her desire to grab the spotlight over fighting for them. republicans like mastriano and boebert push the idea that america is a christian nason and should be governed by christian leaders. they want to tear down the wall between church and state. performances by many of these candidates, it does not go away. i knew colin from time magazine reads, quote, christian nationalists systematically overestimate the strength in numbers. they will almost certainly do so in the future. these leaders and their followers are unlikely to be dissuaded from their mission and confronted with the reality of the shrinking numbers. the stru

mehmet oz, the senate candidate, and doug mastriano who's running for governor here.emember, trump is also midterm campaigning and has midterm campaigned across nevada, arizona, texas, florida, ohio. here in pennsylvania he's backed oz since the republican primary, one he narrowly won over david maccormack. oz has been campaigning on inflation and crime and returning the senate to republican control. >> we've got to unite. i'm a heart surgeon, i'm not a politician. i've got to bring everyone together. i can't have us divided. right now in america we need to bring a sense of balance to washington. washington's getting all these radical ideas, we need to cut through the partisan bickering and address the problems that you, me and everyone else wants to address. >> reporter: oz needs to win here for republicans to hold this seat. republican senator pat toomey is retiring. fetterman had a sizable lead this summer, it's now tightened. republicans are hoping former president trump can excite9 the base here, democrats are hoping the former president can ail general nate some

there was a concern about mastriano in republic circles. democrats spent a lot of money putting mastriano in the primary. in pennsylvania. sharpiro to his credit ran a tight race. a lot of people came in to support him. he will win in pennsylvania. >> another race we talk about whether or not there is a split division that voters have been sharpiro and dr. oz. a ways to go before a decision there. mastriano obviously could not stand up to the challenge of josh sharpiro who was very middle of the road and was well liked in the state of pennsylvania. 56-42 in that race. let's bring this republican tim scott who has a very good night. he will serve another term in the u.s. senate. a popular senator. congratulations on your win. your thoughts on the win and what else is going on. >> [cheers and applause]. >> [inaudible]. [very low audio]. >> senator, tell the crowd to calm down. we can't hear you. >> nor, can i hear you. we are doing well. we are looking at the numbers across the country. we thank god and the voters of south carolina from an op

what about mastriano? i am well behind him. do you believe that mastriano has been called by god? has called them to do? to get involved politically. if you read the stories - in the bible, he uses people to move on to do things in god's will and god i is calling for many people to take back this world. . are they going to take back america now? he did appoint trump. but this is going to be long—term. it's going to take a while to get this country back the way it was. it took 30 or 40 years to turn it around. but i think it may take 20, 24. 22 will be a big... it will definitely set the pace on what's going to happen. but i think god is going to come down and he's going to make things change. and you have taken the country back, what will that look like? i think it's going to look good. you have got back in the government, you have god back in the schools, you have the ten commandments, think about living by the ten commandments. none of our kids even know them. after we spoke they headed to an event where the christian right is finding a new voice. where am i a christian national

they are telling me a lot of democratic voters find mastriano too extreme, too far right.are nervous about what it could mean for the right to an abortion in pennsylvania. we spoke to him at a campaign event in suburban counties yesterday. one of the other key issues with doug mastriano and in general is how elections are conducted here in pennsylvania. remember, this is a state where it is expected to take several days to get the vote counted. and i asked josh shapiro about that. take a listen. >> by the way, they went 0-43. i went 43-0. the will of the people was respected. they elected republicans and democrats on that ballot. i have full faith in the republican and democratic clerks of elections in each of pennsylvania's 67 counties and the department of state. and i will of course accept the results, the will of the people. and i expect we will have a free, fair, and safe election. >> now, i heard that echoed from democratic voters who tend to lean more favorably toward mail tphpb in balloting. shapiro touting the republican moderates he has been able to bring over to

and doug mastriano not only an election denier, led all the lawsuits, watched with the rioters on january 6th, was considered too extreme by the voters. >> and that's a counterpoint, brian chemical np georgia, who of course went to war with donald trump over the results in georgia. he beat a primary challenge. as did the secretary of state brad raffensperger. so i mean, it's a mixed bag on this issue. >> it is. look, i want to do a little heat check on the house because we've been -- you used the w word, savannah, and i almost stopped you right there. you know, we don't have evidence of the wave. yet. that doesn't mean it might not happen. but let me show you. remember i did my small, medium and large. here's virginia 10. we already called it. so we're not looking at a tsunami for republicans. virginia 7 abigail spanberger obviously is one that we've been very focused on here. look at how close this is. just 3,000 votes. we have some updated totals in here. we think there's still 22,000 votes. this is one where we're going to wait till all the votes are counted before we call this race. b

oz will share the stage with doug mastriano, now, this is not without risk though. according to fox news polls, the more far right mastriano is seen by too extreme by half of voters and is losing by double digits in his race. oz could alienate independent voters by denouncing extremism on both sides. fetterman has made this race a referendum on dr. oz's personality and character while oz has tried to make this a referendum on biden and his policies, concentrating on crime, inflation and the border. listen. >> while i was talking about issues that are important to pennsylvania tax tax pay oriers, john fetterman's been making attacks on me, and after a while it just good manies -- becomes gossip. it doesn't make people's lives better. i want to get rid of the extremist ideas that john fetterman espouses. >> reporter: mean whale, following recent court decisions, all mail-in ballots in pennsylvania that are missing a hand written date or have an incorrect date written on the envelopes will not be count. well, today the court clarified what they mean by incorrectly date

if josh shapiro had not, one if doug mastriano had been elected governor of pennsylvania, mastriano wouldinting the secretary of state instead of josh shapiro, and he is an election denier. if kari lake wins in arizona, it is the same issue applying. we are very lucky that the democratic tactic over boosting these crazy candidates to getting the republican nomination and then the democrat beating them, that it actually worked. >> let's talk about the thing that most surprised you, and most concerned you about this thing. people say, what was your biggest upset surprise, or relief? that was john fetterman winning in pennsylvania, because that was an awful close race. my biggest on settlement is we don't have a gubernatorial call in arizona yet. kari lake could still become governor of arizona? >> right. that is a concern of mine as well. but the biggest surprise, and it is a happy surprise is that the american people, who a lot of us in this business did not give enough credit to, or respect their intelligence enough, showed us, showed the nation -- and the world -- but as you said, as i b

polls scioscia pero holding a healthy lead over his republican opponent, doug mastriano, who was at themeanwhile, has seen his once large lead over republican mehmet oz shrink down to single digits in recent weeks as concerns linger about his health following a stroke he suffered earlier this year. nbc news correspondent dasha burns will be covering the rally and joins us now from lucerne, pennsylvania. dasha, good morning. what does it look like there today? >> reporter: well, willie, you mentioned biden and obama coming to philly, the same day that trump will be in latrobe stumping for oz and mastriano. the democrats really need to get turnout in philly and in those collar counties around philadelphia because they lost places like luzerne, where i am right now, a democratic stronghold that went for trump by double digits in 2016 and in 2020. and you mentioned shapiro's large lead while fetderman's lead is narrowing. the questions here are will shapiro kind of pull fetterman up? could fetterman ride shapiro's coattails? or could fetterman's challenges in the last stretch here pull the

we also invited his opponent, doug mastriano, but mastriano has not responded.ey general. where do you stand with this lawsuit? do you agree with fetterman? >> look, we have always sided on the side of enfranchisement, not disenfranchisement in this commonwealth. we want to make sure all legal eligible votes are counted. historically a date on an outer envelope wouldn't have necessarily been considered a material issue, enough to throw out an otherwise correct ballot. we'll see where the court stands on this. the supreme court of pennsylvania has made clear that none of these ballots can be thrown out. if there's a question on a date, they need to be segregated so that if there's litigation ultimately on these ballots, they can be reviewed at a later time. so, look, i think folks just -- you know, for those who have filled out their ballots already, the vast, vast, vast majority were filled out correctly. and many counties now have the ability to cure a ballot have reached out to voter ifs a date was messed up or if a signature wasn't exactly right to have them

very interesting that oz on the saturday before election is going to be at a rally with trump and mastrianomastriano is someone that national republicans have distanced themselves from that many national republicans will not endorse, although most house republicans in pennsylvania have endorsed him. but there are some state republicans who have stayed away from him. oz has been very sort of careful in how he embraces him. now in the final weekend, you know, the front pages of newspapers in pennsylvania tomorrow are going to be oz embracing trump and mastriano. now, maybe that's what he need to really rev up that trump-inspired rural base in pennsylvania. on the other hand, pennsylvania is a lot about those philly suburbs and moderates who are really not happy with joe biden, but might be willing to give fetterman a -- might be willing to give fetterman a chance and they see oz with trump and mastriano and they say, you know, i can't do that. i think that's a very interesting strategic calculation on their part. in georgia, look, this was the state that gave democrats the senate two years ag

he meant in that particular bell choice of that name and mastriano and others.the key races, on the bell, our governor and secretary of state and attorney general, but certainly governor. that is exactly what he was worried about in that speech, and you know what is so interesting about the moment we're in now, which is the day after, is that kari lake is one of those people who has been suggesting for a while that you really should not be counting any ballots at the midnight. you shouldn't do that. those are all the fake ballots. >> she said it as soon as today. she said it as soon as the day, it upset the maricopa county reporter so much, -- the recorder put out a statement explaining the process to people, working with the supervisor of elections, talking about this is how the votes will be counted. i think we have to give credit to the local election officials who are republicans, who have stood up in the face of what is truly nasty business happening in arizona. >> i think actually one of the heartening things of last night, as we look at these races, parti

interesting, mastriano followers doing that -- raising that right hand. he's done ads on it. >> shapiro, there's been this false choice that we're told democrats and voters have to make. this has to be about saving democracy. it can't be about inflation. that would insult me. shapiro, a great political athlete, at least appears to be here, he does both at the same time. democrats need to learn to do that. >> we talked about it yesterday on the show. i just saw barack obama in nevada. putting on a master class. how you do that. i'm better than -- he's got all the stuff going because he's that combination of folksy, not professorial, but he talks like a human being, funny, does it with a smile. but the way he integrates those issues, defense of democracy, the economy, crime, the whole thing, that's what democrats haven't been great at so far. >> let's watch that right now. here's president obama in arizona. >> here in arizona, there's no question that -- that katie hobbs' opponent, she's good in front of the camera because she's been doing it for a long tim

had mastriano in particular won and dr.e's voters or just wipe them out and just put in donald trump or whatever republicans put up in 2024. what's the significance of the shapiro victory and the fetterman victory? >> it's very significant, joy. you know, and it's fitting in the state where the declaration of independence and the constitution were given birth, this battle to defend democracy 240 years later centered here. and i think voters really rose to the occasion. i think -- you know, living here in pennsylvania it was palpable the sense that democracy was on the line. it wasn't just something, you know, you guys in d.c. or new york were talking about in the studio. voters in the street were aware. and i think you're aware mastriano in particular was such an extreme candidate, and he was so out there with his appeals to a kind of christian nationalism that just didn't jive with the traditions of church and state, which again, were founded here near independence hall. and i think voters saw that. >> i mean this is obvio

he meant in that particular bell choice of that name and mastriano and others.ces, on the bell, our governor and secretary of state and attorney general, but certainly governor. that is exactly what he was worried about in that speech, and you know what is so interesting about the moment we're in now, which is the day after, is that kari lake is one of those people who has been suggesting for a while that you really should not be counting any ballots at the midnight. you shouldn't do that. those are all the fake ballots. >> she said it as soon as today. she said it as soon as the day , it upset the maricopa county reporter so much, -- the recorder put out a statement explaining the process to people, working with the supervisor of elections, talking about this is how the votes will be counted. i think we have to give credit to the local election officials who are republicans, who have stood up in the face of what is truly nasty business happening in arizona. >> i think actually one of the heartening things of last night , as we look at these races, particularly

i think mastriano ended up being the second problem., you know, on the eve before the election. all those things get in people's heads. >> ainsley: right. >> it caused a problem. >> ainsley: and the debate was after early voting started. i'm not sure if that really influences anyone's vote. if you look at high crime in philadelphia, it's a little shocking and some of the polls were completely wrong about that. thank you so much for being on with us. >> thank you.st >> carley: governor brias.n kemp in the great state of georgia. a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,... i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. check. when uc held me back... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when uc got the upper hand... rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief. lasting, steroid-free remission. and a chance to visibly repair the colon lining. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, i

mastriano doesn't care if he's accountable or not. >> reporter: republicans feel that mastriano is too extreme. but you heard it there, some folks concerned about where fetterman stands on fracking. oz will also be holding an event tonight. everyone out in full force. there's a lot that can happen in the next five days here. >> that is such fascinating stuff. really could go either way at this point. >> i want to bring in kelly o. from the white house now to talk more about yesterday evening. the prime time address last night. we heard from the president there. of course he's going to be heading out west in the next hour or so to address voters five days out at this point. last night was all about saving the democracy here in this country. you're out on the campaign trail, though, you're hearing about the economy, the number one top issue. what is going to be the president's messaging here five days out when he heads out west? >> reporter: one of the challenges for president biden and the democrats he is campaigning alongside and for is that there are several messages. they do, of cour

, is trailing in the polls to the democrat josh shapiro, and that seems to be partly because mr mastrianots of the 2020 election — he was at the us capitol on january 6th on the day it was attacked, and he has a very extreme position on abortion. and also when it comes to the us senate race, donald trump has backed the candidate mehmet oz, a celebrity doctor from tv who doesn't even live in the state of pennsylvania. but nonetheless that senate race is tied. for democrats, this race is a test, they have tried to make the mid—term elections about president biden and the way that he said democracy in america is on the line. and if election deniers are elected by the voters this time, that will mean that the united states is going somewhere down the road to becoming an electoral autocracy. also, democrats have put abortion rights firmly on the ballot here in pennsylvania. so, the question is whether those are the things that will be weighing with voters as they vote, or will it be very high gas prices? will it be, as bill clinton famously said in 1992, it's the economy, stupid. want to go ho

we must defeat doug mastriano in this governor's race.ow that he has said his number one priority is not cutting your costs, is not making community safer, is not helping schools. no. he said his number one priority is to ban all abortion. hang on, i am not done. he wants to ban all abortion with no exception not for rape, incest, or to save the life of the woman. and, he has said he wants to charge women with murder for having this life medical procedure. here is the thing. this legislature will put that bill on the desk of the next governor. he will sign it into law. i will veto that bill and trust the women of pennsylvania to make decisions over their own bodies. this is a guy that does not respect women in pennsylvania. in fact, if you do not think like doug mastriano, if you do not look like him, if you do not vote like him, if you do not worship like him, if you do not marry like him, you don't count in his pennsylvania. do you know how i know that? because i know where he was on january 6. he went there that day. understand, he wen

i voted for donald trump twice and i cannot support mastriano. >> when i found out that doug mastrianoas part of qanon that scared me. >> he is radical. >> a loose cannon and i think his views are distorted. >> i have never voted for a democrat for governor but year i'm going to vote for josh shapiro. >> i went out after '16 and interviewed people who voted for president obama and trump to find someone who voted two times for a republican standard bearer who switched sides and votes for the other party. it's a phenomenon if josh shapiro is turning republicans into people who vote for a democratic governor that's extraordinarily even if isolated to pennsylvania >> you've got to convince people in many states to vote for you that aren't necessarily a democrat. if you're a republican you have to convince people that aren't necessarily republicans. all these states we're watching tomorrow night are those states. >> your state. >> used to be before trump it was. i think now it is really unfortunately shifted hard. but the states where it's going to be close, those people that are willing to

is it because mastriano is so odd? swings both ways, and that it's a purple state, and it's proven himself to be a divider not a unifier. that was part of the closing message of josh appear in the end, when he gave the very powerful message that if you don't look like that mastriano, if you don't warship like doug must rihanna, if you don't pray like him, you're basically not welcomed in his pennsylvania. he put the cherry on the top by reminding everybody that doug mastriano was on the capitol steps, or at least in d.c.. and they watched how that fraud played out. it is a hack -- it is able to cast and has been successful in casting that mastriano as this extreme right fringe politician. >> and it comes to the point where he's just a good campaigner. i know it's not a sexy answer, but in addition to being somebody that is a unique political challenge, to your point against that great speech. but perhaps the future of the democratic party, i think that in a certain level of consistency. >> and i say one thing? with the

we must defeat doug mastriano in this governor's race.ber-one priority isn't cutting your costs, isn't making our communities safer, isn't helping our schoolkids, no. he has said his number-one priority is to ban all abortions. hang on, i am not done. he wants to ban all abortions, with no exception, not for rape or incest or to save the life of a woman. and he has said he wants to charge women with murder for having this life-saving medical procedure. [crowd booing] this legislature is going to put that bill on the text of the net -- desk of the next governor. he will sign that law. i will veto that bill and trust the women of pennsylvania to make decisions over their own bodies. [applause] this is a guy who doesn't respect women in pennsylvania. in fact, if you don't think like doug mastriano, if you don't look like him, if you don't vote like him, if you don't worship like him, if you don't marry like him, you don't county and his pennsylvania. [crowd booing] -- [crowd booing] do you know how i know that? because i know where he went o

we're still waiting for you to intervene on behalf of doug mastriano. >> who?ary 6 and looks like a b

take a listen. >> do you worry mastriano is too extreme? >> yes. yes.eparate and he is running a platform like he wants, you know, it to be this together, and i don't believe that that should be. >> curious what i know about mastriano, it comes from shapiro's advertisements. >> what pushed you to oz instead of fetterman? >> i think fetterman, during the debate, he wasn't able to say what he was going to do, and low he was going to solve the specific problems. >> and it's not just voters, kany, we've seen major unions here in pennsylvania split their endorsements between parties as well. the pennsylvania state troopers endorsing oz. and shapiro. this might come as a surprise, as a little bit counter-intuitive for the times we live in, a lot of folks, bright blue, bright red but some people in the middle and for them the most important thing is the candidate quality. they're putting the person on the ballot over the party. >> might see them in pennsylvania. and we might see it in ohio. and we could see it in georgia. we will wait to see what happens on tu

we're still waiting for you to intervene on behalf of doug mastriano. >> who? oh, you mean the guy who rioted on january 6 and looks like a big toe? not my best work. >> so are you going to help him win the pennsylvania governor race? >> no! i already settled that one. it's shapiro. i like a guy who listens to me, and he's the only one who is circumcised. >> but doug mastriano is the chosen-- ( static ) >> you're breaking up. ( static ) can't hear you. ( static ) going into a tunnel ( static ) new bush. who this? >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight: plus, stephen welcomes: emily blunt and george saunders featuring louis cato and the late show band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody. hey! hey, everybody. down here, up there, everyone in the front, the back, balcony, way up top. out there. welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen-- ( cheers and applause ) thank you, citizen. it has

>> who could have seen this coming, mastriano, well, i guess everybody could. everybody knew he was going to lose. >> i think the fetterman polling shows a little bit -- there was one debate, and while we might pick it apart and look at every detail, the voters are feeling the way they're feeling. >> that's the thing, polling at this point, it is so important for people to get out and vote. if anybody is saying i'm not going to vote because my side is doing poorly. it's idiocy. 50 percent of the people who saw the debate said it's changed their vote, and 20% more of those broke for fetterman. you really don't know. all of these races are so close. the races that were supposed to be, you know, whitmer was supposed to win big in michigan. that race is close. hochul is supposed to win in new york. some say that race is close. we'll see. oklahoma and other states are more competitive than people expected. do you see any trends? all i see is everything tightening up out there? >> everything is super tight, and what we are seeing, the trends that we are seeing, which

if you were a doug mastriano, running in michigan.akes on it. i think you're seeing it open within the republican party having, to have a little soul-searching moment. how long you will let this be your tox isic force in your party? >> yes, about control of these bodies. it issals a about whether or not the republican party is finally ready to untengal itself from donald trump. >> we'll remind you, though, there are two states in which those election deniers are not settled. wisconsin one's them. ron johnson. people don't necessarily identify being election deniers, he fully is and arizona. a matter not settled. everybody returning on republican ticket in arizona is one of them. not going to leave the topic until it's done. not done for a few days. we will not know at end of today whether the house and senate are controlled by republicans or democrats. but we thank you for being with us, and thank you to my friends jonathan capehart, amanda and now night, now morning in america. do not move because "morning joe" breaking down election

mastriano refused to admit defeat for days. on sunday, he changed course and accepted the loss. >> as difficult as it is to accept the results, there is no other course but to concede, which i do, and i look to the challenges ahead. josh shapiro will be our next governor, and i ask everyone to give him the opportunity and to pray that he makes the decisions that are beneficial for the state and not necessarily for his party, and that he leads well because it affects all our lives. >> if republicans win the house, get ready for a battle within the party. with so many house races still yet to be called, the chambers leadership also up in the air. and some members have said they will not support kevin mccarthy's speakership bid. earlier on fox news, mccarthy addressed some of the criticisms against him. >> i think i accomplished the goal that we wanted to. people can have input. we want to have a very open input process. we're going to have a smaller majority. remember in the house, they don't give gavels out by small, medium, and

. >>> this just in, doug mastriano has conceded in the pennsylvania's governor's race.an election denier, he said, in part difficult to accept, but there's no right course except to concede, but i do. josh shapiro will be our next governor and i ask everyone to give him the lead and pray he leads well. doug mastriano doing what other trump-backed candidates have done and that is concede their races. we'll be right back. (beeps) car: watch for traraffic. ♪ (hey my man.n...) up for something new? anytime. (engine revs) hey lexus, read my newest message. car: our spot. sunrise. the all-new lexus rx. looking good... always. never lose your edge. ♪ ♪ i had a bad relationship with my student loan. the interest was costing me... well, us... a fortune. no matter how much we paid it was always just... there. you know? ♪ so, i broke up with my bad student loan debt and refinanced with sofi. turns out we could save thousands. break up with bad student loan debt. refi and you could save thousands. plus, we're paying off up to a million dollars of student debt. enter at sofi.com/mil