former congresswoman robert comstock and bill christer -- crystal look at the midterm elections. there is a briefing streaming about monkeypox. you can download c-span now for free on google play and the apple app store. >> davey pepper -- david pepper is with us. he authored -- he is former ohio democratic party chair and has authored several books including laboratories of autocracy of wakeup call from behind the lines. good to have you back on "washington journal" this morning. guest: thank you, great to be with you again. host: in that book you talk about the seismic political changes that have happened, in particular, focusing on your state and others as well. what are those changes and since the book was published last october, have out -- how have those changes exacerbated? guest: it is accelerating and ohio is kind of a case study. there is a book called what is the matter with with kansas where several use kansas as an example. ohio has always been the bellwether for this modern politics. we are now the bellwether of how extreme legislature can set off a downward spiral

former congresswoman robert comstock and bill christer -- crystal look at the midterm elections. there is a briefing streaming about monkeypox. you can download c-span now for free on google play and the apple app store. >> davey pepper -- david pepper is with us. he authored -- he is former ohio democratic party chair and has authored several books including laboratories of autocracy of wakeup call from behind the lines.