so we have stifled the question of stacey abrams.his is a race to showcase us and what we are going to do to resolve all of the many concerns that georgians have been expressing across this state, including election integrity, medical freedom, religious freedom, school choice, and the life question. i would ask the voters to please examine your hearts and look at the candidates in the light of who you believe are going to bring answers to georgia, not who can beat stacey abrams. >> is that you saying you would not support either the senator or the governor if they are the chosen nominee? ms. davis: i will never vote against my conscience, so i would have to wait to see who services out of the race. i am not going to vote against my conscience. >> ra, think you very much. chuck? chuck: this is for senator purdue, governor kemp and senator purdue. why does the city could debate matter to the rest of georgia? >> you're in columbus? your short 240 police officers right now. aiken is 200 short. we are 1200 police officers short in the sta

. >> stacey abrams and the liberal mob forced the all-star game to move. >> stacey abrams and theia, they all came after us. we've got to keep stacey abrams from becoming our governor and our next president. >> wow, it will be up to the next governor to stand up to the big lie, and there are plenty of republicans pushing that farce, including in the races for senate and secretary of state. in the race for the republican nomination for governor former senator david perdue is looking for vengeance for his 2020 senate defeat blaming his opponent governor kemp for allowing democrats to, quote, steal the election. today perdue said he wouldn't necessarily accept the results if he loses tomorrow's primary. >> are you going to accept the results of this election? >> well, it depends if there's fraud or not. i'm going to support the winner because my number one objective is make sure that stacey abrams is never governor of georgia. >> the former president's big lie in georgia has led georgians to become ground zero with the jim crow 2.0 voting law put in place last year by republicans usi

we saw that change with stacey abrams when stacy abrams ran for governor in 2018. she not only did she support gun restrictions. you boasted of her f rating with nra when just four years earlier the gubernatorial statewide candidate democratic candidate, you know call themself an nra democrat. so you saw this sort of sea change of democrats playing to their base really for the first time aggressively aggressively rather than going towards the middle. but that's not what happened necessarily with a democratic party at the national level and even now i mean the desire for the white house to appeal to people beyond the base is something that makes biden the object of quite a bit of criticism. we see often from those in the base. have you seen that in georgia as well? yeah, there's a feeling among democrats this cycle right the in 2020. it would be really hard to recreate what happened. the magic that happened in 2020 where you had a huge surge and turnout voters. sorry and suburban voters a huge turnout surge among suburban voters and the base showing up especially in

is it going to be a test in november of the staying power of what stacey abrams built? we've already seen that stacey was about giving people a voice in the political process that have felt unheard and unseen for far too long. that's what we're seeing across the country, other southern states like alabama and mississippi. how do we give the power back to the people. that's what all her campaigns have been about. now she's running to represent one georgia. we need someone who is willing to represent all of us. >> -- show us the staying power of the machine she built that frankly turned out a lot of people who had not voted in the past? >> i think absolutely. this didn't happen overnight. it was cycle by cycle by cycle. we built upon this. we didn't just get to where we were in 2020 overnight. it wassing the organizing cycle by cycle. >> every action has an equal and opposite reaction. the republicans are using stacey abrams' against her. >> they're using it. i don't know about the effective part. >> there's one particular georgia race showing just how brutal the ones in a

that is what stacey abrams is doing with fair fight.are going to make sure only american citizens are voting in our elections. >> we have time for one more question. we are reporting on how they did not have automatic registration over the last 15 months or so. they turned off when they didn't change their website. voters were still able to register but it wasn't automatic. there wasn't a default option to vote. among people who support more voting access, more people who want security ensures your name and information matches when it's on your driver license. do you support continuing automatic voter registration in georgia? mr. hudson: no, i do not. i think this should go in and actually have to. voting is your right, it is also privileged. in that is also responsibility. sometimes you have to take responsibility to make sure if your address change, you let the voter registration office no. i am totally against that. mr. raffensperger: the challenge we have is we need to ask people to choice, would you like to be registered or would y

he has beat stacey abrams in the past, and he can do it again. as opposed to what year seeing with perdue. even tonight, in talking with reporters, he said that the current polls that show him way behind are full of grap and he swent the if i recall of fraud. that's not what the. we're seeing kemp, the real 22 percentage points for trump or perdue. >> so you're saying he has a chance. look, mark, donald trump couldn't help himself in georgia. he wanted some 11,000-odd votes. i just want you to find me those, but what does it say about the battle in the gop, instead of spending money to help them, chris and -- there is beginning to be a split. i think a lot of people around the country who look tat it, that's what they're talking about with a playbook. they talk about schools and rights and that's what governor youngkin talked about. the reality is, yes, there's lot of loyalty to trump and the party, but the reality also is that he's an anchor on a lot of -- on the strategy as far as moving forward, because when you take trump out of the equation,

he has divided our party and he cannot beat stacey abrams. >> meanwhile, stacey abrams raising eyebrows she appeared to disparage the state she hopes to lead as governor. >> i'm tired of being the best state to do business when we are the worst one to live. >> and herschel walker hitting back at abrams' comments. >> we are the best state in the country to live, work, and raise our families in, and that's why this family is getting up every day to make sure that stacey abrams is not going to be a governor. >> why run for governor if they say it's the worst place to live? you can't make it better because you had a chance to do better. >> and in other races around the country and in texas they are trying to oust henry cuellar who has been vocal about the border crisis with the threat of roe v. wade being overturned. also in arkansas sarah huckabee sanders trying to lock in the g.o.p. nomination for governor. momentum building in alabama in the three-way race for the senate nomination which is drawn big money, more than $20 million in super pac spending so far. >> todd: thank you very much.

heise: brad has been giving our elections over to stacey abrams and the like. we had a conference call with georgia delegation urging him not to send out absentee ballot request to everyone on our voter registration file. he did it anyway. the. -- the deal was already made with stacey abrams before that call ever took place. >> you can answer that. raffensperger: as it relates to sending out the absentee ballots, liberal groups and we were sending it out to those counties, the rule counties were not going to do anything in pandemic. we sent out absentee ballot applications from the only active registered voters. that was the only time it was done but it was to make sure everyone got treated the same. >> we will move along now. mark -- it is your turn to assay question. >> this is a question for secretary of state raffensperger. you have said -- your office on there was no noncitizen voting. if election security is your number one priority, why haven't you read this report in federal court that alleges voting machines could potentially be hacked? raffensperger:

stacey abrams is running unopposed.as more. >> the race pitting governor brian kemp, endorsed by mike penceagainst trump-backed david perdue. perdue stressing importance of the race to the future of the gop. >> this race is bigger than me or brian kemp, it is about the future of our country. if we want senate majority back this year, we have to win the governor's race in georgia. brian kemp divided our party and he cannot beat stacey abrams. >> stacey abrams appeared to disparage the state she hopes to leave as governor. >> i'm tired of being about the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live. >> kemp and herschel walker hitting back at abrams comments. >> we are the best state in the kunthry to live, work and raise our countries in. this family is getting up every single day to make sure stacey abrams will not be our governor. >> why did you run for governor if this is the worst place to live? you can't make it better, you had your chance to do better. >> progressives

search saying he is the one that has already beat stacey abrams.he is best for the job and kemp is saying -- i'm sorry, perdue is saying that that kemp is a rino and shouldn't have the nomination. there is going to be a big race. what matters to voters as you guys know, inflation is hitting a lot of folks very hard, including this business. they have already had to raise their prices up by 15%. and they are expected to be able to have to do that again. so, going to be talking about that, crime and what issues are going to matter most to them when they go to cast their vote today at 7:00 a.m., guys. >> brian: i think, lawrence, they will appreciate the fact that their governor didn't lock them down. that was one of the states that said okay, we are going to trust you with the knowledge we gave you about covid-19. so, there's not going to be -- there is not a lot of anger that you see in other states. >> lawrence: yeah, brian, as you know. this is one of the states that stayed open. i think one of the things that we also got to have to focus on is th

he moved on to stacey abrams, who will be the democratic candidate for governor. and he called abrams or accused abrams of demeaning her own race. take a listen. >> when she told black farmers, you don't need to be on the farm, and she told black workers in hospitality and all this, you don't need to be -- she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that. i am really over this. she should never be considered for -- material for a governor of any state. >> reporter: and perdue seemed to be referencing that comments that abrams had made back in 2018 when she said that georgians shouldn't have to be in the hospitality or agriculture industry just to make a living in this state. but some very controversial remarks on his final day of campaigning. victor and alisyn? >> okay, kristen holmes, thank you very much. stacey abrams now responding. cnn's eva has that. what are you hearing from abrams? >> reporter: well, alisyn, stacey abrams is a black woman running for governor in georgia with a long political career in this state, so certainly, she has heard this type of r

i wonder who gets action vamthed what stacey abrams said. some people in georgia say it's not better here, it could be bet fer terms of death rate and other factors stacey abrams mentioned or is it the independent voters who say, well you tell me? what are you hearing? are you saying, are they agreeing with that? or i don't want to vote for that i want to vote for someone else? >> well, you didn't hear the applause line for stacy abrams' line when she gave it. so there are a number of people that agree with her. i don't want to do a one woman or a two-woman focus group. i went to the waffle house the other woman. i talked to two of the waitresses, black men. and what i thought was interesting there is they like stacey abrams, they like rafael warknock. they felt as if politics and the political system was not delivering to them. they felt like, you know what, it's not like they will vote for brian kemp for governor, it's not like this they will vote for hershel walker. both said they may not vote at all. that's what democrats have a feeling

we interviewed stacey abrams and asked her about the republican argument. laws be suppressive when there's record early vote turnout? here's what stacey abrams said in response. >> i am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live. when you're number 48 for mental health, when you're number 1 for maternal mortality. >> the moral equivalent of saying voter turnout disproved suppression is like saying more people getting in the water means there's no sharks. we know voter suppression is alive and well in georgia and we'll continue to fight that. >> we'll get to the question about georgia is the worst place to live in a second. what i want you to talk about is what she just said about the voter turnout that proves or disproves suppression. what do you make of that argument? >> this is something stacey abrams has been talking about as long as she has been a national figure in politics. one thing that has happens since the law passed is there's been a lot of education for voters on t

the polls indicate kemp is headed for a rematch with stacey abrams in november. and meantime herschel walker is expected to easily win his senate primary in georgia setting the stage for one of the most closely watched senate races pitting the former nfl star against the current democratic senator raphael war warnock. joining us now to break it all down, rachel bay. nice to have you this morning. let's start with georgia. governor kemp's focus seems to have shifted now, or maybe it has always been squarely focused on stacey abrams. he is not worried about perdue. perdue is lagging behind and lobbing a bunch of attacks from every direction. what are you most interested to watch tonight? >> i think that is just a sign of the rebuke that we'll see delivered to former president donald trump tonight in georgia. this will be the third gubernatorial endorsement that he has made that will fall through the cracks in these primaries which actually hurts his public image and this image that he is trying to project of being the kingmaker. kemp is at something like 22 points

joining me now is stacey abrams, a democrat from georgia and a candidate for governor.it's good to have you on the program, let's start obviously with a huge cataclysm news, and the direct effect it will have on the voters of georgia in this election. what is the difference between you and your republican appointment whether it's pejorative cap, on the law that the georgia legislator has passed? >> georgia and neck to issue, as you point out passed a force pregnancy bill. a ban on all abortions after six weeks, with very limited exceptions, and what that ban reveals is their intention going forward. if they're willing to limit it to six weeks now, if they see laws that allow for unilateral bad, i have no doubt they'll pursue. that it's critical that we not only elect me is the next governor of georgia, we use this opportunity to elect state house, state senate that will allow us rollback these angry just laws, regardless of what happens with this decision, the leaked opinion or not, we know what the intention is. brian kemp has been unequivocal about his position as has

when biden came to georgia, stacey abrams was conveniently absent.er. the people are ultimately going to be deciders of that litigation when they go to the polling place and i think they'll go back to the governor's camp in georgia. >> you talk about a tailwind helping. a tailwind is only if you don't have a brick wall of suppression in front of you. either way you're going to hit something in front of it. your point is that her cause was the notion of democratic principles in terms of one person, one vote counted. the big lie is premised on the notion of just get me a couple more votes here and i can declare victory. why is it that brian kemp seems to be, of all the people at all the bars, all the people walking in the world, the casablanca notion here, why is the big lie not gaining traction for pe rdu? >> we have to remember that perdue lost in 2020 and he wasn't able to pull it over the finish line along with the president and donald trump. i also think that even though brian kemp doesn't have trump's endorsement, he definitely does things on an

georgia is the worst state in the country to live according to stacey abrams.a, if he started a fund, i think they'd probably contribute and say fine, leave, go to the state of your choice. >> sean, i offered today to buy her ticket myself. i would have to buy private plane because she doesn't fly on commercial planes, she's made so much money ripping off the people here in georgia. but this is about her ambition to become president of the united states. she doesn't care about georgia, it's obvious. i was born and raised here in georgia and i tell you i am offended by that. and i think a lot of americans are -- a lot of georgians are as well. my message to people in georgia, if you're fed up with this kind of rhetoric from the democrats and the failed biden administration and if you're a spat up as i am with career politicians and rhinos selling us out and not fighting for us, then your opportunity is to stand up tomorrow and vote. look, we had a record turnout so far, sean, and we've got to do it again tomorrow. i'm told that only 1 out of 3 republicans will a

so if camp beats purdue, it is going to be a rematch of camp versus stacey abrams.entage points. it's a different climate right now that makes it better or worse for stacey abrams? >> very different climate, because as senator warnock said in an earlier signal, georgia saved america. and they are well aware of that. stacey abrams has been working and campaigning in areas that a lot of democrats historically, not just enjoyed around the country, have neglected. like rural areas in georgia. and i think that has done is it has really sets the tone for how she is gone about this race. nationally, you need to be going into areas that were perhaps excluded before to help to speak with those voters. so i think the grassroot operation have been different, the fundraising has been different. and the truth is, young woman may have been the pattern for how republicans. and you can -- without actually giving them the hug, but the truth is trump is still aligned in many ways with donald trump, and as long as stacy can have his way with, that i think she is a good shot. >> but as

jumps on stacey abrams' comment, calling georgia the worst state to live in. where and why did she do that? guest: this was on friday at a democratic gala. a big fundraising dinner for local democrats. stacey abrams usually talks about some of georgia's lapses, some issues she feels like georgia should be working on. including mental health woes and maternal mortality rates that are high and incarceration rates. in this version of her stump speech, she said georgia's the worst place to live. and then she kind of paused and then shifted back to her overall message. republicans clipped that part out and are going to make sure they weaponize that. not just right now but through the end of the november election. and already, just last night, i was at a major republican rally, i was at several republican events, david purdue and kemp both evoked these comments. so they will try to make sure that she regrets saying those words. host: from the governor's race to the senate race. you do a lot of this in looking at the messaging and how each is trying to frame the deba

it is stacey abrams here. they're the ones they want to defeat of the herschel walker has things wrapped up i hope. it's up to the voters of georgia today. i don't want anybody to stay away from the polls. herschel walker has a monumental task in front of him. it is nice they're early to get people back together. i think the reason you have two democratic senators in georgia is a lot of people stayed home after they saw what happened in donald trump. there was a special election and if the republicans had just shown up and voted republican we would have had two republican senators and the senate would have been totally different. >> harris: when you talk about with a new candidate like herschel walker. you know that early on is always better to build momentum behind yourself especially if your name is new in that lane. democrats were excited for stacey abrams at first. the times were excited she would jump into the 2020 governor's race and the 2018 contest she narrowly loss. mr. warnock has emerged not only as

he defeated stacey abrams once.ping he can do it again. >> sara, i want to play some comments that david perdue made about stacey abrams after she said in an interview that georgia was the worst place to live in the country, it was all in the context, of course, of citing the georgia is number one, she said, in maternal mortality rate, in incarceration rate, very high, as well as some of the other key indicators. without that context, he grabbed on the sound bite. let's see what he had to say yesterday. >> did you see what she said this weekend? she said georgia is the worst place in the country to live. she ain't from here. let her go back where she came from if she doesn't like it here. the only thing she wants is to be president of the united states. she doesn't care about the people of georgia. that's clear. when we saw in '18 what she did and said, a blue wave, we will do it with document and undocumented, i don't think a lot of people understood, when she told black farmers, you don't need to be on the form, b

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the incumbanlt governor is set to go up against stacey abrams. >> make sure stacey abrams will not be governor or the next president. >> it also turned out to be a tough night for trump endorsed congressman jody hice who could not deliver on his primary challenge to secretary of state brad raffensperger. there was hope that race could be forced to a runoff. raffensperger pulled in just enough votes to get him over the 50% threshold. trump's political power was beneficial for herschel walker who cruised to victory in his battle. but walked into a general election race with concerns from within his own party about his lack of political experience and past controversy with allegations of abuse from his ex-wife. he will face raphael warnock who has amassed a multi-million war chest and already on the attack saying he presents a distinct contrast with herschel walker whose bizarre claims he is not up to the job. these races are beginning to heat up and interesting to see where they take us in the next few months. >> harris: i will pick it up where you ended, charles. great to have you on t

he and only he can beat stacey abrams because he's the only republican who has beat stacey abrams.due reminds folks couldn't even between john ossoff. that's his argument. her hoping hatred for stacey abrams will overcome any maga backlash that brian kemp could face. it's a big bet, but it's one that republicans have seen for years. they would be railing against these. they hope will motivate a unity sort of faction alliance against stacey abrams in the general. >> so what is the abrams plan to sort of denationalize things? i do think it is deadly for a gubernatorial challenger to get caught looking national. so what is her way of going local? >> she was asked about whether or not she would welcome joe biden into georgia to campaign. she said of course, i would because he's delivered billions of dollars in funding for georgia. but she's going to focus on georgia issues. she's going to focus on the high rate of incarceration. gun measures that roll back gun restrictions. localized issues without trying to play nationally because she knows that brian kemp every time she talks nationa

greg, jim eagle. >> greg: i got to say something about stacey abrams.his primary and definitely has an edge over her opponent. she's running unopposed, just in case you weren't following. i just found that out. we were told that we were in the middle of like one of the worst civil rights crisis in modern history. so when you say jim crow on steroids, you mean it's actually worse than jim crow. and it turns out, the oddest thing about biden is he's right. we're in the worst civil rights cries in 50 years, it's called his presidency because he has divided this country. he's impugned like the character of half the country. the people that are getting affected most by inflation and by crime are minorities. he's the worst president for blacks. and all he did was virtue signal. they always talk about this is how the modern democrat, the wokesteres deal in externalities, the symbolism. but the meat of the problem, they will never go after, so that's what you're dealing with right now. so we -- you have to ask yourself, what kind of country, how does a country

horace, stacey abrams spoke tonight and tried to spin the record-breaking voter turnout. watch. >> the equivalent of saying more people voting means there's no suppression is like telling people if you get in the water, there's no sharks. there's no correlation there. voter suppression is about blocking or impeding certain voters from voting. voter suppression is not about stopping voting. >> laura: i have to hand it to her, this is -- she just keeps charging on. there's something admirable about the fact that it doesn't matter at all. like there's fewer voters. if there's viewer voters, that would have been better? i don't understand that logic. maybe i'm not -- >> she's on point continually. she has an idea. let's make sure that we do a slur against the people of georgia and the people of america and it doesn't matter what the facts end up being. she repeats it over and over again. i came on your program and i explained she lost because in one of the best climates for democrats in a generation, she went crazy and lost on guns, on taxes, on a lot of the issues that main

this controversial remarks from stacey abrams that appear to be bashing the state of georgia where she says she wants to serve as governor. abrams doubled down on the comments just today and went after republicans. >> i have listened to republicans for the last six months attack me, but they've done nothing to attack the challenges facing georgia. they've done nothing to articulate their plans for the future of georgia. their response to a comment on their record is to deflect and to pretend that they have done good for the people of georgia. we are number one in maternal mortality. number two in the number of uninsured. we are number six in infant mortality and number nine in gun violence. we are number 48 in provision of mental health services, and the challenge that i have is that the answer from republicans from our former senator to our current governor is to fight me instead of fighting the problem that are facing georgia. >> harris: kayleigh, that comment she made is problematic. on "the focus," we showed political different voters from independent, democrat, republican, every w

does this complicate things for stacey abrams?y on election integrity. >> reporter: look, i think it's a bit of a trial run, if you will, for democrats because there were some specific elements of the law changed. many of them. one of the significant ones was no voting on the sunday before election day, that was classically a time when democrats used the sunday souls to the poll ifs if you will to e voters from going from hearing a se sermon at church to voting. election integrity will be an issue of this campaign going forward in the governor's race here but kate, it's also been hanging over this race in a big way because of the 2020 election and of course, donald trump's involvement in this race. >> yeah, i mean, looking at that, at the republican primary for governor there, this could end up being donald trump's most significant loss of the entire p primary season. republican voters not only potentially rejecting who he's endorsing but rejecting in doing so, rejecting his election lie in georgia, which is at the center of this

s stacey abrams cleaning up something she said. she gave a speech where she said georgia is the worst state and then she listed a number of health metrics and disparity metrics and so you get her point, but in the digital age when you give that little snippet, georgia is the worst state, it could come back to bite you. purdue took issue. abrams this morning said well, should have done this. >> republicans have had a field day with your comment about this is the worst state to live in. was that a mistake? >> i had an elegant delivery of a statement that i will keep making. that is that brian kemp is a failed governor who doesn't care about the people of georgia. >> inelegant delivery she says. the candidates, everything you say is recorded. that's quick cleanup. >> it is. and it's something she had to do. you never want to be running for the governor of a state and seen on camera disparaging that state. you know that's going to be in an ad even though she was trying to clean it up. listen, she had a very good race in 2018. it was a

but, listen, it's very clear that they are concerned about stacey abrams. even in the course of this primary race, when kemp and perdue should be concerned about one another, they have continuously focused on stacey abrams. so this is going to be a matchup that the entire country will watch, and it will all begin as soon as the polls close on tomorrow. >> charlie, you know, just real quick, what did you -- you know, you've run races before. what did you make of those comments? how did they hit you when you heard them? charlie? charlie is -- charlie can't hear, so we're going to move on. mayor, let me ask you this question, then, because you can't forget that georgia was ground zero to the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the man he tried to pursue to try to find more votes on that infamous phone call is secretary of state brad raffensperger, running against jody hice. hice has repeated false claims about the 2020 election. so the big lie is on the ballot in this race for sure, no? >> yes, and i have long believed that donald trump d

stacey abrams and her campaign are going to try to expand and get into those issues. on the one side, number one to do business, it's a campaign message you hear from governor kemp on stacey abrams' side, you talk about those kind of issues, like mental health, and you're going to hear about expanding federal medicaid in georgia, something the state of georgia hasn't done. so it's the idea of what's happening in commercials, on social media and on television, and what's happening in the debate. by the way, one other thing, we heard from governor kemp this morning. he was asked about that. he also went into the issue itself. he talked about some of the legislation that got passed on some of those topics and issues. so beyond just the snippet, you know, saying it's not the best place to live, he's also going to debate that issue. >> the issues that stacey abrams raises. it's not just the gubernatorial race, you have the herschel walker who seems likely to win in the gop senate primary there, who will face a matchup with democrat raphael warnock, who came into office bac

stacey abrams, she does not have a democratic challenger.y has not been even close to a competition throughout this really entire time, since both of those candidates sort of announced their candidacy. when you look at the republican, side obviously the most interesting primary challenge was former senator david perdue, challenging incumbent governor brian kemp. and the trump endorsement. it is interesting, because as i have spoken to voters and deeply red districts, part of our series for county to county, when i was talking to voters into tua county, georgia, which is a deeply red republican stronghold, a few months ago in the fall. most voters i spoke to there told me that they planned to support herschel walker in the senate primary, but we're not sure about governor kemp. they were disappointed with him. they bought into some of the things they present that criticize him for, as it related to the election. when we were back there last week, more often than not, the republican primary voters i heard saying they plan to vote for herschel

stacey abrams is big on that.tor, whatever. >> grocery store, buying a 6-pack of beer. >> everybody shows an id. >> to come here, we had to show an id. >> i don't understand that argument at all. >> let's separate some things. first of all, voter id, i think 80% of americans would be on their side. when you start talking about the conspiracy theories, you know, i know there are a lot of people that are watching that are just shocked. their heads are blowing up. they're saying what? you wouldn't be shocked if your friends and relatives were trump supporters. elise, you've heard this. i've heard this. willie's heard this. you sit there, and i have tried the exercise where i politely go through each conspiracy theory. i spent a lot of time doing it. mika would walk past me and going, why are you doing that? why don't you -- just don't. spent a lot of time doing it, and it is whack-a-mole. you prove one bizarre conspiracy theory about mules, they have another conspiracy theory about a dude from italy with lasers. get

. >> david is the only candidate who can beat stacey abrams because i don't believe kemp can do it. he's got too many people in the republican party that will refuse to vote. they're not going to go out after what they did to two senators and to a presidential election. >> let's go to atlanta now. eva mckend is there. former senator david perdue is facing controversy over comments he made, not about brian kemp but the democrat to beat in this race, stacey abrams. >> reporter: that's right, victor, the race has been much quieter on the democratic side because stacey abrams is running unopposed but on the minds of republicans, including david perdue taking on incumbent governor brian kemp. perdue facing scrutiny for these communities. >> she ain't from here, let her go back where she came from if she doesn't like it here. the only thing she wants is to be president of the united states. she doesn't care about the people of georgia. that's clear, and when she told black farmers, you don't need to be on the farm, and she told black workers in hospitality and all this, she is demeaning h

stacey abrams is running unopposed. kemp defeated abrams by just a percentage point four years ago.who is arguably the most powerful republican in the country, donald trump. kemp and other georgia official reject ago push by the former president to overturn the election. joining me is geoff duncan. lieutenant governor, thank you for being here with me. do you see it as, in some ways, a litmus test? >> certainly that's part of it, but it's a litmus test on what good leadership can do for you. brian kemp has put good leadership on display over four years, and he's performed very well. i think this is georgians going out rewarding the governor for a good job. >> our folks talked about earlier in the show so much comes down to election integrity. >> who would have thought a year ago that brad -- if we're going to look at 2020, we'll end up lose to go joe biden or somebody else in 2024. >> another question i think for the republican party in this state is how much can they unite after this pretty bitterly fought primary, up and down the ticket. maybe not senate, but at least for the stat

i think he is now poised to defeat stacey abrams pretty decisively. find it easier living in new york city or los angeles where she raises most of her money. so maybe by that standard she doesn't love living in georgia. a lot of people in georgia won't love having a governor who doesn't love her own state. i think that was kind of a weird thing. i think herschel walker may be the most important senate candidate in the country because he would represent such a dramatic change in the senate. given his -- he is a guy who competes and wins and who would stand up for what he believes in no matter what. other than the governor's race in georgia president trump had a pretty good night almost everywhere. he did very well in arkansas, he did very well in texas, he did very well in a variety of places. he is about to have his nominee win in pennsylvania, dr. oz will finally eke out a 700-voc margin out of i think 800,000 votes. amazing primary in pennsylvania. >> bill: just on that point i think what kemp will say about stacey abrams she wants to run for presid

. >> david is the only candidate who can beat stacey abrams, because i don't believe kemp can do it. he's got too many people in the republican party that will refuse to go. they're just not going to after what they did to two senators and a presidential election. >> reporter: so what i want to point out there particularly is what pence said. while he didn't mention trump by name, he is clearly making a veiled reference to the future, the fact that trump is focusing on the past, the 2020 election. today really is a referendum on donald trump or day of reckoning. one, because trump has made it clear how badly he wants to beat brian kemp. he's poured $2 million into this race, the biggest amount he's put into a primary so far. he has perpetuated this nonstop and pe rrdue has made this a pillar of his campaign. another big lie is the race for secretary of state. trump has represented jodi heist after they famously refused to find votes for trump in 2020, and what direction republican voters want to go in. there is one democratic race we're watching very closely and that is between two c

in standing up to stacey abrams we want to make sure the woke mob gets out of our schools.te income state and prosecute people who broke voting laws in georgia. >> dana: yesterday i was preparing for the show today and saw perdue trending on twitter. one of the reasons is here is something you said yesterday on a radio appearance. listen here. >> georgia is the worst place in the country to live she said. she ain't from here. let her go back where she came from. she should never be considered for material of a governor of any state much less our state where she hates to live. >> dana: she responded to that on joy reid's show. >> ly stand on my record and my work and i will stand in the space where i have lived for -- i've been back for more than 20 years andly tell you, i love georgia. i've been to every county in the state and what i hear from person after person after person is they just want a chance to thrive. i challenge every republican to focus on a little bit of rhetoric and show me in your record. >> dana: will she be a formible candidate for the republican if you

up next, stacey abrams wants to be georgia's next governor.he has an interesting way of talking about her state ahead of tomorrow's primary there we will bring you there first, beyond our borders tonight. at least five people are dead after the collapse of a 10 story commercial building still under construction in southwestern iran. >> state tv there reports dozens more are believed trapped under the rubble. a massive sandstorm hits baghdad and several other countries in the middle east. authorities closed schools and airports in iraq and throughout the region. many people were taken to the hospital and treated for breathing difficulties. and this is a live look at melbourne, australia. one of the big stories there tonight, australia's new prime minister is sworn in and flies to tokyo for a summit with president biden. the center left labor party of prime minister anthony ousted predecessor scott morrison conservative coalition in saturday's election. vote counting continues to determine where al ban knees will albanese will control. just some

at least stacey abrams has had this to say. i want you to react to this in terms of thinking about the why, why there is higher voter turnout still even in spite of legislation. here's what she had to say about what why it's a fallacy. >> the moral equivalent thing about the turnout that disproves voter suppression is like saying more people getting in the water means there are no longer any sharks. those two things are just not true. we know voter suppression is alive and well in georgia, and we're going to continue to fight that. >> what do you make, scott, of that in terms of the fact he's pointing out, look, you can't very well say because people are turning out, there were not things going wrong in legislation. what's your retort? >> well, i mean, the numbers, the data, i mean, what's happening on the ground. you have people voting in droves in both parties. to my knowledge, no one is dying of thirst, which is the main promise, people were not going to be able to get water. i'm reading account after account -- >> excuse me

for governor kemp will tie stacey abrams to joe biden. he'll make it a referendum on his record.of the vote in the republican primary. so, he can show that he has a mandate among conservative voters. will he appeal to middle of the road voter snts that's a big question. but also can democrats energize their coalition and rebuild the same sort of multi-racial coalition that helped them win in 2020? that is an open question and a big challenge for both senator warnock and stacey abrams. >> give us a 30,000 foot look state of politics in georgia, a state that can send marjorie taylor greene cruising to the nomination. granted she represents a deep red district, but also as you just noted made practical choices about raffensperger trying to reject the big lie. what does the state of georgia look like as we head into not just the vital 2022 election but makes it perhaps the biggest battleground state on the map in '24. >> we're quite the paradox. in greene's district she won by a huge margin and brad raffensperger won that district by a huge margin. they like local leadership and don'

the winner will face democrat stacey abrams who is running unopposed for her party's nomination.k meredith live with the very latest on this hotly-contested race. hey, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon to you from athens, georgia. we have been watching as governor brian kemp maintains a significant lead, but he is still trying to do all he can to shore up support including holding events today not too far from where we are in what's described as an unusual gubernatorial primary. earlier today we saw the governor campaigning with nebraska governor pete rickets, on monday he'll be on the stump with former vice president mike pence. he faces repeated attacks from former president trump. the maga crowd furious with kemp back in 2020, but the governor tells us he believes the party will unite especially if he is the nominee. >> georgia republicans are scared to death of stacey abrams. i mean, she, like i said, is a great unifier. i believe everyone will rally to make sure that that doesn't happen. >> reporter: but now kemp is also facing a challenge if from former senator david perdue

. >> i think stacey abrams is a great unifier.e every republican in georgia will be unified after tuesday. we've been through tough primaries before in our state. people have differences of opinion on who they want their nominee to be. i can guarantee republicans in georgia know i'll be a better governor than stacey abrams and people in the middle know that too. >> so you can see there kemp talking about stacey abrams pivoting toward the general election. stacey abrams does not have a competitive primary, so she hasn't been out this weekend. we are also tracking the republican primary for secretary of state where the election lie essentially on the ballot. we'll have to see if the potency of that election will do enough to boost trump's endorsed candidate in that race. >> eva in atlanta. thank you so much. >>> texas voters will also head to the polls on tuesday. in march, the incumbent democratic -- won by about 1,000 votes, but because neither candidate broke the 50% threshold, they will face off again tuesday to represent texans