You put very sexy things like abortion and marijuana on the ballot, and a lot of young people come out and vote. It was a secret sauce for disaster in Ohio. I don't know what they were thinking, but that's why I thank goodness that most of [00:00:15] the states in this country don't allow you to put everything on the ballot because pure democracies are not the way to run a country. >> Speaker 2: Don't know what's worse, him saying the word sexy, which did make me throw up a little bit in my mouth, or [00:00:32] saying that direct democracy shouldn't happen. Celebrating the limits on direct democracy in this country. I mean, just blatantly saying the quiet part out loud. But it's not just Rick Santorum. Republicans are melting down after they had a disastrous election on [00:00:50] Tuesday night. So just to recap what happened on Tuesday, Ohio legalized weed as well as voting in favor of adding abortion access to their state constitution. They enshrined it in their state constitution. Democrat Andy Bashir won his second term in Kentucky, and Glenn Youngkin got very [00:01:10] embarrassed when he lost both chambers of the state Congress in Virginia. Reminder, Democrats had control of the Senate in Virginia. It was projected that they would maintain control of it. It wasn't as projected that they would also gain the House of [00:01:25] Delegates in their state congress. So big wins for Democrats in Virginia. But instead of realizing the American electorate is mostly pro choice, because I'll say this, even when we're looking at the races right in Kentucky, [00:01:41] we're looking at the races in Virginia. Abortion wasn't on the ballot as a ballot measure to enshrine it in their constitutions in the same way it was in Ohio. But Andy Bashir, as the governor in Kentucky, is standing in opposition to allowing the Republican controlled state Congress, [00:02:00] the state legislature, from passing extremely regressive abortion bans. And in Virginia, it was solely the Democrats in control of the state Senate, preventing those same types of laws from passing in that state. So it was on the ballot in all of these states, [00:02:17] even if it wasn't as obvious in some of the other ones as it was in Ohio. But instead of recognizing that abortion rights drives people to the polls, Republicans say the fight isn't over to strip women of their rights, they're doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on it. [00:02:32] Now here's a statement from Ohio House Speaker Jason Steven. He said, I remain steadfastly committed to protecting life, and that commitment is unwavering. The legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect [00:02:48] innocent life. This is not the end of the conversation. Meanwhile, the blame game has started. It's one of Republicans'favorite games to play. Now Daniel Cameron was the Republican who ran against Andy Bashir, [00:03:04] and he was endorsed by Donald Trump. I know you know what I'm talking about. After Daniel Cameron's defeat, Trump said, not me, not my fault, and pointed squarely at Mitch McConnell. Here's the post he made. [00:03:20] It says, Daniel Cameron lost because he couldn't alleviate the stench of Mitch McConnell. I told him early that's a big burden to overcome. McConnell and Romney are kryptonite for Republican candidates. I moved him up 25 points, but the McConnell relationship was, [00:03:37] quote, too much to bear. Tate Reeves on the other hand, surged to a win for governor in Mississippi after my involvement. Congratulations to Tate. That race was not close, I'm sorry. He was always gonna win that race in Mississippi. [MUSIC]