Less than three weeks until Election Day and Polls show Republicans winning position, Democrats sent representatives to Sunday morning talk shows to bring their case to Congress for control. They focused on inflation and wages, a notable shift after months in which they leaned toward abortion rights.
Widespread anger over the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has fueled Democrats throughout the summer, lifting them in the special House races and raising hopes despite the model. history of midterm elections, in which the ruling party often loses seats. But polls show voters are Prioritize other issues.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont highlighted Social Security and Medicare on Sunday, pointing to Republican calls for spending cuts, while adding that they still consider abortion is a key issue that will motivate many voters.
“Republicans have said that if they win, they want to force Medicare, Social Security – medical blackmail – to lift the debt ceiling,” Pelosi said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “They said they wanted to look at Medicare and Social Security every five years. They have said they want to make it a discretionary spending that Congress can decide to make, rather than mandatory. So Social Security and Medicare are on the line. “
Mr. Sanders, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” rejected the argument that the Democrats were the cause of the inflation, noting that inflation rates are also very high in the UK and the European Union. He argues that Republicans have come up with no viable plan to combat it.
“They want cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid at a time when millions of seniors are struggling to pay their bills,” he said. “Do you think that’s what we should be doing? Democrats should bring that to them.”
On ABC’s “This Week,” Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Advocacy Committee, also accused Republicans of not having a policy designation and listed some of the measures Democrats have taken. passed under President Biden, including measures to enhance health care for veterans and to limit out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors.
Republicans were less represented on Sunday’s five major talk shows. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina was the only Republican to be interviewed broadly about the party’s agenda, as opposed to narrowly about a particular campaign. (Margaret Brennan, host of “Face the Nation,” House minority leader Kevin McCarthy turned down CBS’s invitation.)
Ms Mace, appearing on CNN, endorsed Mr McCarthy’s proposal last week that a majority of Republicans would require spending cuts before agreeing to raise the debt ceiling – a strategy that could send the US into default. , causing economic chaos.
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Both sides are making their final throws ahead of the November 8 election.
“I support that strategy because, look, at the end of the day, when Covid-19 hits, you literally shut down the federal government – and the states too – to shut down businesses. ,” said Mrs. Mace. (The federal government hasn’t shut down companies; closures have been in place at the state and local levels.) years and haven’t had to make those tough decisions yet. “
Here’s what else happened on the Sunday shows.
Mike Lee denies trying to help Trump overturn the election.
Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican facing an unexpected race for re-election, defended text messages from 2020, in which he discussed the possibility of agencies. Republican legislature appoints “alternative” presidential electors. Messages have been was publicly revealed earlier this year and has been criticized by Mr. Lee’s independent opponent, Evan McMullin.
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In the message, quoted in an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Lee wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, “If a very small number of states want their legislature to appoint representatives alternative expression, then could be a path. He also said he had “phoned state legislators for hours.”
“There were rumors circulating in the days and weeks leading up to January 6, rumors that some states were going to change their group of electors,” he said on Sunday, noting that he eventually vote to certify Biden’s victory. “We tried to narrow down what was fact and what was fiction. I called to investigate the truthfulness of those rumors, that’s all. Not defending them, just investigating their honesty.”
The host, Shannon Bream, also played a clip from the 2016 Republican National Convention in which Mr. Lee shouted protest against Mr. Trump. Bream noted that Mr. Lee voted for Mr. McMullin’s independent presidential campaign in 2016.
“I don’t believe President Trump will do what he promised and I still have headaches about how some of my colleagues were treated during the 2016 election cycle,” Mr. Lee said. that I dropped out in 2016 was a big mistake, just as it was a big mistake for my fellow Utahns to vote for Evan McMullin today.”
Henry Cuellar talks about border security.
Another guest on “Fox News Sunday” is Representative Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, who is facing a competitive run in South Texas.
“No, the border is not secure,” Cuellar said, dismissing Vice President Kamala Harris and noting that he had urged the incoming Biden administration to take a tougher line on the issue. immigration after the 2020 election. Similarly, he has railed against the party’s stance on energy policy, saying he wants to fight inflation by supporting oil and gas drilling.
Mr. Cuellar, who narrowly defeat a progressive challenger during the Democratic primaries, mocked a suggestion from his Republican challenger, Cassy Garcia, that he could not point to anything he had done to improve security. border.
“She’s not from the district, so she might not know what I’m doing,” he said, adding that he had secured money for Border Patrol agents in the appropriation bills. and that he plans to announce a $165 million checkpoint in Laredo on Monday.
Kari Lake repeats election fraud claims.
Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, repeated claims of voter fraud in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” and when asked if she would seek a way out. early voting restriction, wrongly suggests that it is inherently less secure than restricting voting to Election Day.
“When I first started voting in the 80s, we had Election Day,” Ms. Lake said. “Our constitution says Election Day. It doesn’t say election season, election month. And the longer you pull it out, the more problems there are. “
The host, Jonathan Karl, asked why she doesn’t trust Republican officials, including former Attorney General Bill Barr, who has insisted that the 2020 election was not stolen at all. “I just wonder why they all lie,” he said. In response, Ms. Lake accused him and other reporters of “obsessed” with her views on the 2020 election.
Katie Hobbs does not commit to re-offending herself in election disputes.
Lake’s Democratic opponent in the race for Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, also the incumbent secretary of state, puts her in a position to oversee questions or disputes related to the election she is participating in. family.
It’s a potential conflict of interest that Democrats criticized in 2018, when Brian Kemp, then Georgia’s secretary of state, was running for governor against Stacey Abrams. But in an interview on ABC, Ms. Hobbs is not committed to committing herself again.
“We are having these discussions right now,” she said. “I don’t want to talk about a theory. We do not yet know what the outcome of the election will be.”
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