from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday,

September 5th. So Donald Trump, a Florida voter, says he will vote to uphold the six-week

abortion ban in the state. He said that last

Friday one day after he said he's against the ban. Here's Trump last Thursday when asked by NBC

news about the six-week ban versus a Florida abortion rights referendum that'll be on the ballot

in November. I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.

So that wasn't quite an endorsement of the abortion rights referendum, right?

But anti-abortion rights groups freaked out that he said he'd be voting that they need more

than six weeks.

And the very next day asked if he would vote for the abortion

rights measure again. Trump said this. So I'll be voting no? Yeah. So what just happened here

in the context of the presidential race? With abortion rights likely to drive so many voters to the polls

to vote yes, is it time to ask what was previously an

unthinkable political question? Could Florida, after so many years as a solidly red state,

be back and play as a swing state in this presidential election? Let's take a closer look at the

Florida referendum and the election year politics of the Sunshine State overall now, with Grace Panetta, political reporter for the 19th, the news site named after the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in this country in 1920.

And Kimberly Leonard, Politico politics Reporter in Florida, and author of their

Florida playbook newsletter.

So Kimberly and Grace, thanks for coming on.

Welcome to WNYC.

Hello from New York.

Thank you for having me.

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