DAY 683: Final battle of the 2022 midterms

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide if Sen. Raphael Warnock or Herschel Walker will be their next Senator. It comes as the runoff smashed early voting records and attracted new voters. Meantime, the Supreme Court hears a First Amendment case pitting LGBTQ rights against religious freedom. Plus, the FBI now joins the investigation into “targeted” attacks on power substations in North Carolina. Carol Lee, Tia Mitchell, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Dahlia Lithwick, Barbara McQuade, Robert Gibbs, Taylor Shook, and Clint Watts join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the eve of Georgia's runoff election and voters have already smashed early turnout
0:09.4	as Rafael Warnoch and Herschel Walker battle it out for the last Senate seat.
0:14.6	Then, a critical week for the Supreme Court, today hearing a case on free speech and LGBTQ
0:20.8	equality before another big case later this week all about elections.
0:26.4	And as the twice impeached former president and current Republican candidate Donald Trump
0:31.2	calls to toss out the Constitution, why are most Republicans staying silent?
0:36.9	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:46.5	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.
0:49.0	We are just hours away from the final battle of the 2022 midterms.
0:53.9	The Georgia runoff election between Democratic Senator Rafael Warnoch and the man who wants
0:58.6	to take his seat.
1:00.4	Republican Herschel Walker polls open tomorrow at 7 a.m.
1:04.6	Early voting has reached record levels already.
1:07.7	More than 1.8 million mail-in and early in-person ballots have already been cast.
1:13.2	NBC News reports Senator Warnoch has built up an advantage in the early vote, but tonight
1:18.6	he made it abundantly clear he is not taking anything for granted.
1:23.8	We've seen record voter turnout day after day after day.
1:28.4	But here's the thing, I want people to understand that although we're seeing record voter turnout
1:33.8	during this early voting period that ended Friday, we need people to show up again tomorrow.
1:40.3	If Warnoch wins, that would give Democrats 51 seats a clear majority.
1:45.3	Herschel Walker's campaign is hoping for a very big turnout tomorrow.
1:48.8	This evening on Fox News, he made this final pitch.
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