The Ohio primary and what it means for the general election

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We look closely at swing state Ohio, and what the midterms Senate race there says about the appeal of Trumpism nationwide. Gary Abernathy, Haley BeMiller and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:18.8	This is on point. I'm Megna Chacrabardi.
0:30.3	After the January 6th 2021 attack on Congress
0:34.1	and on US democracy, it came time to choose.
0:39.2	When she voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the attack,
0:42.9	representative Liz Cheney chose country over party.
0:48.1	Soon after, House Republicans chose to punish Cheney,
0:52.4	stripping her of her leadership position
0:54.1	as conference chairwoman.
0:56.2	And yesterday, Wyoming primary voters,
0:59.5	Republican primary voters, chose to end Cheney's career
1:03.9	in the house.
1:05.8	In her concession speech last night,
1:07.8	Liz Cheney acknowledged the scale of her loss.
1:10.7	Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote.
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