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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 5/19/22

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Pennsylvania GOP Senate race is still too close to call

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0:00.0

The Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary race is still too close to call, with Dr. Oz and Dave McCormick still neck and neck.

0:11.2

Now Donald Trump, who endorsed Oz, is back with his same election lies.

0:17.1

We'll explain.

0:18.4

And President Biden takes new steps to address the baby formula crisis, including invoking

0:25.1

the same law that was used to increase production of medical supplies during the height

0:29.6

of COVID.

0:30.6

We'll tell you what else is being done to get formula on the shelves.

0:34.7

And a market meltdown as the Dow suffers its worst day since 2020.

0:40.7

More on what drove the massive sell-off and how stocks are looking right now.

0:54.0

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, May 19th.

0:58.4

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

1:00.1

In a case of history repeating itself, a race in Pennsylvania is once again coming down to mail-in ballots.

1:07.6

The Republican Senate primary race between Trump-endorsed Dr.met Oz and hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick is still too close to call this morning, with the candidates only separated by a little over a thousand votes.

1:21.7

But while the McCormick camp is telling supporters to wait until all the votes are counted, former President Trump is taking a page out of his

1:28.7

2020 playbook. Trump told supporters on his truth social page that Dr. Oz should forget waiting

1:36.1

for the final tally and just say that he won. Quote, Dr. Oz should declare victory. It makes it

1:43.1

march harder for them to cheat with the ballots they just happened to find.

1:47.9

Of course, during the 2020 election, Trump tried the same tactic. He insisted he had won the state, despite more than a million ballots still unaccounted at the time.

1:59.3

He ended up losing Pennsylvania to President Biden.

2:02.6

It will likely be some time before a final tally is announced. If the result remains within a

2:08.2

half a percentage point, the Pennsylvania Secretary of State has until May 26th to order a recount,

2:14.6

which would then have to conclude by June 7th.

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