Abortion rights movement in Michigan remains stalwart for Democrats in 2024: McMorrow

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>>> WOULD YOU JUST GO FOR? WHAT DID YOU JUST GO? FOR >> NON COMMITTED. >> WHY? >> BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE EITHER CANDIDATE. ONE IS A LITTLE TOO OLD, AND TRUMP'S TWO FAR-RIGHT, EXTREME, FOR ME. >> THAT WAS A VOTER INVENTORY, MICHIGAN, EARLIER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS UNCOMMITTED VOTE IN THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TODAY, NOT BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF THE CONFLICT IN GAZA, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS AGE. JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC MICHIGAN STATE SENATOR MALLORY MCMORROW. SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. TONIGHT WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT THIS EVENING ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA. EVEN TALK ABOUT TRUMP V. HALEY AND THE SCHISM WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I AM REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW NEW ACTS FACTORS ARE INFLUENCING THE MICHIGAN ELECTORATE, AND SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTIONS OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. IVF, BECAUSE OF THE ALABAMA COURT RULING, HAS BECOME A NATIONAL ISSUE, AND I WANT TO YOU CAN GIVE ME A SENSE OF HOW THAT IS PLAYING OUT IN YOUR STATE IN TERMS OF ANIMATING INDEPENDENTS, DEMOCRATS, AND EVEN MAYBE REPUBLICANS. >> LOOK, I CAN TELL YOU HEADING INTO THIS ELECTION YEAR I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT A LOT OF FATIGUE AT THE THOUGHT OF A REMATCH OF 2020. BUT IN THE WAKE OF THE ALABAMA RULING AND A STATE REPRESENTATIVE HERE WHO HAS GAINED A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RECENTLY WHO'S CALLED FOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON CONTRACEPTION, IT HAS FIRED PEOPLE UP. THERE HAS BEEN PHONE BANKS AND EVENTS ORGANIZING ALL AROUND THE STATE BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT MICHIGAN LEAD ON HARVARD IN 2022. WOMEN MOBILIZED EXTREMELY HARD TO CODIFIED ABORTION ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION. AND WE WILL BE DAMMED IF THAT GETS OVER DONE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. >> SENATOR, CHRIS HAYES HERE. JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, YOU TALKED ABOUT PHONE BANKS. I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AND TREMENDOUSLY EFFECTIVE STATEWIDE ORGANIZING PUSH AROUND THAT STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT SECURED ABORTION RIGHTS. ARE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THOSE FOLKS, STILL IN TOUCH? IS THERE IS STILL THE CAPACITY THAT WAS THERE, THE CONNECTIONS THAT WERE MADE, THE VOLUNTEER BASES, ALL THE THINGS MADE TO MOBILIZE IN 2022, IS THAT STILL EXTANT AND WILL IT PLAY A FACTOR IN NOVEMBER? >> 100% IT IS. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE ON THE RIGHT, THAT THE ANTICHOICE MOVEMENT DID AND DID SUCCESSFULLY FOR A LONG TIME WAS ATTEMPT BALLOT MEASURES EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT MOBILIZED VOLUNTEERS, ALLOW THEM WITH CONTACT INFORMATION. NOW WE'RE DOING IT ON OUR SIDE. THESE PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED, CONNECTED, WE HAVE ORGANIZERS IN ALL 83 COUNTIES AND THEY'RE READY TO GO AGAIN. >> I JUST WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE PROSECUTIONS OF DONALD TRUMP ARE PLAYING OUT IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WHERE YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO'S ACTIVELY PURSUING FAKE ELECTORS THAT TRY TO INTERFERE IN THE 2020 CAMPAIGN, WHERE THERE'S A PLOT TO ELIMINATE THE GOVERNOR'S STATE, WHERE THERE'S A STRONG MILITIA PRESENCE. DOES THAT ANIMATE THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AS EQUALLY AS IT DOES THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE? CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT ALL PLAYS OUT IN TERMS OF THE INTERNAL MICHIGAN POLITICS? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IS GOING TO A BIT OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TWO COMPETING STATE GOP PARTIES POTENTIALLY TWO COMPETING CONVENTIONS. THERE IS A COURT CASE PLAYING OUT IN JUST TODAY TO DECIDE WHICH CONVENTION IS THE ACTUAL GOP CONVENTION, AND IT IS THIS SCHISM OF PEOPLE WHO WILL WILLINGLY FALL IN LINE BEHIND DONALD TRUMP, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, YES, THERE WAS A PLOT TO POTENTIALLY KIDNAP AND KILL THE GOVERNOR. I WAS ON THE SENATE FLOOR BELOW -- IN CARRYING AR-15 AND FULL TACTICAL GEAR. AND MOST MICHIGANDERS JUST WANT TO MOVE ON. BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO LET GO OF A WAR OF SOME PEOPLE FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHO DEMANDS NOTHING BUT 100% LOYALTY. >> CAN YOU TALK TO US REAL QUICK ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN, WHICH MAKES ME SOUND LIKE VERY MUCH AN OLD PERSON, BUT AS WE GET THIS VOTE INFER ON COMMITTED, THERE IS A SIZEABLE PORTION OF YOUNG VOTERS IN THE ANN ARBOR AREA AND IT'S SLANTED WHO ARE VOTED UNCOMMITTED AS KIND OF A SIGN OF DISTRUST OR DISTASTE FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENT. AND I WONDER HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE THINK THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, HOW MUCH BIDEN HAS SHORED UP SUPPORT WITH MICHIGAN'S YOUNG? >> I WAS THIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAST WEEK, GIVING A TALK TO PEOPLE THERE. AND I THINK THERE WAS A REAL FEAR THAT HIGHER THIS CAMPAIGN ON A KNIFE, THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE JUST GOING TO STAY HOME FOR THAT ELECTION. SO THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE TURNING OUT AND MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD, THERE IS A LONG TIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. I KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED HARD WELL BEFORE THIS PRIMARY TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT, PARTICULARLY ON THE ISSUE OF THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN. HOPEFULLY THE NEWS OF A BROKERED CEASE-FIRE COMES TO FRUITION. BUT ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE, IN MY MIND, IN MICHIGAN IS A GREAT THING. THAT IS EXERCISING YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE NOW. THAT IS MEANT TO PAVE A PATH NOVEMBER THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED. >> MICHIGAN STATE SENATOR MALLORY MCMORROW, FOR IT HEAVY ON THE PROGRAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. I THINK IT'S SO VALUABLE HEARING FROM PEOPLE SAYING -- FIRST OF ALL, WHAT SHE'S SAYING ABOUT LEAVE US FRACTURE THAT'S BEEN BUILT UP IN AND AROUND THE QUESTION OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WITH THE WHOLE BALL GAME MIGHT BE IN NOVEMBER, COULD BE IVF, COULD BE ABORTION, COULD BE THE SORT OF FREEDOM OF BODILY AUTONOMY. >> AND I ALSO THINK THE LAST POINT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, AND I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF IT THIS WAY. AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID OF THE WAY THE LISTEN TO MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN IS GONE ABOUT THIS. WHICH IS THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE RUN A CAMPAIGN CALLED ABANDONED BY THEM, WHICH IS IT'S DONE, IT'S OVER, IT'S WHATEVER. THE PROSPECTIVE LISTEN TO MICHIGAN ARE THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REAL COMPLAINTS, SUBSTANTIVE COMPLAINTS, DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENTS POLICY. HOW DO WE ENGAGE THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT KEEPS THEM IN AN ACT OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE AND ACTIVELY POLITICALLY INVOLVED BUILDING TOWARDS SOMETHING, AS OPPOSED TO FEELING COMPLETELY ALIENATED AND REJECTED? AND HER POINT THERE OF, LOOK, ACTIVE IS BETTER THAN INACTIVE. INVESTED IS BETTER THAN ALIENATED AND DIFFIDENT. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT ONE FOR THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS INTO NOVEMBER LOOK LIKE. >> AND THAT'S REPRESENTED DEMOCRACY. >> COMPLETELY, THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE. >> WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SEE CHANGE IF WE DID SPEAK LOUDLY ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE MORE OF OUR CONTINUING SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY COMING UP. STAY WITH US. WITH US. >> ABSOLUTELY, WE VOTED UNCOMMITTED TODAY, AGAIN, TO PUT THAT PRESSURE ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TO CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE SO TH
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Length: 7min 40sec (460 seconds)
Published: Wed Feb 28 2024
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