This is -- this was not expected to be this kind of result. They had a record turnout. What this shows in a state where Republican registrations outnumber Democrats, two to one that women are really upset that a fundamental right and freedom has been taken from them. And I think it is going to be a very motivating issue.
Claire McCaskill discusses the unexpected election results in Kansas and the impact of women's rights on voter turnout.
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we`ve got to fight that change message with the extremism, the fact that they are trying to tell women in America if you are raped you must carry your baby -- that pregnancy to term.
Well, the first analysis was, would he be that different in the United States Senate than the other two viable candidates in the primary? Their voting records would have been about the same, Chris. They were all very conservative candidates. They all were going to vote much differently than I would.
They have gone so extreme. That is really where we can make some hay in the suburbs that Steve Kornacki just pointed out.
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