>> Laura: HEY EVERYONE, I’M
LAURA INGRAHAM, THIS IS THE
INGRAHAM ANGLE FROM WASHINGTON
TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO.
AND, FIRST, RED WAVE RISING THAT
IS THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S ANGLE.
HAVE YOU CHECKED THIS OUT, THE
BAD NEWS KEEPS ROLLING IN FOR
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS.
IT’S SO SAD, A NEW YORK TIMES
POLL HAS TRUMP EDGING BIDEN
45-44 AMONG LIKELY VOTERS.
AND THAT’S THE KEY METRIC.
NOW, REMEMBER, THIS IS EVEN WITH
BIDEN’S HORROR SHOW ECONOMY, A
ONE-POINT LEAD FOR THE FORMER
PRESIDENT IS STUNNING.
NOW, THINK OF THE NEAR NONSTOP
NEGATIVE COVERAGE TRUMP’S GIVEN
BY THE REGIME MEDIA.
SO I’M THINKING TO MYSELF TODAY
IMAGINE IF THIS POLL LOOKED LIKE
IF THE PRESS WERE EVEN A SMIDGE
FAIR.
IN OTHER NEW YORK TIMES POLLING
DATA SPELLS DOOM FOR THE
DEMOCRATS AS WELL.
IN THE GENERIC BALLOT
REPUBLICANS NOW HOLD A
FOUR-POINT LEAD OVER DEMOCRATS,
THAT’S A FIVE-POINT SWING
TOWARDS THE GOP SINCE SEPTEMBER.
IT’S DEVASTATING.
AND PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANT AND
THERE’S A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT
STUFF IN THIS POLL, THE BIGGEST
SHIFT CAME FROM WOMEN WHO
IDENTIFYED AS INDEPENDENT IN
SEPTEMBER THEY FAVORED DEMOCRATS
BY 14 POINTS, NOW INDEPENDENT
WOMEN BACKED REPUBLICANS BY 18
POINTS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TYPO BUT
IT’S NOT.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, ALMOST
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE
WE’RE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
64%.
NOW, AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT’S
GOOD TO REMEMBER WHERE THINGS
LOOKED BACK IN JUNE AND JULY
AFTER THE COURT OVERTURNED ROWE
AND LIBERALS WERE REALLY HOPEFUL
EVEN PREDICTING THAT THE VOTERS
WOULD TURN AWAY FROM THE GOP.
>> WHEN ABORTION RIGHTS ARE ON
THE BALLOT, REPUBLICANS ARE THE
PARTY OF EXTREME.
>> DEMOCRATS MEANTIME HOPE THE
FIGHT OVER ABORTION WILL TAKE
CENTER STAGE DURING MIDTERM
ELECTIONS LATER THIS YEAR.
>> REPUBLICANS IN WHITE COLLAR
SUBURBS, ABORTION IS A BIG PART
OF THAT.
IT’S HELPING DEMOCRATS.
>> I THINK DOBBS DECISION IS
GOING TO DO MORE TO GET PEOPLE
OUT TO VOTE.
>> Laura: REALLY, CLAIRE?
THAT’S WHY YOU’RE A FORMER.
NOW, WE DIDN’T FALL FOR ANY OF
THAT.
VOTERS HAVE SIGNALED THAT THEIR
NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THE
ECONOMY AND, WELL, WAIT, WHERE
DOES ABORTION FALL?
IT’S THE EIGHTH MOST IMPORTANT
BEHIND THINGS LIKE EDUCATION,
SAFETY AND SUPREME COURT
APPOINTMENTS.
AND, YES, THE ANGLE WAS CORRECT,
TODAY THESE ARE WHERE THE ISSUES
RANK AMONG LIKELY VOTERS.
THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION
COMBINED ADD UP TO ABOUT 44%.
ABORTION, IT’S NOW DOWN TO 5%,
IT WAS 8% BEFORE.
AND DESPITE THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS POURED INTO CAMPAIGN ADS
COAST TO COAST ACCUSING
REPUBLICANS OF COURSE OF TURNING
BACK THE CLOCK ON WOMEN’S
HEALTHCARE, ONLY 8% OF LIKELY
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS SAID ABORTION
WAS THEIR TOP CONCERN.
8%.
AND WITH ECONOMIC CONCERNS
WEIGHING MOST HEAVILY ON THE
MINDS OF VOTERS ASK WHICH PARTY
DO YOU THINK THE VOTERS THINK IS
BETTER EQUIPPED AT THE MONEY
THING?
WELL, REPUBLICANS BY A BIG
MARGIN.
NOW, WITH THE NUMBERS LOOKING
THIS GRIM FOR THE PARTY OF
BIDEN, PELOSI AND AOC, ALL OF
THEM COMBINED, WHAT CAN THEY DO
AT THIS POINT TO TURN THINGS
AROUND?
WELL, THEY LOOK FOR A RESCUE
OPERATION FOR THE GUY THEY STILL
CONSIDER THEIR ONLY REAL
PRESIDENT, AND THEY HOPE HE CAN
HELP CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
>> THEY INCREASINGLY ARE WILLING
TO SUBVERT BASIC DEMOCRATIC
PROCEDURES.
RIGHT?
LIKE LET’S COUNT VOTES.
LET’S MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
ALLOWED TO VOTE.
LET’S MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER
GETS THE MOST VOTES, HAS THE
MOST SEATS, AND THAT IF THEY GET
THE MOST VOTES IN CONGRESS, THAT
YOU CAN PASS LAWS.
RIGHT?
BASIC STUFF LIKE THAT THEY DON’T
INCREASINGLY SEEM TO BELIEVE AND
IT’S A REMINDER THAT DEMOCRACY’S
FRAGILE.
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT AND
THIS MIDTERM ELECTION I THINK IS
GOING TO BE A MOMENT IN WHICH,
YOU KNOW, THAT BATTLE HAS TO BE
JOINED.
>> Laura: OH, WAIT, IS HE OVER?
MY GOD HE SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS
BORING HIMSELF IN THAT
RECITATION.
HERE’S THE PROBLEM FOR MR.
MARTHA’S VINEYARD.
HOPE AND CHANGE IS NOW HOPELESS
AND POCKET CHANGE.
AND SPEAKING OF DESPERATE, THAT
BRINGS US TO...
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>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT?
>> AND WHAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO
DO IS THEY WANT TO REPEAL THAT
VERY HISTORIC PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT IS ALSO GOING
TO LOWER ENERGY COSTS.
>> REPS ARE GOING
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO MAKE
THINGS WORSE AND DEMOCRATS WANT
TO MAKE THINGS EASIER.
>> Laura: I THINK SHE’S GOTTEN
BETTER AT READING.
JOINING ME IS STEVEN MILLER FROM
FIRST LEGAL.
THE LIES FROM KJP WILL ANY OF
THIS WORK GIVEN WHERE THE
NUMBERS ARE.
THAT WAS SHOCKING, 18% OF LIKELY
INDEPENDENT WOMEN NOW SWINGING
THE OTHER WAY TO REPUBLICANS.
>> THAT NEW YORK TIMES POLL IS
JUST A HAMMER BLOW TO DEMOCRATS
HOPES IN THREE WEEKS FROM NOW
AND THE MOVEMENT OF WOMEN VOTERS
IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU POINTED
OUT, I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH
MOVEMENT IN SO SHORT A TIME.
>> Laura: INTO 18% PLUS FOR THE
GOP.
>> COMPLETE REVERSAL.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT
REPUBLICAN MESSAGING ON THREE
CORE ISSUES, CRIME IMMIGRATION
AND INFLATION IS BRINGING WOMEN
VOTERS INTO THE GOP TENT WHICH
SPELLS A DEATH NAIL FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THREE WEEKS
FROM NOW.
>> WELL, OBAMA, BACK TO HIM
BEING BACK TO THE RESCUE, I WILL
THINK HE WAS TRYING TO HAVE KIND
OF A SISTER SOLJA LIGHT MOMENT.
LET’S WATCH THIS.
>> NOT BEING A BUZZ KILL, AND
SOMETIMES DEMOCRATS ARE.
IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
PEOPLE JUST WANT TO NOT FEEL AS
IF THEY ARE WALKING ON EGG
SHELLS, AND THEY WANT SOME
KNOWLEDGEMENT THAT LIFE IS MESSY
AND THAT ALL OF US AT ANY GIVEN
MOMENT CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY THINGS
THE WRONG WAY, YOU KNOW, MAKE
MISTAKES.
>> Laura: TALKING ABOUT CANCEL
CULTURE THERE.
HE’S A LITTLE RUSTY, LITTLE
MEANDERING AND LITTLE OBLIQUE
REFERENCE TO CANCEL CULTURE.
WHAT DOES THAT GET HIM?
>> HE A IS CLEARLY OUT OF
PRACTICE.
I THINK WHAT HE’S TRYING DO IS
HE KNOWS THAT BIDEN IS IN FOR A
SHELLACKING IN JUST 22 DAYS FROM
NOW SO I THINK HE’S TRYING TO
ESTABLISH SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN
HIMSELF AND THE CURRENT
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BRAND.
AND TO YOUR CORE QUESTION, IS
ANY OF THIS GOING TO WORK,
TROTTING OUT OBAMA AND KJP
TRYING DESPERATELY TO CHANGE THE
SUBJECT?
IT WON’T WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE
A REALITY PROBLEM.
THE BORDER IS OPEN.
CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL,
INFLATION IS AT A 40 YEAR HIGH.
AS LONG AS REPUBLICANS STAY
RELENTLESSLY ON THOSE POINTS,
THEY WILL WIN.
>> Laura: KJP WAS ALSO ASKED
ABOUT WHY CANDIDATES AREN’T WILD
ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF
CAMPAIGNING WITH JOE BIDEN?
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
TRAVELING NONSTOP AND HE’S GOING
TO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ROAD
NONSTOP.
HE’S GOING TO GO WHERE HE IS
NEEDED THE MOST, AND AT THIS
TIME WE’RE NOT -- WE DON’T HAVE
JUST ANY ADDITIONAL, WE DON’T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TO
LAY OUT FOR YOU.
>> Laura: THAT WAS REAL READING
TIME WITH KJP.
IT’S EMBARRASSING AT THIS POINT.
HE’S KRYPTONITE.
>> YOU WOULD THINK BY NOW, A
THEATER TERM, SHE WOULD BE
OFFBOOK.
IT’S ASTONISHING MONTHS INTO THE
JOB SHE CAN’T ANSWERLE A SIMPLE
QUESTION WITHOUT LOOKING DOWN
FOR WHAT HER INTERN PREPARED FOR
HER.
THE FACT THEY DON’T HAVE AN
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WHICH
THEY KNOW IS COMING IS A WHITE