Moving on, nothing could be finer than to be in North Carolina if Democrat Cal Cunningham
beats incumbent Republican Senator Thom Tillis. Thom Tillis is known locally for generally
sucking, but he's known nationally for when a member of his staff went viral for showing
true empathy. - Over the past 20 years, Bev Veals beat cancer
three times. So when her husband was furloughed in March due to COVID, Veals worried about
losing her health insurance. She started calling her lawmakers for guidance and came across
a Washington D.C. staffer for Senator Thom Tillis.
- You're saying that if you can't afford it, you can't afford it, you don't get to have
it. And that includes health care. - Yeah, just like if I want to go to the store
and buy a new dress shirt, if I can't afford that dress shirt, I don't get to get it.
Apparently Tillis is funded by the American Cancer Society. No, not that one. The one
that's actually pro-cancer. Tillis' office said they disciplined the staffer, which is
disingenuous, because Tillis has voted time and again to repeal the ACA, blocked Medicaid
expansion in North Carolina, and voted for Trump's tax bill in 2017 which effectively
repealed the individual insurance mandate. The mandate was basically what made the ACA
possible. Kind of like how Jager shots and bloomin' onions are what made my three children
possible. Outback: it turns my DAP into a WAP. Fortunately, Tillis' opponent, Cal Cunningham,
has been the frontrunner in the election for months now. Cunningham is known locally for
wanting to expand Medicaid in North Carolina, but he's known nationally for that time he
ate South Carolina's biscuit senator. R.I.P. Big Biscuit. It was understandable, but also
sad. And speaking of sad, Maine Senator Susan Collins.
- Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is up for reelection and she is in trouble.
In the beginning of 2017, Collins was one of the most popular senators in the entire
country. A net approval of more than 40%. By the end of last year, her net approval
sat at -10%. Enormous shift. She's now the most unpopular senator in the country with
a disapproval rating even higher than Mitch McConnell.
That's both the worst thing you could say about Susan Collins and the nicest thing you
could say about Mitch McConnell. Collins' turn as a political pariah has been a long
time coming. Over and over, she's teased us with the hint that she might be the only Republican
with a conscience, only to vote in line with the rest of the GOP. It's like Lucy promising
to hold the football for Charlie Brown, and then when he runs to kick it, Lucy puts an
alleged sexual predator on the Supreme Court. Collins has defended Planned Parenthood while
also voting to appoint anti-abortion judges. She memorably voted against repealing the
Affordable Care Act in 2017 and then voted for the GOP tax bill that crippled it. And
she voted in favor of allowing witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial, but ultimately
helped acquit him of any wrongdoing. Worst of all, she said she was Team Cardi when we
all know she stans Nicki Minaj. C'mon, Suze. If you order the beef, you gotta pick a side.
Now, voters in Maine are considering a candidate who'll do more than just be "very disappointed"
in Trump. Since winning Maine's Democratic primary, Sara Gideon has beaten Collins in
every major poll, and seems to be winning over vital independents and undecideds. In
fact, Gideon is so impressive, Susan Collins' own attack ad accidentally makes her sound
awesome. That's the first time an attack ad has ended
with the candidate who's being attacked saying, "Wait, did I approve this message?" As important
as it is to get Trump out of office, it's just as important that we take down-ballot
races seriously. If Joe Biden does get elected, we still need the Senate and House to pass
Democratic policies. A lot of you watching right now are probably like, "Yeah, no kidding,
Bee-brain." But to that I say, stop calling me names, Tiffany Dombrowski! You think your
s*** doesn't stink just because your dad owns a Honda dealership and your parents are still
together. We are both 50 now, and if I wanted to, I could have you murdered. Murdered all
the way. The fact is we have to expect the worst this election. Historically, Democrats
haven't shown up the way we've needed to at the polls—not in local elections, not for
congressional midterm races, and certainly not the way we needed to in 2016. Many Democrats
took for granted that the scariest thing we could imagine wouldn't actually happen, but
it did.