With the midterms just two months away, Washington Republicans are facing the possibility of losing even more ground in Olympia. Jeff talks with Washington Observer editor Paul Queary about legislative races that could give Democrats as many as five additional House seats, why Republicans are struggling even in traditionally friendly parts of southwest Washington, and whether demographic changes, Donald Trump’s unpopularity and the party’s own strategy have fundamentally changed the state’s political map.
PLUS: Initiative 645 would repeal Washington’s new millionaire’s tax, but the campaign may be testing whether the initiative process still works as a conservative check on a Democratic-controlled Legislature. Jeff and Paul look at the money behind both sides, the political consequences of recent tax votes and why Republicans may be spending too much time “owning the libs” instead of figuring out how to win.
AND: The conflict with Iran is entering its seventh month, but Vice President JD Vance says he would not call it a war. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers explains how the Administration is describing the fighting, why Vance declined to offer a timeline for when it might end and what the latest U.S. strikes and extended troop deployments say about where the conflict is headed.
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