ICYMI: Chair Walters Talks Tuesday’s Victory, Upcoming November Election on MSNBC
August 14, 2023
Columbus, OH – This weekend, Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters was featured on MSNBC’s The Katie Phang Show and American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss last week’s victory on Issue One and to look ahead to the stakes of the November election.
Watch more below from Chair Walters:
On Issue One:
“Ohio voters are supportive of restoring Roe in Ohio. And while Trump did win the state twice, we also know there are other trends at play in Ohio that show that every state in the Midwest, every state in the country is worth fighting for, especially when our democracy is at stake. That’s what Ohio voters did on Tuesday, they showed up and said we won’t go back, we are going to protect our democracy, we will fight to enshrine abortion rights in our state constitution. So on Tuesday we won an important battle, in November we are going to be ground zero for abortion rights in this country.”
On the November election:
“We have to protect our rights and our freedoms, from our democracy access, all the way to abortion rights to voting rights. All of these flights are intertwined. But most importantly, I think what we see from Republicans is there is nothing they won’t stoop to, to force their extreme policies on Ohioans, on voters across the country. We know that the majority of Ohioans support abortion access, we know that a majority of Ohioans support restoring Roe and believe these same out-of-touch politicians who tried to strip us of our voice at the ballot box also do not belong in the doctor’s office making decisions for Ohio women. So at the end of the day, we take these fights one at a time, as they come. But we know that the tried and true strategy of the Ohio Republican Party is that if you can’t win a fair fight, they try to change the rules. On Tuesday, Ohioans showed them they’ve had enough, and they said, we won’t go back, and we are going to stand firm for abortion rights in Ohio, and continue this work in November.”
American Voices from Alicia Mendendez:
On Issue One:
“We were excited about the outcome on Tuesday night and, to put it simply, what it showed us is that Ohioans care about their democracy. And at the end of the day, like people all across this country, we want fair elections and we want fair choices on important issues, and on this one in particular on abortion, but on everything ranging from labor rights to voting rights to redistricting, which are all at stake in Ohio, both in this election last Tuesday but in the months and years ahead.”
On the November Election:
“Ultimately this is about our freedoms, it’s about our democracy, it’s about making clear the choices in front of Ohio voters, both last Tuesday and what we’ll see this November. Ultimately, I think most Ohioans are on the side of women having the freedom to make their own decisions. They do not want out-of-touch politicians in the doctor’s offices with them and their families as they make difficult healthcare decisions. I think what you’re seeing in Ohio, too, is an electorate that is remarkably sick of the out-of-touch, extreme positions coming out of our state legislature.”
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