Record turnout rattles Republicans as Trump's closing message is bizarre

-- On the Show:

-- Early voting passes 50 million ballots as records fall in several states and Republicans grow nervous about midterm turnout

-- Trump gives baffling answers on the Alaska election lawsuit, the reflecting pool event, and a concept of a deal with Canada

-- Trump stops a rally speech to wipe his eye with a wet towel and turns a minor moment into another fight over his health

-- Trump rambles through an Iowa rally, talking about boring football, a candidate's weight, protesters, and an invented story

-- Asked for a closing message to voters, Trump tells people struggling with prices that the poverty numbers are the single best

-- Republicans openly discuss not seating a Democrat who wins Alaska's Senate race as Tim Scott dodges a simple question on results

-- Jon Ossoff lays out what Democrats would do with Congress, from oversight to healthcare, as Republicans face real consequences

-- Trump rages at Alina Habba's $50 million deal with a pardoned banker's family, then attacks a reporter who asks about Iran

-- Trump can read, but a presidency built on never reading, with everything delivered verbally, may be the most dangerous kind

-- On the Bonus Show: Haley Stevens endorses a Republican in the Michigan Senate race, a researcher watches hundreds of midterm ads, voters decide 140 ballot questions around the country, and much more...

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(0:00) Start

(1:19) Record early voting turnout

(8:33) Trump's baffling answers

(17:28) Trump's rally eye problem

(26:43) Trump's rambling Iowa rally

(38:36) Trump's closing message

(44:56) Not seating a Democratic winner

(53:42) Ossoff on Democrats with power

(1:00:08) Trump turns on Habba

(1:08:38) The post-literate president

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