Friday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” longshot Alabama gubernatorial hopeful former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) predicted voters would come out in “record numbers” to rebuff “a Supreme Court that continues to take away rights.”
Host Jen Psaki said, “We’ve talked a bit on the show about how in Florida, even the Republicans are worried that the redistricting there could backfire. In Texas we’re seeing they may not win all the seats they’ve redrawn to be Republican seats. Explain to people how you think it could backfire from the voters you’ve been talking to this week. How are people feeling about it?”
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Jones said, “Very simple, it can backfire because people will get out to vote. The people are concerned right now, Alabama is in the lower tier of voting participation in statewide races. By that I mean our our constitutional officer elections, which are midterm elections, we’ve never voted in
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