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About all the things weve seen with respect to former president trumps horrible behavior and his authoritarian impulses and im not proud of the way the republicans are handling the infrastructure bill right now. but that said, real americans are concerned about all the spending, the rising prices, and the shortages. i mean this is real stuff. >> hang on, bakr i. i think what charlie is saying, yes, youre right about who pushed joe biden over the finish line. and the moment that were in now is no...

Yes, its great. youre right about who pushed joe biden over the finish line. and the moment that were in now is not necessarily the moment we were in in the summer of 2020, bakari. democrats have to read the room right now. you didnt anticipate a manchin or a sinema. read the room. as a matter of fact, you may not have anticipated this, which is a warning. watch this. this is bill maher. >> some presidents spend their post-presidency building homes for the poor or raising money for charity or pa...

Split districts, leaning conservative. others are from far liberal districts. you actually dont have the same dynamic. you have to have more conversation. but we have to also recognize -- and i totally get the focus on biden and democrats nationally, but if you go back to obama winning in 2008, what happened in 2010, folks didnt show up? what do republicans do, they flipped almost 20 state legislatures. and so we cant ignore what happens on the state level. you just did a live hit with a reporte...

A lot of heart burn, exactly how big its going to be at the end of the day. this is -- you know, the democratic coalition is a diverse coalition. here youve got suburban democrats in the house, don, who are worried about the tax hikes on the wealthy that would be contained in there. youve got progressives who want more on climate in there. i mean theres a lot of demands. and i think what the progressives have seen is that, you know, a manchin, a sinema, by leveraging their votes, have gotten wha...

And this is, you know, the the contractic coalition is a diverse coalition. you have suburban democrats in the house worried about the tax hikes on the wealthy. you have progressive whos want more on climate in there. i may not, there is a lot of demands. i think what the progressives have seen, a manchin, a sinema, by leveraging their votes, they have gotten what they wanted and theyll try to do that as well. my view is at the end of the day, if youre handed the possibility of $4 trillion in ne...

Next-few weeks, exhausting on this infrastructure issue. exhausting the possibilities so that he can go back to a manchin, a sinema, and say we did it your way. we tried it. i hung in there. i stood -- i sat at the table. and it just didnt go anywhere. and now, we, either, move the country forward, or we dont. and i think thats what hes been working toward. i think he would take a deal, if he could get one. if he cant get one, he wants to use it as a cudgel to get his democrats in line so that h...

Clear they should be able to do that. it would be a pretty big upset for republicans to win the house at this point. it is because of the way the districts are drawn. in red states trumps message is resonating of the results make sense to people but in some of these areas like pennsylvania, new jersey, virginia, southern california people say his controversial and provocative style, sent a message on that is a big deal. shannon: a vote about style. >> that is the thing. do you care more about re...