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Vaccinated. >> is it irreparable? >> it is. i think it is, long-term it is. part of it is going to be the social media platforms and whether we can solve them. one of the things that people should remember is despite all the false news, right, the polling still is consistently that the republican party is losing support. the democrats are actually, you know, being able to vote -- not being able to vote but are registering in numbers like never before, so put the fear of god into democrats. and t...

Needs. so its kind of a dangerous time theres a lot of high stakes kabuki going on. and if you blow a debt ceiling vote, you really, thats dropping a new color bond on the economy. so i predict by the weekend, they are going to extend the government and cool heads are going to prevail on the debt limit. if the republicans dont, if they play the game of chicken all the way, their brand can be in danger. >> professor, im gonna read for you what a friend of this broadcast former congresswoman donna...

Undermining confidence in our democracy and its constitutional norms, they are now prepared to set fire to the entire house by attacking our economy. but this despicable move can give democrats exactly the ammunition they need a genuine defensible justification for eliminating the filibuster democrats should call mcconnells bluff, kill the filibuster so professor, how is that not the answer and how is this not an engraved invitation for the democrats >> right and look, brian, i am an discussiona...

Debts, you know? look. if i sell a guy a load of wheat, okay, which happens when i have wheat to sell, and he doesnt pay me, do you think im going to trust that guy ever? this is a total loss of credibility for the united states. it removes us as being the economic leader in the world and gives the keys to china. it just doesnt make any sense whatsoever to me, rachel. >> do you think that whats happening now is essentially a game of chicken, trying to get attention, trying to perhaps leverage so...

Theres nothing that compares to a self-inflicted wound like increasing the interest on your debt for every family in america, which is what would happen if we dont pay our debts. look, if i sell a guy a load of wheat, okay, which happens when i have wheat to sell, and he doesnt pay me, do you think im going to trust that guy ever this is a total loss of credibility for the united states it removes us as being the economic leader in the world and gives the keys to china. it just doesnt make any s...

Happening now is essentially a game of chicken, trying to get attention, trying to perhaps leverage some kind of ransom all the way you dont know with the ransom would-be -- or do you think that this is not a bluff, this is a real threat and the intent to go through with it? >> i would say that, you know, as i said in my quote, we do this stands just about every time we have a democratic president and we have to increase the debt ceiling. republican presidents, it doesnt, matter they vote, four ...

I said are you threatening to bluff here. >> theres 50 democrats willing to take this bill and vote no. theres not that many republicans to offset the loss. a three-vote margin in the house between the house democrats and republicans. the other thing that pelosi has made this had a thursday vote because october 1st, friday, thats when the current funding for a lot of transportation programs expire. that could hurt districts, progressive districts, conservative districts and moderate districts, a...

Demonstrated bad faith in these negotiations from the debt ceiling to the economic package and the rest. when republicans are in power, when mitch mcconnell was in power, he didnt hesitate a wit to break every rule, every norm to get their agenda through and i think democrats should take it the same way and the reality is that the priorities that have been identified and i saw them as the viewers did up on the screen are priorities supported by the american people. is mitch mcconnell going to co...

Working over the weekend, probably yelling at people over the weekend, and the other thing is that you have to remember, its not just joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. you have 100 members. >> thats become very clear, its not just joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. thats why you called it very kindly a special moment e because thats what were really seeing happen here. but lay it out, is it because progressives do not trust moderates and moderates dont trust progressives in the party right now? yes, ...

>> i dont know that its calling someones bluff. i think youll have a lot of discussions over the weekend. i think the budget committee will try to start to put this together. shes met with all her committee chairmen. i think the president needs to talk to -- i pick this number out of no place. there are 180 democrats that arent being called to the white house, but want to be consulted, have a lot of things that people care about, who cannot let their constituents down, who also need to just be t...