i love it. again, 11 hours from now. i get a couple days off until my next show. but i am so glad to be on with you. thank you so much, michael. great to see you. you, too, laura. thank you. bye-bye. this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates, in for don lemon. senate republicans voting to block the creation of a bipartisan commission. a commission, to investigate the insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. a riot, in which five people died. now, the final vote, 54-35. under that final vote, 54-35. six republicans breaking ranks and joining with democrats. but it wasn t enough. two democrats didn t vote. but still, it would not have made a difference, because 60-yes votes were needed. ten republicans had to stand up
under that final vote, 54-35. six republicans breaking ranks and joining with democrats. but, it was not enough. two democrats didn t vote. but, still it would not make a difference. 60 yes votes needed. the country fell for short. a total of nine republican senators you see there and nearly one-tenth of all members of the senate did not bother to show up or go on record against the legislation. only one of them, senator pat toomey says he would have voted in favor of the bill but it would not have mattered. the gop fix was in. senator republican mitch mcconnell opposes the commission. he spent yesterday lobbying
he was talking about how this was all affecting democrats because democrats are federal workers. here is the tweet. the democrats finally realize we need border security and wall on the southern border. need to stop drug, human trafficking and gang members from coming into our country. do the dems realize most of the people not getting paid are democrats. what s he saying here? is him just assuming all federal employees are democrats or him saying i m okay with shutting down the government because democrats didn t vote for me and i m governing for those who voted for me? i don t understand it. i think some of both of those. generally president trump doesn t honor previous restraints that presidents have mostly followed about not attacking all civil servants as being one party or the other. i guess this is to appeal to his
the democrats finally realize we need border security and wall on the southern border. need to stop drug, human trafficking and gang members from coming into our country. do the dems realize most of the people not getting paid are democrats. what s he saying here? is him just assuming all federal employees are democrats or him saying i m okay with shutting down the government because democrats didn t vote for me and i m governing for those who voted for me? i don t understand it. i think some of both of those. generally president trump doesn t honor previous restraints that presidents have mostly followed about not attacking all civil servants as being one party or the other. i guess this is to appeal to his base. trump is the least republican republican president. he has no history in the republican party or the conservative movement. he gave money to hillary clinton
register votes because most of the voters, around 98%, left that race blank. maybe these democrats didn t vote for rick scott because he s a republican. maybe they didn t vote for bill nelson because he s bill nelson. who knows. but that s the fact of the matter here. and with this, it puts bill nelson in an impossible position. there is chatter and speculation. some democrats said they couldn t see the race on the ballot because it had been tucked in the lower left and perhaps a poor ballot design by broward county. but even so, that s just tough luck for nelson. there is history for that, too. remember, tucker, i know you do, in palm beach county, when it designed the butterfly ballot in 2000 that democrats wounded up voting for pat boo cannon. i don t think they will ever forgive themselves for this. either way it doesn t matter because once all is said and done, it will be certified on tuesday. rick scott is going to washington and bill nelson is