to happen, he would declare himself an american independent, and he has devised a detailed exit strategy for his departure. manchin has discussed bolting from the democratic party, perhaps to place pressure on biden and democrats in these negotiations. he told associates that he has a two-step plan for exiting the party. first, he would send a letter to senator chuck schumer, the top senate democrat removing himself from the democratic leadership of the senate. he is vice chair of the senate democrats policy and communications committee. manchin hopes that would send a signal. he would then wait and see if that move had any impact on the negotiations. after about a week, he said, he would change his voter registration from democrat to independent. manchin told associates he was prepared to initiate his exit plan earlier this week and had mentioned the possibility to biden. leading off our discussion tonight, david corn, washington
jones, quote, in recent day senator joe manchin has told associates that he is considering leaving the democratic party if president joe biden and democrats on capitol hill do not agree to his demand to cut the size of the social infrastructure bill from 3.5 trillion dollars to 1.7 five trillion, according to people who have heard manchin discuss this. manchin has said that if this were to happen, he would declare himself an american independent. and he has devised a detail exit strategy for his departure, manchin has discussed bolting from the democratic party, perhaps to place pressure on biden and democrats in these negotiations. he told associates that he has a two-step plan for exiting the party. first, he would send a letter to senator chuck schumer, the top senate democrat, removing himself from the democratic leadership of the senate. he is vice chair of the senate democrats policy and communications committee. manchin hopes that would send a
that he has. i wish that every republican who has been bending in the supreme, and would just recognize it for, themselves because at this point they have literally tended themselves to the point that they don t have an exit strategy. so while tim is talking about driving a wedge between the crises and the normals and recognizing that the need for tapping into other issues that are not the 2020 big lie, they are not going to do, that they don t have the backbones to do it. and they re not going to challenge trump in a way that he needs to be challenged. and what they risk losing, is the midterms, while we know 60% of republicans believe in this live, we also know a percentage of them are going to stay at home. whether or not trump tells them to, because they no longer have faith in elections. it is just monday, these guys are already on fire, to my friends juanita tolliver, tim miller, thank you for staying up late in coming on tonight s broadcast. thank you. both coming up for us on
security advisor, the first black chairman of the joint chiefs and the first black secretary of state, colin powell broke barriers and made history. known for his integrity, a soldier for 35 years, he is remembered for his role in the first gulf war and the powell doctrine which stated the u.s. should only use military force if it has clear and achievable objectives with public support, sufficient firepower, and an exit strategy. our strategy to go after this army is simple. first we re going to cut it off, then we re going to kill it. he famously told madeleine albright u.s. troops should not be used as toy soldiers, his pottery barn rule, you break it, you own it was a tough lesson that the u.s. learned after the invasion of afghanistan and iraq after 9/11. after an event honoring teachers, he spoke about powell born in harlem to jamaican
voters and they lost the gop in the house. in 2020 he continued with lies and lost the presidency and the gop in the senate. and that is the track record he has. i wish that every republican who is bending the knee to trump and staying silent right now would call that out or even recognize it for themselves. because at this point they literally tether themselves to the point of they don t have an exit strategy. so while tim is talking about driving a wedge between the crazies and the normals and recognizing the need for tapping into other issues that are not the 2020 big lie, they re not going to do that. they don t have the backbone to do it. and they re not going to challenge trump in a way that he deserves to be challenged. and what they risk losing is the midterms, because while we know 60% of republicans believe in this lie, we also know a percentage of them are going to stay at home. whether or not trump tells them to, because they no longer have faith in elections. it s just m