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Anti-democratic decision. understand, the filibuster itself is an anti-democratic or un-democratic rule. the notion that the majority does not rule. it can be controlled by a minority. bypassing the filibuster rule happens all of the time in the senate and happened a couple of weeks ago. >> right. with the debt ceiling. >> with the debt ceiling. they do it all the time. they carve out exceptions. and what better exception than to have a functioning democracy. >> right. to be clear when you say d...

Look, i think we believe in a participatory democracy or we dont. its as simple as that. and the idea of making in convenient voting, or inaccessible to people on purpose to can gain advantage, its completely antithetical to a functioning democracy. its not new, its not new. but it is a problem whose ugly undersides, i think, are apparent for everybody to see right now. we have real reform legislation that has moved through the house, it has the support of the american people, and its stuck in t...

It back. >> christina, what can we expect from congress if republicans do indeed take control. what happens on the second anniversary of the january 6th insurrection? >> well, what we know about republicans, jonathan, they play offense. democrats are the ones who play defense. whenever democrats get into power, they look around and say, republicans, what would you like to? do thats in the spirit of democracy, sure, but we are not there anymore. if the democrats, who have the majority, no matter ...

Elected officials who would not provide for access to our constitutional rights to vote, but they are trying to subvert millions of peoples rights to vote. is extremely important, because our democracy is at stake. i see what they are doing, in terms of a move toward auto crowd to government, and a system that would not allow for the democracy that we all know so well. >> congressman lieu, we know that this election maybe has a rule about a criminal referral against donald trump. what do you thi...

Last word, election officials in arizona released a 93-page report debunking every claim made by the cyber ninjas in their sham audit. now, the cyber ninjas are shutting down. thats good news. but a similar partisan audit is still being pushed in pennsylvania, even if no fraud is found. has the damage though already been done? >> well, no fraud was found here in pennsylvania. other than maybe a handful of cases where individuals were trying to cast an extra ballot for donald trump. whats happeni...

Depressing poll numbers. the fact that it shows rising acceptance of political violence. and proud of democracy is, you know, down from 90%. that is extraordinary. >> it is and it is a worrying sign. and what what did trump do in on office? he attacked the press, and the fbi and all the institutions that we rely on for trust to know that we have a functioning democracy. he attacked all of them. and when he convinced his supporters that the last election was stolen, and that theres an illegitimat...

Democracy, over the past year, 19 states made it harder to vote despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. then, there is the climate crisis. this past week, we learned 2021 tied for sixth hottest year ever in the hottest seven years on record all happened in the last seven years. climate change, also, leads to more extreme weather events. last year, the u.s. experienced 20 different billion-dollar disasters fueled by hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados. extreme weather claimed nearly 700 li...

President biden has a plan to get done what you and all of us are saying needs to get done. the john lewis voting advancement act has to get past. >> i think we heard yesterday that the president came forward very forcefully. to talk about the fact that we have got to pass this, and weve got to pass these two bills right away. i support ending the filibuster. the president very clearly said, we have to do something. that means if we dont have any republican votes, we need to carve around its to ...

Happened a year ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day, and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general, merrick garland, has vowed to take, quote, as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done. hes delivering. the department of justice has charged more than 700 members of the trump mob, so far 75 have been sentenced. 36 receive in jail time. that includes a north carolina woman who brought her 14 year old son into the capital on january 6t...

Marched through it, it was democracy that was under attack, and that remains under attack. the voting rights that were talking about, those need to be passed to protect democracy. we need to make sure that we dont have a state legislature, or state partisan making decisions about what votes count, it has to continue to be something that protects our rights to vote, and our rights to have a vote counted. >> they are intertwined. january 6th and voting rights. jill wine-banks, christina greer, jua...