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>> [laughs] >> the democrats fighting for voting rights on the senate floor were fighting against a republican hypocrisy, perfectly framed by georgias democratic senator raphael warnock occur. >> surely, some of my republican friends believe at the very least that in this chamber we should be able to debate about voting rights, after all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights, and what could be more hypocritical and cynical then invoking minority rights in the senate as a pretext fo...

Department must investigate these things. and as crazy as that is and as much of a conundrum this poses for the people who are in charge of justice department who have to figure out how much trash in their workplace theyre going to dig out and how much can lay around stinking and maybe itll dissolve, the fact remains that this kind of stuff is the foundation, is what has led to this fantasy on the right and this pretext in the republican party that there was something gravely wrong with the elec...

That this kind of stuff is the foundation, is what has led to this fantasy on the right, and this pretext in the republican party that there was something gravely wrong with the election. right? this is the same level of thinking, the same types of conspiracies created by the people, promoted by the people who are running the cockamamie arizona fake audit, right? run by cyber ninjas. and i just point out one other element, the lady with the fake house who said that it was her house and it was in...

. surely some of my republican friends believe at the very least in this chamber we should be able to debate about voting rights. after all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights and what could be more hypocritical and cynical that invoing minority rights in the senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society. >> that was georgia senator raphael warnock blasting republicans for their opposition to just having a debate on voting rights...

These things. and as crazy as that is and as much of a conundrum this now poses for the people who are in charge of the justice department who have to figure out how much trash in their workplace theyre going to have to dig out and how much can lay around stinking and maybe itll dissolve, the fact remains that this kind of stuff is the foundation, is what has led to this fantasy on the right, and this pretext in the republican party that there was something gravely wrong with the election, this ...

Least, we should be able to debate voting rights. they are preservative of all other rights, and what could be more hypocritical and cynical that invoking minority rights in the senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in society. >> senator warnock introduced a provision on monday that would prevent politicians from being able to overrule state elections. senator, what do you say to democrats that are disappointed about your vote about the

And in the beltway press, expectations are not high for whether or not theyre going to be able to pull it off. but it is their best shot at heading off what the republicans are doing, even though the undergirding and the pretext for what the republicans are doing lies in territory this insane. what the democrats are up with with that bill tomorrow, its as real and as dangerous as its pretext is absolutely cockamamy and bananas. and thats where we are.

Election. this is the stuff that builds the plymouth, plinth, on which the republican party is building its current platform. right? they take over election administration procedures for their party alone, wherever they can do it in draconian and also rollback voting rights, and ballot access everywhere they can control it in the states. but as crazy as all of the stuff is, that is what it is being used for. and the democrats are going to take their biggest shock tomorrow afternoon trying to sto...

All stampeding towards another fil filibuster. this is what they called technically a procedural vote. it brings the entire merits to the legislation to the floor. republicans may even block that. >> there is a rot at the center of the modern republican party. donald trumps big lie has spread like a cancer that they dont even want to debate it because they are afraid. >> whats more hypocritical and cynical that invoking minority rights in the senate as a pretext for preventing, debate about how ...

A politically based decision to terminate the contracts and to use the events of january 6th, 2021 as a pretext to do so. your dislike for trump is no secret. whats your response? >> erin, if thats the case, why didnt i do it in 2015, 16, 17, 18? no, i didnt like donald trump but we were doing business with the trump organization but what changed things was the president of the united states incited an insurrection, a violent insurrection against the u.s. government. he was then impeached by the...