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Votes on this. explain. >> thats whats so extraordinary. the reason we have a senate is to debate these bills and mark them up in committee. debate them. the house has passed a couple of gun measures in the normal course of things. if they pass them and the president vetoes them and they want the votes to override, thats fine. same with election security legislation which has bipartisan support. passed the house. very important to a lot of secretaries of state around the country. republicans say...

Election security legislation. we also know they just lifted a consent decree thats kept republicans and the rnc from going into local communities and intimidating voters by having off duty officers tell people that they are monitoring their votes. for the first time since 1981, the rnc will be allowed to cheat and lie and go into polling places a places and scare voters, particularly voters of color, not just worry about them, work against them, and thats what we learned from 2018. we cannot wa...

We know they have been hard at work at suppressing the vote, at dismantling democracy, and it is our responsibility to not just wait to see what happens, but to actually fight back. were going to educate staff and fund, do the training and making sure that in every one of these states, we have voter protection teams ready to go long before we have a nominee. but were also going to make sure theyre ready for not only the tactics we know were employed in georgia and north dakota, in florida and in...

I want to toub moscow mitch. moscow mitch says its a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? he wont even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. hes moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interfer...

That is un-american. hes moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interference is being distorted. >> every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was real and is real. we all agree that the federal government, sta...

President trump with a defense for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and a ridiculous claim about "the washington post." >> "the washington post" called mitch mcconnell what? i think "the washington post" is a russian asset by comparison. mitch mcconnell loves our country. >> "the washington post" is not a russian asset, but the president making that criticism. its all in reaction to a "washington post" opinion column by dana milbank who accused the senate majority leader of acting like a, ...

Moscow mitch says its a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? he wont even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american. hes moscow mitch. >> that nickname apparently left a mark. mitch mcconnell today defended his name and reputation, took big swings at his cites, and more importantly, defended his decision to block re-election security legislation. he complained the most recent bill was too passionate and his position on russia interference is being distorted. >> e...

Associated editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson is with us this morning. so take your pick, joe, of the top stories. >> i want to hear about moscow mitch. >> can congressional democrats get on the same page? nancy pelosi meets with aoc this morning. >> good news there. >> this as one of the house speakers top lieutenants comes out in support of impeaching the president. plus, congress takes action on one front and definitely does not on another. the house ...

Would you find evidence they would do it again? >> theyre doing it as we sit here and the next campaign. >> indeed a new document out that we mentioned at the top of the broadcast tonight from the u.s. senate serves as a warning of the russia interference. "the new york times" sums it up, the nate intelligence committee concluded thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time. intelligence agency...

The nate intelligence committee concluded thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time. intelligence agency, the committee was forced to redact their its findings so heavily that key lessons were the elections were lucked out. security legislation had hit a roadblock in the u.s. senate. the ap puts it this way. mitch mcconnell on thursday blocked a house bill that would authorize 775 million to...