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Democracy everywhere or accept that many states in our union will in important ways cease to be democratic. ashley, is there evidence that this movement the former president gave rise to questioning the legitimacy of all elections where they may not like the result, is that just going to become part of the permanent standing republican brand henceforth? >> well, its certainly not going away anytime soon. this is sort of the lingering hangover or long shadow of former president trump. not just de...

Coalition, and it looks like it is a broad coalition -- thats in favor for mandates for vaccination, that doesnt like spying on women and ratting them out to get a bounty, that understands that president biden is the properly legitimately elected president -- if we can put a broad etiological coalition around things that are so fundamental like that, i think biden would be very happy and have a very -- have a real sense of accomplishment because essentially when we need is a majority of democrat...

Countries, states around the country, you would flatly restrict abortion. a work around caused by extortion from the supreme court, theres no right to abortion in the constitution. the left is used to using that spurious decision as a way to block democratic deliberation and action on this. i dont know if roe will go or not, it will be eroded. democrats have to get used to winning it in the small d democratic arena rather than running to the courts. >> claire, is the answer to get roe codified i...

Cover dental and hearing and vision services. they voted no. but heres the catch. we were allowed to go forward with it because the senate rules say that when theres a budget-related thing, you can pass things with a majority 51 senator vote the way democracy is supposed to work. and if you can do it for a budget-related thing, for god sakes, you should be able to do it to get a majority to protect our democracy. and so that should be the lesson that came out of last night. >> so i want to come ...

Everything will be on the table to get it done. in the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line. voting rights will be the very first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. >> so i hear democrats, especially senate democrats, talking a big game about protecting voting rights, defending free and fair elections. but if your caucus doesnt get rid of the filibuster, what can you really deliver? we know that you cannot get v...

Clear? were standing up to voter suppression. failure is not an option. voting is too sacred and everything will be on the table to get it done. >> in the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gone. not to the finish line. voting rights will be the very first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. >> so, i hear democrats, especially senate democrats talking a big day game about protecting voting rights, but if your caucus doesnt get rid of t...

What justice departments attorney general would do that? this stuff is just crazy. >> right. as you were talking about the professionalism of donoghue and rosen, im sitting here and thinking in 2020, what they went through was sort of a stress test of the system. maybe this is really getting at what michael steele was saying before. how concerned should we be that doj and the american democratic, small d democratic apparatus wont be able to withstand another incredible shock to the system in 22 ...

Likely. all i know is that we go through these periods and run up against a wall and something happens where people realize oh, my lord, this is really a problem. and they begin to see things. the fact that a lot of you remember friends are saying get vaccinated who before said its not a problem. this is a democratic thing. a small d or a capitol d. a lot of things are changing. we have these surges of people going out and getting vaccinated. it keeps building. >> what about requiring proof, sir...

Protect voting rights could get passed? what time line are we perhaps looking at for that much needed reform? >> heres the thing, the president, as you mentioned, talked about this last night. and the thing that he said actually was, he believes we can do this in a bipartisan way. and this is something that, you know, he was a senator for 36 years, vice president for eight years, the bipartisan -- bipartisanship is the way to go here. hes been clear about voting rights. he said its an attack on ...

Civil rights act, the g.i. bill. this is on that magnitude. listen, social security effectively ended poverty for seniors. this can do the same or at least make a huge dent in child poverty. and we would not have it if we had relied on the 60-vote requirement, as you know. this got through a reconciliation. >> yeah. >> and it just shows you how critical it is to unlock the non-democratic, small d, barrier to very popular, very useful legislation. and i think weve gotten ourselves twisted up proc...