battle. but it is not necessarily the loss of the war. and this war will go on. this fight for voting rights and voter protection and for our democracy will continue. >> what do you think joe manchin and kyrsten sinema's relationship to the democratic party and democratic caucus will be? >> that's an interesting question. this is something that i think is core to the democratic party. that is, the fight for voter protection. it has been something that has animated this party for, you know, for decades. this is something that is a clear differentiator between the democracy party and the republican party. we stand for democracy. we stand for the voters having a say and the direction of this nation. they are putting themselves outside the gambit of the democratic party in that regard. what their relationship to the party will be going forward we will have to see. as a democratic, i am extremely disappointed in the positions that they have taken, especially given the fact that senator