be negotiated with, collaborated with. these are all members of an authoritarian cult that understands they cannot win through democracy which is why they are trying to subvert democracy. until they dispense with this pretense that we need to work in a bipartisan manner, that's not going to change and the republicans are going to exploit that. secondly, they need to put manchin and sin know ma to a vote. then we will see what kind of pressure they are under. third, six months ago a violent insurrection took place in the united states. why has the democratic majority in congress not expelled those