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Federal -- i think it's alexander hamilton talked cogently about this, and he says that these federal elections cannot be left up to the states, should not be left up to the statements. that's why -- states. that's why states were not allowed to put term limits on federal officials. is so the elections or not solely conducted by the states, that's why the 1965 voting rights act was necessary, and that is why the 15th amendment to the united states constitution was necessary. that's why the 18th amendment of the unite constitution was necessary -- united states constitution was necessary. all b...

Unless they win the elections. all of this is about some votes, jonathan. we know what that mean. this dates back to the passage of the 15th amendment. the voting rights act, we tried to address this. we've gone backwards and i'm extremely worried, if we don't pass federal regs this year, that we'll see the collections of this deck-the elections of this decade impact this. >> let me get your retook what new york magazine is reporting. redistricting is looking for favorable for democrats than most anticipated. and one reason is democrats are taking a more aggressive approach. illinois, oregon a...

That? >> well, you know, senator manchin has on occasion said that in order for the thing to work right it needs to be bipartisan. i will remind him that the 15th amendment to the united states constitution, the amendment that gives the former slaves the right to vote, my forebearers, that was a straight party line vote. it was not bipartisan. so this notion that it has to be bipartisan in order to be good or, let's just say, put into law, that is poppycock. and so we need to move forward with this legislation, and i would hope that joe manchin will take a look at history and be guided by that...

>> but me be clear, when states are engaging in voter suppression, only the law can stop them. senator cinema and manchin also say, if the bill doesn't get bipartisan support it shouldn't pass. the 14th amendment with -- granting citizenship in 1868, that's in there with bipartisan support. should formerly enslaved people have been denied citizenship? the 15th amendment that gave formally enslaved people the right to vote in 1870, that didn't have bipartisan support. should former slaves have been denied the right to vote senator manchin? in 1922, 23 and 24, some senators fill it is that's my ...

They're going to be very inauspicious for the democrats. it has to do with gerrymandering and a combination of voter suppression. one thing historically, we've faced this before as a democracy. in the 19th century during reconstruction, the parties were realigned in that historical context. the republican party was the party of civil rights. democratic party was the party of the racial status quo. what we did in that context, we really faltered. we allowed voter suppression to be the law of the land, in violation of the 15th amendment to the constitution. we got sort of another 70, 80 years of...