CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell December 20, 2021 19:22:00
And with phil there, as i mentioned, how does this statement from jen psaki if that is what they have to negotiate with. >> victor, it is really complicating messaging, isn't it? senator manchin is right, he's not running for president. he doesn't hold a nationwide political office. he is a senator in the state that voted overwhelming for donald trump. so when progressives come after him and he pushes back, that helps them among his actual constituents where he'll have to stand for the re-election. i think the white house calculation is that they needed to push back with the same sort af -- of...