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We need two additional pro choice senators and a pro choice house to codify roe as federal law. your vote can make that a reality. i know it's frustrating. it made a lot of people very angry. the truth is this, it's not just me saying it, it's what the court said. when you read the decision the court has made clear it will not protect the rights of women. period. period. after having made the decision based on a reading of a document that was frozen in time in the 1860s when women didn't even have the right to vote. the court now practically dares the women of america to go to the ballot box a...

Senate, who support abortion rights, and a democratic majority in the house that supports abortion rights. so setting this expectation that just with those votes, that they would be able to codify roe, and the president hoping that this is something that will energize his own party to support more democrats in the fall. >> but matthew, this is exactly what we've talked about, you and i, some other folks on the democratic side, who have said they need to figure out better messaging. give people something specific. not just say vote, but say two more seats on the senate, right? anyway, let me pl...

Ballot box. let me explain. we need two additional pro- choice senators and a pro- choice house to codify roe as federal law. a vote can make that a reality. i know it is frustrating. it made a lot of people very angry, but the truth is this, and it is not just what we say, it is what the court said. when you read the decision that the court has made clear, they will not protect the rights of women. period. period. after having made the decision based on the reading of the document that was frozen in time in the 1860s, when women did not even have the right to vote, the court now, now, practic...

About. so you heard from the president that he's taking these steps because it's what he feels that he can do. although conceding that it's pretty limited, and his main message though, chris, was vote. take a listen. >> the challenge from the court to the american women and men, this is a nation that challenges, that the challenge is go out and vote. for god sake there is an election in november. vote, vote, vote, vote. consider the challenge accepted, court. >> so you can see the president is setting this up as a political fight, chris, and so he's saying, and he went on to say that republica...

Most intimate and private decisions that someone can make. >> reporter: what will this administration do to try, in the coming months before the election, to codify roe, to try, through congress, put into law some of these priorities? >> the president acted this morning again with an executive order, but we also need congresf government is where we actually codify, which means put into law, the rights that, again, we took for granted but clearly have now been taken from the women of america. and that does have to happen, and we should not allow ourselves to minimize the significance of that, w...