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Sides. >> you mentioned voting rights. congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez was on the show last night and she said that the president came too late to the fight on voting rights, especially the filibuster. that he dragged his feet, she said. and this is you, jen, speaking on the presidents behalf last march, have a listen. >> it's the presidents will -- filibuster especially now that some more moderate democrats are now saying that they would like to see some filibuster reforms? >> his view and his position hasn't changed. >> jen, why wait almost a year to change his view and come up so publ...

Meanwhile, the democratic association of secretaries of state raised just $1 million during the first six months of last year. nationwide, 26 secretary of state position will be on the ballot this year, 14 of which are currently held by republicans and 12 by democrats. and it only takes a few races to massively change the balance of an electoral college, electoral power because in many states, secretaries of state play a decisive role in determining how election results get certified. one way to stop all this would be comprehensively voter protections like those senate democrats could pass rig...

But there is an agreement on some key components. lowering the costs of childcare, negotiating prescription job prices, elder care. that's good. we'll see what 50 senators can come to agreement on. on voting rights, we're gonna keep pressing on it. we can't give up. but yes, there will be consultations. but we're not just bedding on support from just democrats. we believe that we should be able to get some republicans because if we nominate an end qualified nominee, which the president has every intention of doing, that something that we will consult with and we will push for votes on both sid...

Started yet, because they came up with this message between the houses in order to have a debate without filibuster, which is something that dr. king asked for in 1963, but without filibuster to have the debate, that debate hasn't happened. so senator sinema will have to do more than just give a speech on the floor. she'll have to engage in an debate with her colleagues to fully explain her decision on why she doesn't support moving forward on filibuster reforms. and we believe that as the president said, that those who don't, that they're essentially siding not only with george wallace and bi...

Elections. i believe that if republicans continue to not come to the table, that democrats will use it against them, and that actually will hurt them in the midterm elections. but i think that what we will need to happen is a come to jesus talk with those two senators, to talk about listen, we're talking about voting rights here. we're talking about immigration reform. we're talking about things that are critical to our nation's future. and in order to get anything done on those issues, then we need to have -- look at the filibuster reforms. we need i believe or not there yet. the party is rea...