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>> congressman, i want you to weigh in on this real quick. i want to talk real quickly about joe manchin and the filibuster. there was a columnist ross douthet who suggested moving the filibuster threshold to 55. we know joe manchin does not suggest doing away with the filibuster, he doesn't support it. do you think this type of effort could help to get legislation through? >> well, i'm going to say maybe, but i think it's time for the filibuster to go. i also think that especially when it comes to these democracy reforms and voting rights that there's an argument to be made on that issue alon...

Totally partisan. weeks no sense. it means the g.o.p. is waging asymmetric warfare on our democracy. even if democrats could get manchin's seven republican pals to vote for s1, it wouldn't be enough to get past his own beloved 60 vote filibuster threshold. maybe manchin is just not very bright. maybe simple math is beyond him. maybe he doesn't understand what's happening at a state level. that may be the most charitable excavation. >> sean: what the left in america today, the new green deal socialist, there's no room for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, no difference of opinion allowed, ...

It means the g.o.p. is waging asymmetric warfare on our democracy. even if democrats could get manchin's seven republican pals to vote for s1, it wouldn't be enough to get past his own beloved 60 vote filibuster threshold. maybe manchin is just not very bright. maybe simple math is beyond him. maybe he doesn't understand what's happening at a state level. that may be the most charitable excavation. >> sean: with the left in america today, the new green deal socialist, there's no room for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, no difference of opinion allowed, no debate allowed. you send it ful...

Warfare with manchin's permission and even encouragement. west virginia senator seems to think that his party should be able to get the seven lks who voted to convict trump on board. seven is not ten. even if they could get the seven republican pals to vote for s-1, it would not be enough to get past his own filibuster threshold. maybe as i said before oon this show, manchin is not very bright. maybe simple math is beyond him. maybe he doesn't understand what's happening at a state level. that may be the most charitable explanation. i would love to have asked him but he has repeatedly turned u...

This after the voit and i want you to hear what she said about her own party and not wanting to sweep january 6th under the rug. >> we just can't pretend nothing happened or that people just got too excitable. something bad happened, and it's important to lay that out. >> reporter: i should note senate majority leader chuck schumer has said he could bring a vote again to republican senators to force them to vote on this commission again. he has that power in his majority position, but that doesn't mean there will be those ten republican senators onboard in order to get them over the filibuster...