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Of light when the most recent campaign fundraising numbers came out earlier this week. there had been a handful of trump-endorsed candidates that weren't doing as well as the more moderate, we'll see, the less pro-trump republicans running in those races. so i think there is still some light at the end of the tunnel. as one who is still a registered republican, if you're going to have a functioning democracy, you need two strong parties. right now we're not headed toward a strong republican party, just one that's the party of trump. we keep thinking this is going to turn around. but with meeti...

Party into a cult of personality. >> i want to ask what is going on within the democratic party and joe mansion, senator joe mansion, your democratic colleague and the other chamber. you told new york we no longer live in a democracy. we live in a tyranny of joe mansion. it one thing to pursue bipartisanship but to pursue it for its own sake strikes me as si silly. joe mansion is representing his constituents in west virginia and generally not as prog progressive. why is it silly? >> there is nothing that made our democracy more ungovernable than the filibuster. properly functioning democracy,...

And i still have a hard time believing that he did what he did. if he gets 20 years in prison, he'll be 70 years old before he gets out of there. trump doesn't care about any of those people that stormed the capitol for him. he doesn't care one minute about them. >> that's donovan crawl's mother. she's recovering from leukemia. but you can see, pamela, how this disinformation, these lies, these deliberate lies have torn apart families and people like donovan crawl are facing, very, very serious charges that could lead to prison time and like she said, for what? for a president that has not men...

Criminal charges in the capitol breach. >> over ran the capitol. >> we found him in ohio where he's awaiting trial. >> i'm with cnn. >> excuse me? >> i'm with cnn. >> oh, thanks, man, i'm good. how is your day? >> i've been talking to your mom and sister. they mentioned you might want to say something to us about -- >> about what? >> about your case and whether or not you feel bad about it. >> i feel bad about my case? >> feel bad about what you did? >> well, actually, the things i did i was hanging out with some of the wrong people it seems like but i didn't really do anything so i feel prett...

Resembling a functioning democracy. we live under the tyranny of the filibuster. the filibuster made the senate a graveyard for police reform and gun safety, lgbtq equality, a democracy reform, voting rights enforcement. you name any closeause, it died the hands of the filibuster. >> i want to ask you because mansion came forward this past week to put forward his c compromise for the voting rights act. what is your reaction to that? >> i commend senator mansion for putting forward an alternative at a good faith attempt to bipartisanship but his good faith attempt at bipartisanship was met with...