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Shut up. >> yeah clare i'm curious about how you feel about this as someone who -- the united states senator of the democratic party you are from a very swing state. i would not put you in the left most part of the curve, the democratic coalition particularly when you are u.s. senator but i wonder if you feel the sense of alarm that people i think across the democratic coalition, again, regardless of their specific politics or where they are on the spectrum and how they feel about this moment. >> well i certainly am really concerned that these laws are being passed at breakneck speed and state...

Billions spent manipulating elections. gerrymandering partisan congressional districts and restricting our freedom to vote. exactly why we need to for the people at act. hr one, to finally ban dark money, and sure fair congressional districts and protect our freedom to vote because the real power is you and it's time for the people to win. >> it's time for the people to win. for the people being the operative term there. that's the bill. again, that attics exclusive to us and it's gonna start airing tomorrow. that sort of a sneak peek at that. we're gonna speak with former attorney general eri...

A shoot out. or a head to head. what do you tell us about this? >> this is a key thing here with the majority of senate democrats, but notably not senate democrat. starting to have this moment of reckoning with the senate filibuster. that need for the 60 vote threshold in order to move legislation to the final round votes. many are viewing this as antiquated and a real roadblocked when it comes to passing substantive -- different kinds of legislation. real policy changes moving forward. they're seeing is outdated with the way things stand. so what we can expect to see from senate majority lead...

About jim crow laws, and we talk about rights, hr one, a great bill, if you want to stop this immediate assault, this immediate assault on voting rights, you've got to narrow this a little bit and focus on stopping that assault. there's a lot in these other bills that are good pieces of legislation. let's focus on getting these standards. uniform standards around the country. i believe, and i think joe manchin and kristen sinema that if you could focus on that, you can't get enough votes. but if you can, if you can on that issue, then the congress has to be the backstop of what's happening in ...

Obstacles in the path of democratic leaning voters. especially voters of color. between them and the ballot box. make it more difficult for them. these are republican state legislatures, governors that are determined to run stuff through, and they're going to do it. so two things basically the democrats can do. they can't use their slimmest of slim minorities in the senate. and they're pretty slim majority in the house, to pass federal legislation that would nullify some of this. the john lewis act, hr for. which would put back on the preclearance aspect of the voting rights act. the hr one wh...