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Republicans wielding the filibuster to block much of his domestic agenda. here is what he said at this week s cnn town hall. if it s a relic of jim crow, it s been used to fight against civil rights legislation historically. why protect it? there s no reason to protect it other than you re going to throw the entire congress into chaos and nothing will get done. but what happens if republicans regain control of the senate in the mid term elections or beyond? well, joinings now kristen powers and scott jennings. and scott served as an adviser for several of senator mitch mcconnell s re-election campaigns. great to have you both. kristen, you believe that mitch mcconnell might all of a sudden sew some ethics and end the filibuster. that s a big statement. tell us why you think that. i think he would do it if it was to his benefit. the only reason he wouldn t do ....
Infrastructure deal appears to be attracting some support from republicans and democrats. the idea that washington isn t functional when people are getting checks, when money is going out the door, when we when black people have a hard time voting, for example? when we had operation warp speed. what about voting rights? it s just not the things that you want. what about democracy, what about january 6th? just because what you want isn t happening doesn t mean nothing is happening. maybe i shouldn t have said nothing. some things are happening but some very important things aren t happening. it s just not what you want. this is the hypocrisy in the liberal argument. january 6th to be investigated. these are like important things. these are important things. let s ground this conversation. kristen, he makes a point which is that democrats did say you got to protect the filibuster when donald trump was president. sure, of course. so it raises the questions, parti ....
Putting democracy at risk. scott, last word to you. look, i just fundamentally disagree that democracy is at risk. we had massive turnout in the last two elections. we have more political engagement now than at any time going back several generations. i don t think that s going to change. i think democrats are dramatically overplaying the dangers to democracy. i think people are going to continue to participate, continue to vote and federalizing our election systems and blowing up the filibuster to do it would be a terrible thing to do and set a terrible precedent and have damaging repercussions for both parties in the years to come. scott and kristen, you both feel very strongly about this topic. we certainly appreciate you talking it out with us here today. thanks to you both. absolutely. you re about to meet a front line nurse in arkansas who says that she faces a torrent of insults and lies just for doing her job. we heard it more than once that we were just fudging the ....