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What appears to be voting rights legislation dead. >> i mean, this is a sad day. we're in the 201 century. we are not in the 19th, 18th century. this is a sad day, a sad time for democracy. and although the african american community certainly shoulders an enormous burden when it comes to voting rights because of the historic import of how we had to fight and people had to die to get those rights, this is an attack, make no mistake, on every single person in this country, particularly the poor, the working poor, and the barely middleclass. an absolute sad day that you have senators that would ...
During that time or elders during that time fighting like hell and heaven to get voting rights. and here we are in 2022 kissing the behinds of two senators who could care less about the people in this country. so, jonathan, spare me. that's not how you're going to get things down. yeah, i am outraged with a whole bunch of other folks who need to be outraged about those two and what others behind them hiding behind them. so president biden, gas up the jet on these people. >> nina and jonathan, i hear your frustration, nina. i think this is such an important conversation to have. spirited as it ...
You all ask questions about complicated subjects like can you get this done. i hope i can get this done. the honest to god answer is i don't know if we can get this done. i hope we get this done, but i'm not sure. >> an exasperated president biden perhaps forced to find a way forward after fellow democrats kyrsten sinema and joe man manchin. chuck schumer said the senate will take up both on tuesday. both are expected to fail. joining us now is former ohio state senator nina turner. she was co-chair of bernie sanders 2020 presidential campaign. we're also joined by jonathan cott, former senior...