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Democracy everywhere or accept that many states in our union will in important ways cease to be democratic. ashley, is there evidence that this movement the former president gave rise to questioning the legitimacy of all elections where they may not like the result, is that just going to become part of the permanent standing republican brand henceforth? >> well, it's certainly not going away anytime soon. this is sort of the lingering hangover or long shadow of former president trump. not just democrats but the system writ large is really having to grapple with, which is that president trump w...

Coalition, and it looks like it is a broad coalition -- that's in favor for mandates for vaccination, that doesn't like spying on women and ratting them out to get a bounty, that understands that president biden is the properly legitimately elected president -- if we can put a broad etiological coalition around things that are so fundamental like that, i think biden would be very happy and have a very -- have a real sense of accomplishment because essentially when we need is a majority of democrats, small d democrats. and i think that's what he's striving for. and we will see it in some of the...

Countries, states around the country, you would flatly restrict abortion. a work around caused by extortion from the supreme court, there's no right to abortion in the constitution. the left is used to using that spurious decision as a way to block democratic deliberation and action on this. i don't know if roe will go or not, it will be eroded. democrats have to get used to winning it in the small d democratic arena rather than running to the courts. >> claire, is the answer to get roe codified in congress? >> i have to tell you, my heart is beating so fast now. it is very hard for me to stay...

Cover dental and hearing and vision services. they voted no. but here's the catch. we were allowed to go forward with it because the senate rules say that when there's a budget-related thing, you can pass things with a majority 51 senator vote the way democracy is supposed to work. and if you can do it for a budget-related thing, for god sakes, you should be able to do it to get a majority to protect our democracy. and so that should be the lesson that came out of last night. >> so i want to come back to the budget reconciliation bill in a moment, but just sticking with the democratic angle, t...

Everything will be on the table to get it done. in the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line. voting rights will be the very first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. >> so i hear democrats, especially senate democrats, talking a big game about protecting voting rights, defending free and fair elections. but if your caucus doesn't get rid of the filibuster, what can you really deliver? we know that you cannot get voting rights done without getting rid of the filibuster? >> well, medhi, that's right. we have to c...