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Understanding that he would not work against roe v. wade. >> she has to own this. she was very vocal and out front about how wet is happening would happen, because of the vote for kavanaugh, and a vote for some of these other issues. she gave us assurances that what is happening would not happen. but in fact kavanaugh turns out to be exactly who we thought he was. but i have to double down on the point that my friend on the right was making here. and that is that i think republicans have perhaps awoken the sleeping giant. and i say that because he's right. this has been a primary voting issue ...

Medical care. it's hard to believe it's 2021 and we're facing this now. the war on women just continues and in texas, they're screaming about my body, my choice and you can't make me wear mask and you can't make my children wear mask to school, obviously, don't honor my body, my choice when it comes to women. >> those of us who have been screaming for a very long time that the supreme court was coming for roe and they don't care. they were coming for it for a long time. too many women didn't make this a voting issue. we find ourselves in the nightmare scenario. i don't trust the supreme court....

>> that is me talking. i'm not saying that we should get rid of -- yes, i would be prepared to do that. whether the rest of the caucus would be willing to do that, that is another question. i know the caucus is very prepared to get things done. and so at some point, i think that we are going to need to face a question of filibuster reform, so that the kind of voter suppression that is going on by the hundreds of bills across the country, forcing texas democrats to leave the state, how crazy is that. but if we don't get the -- if we don't address the voting issue, we need to reform filibuster. ...

The mayor that you just had on in terms of gun violence in many cases it is gun violence that we're seeing a large speak in the major cities and making it unsafe to walk down midtown manhattan. so i don't think this is a big issue. if republicans want something to run on, run on the culture war stuff. that resonates with people. >> sandra: stick to crime here. i have about 20 seconds left. and when those americans head to the voting booth, they'll ask themselves, do they feel safe. this is a major voting issue for the american people right now. real quick. >> martha: no doubt about it. democra...

Rights? >> well, i think the president, he's talked about this as a battle for the soul of the country, right? that was the premise of his campaign. and voting rights is a very important part of this. but i think there is a recognition that democrats sort of maybe overpromised. remember what h.r. 1 was, it was a democratic messaging bill, that's what frees you up to introduce those kinds of messaging bills. without appreciating you need 60 votes. yes, you have a majority, you need a clear path. so, i wonder how much of a conversation there has been with the senate leadership about whether the ...