ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACK TIFRTIVIT JOY REID IS NEXT. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE HAVE A BIG HOUR AHEAD, INCLUDING THE LATEST ON THE MESS IN ARIZONA, WITH NEW WARNINGS FROM ELECTION OBSERVERS. AND TUCKER CARLSONS NEW COMMENTS ABOUT COVID VACCINES. BUT FIRST, CHUCK SCHUMER WILL BRING THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT TO THE FLOOR LATER THIS MONTH FOR A VOTE. IT CANT COME SOON ENOUGH, AS REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE INTRODUCED NEARLY 400 BILLS THAT LIMIT VOTING ACCESS. AN ANTI-VOTING WAVE THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS NOT SEEN SINCE THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION. ARI BERMAN WRITES THAT MUCH OF WHAT WERE WITNESSING IS A CONCERTED ATTEMPT TO END THE SECOND RECONSTRUCTION WHICH BEGAN WITH THE PASSING OF THE VOTING ACT IN 1965. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS REWRITING THE RULES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY TO PROTECT CONSERVATIVE WHITE POLITICAL POWER FROM THE RISING INFLUENCE OF NEW DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE NOW, THE DAMAGE COULD BE IRREPARABLE. TUESDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN, SIGNALING A NEW PHASE IN THE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN, HE CALLED OUT TWO OBSTINATE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY. >> THIS SACRED RIGHT IS UNDER ASSAULT WITH AN INTENSITY AND AGGRESSIVENESS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME. ITS SIMPLY UN-AMERICAN. I HEAR ALL OF THE FOLKS ON TV SAYING, WHY DOESNT BIDEN GET THIS DONE? BECAUSE BIDEN ONLY HAS FOUR VOTES IN THE HOUSE, AND A TIE IN THE SENATE, WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE SENATE WHO VOTE MORE WITH MY
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. >> ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS, KYRSTEN SINEMA, CALLED HERSELF A HAPPY WARRIOR FOR BIPARTISANSHIP. SHE REPEATED HER REFUSAL TO BUDGE ON THE FILIBUSTER. >> TO THOSE WHO SAY WE MUST MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN THE FILIBUSTER AND "X," I SAY, THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE. THE REALITY IS, WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING EFFECTIVELY, AND I THINK MOST WOULD AGREE THE SENATE IS NOT A PARTICULARLY WELL-OILED MACHINE, RIGHT, THE WAY TO FIX THAT IS TO CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR. NOT TO CHANGE THE RULES, BUT TO CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR. >> THE OTHER UNNAMED SENATOR, JOE MANCHIN OF WEST VIRGINIA, TOLD REPORTER TO KEEP THE FAITH IN THIS DAMN SENATE, AND WELL MAKE IT WORK OUT. WELL MAKE IT BIPARTISAN. KEEP THE FAITH IN WHAT? LAST WEEK, THE BILL TO CREATE THE JANUARY 6th COMMISSION WAS KILLED. THERE WILL NEVER BE TEN SENATE REPUBLICANS WILLING TO OVERCOME A FILIBUSTER BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR LEADER TOLD US. >> 100% OF MY FOCUS IS ON STANDING UP TO THIS ADMINISTRATION. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE IS TOTAL UNITY FROM SUSAN COLLINS AND TED CRUZ, IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT THE NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO TO THIS COUNTRY. >> 100%. THAT LEAVES US FRANKLY CONFUSED AS TO WHY MANCHIN AND SINEMA CARE MORE ABOUT THE WILL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAN ABOUT THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PARTY. JOINING ME NOW, AL FRANKEN, FORMER SENATOR AND HOST OF THE AL FRANKEN PODCAST, AND CHRISTINA GREER. SENATOR FRANKEN, I HAVE NOT WORKED WITH THESE PEOPLE, I DONT KNOW THESE PEOPLE. BUT I CANT THINK OF AN EXPLANATION FOR WHAT MANCHIN AND SINEMA ARE DOING UNLESS IT IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY PREFER THAT REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE PROCESS AND MAYBE THAT REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE. OR THEY THEMSELVES MAYBE DONT PLAN TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR NEXT THING, THEYRE JUST PREPARING THEMSELVES TO BE THE SMOKING MAN ON "THE X-FILES" AND LET THE OTHER GUY WIN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? >> THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY. WHAT THE REPUBLICANS PASSED NATIONWIDE, AND LOOK AT ARIZONA. WHERE NOT ONLY ARE THEY SUPPRESSING VOTES, SOMETHING THEY TRADITIONALLY DO TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE THEY DONT WANT TO VOTE, TO VOTE. WHAT THEYRE ACTUALLY DOING IS TRYING TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS IN ELECTIONS. IN ARIZONA, THEYVE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TAKEN IT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THAT EXPIRES IN JANUARY OF 2023, BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW WHO WILL WIN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND WHO WILL WIN THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS NOT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, TO COVER ORTHODONTICS IN THE ACA. THIS IS DEMOCRACY. AND I WOULD MAKE THE CASE TO JOE MANCHIN, ESPECIALLY ON THIS BILL, BECAUSE I HEAR SINEMA IS FOR IT. BUT ALSO ON THE FILIBUSTER, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE EITHER NEED TO GET -- JOE SAID HE WONT GET RID OF IT, SINEMA SAID SHE WONT GET RID OF IT. WEVE BEEN WORKING ON A MODIFICATION THAT I THINK WOULD WORK IN STOPPING THIS. AND ILL LET THE PROFESSOR WEIGH IN HERE SO I DONT, YOU KNOW, TALK TOO MUCH. >> NO, WE WANT YOU TO TALK. THE THING IS, CHRISTINA GREER, KYRSTEN SINEMA KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT AL FRANKEN JUST SAID, SHE KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HER OWN STATE. I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE SHE WANTS IT TO PROCEED. SHE SAYS SHES A CO-SPONSOR, BUT I CANNOT CONCLUDE OTHER THAN WHAT SHE SEES HAPPENING THAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING, SHES FOR IT. BECAUSE SHES NOT FOR CHANGING IT. SHES NOT FOR STOPPING IT. I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO CONCLUDE. >> WELL, TWO WORDS, JOY. PRIMARIES MATTER. BECAUSE JUST AS YOU SAID, SHE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHOW UP IN PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES WHEN THE PRIMARY SEASON COMES AROUND TO TALK ABOUT CERTAIN LEGISLATION THAT SHE MEALY-MOUTHED SUPPORTED. BUT WITH WITH OUR DEMOCRACY, SHES BEEN ADVERSARY TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND WE KNOW THERE IS GREAT IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. BUT WE CANNOT HAVE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS WHO ARE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHAT WERE SEEING WITH SINEMA AND MANCHIN, WHEN THEY REFUSE TO SUPPORT THEIR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING WHAT THE FILIBUSTER HAS DONE, AND HOW IT PREVENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH McCONNELL AND HIS CAUCUS, HOW IT PREVENTS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FROM MOVING FORWARD IN A SUBSTANTIVE WAY. THE FACT THAT THEYRE VOTING AGAINST THE JANUARY 6th COMMISSION SHOULD BE PROOF ENOUGH TO LET US KNOW THEYRE NOT INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH, WEALTH, AND CONTINUATION OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. >> YOU HAVE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHO WILL BE LEADING THE ADMINISTRATIONS EFFORTS. YOU HAVE THE NAACP PREPARING TO MEET WITH MANCHIN. THEYRE BASICALLY THROWING THE FULL AFRICAN-AMERICAN COALITION AT MANCHIN. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, ITS SENATOR CORY BOOKER THAT IS OUT THERE. REVEREND WARNOCK OUT THERE. THEYRE THROWING -- I DONT SEE HOW THAT MOVES HIM. HE DOESNT NEED AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTES TO WIN. ITS A 7% BLACK STATE. DOES THAT WORK? I DONT SEE HOW IT WORKS, BUT TELL ME IF YOU THINK ITS DIFFERENT. >> LET ME DESCRIBE WHAT WEVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 12 YEARS NOW, AND WEVE MODIFIED THE MODIFICATION. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOTE ON THE JANUARY 6th COMMISSION, THEY ONLY GOT 35 TO STOP IT. BUT THEY DIDNT NEED 35. THEY DIDNT NEED ANY. THEY NEEDED ONE, I GUESS. THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO SHOW UP. >> YEAH. >> BUT WE NEEDED 60. THIS MODIFICATION IS, THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP. AND THERE HAVE TO BE 41 VOTES. THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE FILIBUSTER GOING. BUT NOT JUST THAT, THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE. IT HAS TO BE A TALKING FILIBUSTER, AND THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE. AND THEY CAN STAY THERE A DAY, THEY CAN STAY THERE TWO DAYS. THERES 50 OF THEM. 41 HAVE TO BE THERE AT SOME POINT, ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, BY MY MATH, EACH OF THEM WOULD GET FIVE HOURS OFF. YOU DO THAT FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS, CHUCK GRASSLEY GETS A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT. MITCH McCONNELL GETS A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT. PLUS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET TO HEAR THEM DEBATE. AND THEY GET TO HEAR THE REPUBLICANS TAKE THE PRO SIDE ON WHY IT SHOULD BE A CRIME TO GIVE SOMEONE A GLASS OF WATER OR GIVERGIVE THEM WATER IN A LINE. I WANT TO SEE THAT DEBATE. I WANT TO HAVE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SEE THAT DEBATE. PEOPLE SEE THAT DEBATE. AND I WANT TO MAKE JIM INHOFE AND MITCH McCONNELL BE THERE. BELIEVE ME, IVE BEEN IN THIS BODY. THEY DONT WANT TO STAY THERE, AND THEYRE NOT GOING TO. AND THIS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE FILIBUSTERS WERE PEOPLE LIKE STROM THURMOND, WERE FOR THE EXACT OPPOSITE REASON, FOR BAD REASONS. THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY. IF WE ALLOW THIS TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS, OUR DEMOCRACY GOES AWAY. IT WOULDNT BE HITLER, WOULDNT BE TOJO OR THE CONFEDERACY, IT
