elections for years. the fact that violent criminals broke the law does not entitle senate democrats to break the senate. it is surreal to hear sitting senators invoke january the 6 tot justify. listen to this. to justify breaking rules to grab out ones they have not earned. >> what mitch mcconnell fails to understand or chooses to be blindly ignorant about is what those violent criminals who broke the law on january 6th acted to do. they were undermining our democracy by sowing doubt based on lies about the legitimacy of our electoral system. unfounded lies. so, yes, the insurrection is absolutely tied to the country's voting rights issues. in fact, in the years since the insurrection, voting became harder to do in some states. nbc news reports, this year 19 states, most of them controlled by republicans, enact 3d 4 laws that made voting harder while many blue states expanded access, particularly to male voting. that's according to brennan