they want. once his proposal surfaced, manchin switched back to supporting the bill which he co-sponsored in 2019 but changed his mind on in 2021 for a while. with the democrats all agreeing to move forward on the bill, the question now is what s next? majority leader schumer vowed to continue the fight while lashing out against his republican colleagues. the republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights, and it is an indefensible position for any senator, any senator, let alone the minority leader to hold. this vote, i m ashamed to say, is further evidence that voter suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. so what s next? with manchin and kyrsten sinema s ferocious defense of the filibuster and our democracy
legislatures. all right. moments ago senator chuck schumer using incredibly strong language to call out mcconnell. if senator 60 years ago held that the federal government should never intervene to protect voting rights, this body would have never protected or passed the voting rights act. the republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an indefenseble for any senator, any senator, let alone the minority leader to hold. here is the thing about that. i just laid out reasons why mcconnell is dead wrong to release the conversation to call him out for saying there is nothing broken about the system. he s wrong. calling him a racist, which is what schumer did for all intensive purposes isn t product ti and doesn t tackle the serious conversations at all.