would support someone other than him, less support than former presidents trump and obama had at this time during their presidency. he is losing support among democrats, his own base. nbc news poll shows since april, he s lost 19% support among african americans and down 16% from people 18-24 and down with latinos. he is doing everything in his power to gain back support, he is pushing voter reform, telling people republicans are racist and trying to give free money away through build back better. it is not working because congress is split. alternative plan is to get support back from independents and moderate republicans, that is not the path he s choosing to go. todd: you are telling me alternative path he could take
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be hail mary if they do. these are two senators, let s be real, had the bill modified after they made demanded publicly, and now they say they support them but they re not going to work on it to get it enacted. a bit of an oxymoron. as reverend al sharpton said thierk going to pull back support. i do think voters are absolutely right to stand on democrats and expect them to do something to the protect their base iks right to vote. the suppression bills are ravaging states like arizona and texas. i think the democrats can only expect this to ramp up after we ve seen them put their bodies on the line. having these hunger strikes by people like joe madison and
for the prime minister. more restrictions coming in to place starting today. people will be asked to work from home when ever possible. authorities are concerned about the rise of the omicron variant. it seems to be doubling every two to three days. the number of cases linked to this variant. the prime minister going out yesterday in a taped address to the nation calling on everyone to get boosted. boosted boosted. he wants to increase that layer of vaccine protection. across the country. he s also brought forward a very ambitious plan, ambitious date to get everyone an invitation to get the booster jab. before the end of the month. it was originally before january. now bringing that up to this month. prime minister em battled trying to win back support. at the same time trying to get that reputation, trying to get that standing to call on this country to fight yet another variant of covid-19.