had some comments for joe biden where he said i don t even recognize that guy. who is that guy talking behind the podium? griff: yeah. even for those that know mitch mcconnell as a somewhat subdued fellow, he was fired up. and, good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. you are right. the president is coming up here to the senate to try the old lunch meeting with senate democrats because that big georgia speech failed to move the needle. and he needs support to kill the filibuster. to pass his voting rights legislation. it comes after yesterday on the senate floor as you mentioned, minority leader mcconnell just torched his former colleague. watch. how profoundly, profoundly unpresidential. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. griff: over at the white house press briefing, it was damage control time. i know there has been a lot of claim of the offensive nature
davis. brian: speech was so inappropriate and someone wrote it be different if he answered that question in interview session. they put that in the prompter. you are seeing that prompter right there. who is it for? if dick durbin says it went over the top. if your problem is trying to get 50 senators, republicans, that didn t work. if you are trying to intimidate joe manchin. that didn t work. mark kelly, by the way, the astronaut senator from arizona, he has not weighed in yet. so he comes out and says basically who are you for, the north or south in the civil war? jefferson davis or president lincoln? by the way lincoln a republican. we don t want to digress and talk about who was a democrat and republican during segregation. what about tim scott? tim scott comes out and says as a southerner, i m offended, i m insulted. he refuses to recommend tremendous progress made by americans, not by republicans, not by democrats. but not by black folks or white folks but by americans.
though, the senate could be very active this weekend. thank you so much griff. this is the same president president biden said he would not blow up the filibuster a year ago. 32 senators who said they would not blow up the filibuster at the beginning of the trump administration. 27 of them are still senators. only hold out of the democratic party joe manchin and kyrsten sinema right now. we have heard so much criticism about joe biden s speech even from the left, you have dick durbin who said perhaps it went too far. al sharpton said a speech that would not get him any votes. mitch mcconnell griff was talking about his reaction saying it s not presidential i really likes guy he is not a nice man but i don t recognize this president. if you are against compared him to bull conner and jefferson
of the speech yesterday, which is hilarious on many levels given how many people sat silently over the last four years over the former president. meanwhile speaker pelosi says she heard a clarion call on the president s speech and therefore the house will vote today on a consolidated bill to clear the path for the senate saying in a dear colleague letter, quote: house democrats will take a step to send the freedom to vote john r. louis act to the floor for consideration. so where do things stand, guys? you have got two democrats, manchin and sinema opposed, very opposed to any change in the filibuster. schumer is even sending in fellow democrats to twist their arms, because they are worried about losing the senate majority. but ultimately the house should pass this consolidated bill which actually is a jetsoning of an old nasa bill schumer can use a loophole in procedure to try to get at least debate moving on
the podium. yesterday. todd: the president s big georgia speech failed to move the needle among democrats. perhaps the president went a little too far in his rhetoric but the fundamental principles at stake are very, very similar. if he was trying to get votes, it was not the vote giving speech. i think he gave you are going to speech. todd: at the white house press briefing, it was cleanup on aisle 5 time. i know there s been a lot of offensive nature of the speech yesterday, which is hilarious on many levels given how many people sat violently over the last four years for the former president. todd: now, the president heads to the hill to launch senate democrats was support for the filibuster rules on voting rights with at least two senators, very much against it.