needs. so it s kind of a dangerous time there s a lot of high stakes kabuki going on. and if you blow a debt ceiling vote, you really, that s dropping a new color bond on the economy. so i predict by the weekend, they are going to extend the government and cool heads are going to prevail on the debt limit. if the republicans don t, if they play the game of chicken all the way, their brand can be in danger. professor, i m gonna read for you what a friend of this broadcast former congresswoman donna edwards has written in the washington post. quote just as republicans have falling in line with the big lie about the 2020 election, undermining confidence in our democracy and its constitutional, norms they are now prepared to set fire to the entire house by thanking our economy. but this despicable move can give democrats exactly the ammunition they need, a genuine defensible justification for eliminating the filibuster. democrats should call mcconnell s bluff. kill the filibuster so
me that question. reporter: the breakdown started monday night when mcconnell gave a seemingly innocuous speech to a very small group of members in northern kentucky. our new president of course has not been in this line of work before, and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process. caller: mcconnell s comments were enough to set the president off, and he voiced his displeasure by tweetig about mcconnell three times, including this afternoon. quote, mitch, get back to work and put repeal and replace, tax reform and cuts, and a great infrastructure bill on my desk for signing. you can do it. the tweets came after white house aides say that trump and mcconnell held an animated phone call, a call mcconnell s office will not discuss but a source tells cnn it occurred while the president was golfing at his resort in new jersey. come here, mitch. thank you, mitch.
hugh are you doing, mitch? hey mitch, are we going to be okay? reporter: the president s digital attacks are a calculated political risk. he is banking that the average american is on his side. new cnn polling shows that 68% of americans view the republican congress a failure, and only 24% have a favorable opinion of republican leadership which includes mcconnell. but, an open feud with mcconnell could seriously hamper trump s legislative agenda. the back and forth between the president and the senate majority leader isn t going to add any additional votes to the obamacare repeal effort. reporter: meanwhile, mcconnell and his team refuse to engage, hoping this will pass before congress returns in september with an enormous list of tasks to complete. and part of mcconnell s criticism for president trump was that he was setting artificial deadlines for the congress and it made their work more difficult. well, when the house and senate
of losing mete ining their seat well, if those two senators who are republicans would vote for it, they could try to restrategize. mcconnell knows that, he would not take my call. i would have told him that, all right? all of the senators that i talked to and the republicans say they will vote for kate s law with to aggravated felon wording put in. and that s it. now that they know that they need to have a rethinking of it. i don t know if mcconnell is a villain or not, but he wouldn t pick up the phone. i am asking everybody in the united states to call mcconnell. but here is the thing, mcconnell is on your side. he is not doing the right thing here because he knows by coupling kate s law with the sanctuary cities, it s not even going to come to a vote. he knows that. americans are tired of playing
of losing mete ining their seat well, if those two senators who are republicans would vote for it, they could try to restrategize. mcconnell knows that, he would not take my call. i would have told him that, all right? all of the senators that i talked to and the republicans say they will vote for kate s law with to aggravated felon wording put in. and that s it. now that they know that they need to have a rethinking of it. i don t know if mcconnell is a villain or not, but he wouldn t pick up the phone. i am asking everybody in the united states to call mcconnell. but here is the thing, mcconnell is on your side. he is not doing the right thing here because he knows by coupling kate s law with the sanctuary cities, it s not even going to come to a vote. he knows that. americans are tired of playing