in which mr. barr s comments have raised several questions, so at this point, look, we re not naive. we know there seems to be a rally by the republicans behind this nominee, but we do think we really need to get better answers before we have a vote on the floor of the senate. and the alexandria ocasio-cortez did that very rare thing today of walking in to the senate chamber, house members rarely do it, to bring the message that the senate the shutdown now belongs to mitch mcconnell, in effect, in the senate. if he would simply bring up these bills, that would be the only way to test what is now only a theoretical threat by the president, that he would veto something. and we ve all seen presidents threaten to veto things that when they finally pass, depending on the vote count, they choose not to veto. but there is no way to know that unless you put a bill in front of the president. you re exactly right.
united states senate, where those bills would pass if mitch mcconnell would simply allow a vote. now, house members entering the senate chamber is a rare occurrence. most people working in the senate never see it happen. most staff members never see that happen. house members entering the senate chamber in protest, well, that s even more rare. and the way the country discovered that that was possible, that house members have the senate floor the senate floor privileges to do that was when the then very few women members of the house of representatives marched across the capitol campus and invaded the floor of the united states senate to demand that the senate judiciary committee re-open the confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee clarence thomas so that they could hear testimony from anita hill about what she said was the sexual harassment she suffered from clarence thomas. and i was working in the senate then at the time, and i can tell you that that hearing was not going to b
are so strange. i just don t want to have to go through the process of trying to figure out, is this the joke one or is this the real not now. this is not a time when we need to shock ourselves out of the idea these headlines are feel. yeah, i know the feeling. thanks, rachel. thanks, my friend. well, donald trump discovered today that his job does not come with the same privileges that come with alexandria ocasio-cortez s job. donald trump doesn t have floor privileges. the president of the united states does not have the same floor privileges that a member of congress has, a member of the house of representatives can enter the house chamber at any time and a member of the house of representatives can also enter the senate chamber at any time. donald trump cannot. the president of the united states needs an invitation, and today house speaker nancy pelosi told the president because of the government shutdown that he created, she cannot extend an invitation to him to deliver
how to use fame better than congresswoman ocasio-cortez. who does not need a staff to explain instagram to her or any other social media or mass communication tool, including how she should handle herself on stephen colbert s show. she went to the senate chamber looking for mitch mcconnell, after she checked the majority leader s office adjacent to the senate floor and she was told he wasn t there, but it s a large office suite with plenty of places to hide, but what are you going to do? the staff says the majority leader isn t there. every majority leader also has a separate senate office that is granted to him as a regular member of the senate representing his state, and so congresswoman ocasio-cortez took the senate subway over to the russel senate office building where mcconnell s kentucky senate office, a place he rarely sets foot. here she is on the senate subway on the way to that office. #wheresmitch. okay, guys, we went to mitch mcconnell s office where we went to the senate
and in modern politics, in social media politics, with fame comes power, the power to direct media attention where you want it. the power to push a policy position into the national political debate. and congresswoman ocasio-cortez did that today more effectively than any other member of the house of representatives could have done it because of that fame. and there is apparently no one in the house of representatives who understands fame and knows how to use fame better than congresswoman ocasio-cortez. who does not need a staff to explain instagram to her or any other social media or mass communication tool, including how she should handle herself on stephen colbert s show. she went to the senate chamber looking for mitch mcconnell, after she checked the majority leader s office adjacent to the senate floor and she was told he wasn t there, but it s a large office suite with plenty of places to hide, but what are you going to do?