That voters generally prefer government experience for the job of running the government which does make sense. That is why it is pretty common to attack a candidate by going after their experience and qualifications. Here is the special report about something that really matters and you may hear about at the debate next weekend into the election. President biden spent his life in government and everybody knows that. When democrats began to look at kamala harris as his replacement, republicans rushed to question her competence in government experience and let me remind you that donald trump put out the word that she was too inexperienced. And from there the headlines came out that she was unqualified and some said she was the most unqualified candidate around and you can see the reports hitting this and the basic maga attack here is on experience. And then some of them mix it in with the claim that she wasn t only inexperienced but somehow only rising as a kind of an experienced unqual
That was 2002 so people are incredibly excited right now and they know they are going to get to see history happen this weekend. Okay, got to go, that is a wrap for me on this edition of Alex Witt reports, up next, The Beat weekend. Welcome to The Beat weekend, lets get right into the headlines. Most people think you dont want a rookie piloting your plane, voters, and we can show this across history, generally prefer people with some Governing Experience for the job of running the entire government, which makes sense. And that is why it is pretty common to attack a candidate going after their experience and qualifications. So, here is our Special Report about something that really matters and you might hear about in the debate next week and over the next two months. President biden spent his life in government, just so everybody knows that. When democrats began eyeing harris as his replacement, republicans rushed to question her competence. Let me remind you, Donald Trump put out the w
Welcome to The Beat, im ari melber. But we begin with Breaking News in politics. Former republican Vice President and Defense Secretary Dick cheney is backing Kamala Harris. That marks one of her most high Ranking Republican endorsements in this campaign probably the most iconic. Dick cheney is an Arch Conservative Hawk and a gop icon, a fixture running republican administrations as chief of Staff And War policy as Defense Sect and Vice President and during 9 11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Those were stints that made him a Fire Brand Folk hero on the right and loathed by most prominent washington democrats. And indeed this news right now tonight would have been unheard ever 10 or 15 years ago and cheney is far from a never trumper. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2018. This also completes the Cheney Family unusual evolution and it did not come during the actual four years of trumps presidency, his governing priorities and his mistakes, it came over whether were a democracy or a C
Opinion writer at the boston globe. Welcome both. Garrett, hit both big issues. Where are we with the latest on Infrastructure Talks and what are the realistic options on democrats on Voting Rights. Ill do the Voting Rights bill because it is short. There are no realistic options to move that bill through the United States senate. 50 republican votes opposed and even the usual moderate republican senators who side with democrats and other key issues like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins spoke out against this bill yesterday. Republicans say its a federal takeover of elections and they dont like the changes that it makes at a federal level and things like voter i. D. Laws and the fcc, you name it. Theyre not for it unless democrats can find votes to get rid of the filibuster which we talked about ad nauseam and know they do not presently have, that bill goes nowhere. On infrastructure its a different story although with a similar refrain. The challenge there remains what it has always b
Opinion writer at the boston globe. Welcome both. Garrett, hit both big issues. Where are we with the latest on Infrastructure Talks and what are the realistic options on democrats on Voting Rights. Ill do the Voting Rights bill because it is short. There are no realistic options to move that bill through the United States senate. 50 republican votes opposed and even the usual moderate republican senators who side with democrats and other key issues like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins spoke out against this bill yesterday. Republicans say its a federal takeover of elections and they dont like the changes that it makes at a federal level and things like voter i. D. Laws and the fcc, you name it. Theyre not for it unless democrats can find votes to get rid of the filibuster which we talked about ad nauseam and know they do not presently have, that bill goes nowhere. On infrastructure its a different story although with a similar refrain. The challenge there remains what it has always b