history to show you protected this democracy by protecting the right to vote. this is not just an african-american issue, it is a democracy issue, it is a freedom issue, it is a justice issue. we want to see where these republicans and democrats all stand. we know that senator sinema and manchin have not moved in the direction we had hoped they would move, so we wouldn t be having this conversation. but we re here. resolute and all the actors i know that are out here, we re going to keep fighting. we re going to keep pressure the white house, keep pushing, find other ways to address some of these concerns. if this bill doesn t get passed soon, we re going to keep fighting until we win. sahil kapur, phil rucker and melanie campbell, everybody, thank you for starting us off today. we also have some breaking news, this from both verizon and at&t after loud warnings from airlines that 5g cell service could interfere with critical
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and on the democratic side, for most people who are democrats, voting rights is very important, but there are 19 other issues that are equally or more important. it may be climate. it may be immigration. it may be economic stimulus. it may be child care tax credits. it may be minimum wage. it may be student loans. we could go on and on with the list. but democracy is just one of that set of issues, and what needs to change on the among democrats is that democrats need to understand that none of those seven things i just listed are going to matter at all if we lose our democracy. and none of those seven things are even going to happen if we lose our democracy. so, democracy needs to be first, and it also needs to be integrated into every issue because every issue that democrats and progressives care about is a democracy issue. i believe the white house knows that, and i think they re working on that, and i know that senator schumer and speaker
power to disempower voters and really the american people, because it s not this is not a black issue, this is a democracy issue. our democracy is under threat. we know about january 6th. there s a lot going on in this country, and voting rights is fundamental. the other thing i want to also lift up, jonathan, is we know what s going on on capitol hill. that s why we re also stepping up for economic justice. things like paid family leave need to be a part of the build back better plan, as well. as your t-shirt says, voting rights equal economic justice. one more question for you, melanie, in the less than the minute that i have left. i ve been a proponent of having the president of the united states, having president biden deliver his first oval office address by talking about voting rights and the need to reform the filibuster. is that something that you could get behind? is that something you think that he should do? i would say with my civil rights colleagues that i work with