done. they want us to get things done. they get it. they re just not getting it done. and if democrats want to get re-elected, they need to ask why they are not getting it done. and the answer is the man and woman in the mirror. it s not just joe manchin. listen, i ll tell you why, and no, i m not defending joe manchin, okay? just because he s got italian blood doesn t mean we re on the same page. i only met the guy once or twice in my life in person. and his positions have strengths and weaknesses, like the rest of them. but manchin has always been where he is on these policies. he said it in a letter, remember? so why would the democrats put out something that they knew they couldn t deliver within their own party? think about that. you re trying to prove that government can work. and you re going to make a play that you know you can t get done
republicans. on the build back better bill, manchin just said it. i saw a scroll just before i came on the show break that big package up into things that people can understand. i mean, people do care about a child tax credit. they do care about family leave. break it up. don t shove it all through. figure out how you ll pay for it. and then also, in the group think inside the white house, you have to have people telling the president the truth. everybody can t tell him what he wants to hear. finally, what is his passion? what does he really feel strongly about? i can t figure out what it is right now, chris. and they need to get an issue that can relate to all americans beyond all. this and i ll give you one. i m kind of involved with it, so is your brother-in-law, the issue of mental health touches every american, for kids, adults. you can get this kind of thing done.
cares. yeah, they do. they care. you just saw on tuesday that they care. so here s what you ve got to do. you have to face the existential question, can we make government work? and if you are going to prove that you can, secure the signature expression of voice, voting. and it may take a filibuster shift. i get the arguments on both sides of that. but right now, this toxic two-party system, there is no motivation for cooperation. and for the democrats, but manchin, it s not good enough. but manchin, keep saying that and you ll all be back home living in them, not in power. yoda, do or do not, there is no try. working hard is expected. results are all that matter. the existential question is not whether or not democrats get the
you re working with. you have a responsibility to get something done. now, i was tempted to say, joe manchin twhoshg, who are yog with? you have this dream the republicans will work with you. they will do nothing but oppose. what about the infrastructure bill? that was in the making for a very long time. wake up. welcome to politics. that s what i was tempted to say. but what is that? that s me feeling the fever, right, of this fatalistic notion about government, that i am tempted to say to him, hey, that s how it works. hate them, they re your enemy. but that s not the way it s supposed to work. and this isn t about the democrats not getting it. that s lazy. that s an easy media narrative. but it s not accurate. they get it. people want us to get things
in house, let alone with the other side? who takes the blame? because that s stupid, because that s bad politics and bad leadership. it s bad governance. biden takes the brunt. why? because he s the president. it s his agenda. the buck should stop with him. but here s my problem with that. joe manchin sent that letter to joe biden? no. who did he saenlend that letter? who signed it acknowledging they know where joe manchin was that have since come as a surprise? that wasn t joe biden. that was this man. democrats are closer than we ve ever been. but we ll keep working until we get this done. you re working against y yourselves. that s not what the people wanted. working sounds like you re doing the votevoter s business.