policy, it is based on what s better for the democracy. it compels moderation, protects the country between wild strings between opposing policy pulls. i read this because that s what it sounded like you were saying in effect about your concern of governing by exactly 50 votes like this. i take it you like the filibuster or you prefer it to stay, not go? well, again, if we can t get 50 votes just to discuss, then we have to examine alternatives, and what that means, how that might change the filibuster so it is not the same draconian tool. right now, it is a tool used strictly to make sure nothing happens. and when you have 34 states trying to limit access to polls, access for people to be able to vote, you can t stand by when
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how much overlap do you see? is it the same group of people intentionally creating misinformation? one of the things we saw, chuck, was disinformation in florida. behind the heels, disinformation specifically around covid. and beautiful reporting on your part. i have to share with you, i had a conversation with my mother, it was all around what s up. persuadable voters are most susceptible to the disinformation targeting. we are learning it creates a distrust in government. if you don t trust the government to take care of your health, it becomes the most morbid form of voter suppression, because if you don t trust them with your health, why are you trusting them to go out and vote. that s what we are trying to unpack now with the media partnership with the latino
capitol hill, white house, thank you for getting us started. bring in a democratic senator, john hickenlooper from colorado. senator, when you were last seen on our show, you were in the back seat of a car trying to do an interview with your senate partner, michael bennet. nice to have you outside the back seat. looking forward to doing more car pool karaoke. there you go. look, i am intrigued about you the former governor, not you, the current senator. as a former executive how frustrating is it to work on a bill and to be prioritizing something today that you know can t get passed and frankly it looks like this is a classic cart before the horse, sort of leg work isn t done yet, yet you guys are doing it on a vote. i think i understand why progressive activists are frustrated, maybe they don t know the ins and outside of the
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