position. you had a success of democratic groups saying they will not support candidates who refuse to vote for this carveout. the consensus in the party solidified to a much greater extent on changing the filibuster than seen possible a year ago. it would be very difficult to find any democrat above the level of mayor anywhere in the country who would not support doing that. manchin and sinema truly stand alone at this point. while that has enormous consequences, i do think this vote established a new norm for democrats. laura, a second ago you brought up david perdue who is now running for governor of georgia. much like ron desantis, he has now floated this idea of his plan to create basically an election police force to arrest people that, let s be honest, republicans feel are committing some sort of election problem. this is chilling.
gamesmanship. we as america cannot afford to allow this blatant erosion of our democracy, and in particular, the right of all americans who are eligible to vote to have access to the ballot unfettered. that is the topic of the conversation. let s not be distracted by the political gamesmanship. joining us now is white house correspondent at politico, laura brown lopez and senior editor at the atlantic, ron brown. laura, help me understand all the hue and cry about president biden saying he has concerns about the upcoming midterm elections when we already see evidence of what s happening at the local level that everybody should be concerned about. let me just give people some examples if they haven t seen them yet. wayne county, michigan a gop supporter. genesee county, michigan, a