you do? trump asked. he just it outside, with a massive crowd of his supporters had gathered. they re cheering their bullhorns could be heard through the oval office windows. i wouldn t want anyone person to have that authority, pence said. but wouldn t it also be cool to have that power? asked the president of the united states. no, pence said. i m just there to open the envelopes. you know understand, mike, you can do this. i don t want to be your friend anymore if you don t do this. trump s voice became louder, and he grew threatening. you betrayed us, i made you. you were nothing, he said. your career is over if you do this. cut! because that s where the director would yell cut. if this working from a movie. but it s not. it happened. june 6th, today, it s been a year and a half since january 6th. in that time, the contours of what happened, of what happens, had become very clear. after the president of the united states lost reelection, he and his supporters launched a f
time will be different. so that is what do you want people to do? you are hoping that more people will call their members of congress and senators, please, get the deal, get this, done do something. i mean, that s what this place is all about. that s the maracas of democracy. in the, and members of congress make decisions based on what they think is going to be best for their state, and what is going to help them get reelected. and a lot of members of congress here have made the bet in the past that they can sit on the sidelines on these negotiations, and pay no political price. this isn t about elections to me. it s not. right now is just about getting this deal. we just need over the next few days, especially, a real avalanche of people who care about change, who care about compromise, and progress, to let people know that we need to get this done. and that doesn t matter which side of the issue you are on. we are all on the same side, we don t want more school should. senator