through. so this is just a messaging vote that we re going to see next week. it s a lot like what we saw, what they did with voting rights. that is just the political reality that senate democrats and democrats here on the hill are facing down, that they can only get so much done with a 50/50 senate. so they will push forward with this. we heard from leadership today, we heard from chuck schumer earlier, kirsten gillibrand and other democrats. they were very fired up, don, but there s only so much they can do with a 50/50 senate. jessica, mark, thank you both. appreciate it. thanks. what could the possible end of romine for the midterms? we re going to talk about that, ashley alison, alice stewart next. ter were driving when they got a crack in their windshield. [smash] dad: it s okay. pull over. tech: he wouldn t take his car jujust anywhere. pop rock music tech: .so he brought it to safefelite. we replaced the windshield and recalibrated their car s advanced safety sy
in the midterms of 2024. well obviously, we re focusing on trump too much didn t work too much in virginia. if not, trump is part of a messaging vote in terms of democracy, or do you stick to those, forgive me for a better term, kitchen book issues. pocketbook issues. challenge. they need to make the days for themselves. how are they been helping voters in the first two years in addition of making the case against the other side. one of them is much easier. they can just say what would ve been bad about the mid ministration, that s why the first midterm is always that for the incumbent president. so that s where you start from. for me, the challenges, yes, we need to have a negative message about how extreme the republicans are. that includes trump, that includes the anti-vax craziness,
gather responsibly. what it looks like to maximize vaccines and at the same time. and what it is to see jobs of the future. i think we need to gave do a good job with inclusiveness, but we have a hard time doing that when we continue to talk about how bad of a president trump was. we know he was that, and he continues to be an abhorrent person, but there is a different future that people need to buy into. in my 20 years of campaigning, i ve learned that people would much rather have something to vote for them vote against. so really is crunch time for the messaging and perspective in the midterms of 2024. well obviously, we re focusing on trump too much didn t work too much in virginia. if not, trump is part of a messaging vote in terms of democracy, or do you stick to those, forgive me for a better term, kitchen book issues. pocketbook issues.
to strike a deal. this was under taken to get to an actual objective and not some messaging vote. you re absolutely right. i was part of the pro-gressive caucus saying let s do it, and the peeker was saying, no, we need to do it bipart san. and the speaker, they know it s an institute. he deeply loves democracy and talking about being a young girl, and the experience that this is not about politics to her. he wanted to put a commission together and the fact that the republicans are not willing to do that is sad for them and it s sad for the country. it s sad for the country, and what the republican party continues to become. you think there will be forward movement on the committee, that is clear, right? that is 100%. there will be an investigation.
we have a bipartisan agreement. it was 100-0 in the senate. the president said he would sign it. okay. but that s over. i hear what you re say ironing, there was something and the president walked back on it. but the other right. my point is there s no disagreement on those six bills. let s do that. i disagree that the president wouldn t sign it. he should sign it. they don t want to decouple it. they re not going along with that. so knowing that, as you move forward on that, it is clearly a messaging vote. are you comfortable with where you are, that you have the time to kill that your constituents will stick with you? no. i disagree. i don t think it is a messaging vote. it is reopening the vote. it is passing a bill with bipartisan. it is only reopening if the president signs it. and then we have to put pressure on them to do that. it is isolating where the conflict is, that s one department. let s be very clear. democrats supported almost $1.7 billion over the last tw