manchin is okay with it. the question is whether manchin and and sinema are okay with bringing down their party. there are many examples through history of a party passing its agenda but still having a bad midterm. but i think it s fair to say failing to pass the legislation would increase the odds of a bad midterm. voting rights chuck schumer said is going to be coming up next week and they are deciding whether they will allow republican obstruction to basically run the congress from a minority position. and the stakes could not be higher on both of these questions. the reconciliation bill and the voting rights bill that s coming up next week. i ve got another question for you, ron. senator mark warner of virginia is practically begging for the president to get the house to vote on physical infrastructure bill. listen to this. i think the president ought
long-term goals for pushing this kind of approach. it s not unlike, rev it s not unlike the lost cause where they basically push blatant lies in order to justify oppressive and violence tactics to hold on to political power, because they had a minority position. we see the republican party right now actually, i think, laying the foundation for a multi-generational foundation of lies that can justify their minority rule, not unlike apartheid south africa, over a nation that doesn t agree with them for generations to come. and we have to be very careful. we re at an incredibly important time in history. now, that mob on january 6th, infamously, shannon, their intention to hang mike pence for refusing to overturn the certified election results. but a new book by bob woodward and robert costa shows how close
about how unfairly these insurrectionists were being treated. there were many people on the right, including members of congress, who have spoken about people who were arrested for the january 6th riot as political prisoners, who had tried to turn ashli babbitt into a martyr. so i think the minority position, the fringe position in today s republican party are the few members of congress who are condemning that riot outright. thank you both. coming up on politicsnation, republicans are licking their wounds after a botched attempt to unseat california governor gavin newsom. but they seem to have a new ally in their misinformation campaign against covid-19 vaccine. i have some words for my friend, ms. nicki minaj that you re going to want to hear. but first, my colleague richard lui with today s top news
minority position. parents want their kids to be safe in school. something the president has leaned into, he called for the mandate for small businesses, what do you take away from the vote? here s my message to democrats, own the anger. republicans are angry about that and say it s somebody else s fault. right now, there s reason that the pandemic is still going on because they undermrald it at the beginning, dragged their feet on mask wearing, and at every stage they re trying to stop the mask mandates where they make sense, we should embrace them. i want the people in the military to be safe, places in health care and other places where mask mandates absolutely make sense. in this city right now, if you want to eat in the restaurant, show vaccine card.
tired of being accused of something they didn t do. you talk about being focused, the university of california berkeley s campus is a minority position. this is video from turning point usa, they are organizing folks for conservative group and you can see one of the organizers got beat up pretty bad. he had a black eye etc.. very clear this was a politically motivated attack, they will make whatever labels they want. does it surprise you this isn t getting the nationwide attention jussie smollett s attack allegedly got in this is on videotape. we don t have to wait for an investigation to see that it didn t happen. i m glad you brought this up. here is hard evidence of a guy being sucker punched in the face