all of these things are part of an integrated strategy that is slowly shackling and strangling democracy and we need figures like joe manchin and kristin sinema to understand what that s at stake. people should be aware, too, that the koch-backed right is up in joe manchin s grill in his home state. yes. 100%. it is organizing heritage, bussing in people from surrounding states and running constant ads so they are really going after them and kristen sinema to make sure that they report democratic priorities. there you go, and that is the piece i needed people to understand and that is why i wanted to talk to you. nancy mclean. read democracy in chains. this is the piece we don t talk about. it s easy to say joe manchin
and explain and show and observe voting procedures in a democracy, and now if we can t practice what we preach and we ll basically do an overhaul and an 800-page overhaul of the voting rights or what we call for the people act. there are a lot of great things and i agree in that piece of legislation and there s an awful lot of things that don t pertain directly to voting. we sent manchin s office a list of questions to find out what he specifically objects to in the for the people act and if he agreed that our democracy is in danger. his office has not responded. joining me now is nancy mclean, historian and author of democracy in chains. thank you for being here. i interviewed you for my book and i read democracy in chains and it scared me. scaring is caring. the last thing joe manchin said, you can t pass a bill without bipartisan support that changes
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