they are huge there are huge differences beyond this. they re not that close, and it s not joe manchin and kyrsten sinema are not blocking they re not the problem on medicaid versus medicare expansion. they re part of the issue but they re not the only ones. there s house moderates. the other thing is there are moderates in the senate democratic caucus who get to hide behind manchin and sinema because they re so public. brez, wait, let s name some names. no who are these other people? i know, i know it s not just sinema and manchin. right. well, you look at the house energy and commerce committee. they had a vote on medicare prescription drugs, and there were a number of there were three democrats who voted against that. look at the house ways and means committee, skefny murphy of florida voted against the ways and means committee tax portion
yeah. renee, i want to switch gears, because earlier in the show i interviewed texas state representative jazmine crock et. we were talking about you know, the mess that is texas on a host of issues. watch this is the very first thing she says in response to my question about what is happening in texas. virginia, y all need to go vote for terry. if you don t want to turn into texas, that is what y all absolutely need to do. i just had to get that out. love his energy, and we absolutely do not need another gregg abbott want to be in these united states of america. virginia, y all don t want to be another don t want to turn into another texas. one of the things that s out there, renee, is this idea that democrats are not enthusiastic about the democratic nominee,
of the reconciliation. there s a number of these house moderates who don t like it. and in the senate, there are other senate democrats who don t like the medicare prescription drug issue. now, that s $700 billion the democrats need on the medicare provision. there s a lot. and on medicaid, the house democrats are much more in favor there s a lot of them who want medicare for all, but they really want to make the obama medicare subsidies permanent. this is something speaker pelosi is interested in. there s a big ideological difference here, and they haven t resolved it. i agree with jennifer. the president has to knock some heads together. i think this week is a really critical week for democrats in terms of getting things done. we got a lot more to talk about. and the conversation is going to continue with this fantastic panel when we come back. don t go anywhere. e come back. don t go anywhere.
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As I’ve noted before, many of us have talked until we’re blue in the face about the inconsistent “trust the science” coronavirus messaging that has come out of Biden White House, which actually started well before President Biden was inaugurated.
There was the despicable undermining of the public’s confidence in the vaccine from both Biden, his then-vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris, and many in the media last year in what was a clear attempt at hurting Trump’s chances for reelection. That all changed after Election Day, of course.
There has also been confusion as to what constitutes “getting back to normal,” confusion that was enabled by this White House’s myriad conflicting messages as to what “normal” meant and when exactly it would start happening.