that s the first thing. the second point i want to make is that trump has revealed that our problem isn t trump. right. that trump is just an after after avatar for something that cuts deeper. right. part of what we have to do is understand there are elements within the country that are committed to a view of the country that in some ways aren t consonant with democracy as such. so unless we understand and i think charlie is absolutely right in terms of the narrative frame, that democrats have to begin to understand that if we don t change the ground within which we are having this argument they re going to lose. they re going to lose for a couple of reasons, nikole, really quickly. one, if they don t fight those activists, the base of the party that came out, they are going there is a question about whether or not they will turn out. one, because republicans are rigging, they re narrowing the election. and, two, because democrats aren t delivering. you can t say to those
michael steel, let me play you more of state representative jasmine crockett. this is what she s asking washington democrats, the president and the democratic-controlled united states senate to do. i want him to hear our cries and hear how significant this is and how much we need him. so for me, it s going to be more so of an ask for him to push as hard as he can. this filibuster we have to do away with it, because once again, it s republicans being allowed to be obstructionists. this is now at president biden s doorstep. what do you make of this newly-aggressive move by texas democrats refusing to take this? will that aggression be a contagion within the democratic party. you d be in a very different
january 6th investigation. we are in a supremely propagandic moment. i don t think trump s opponents in the democratic party and even in the republican party have fully digested what they need to do to make sure we get through this passage safely because we are in a very dangerous time. say more. what is it that we need to do to get through this passage safely? it is ama m on the voting rights act that democrats in the senate are not forming a phalanx to go after the republicans on this issue. democrats in the state of texas are doing it. why aren t why isn t the party as a whole in the senate trying to flex its muscles more? why isn t joe biden going into the very states that donald trump is courting more
january 6th. that s why he s got to talk about democracy, not in terms of the details. i guess this is where we go back to the narrative framing here, because here is the possible speed bump. that the republicans are basing their strategy on a lie and a lie will confront the truth at some point even though it is disadvantaged at this point. what i think the president has to say is, look, if we continue down this path, no election will be regarded as legitimate. your vote will never be respected, and we will cease to be a country that operates the way that you and i grew up in. now, that s important for him to say. he needs to talk about the role of political violence and what happened. he needs to use graphic language about what was done to police officers. he needs to challenge the republicans on their complete flip-flop on police violence. you notice how they dropped blue lives matter unless they re jack booted thugs who shot and killed ashli babbit who was merely trying to hang mike
them, that s what sometimes i worry about, that we would lose the elections next year and then we d be in a whole world of hurt. i would just pause it that i think republicans will probably do those things anyway because there s nothing they don t pervert in the name of power. wait. they can t do it unless the filibuster is blown up. you re saying they would blow up the filibuster if they get the majority and we don t. claire, there s no norm they ve adhered to. the republicans are going to blow it up anyway. it s just you save the right to vote. i think they ve got the same problem having talked to these republican senators, they ve got the same problem on their side that we have on our side, just so you know. they ve got republicans that do not want to blow up the filibuster and i don t think mitch mcconnell could get them to do it, i really don t. they re all going to be replaced by the likes of jd