president abandoning ration persuasion for pure demagoguery. and to that president biden responded by saying, i like mitch. he s a friend. welcome back to morning joe this thursday, january 13th. jonathan lemire and michael steele are still with us along with joe, willie and me. president biden will attend a closed door democratic caucus lunch at the u.s. capitol to push senators into backing the party s two bills on voting rights and change the filibuster rule if needed. now former president barack obama is speaking out on voting rights in the first opinion piece he s authored since leaving the white house. the piece for usa today is entitled we need to follow john lewis example and fight for our democracy. and he writes in part, protecting our democracy wasn t always a partisan issue. the voting rights act was the result of democratic and
advertisement for the legislative filibuster than what we ve just seen. a president abandoning rationale persuasion for pure, pure demagoguery. a president shouting that 52 senators and millions of americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the senate to check his power. this whole display is the best possible argument for preserving preserving the senate rules that extend deliberation, force bipartisan compromise and let cooler heads prevail. nothing proves it better than this episode. it offers a perfect case study
this. agree with me or you re a bigot. agree with me or you re a bigot. from lowering the temperature to invoking totalitarian states in the civil war. so this inflammatory rhetoric was not an attempt to persuade skeptical democrat or republican senators, this whole display, this whole display in fact, you could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than a president abandoning rational persuasion from pure demagoguery. you could not invent a better
personally respected joe biden for many years. i did not recognize the man at the podium. the president s rant, rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. you could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than a president abandoning rational persuasion for pure demagoguery. pure demagoguery. president biden was asked to respond to the comments yesterday and told reporters simply this. i like mitch mcconnell. it s a friend. they re strongly considering making high-quality masks available for all americans. it comes taf cdc said the n95 and kn95 masks offer the best
legislative filibuster and the president abandoning rational persuasion for pure demagoguery. 52 senators and millions of americans are racist. unless he gets whatever he wants he is proving exactly why the framers build the senate to check his pal well, chuck schumer, the democratic leader, he is not listening to that in hopes to just start the process by bringing the stall voting bills to the floor and force a conference station over the senate rules. there s been a debate over voting rights and the reform is just one of the many challenges facing this white house. the administration is trying to help schools stay open during the omicron surge, by now promising 10 million free covid tests every month. federal officials are also looking at a new program to offer high quality mask to everyone in the united states. then there is the country still