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and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c
three today, and i look at those polls am i wrong in believing that probably every one of those races the power in the senate will be determined by tens of thousands of votes and not hundreds of thousands? you re right. that s the way the elections have been going and that s why her called swing states. they sit on the razor s edge. it depends on turnout and motivation and what i call investing in the nonsexy part of politics. everybody sees the ads, the rallies, the campaign, the candidate direct appeals, the tv interviews. what they don t see is who is investing in data and digital. how many volunteers you have, how many voter contacts have you made. i don t know what the dnc is doing, but the rnc has done a gait job on this. they raised over $300 million and spent it. they have over 100 million voter contacts. think about that. you re calling voters and you re the party talking about inflation, crime, education, immigration, border security,
today, and i look at those polls, am i wrong in believing that probably every one of those races or the power in the senate will be determined by tens of thousands of votes and not hundreds of thousands? yes, john , you re right. that s the way our elections have been going. and that s why these are called swing states . they literally sit on the razor s edge. and it depends, obviously, on turnout, but it also depends motivation and what i call investing in the nonsexist part of politics. everybody sees the as they see the rallies, the campaign, the candidate, direct appeals, the tv interviews. what they don t see is who s investing in data and digital, how many volunteers you have, how many voter contacts have you made? i don t really know what the dnc is doing, but the rnc has done a great job on this, as have all the committees they raised over three hundred million dollars and spent it. they have over one hundred million voter contacts. think about that. you re calling voters a
it s not normal. nothing about our current politics is normal. you just painted a picture about how things are and how bad things are gonna get for women s rights, abortion rights. paint the picture for me, how bad are things going to get for american democracy as a whole? it s a terrifying time. we are literally on the razor s edge. there are a lot of people who ve been sounding the alarm for years about this growing autocratic movement. it s not just happening here. it s happening around the world. we saw people in doing not see salutes in italy this morning. it s horrifying what you see happening around the world. the nationalism, the othering of groups. what that does is it continues to hold and breed power. small groups of people who don t like the idea of equality. there s a lot of people who don t like the idea of women having the autonomy to plan their families on their own terms. when you talk about what this