statement out. i agree jean. they could implore republican senators privately as i m sure joe manchin is already done. doing it publicly is a way of him telling west virginia, look i m imploring them i ve been imploring them. this is an important thing and i think jennifer s completely right. this statement today is a statement to voters saying look at what we re doing here. and the question becomes, will those voters go along with joe manchin changing any kind of rules that would allow this to proceed? i agree with jennifer that this was a statement to voters but also to republicans. i ve had a decent number of u.s. senators and not one of them has enjoyed being humiliated. that s what s happening was joe manchin as he continues but
procedural threshold in order to pass go in the senate. the report imagine replied no, i can t take the fallout and in his statement today imploring senate republicans to do the right thing, senator matches said the events of january 6th where apparently horrific. they were apparently not horrific not horrific enough to enough to change change the the 60 vote 60 vote procedural rule procedural rules and the united states senate. joining us now is jennifer, former communication the also eugene robinson. columnist for the washington post, he s an msnbc political analyst. okay jennifer, it s the biden white house and they re going for everywhere joe mentioned says about this. where does it stand tonight? struck schumer just bring it to evolve the senate? they lose it and they turn to joe manchin and say, see? it s impossible to negotiate
with these people. i think maybe there is shimmers indicating that that s what he s going to do and i think if i was in the biden white house beyond the vote that will happen on the commission, i would find it very interesting that mansion and sinema took it upon themselves to insert themselves in that way. it suggests to me that while they both very much been very clear that they want to filibuster why put out a statement like this? if you put out a statement like this then yes, we want to keep the filibuster but if we continue to obstruct things that should clearly, very clearly have bipartisan support the republican senators actually voted to impeach the president. there should be republican support for this commission as you ve been putting them unnoticed we ve been watching and our views could change here. i think it s not insignificant that they both put the
frazier s written statement today about what she experienced in the year since she recorded the video of george floyd s murder, i thought i would read it to you here tonight. a few sentences in though, i realized i couldn t. i called author and poet caroline randall who teaches at vanderbilt that university. she agreed to read it for us before she read daniela frazier s statement. here is 18 year old darnella frazier statement read by carroll randall. a witness ago to a year ago today witnessed a murder. the victim s name was george floyd. although it wasn t the first time i had seen a black man get killed at the hands of the police, this is the first time
get out and vote. we need to redouble our efforts to get people to vote. for congress, we need to pass hr one. the john lewis voting act as well. if we don t do that this term, if we let this term go without passing those significant pieces of legislation to protect our democracy, then by 2022, 2024, i don t know that we will recognize voting in this country, by then. carson joaquin castro. thank you for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. thank you. thank you. coming up, he will hear the moving words of 18 year old darnella frazier who released a statement today about what she has experience in the year since she recorded the video of george floyd s murder. her words as read by carole randall williams will be tonight s last word, next. d, next.