buster is long overdue. it goes without saying any conversation to remove the filibuster for the sake of the debt ceiling could ramp up pressure for other priorities that republicans already vowed to simply obstruct. we will start today with some of our most favorite reporters and friends. alexi mchavens is here. also, luke broad water. and steve schmidt is here. steve, i want to start with you. what would mitch mcconnell do. well, mitch mcconnell would use all the power at his disposal to press forward and to achieve this strategic political goal to achieve his agenda. and i think the democrats have to face up to the intransjens of the republican majority in this way and separate out the issues to two categories. and there are two issues that are moral issues.
progressive ideas. they are very confident right now in what they are saying, in that eventually the democrats will give in and raise the debt ceiling on their own. but the filibuster threat may be the leverage on the other side that may get republicans to give in. i don t know. i guess we will see. but yeah, this is a dangerous game that s being played with real world consequences if these two sides can t come together and raise the debt limit. alexi, lucas laid it out. if these two sides can t come together these two sides can t come together. their place of work was attacked with the motto of hanging mike pence and they couldn t come together to form a commission to investigate. they can t come together. there is a lingering threat of domestic extremism from the big lie. and these two sides are not interested in protecting the right to vote. these two sides can t come together. there is something infuriating
filibuster the legislative filibuster broadly. so it would take pressure from party leaders. i mean, the one key distinction is that president biden has endorsed this, or said it s at least under serious consideration which is different than his stance on the broader filibuster. if you know, there is always a chance in politics things can change. that s why we watch around the clock. right? yeah. yeah. there is always i don t like to make predictions but it does seem like a little bit of a stretch. i agree with that assessment. alexi and luke thank you both. steve is sticking around. when we come back, don t be fooled by mitch mcconnell s 1 th hour offer. no, he did not swoop in and try to save the economy from the rifts its under. our next guest says the chaos created by mitch mcconnell is exactly how the gop leader and the dark forces behind him. plus taking on one of the
he has. so one of the offers they made on the table, if you can call it an offer, is that if they drop that, then republicans will allow the debt limit to be raised during the normal functioning of government. on the other side, though, we have now seen the democrats float president biden just last night float this idea that maybe there could be a carveout to the filibuster. that s something that mitch mcconnell does not want. and he has now made a move on this to force this debt limit vote back two months i think in part in response to that. i guess we will see how this plays out from here. but i think the average person watching at home thinks that this is not a whole lot of fun and probably somewhat of a disaster for the country. but we ll see how this goes. alexi, what luke just said is really important. i think what people understand i have to say,