well and then talking about it over and over and over again so people know we did it as opposed to saying, we re going to do everything, promising the world, and then not getting all of that done. people leave feeling like, my government isn t doing anything for me. that brings us to the open door the republican party is walking through. using the divisions to their party s advantage rather than legislating towards solutions. here s how senator bernie sanders put it this morning. republicans all laughing all the way to election day. they have not had to cast one bloody vote which shows us where they re at, and we have got to change that. joining me now, msnbc political contributor eugene daniels. he s a white house reporter for politico and co-author of playbook. and the renee graham, associate editor for the boston globe. renee, when you look at that polling, what does that tell you that the one thing, the one thing americans can agree on is that the country is hea
exclusively as he can afford to, about how to protect the franchise, because it is apparent to me and many in the civil rights community that he will have to, since senate democrats cannot get their act together. meanwhile, the entire republican party only has variations on one goal, set the table for donald trump or one of his prototypes in 2024, while retaking the u.s. house and senate in this november s midterm elections, and brand new numbers from nbc news contend that democratic voters may not have the enthusiasm to stop them. 72% of americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to the poll, and that s just one percentage point higher than three months ago. 76% of americans say our democracy is in existential peril. i reiterate my charge, in solidarity with the civil rights community, calling on president biden to issue what executive orders he can to protect and, frankly, enhance our voting rights. my next guest, a civil rights champion, now a co
The divide on clear display. take today in d.c. anti-vax advocates marched to demand an end to vaccine mandates across the country. from coast to coast, high school students walked out of class, pleading for more covid precautions as their peers and teachers fall sick. and that is just our divide over covid. nbc news polling out today revealing more than 60% of americans report their income is falling behind their cost of living. more than 70% believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. americans say, we re too polarized to solve our own problems and that our political differences are only increasing. democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin sharing her thoughts today on what her party can do to correct course. people in general are kind of questioning whether government still works for them. and so we should be doing a couple of things really, really