trump loyalists who believe donald trump s lies that the 2020 election was stolen. this is one of those defining moments. it really is. people are going to be judged. where were they before and where were they after the vote? history s going to judge it. it s that consequential. 19 states have passed 34 laws that limit voting hours, ballot drop boxes, or take some power from local elections officials. there are other constraints as well. the brennan center for justice says it s tracking at least a dons state laws being proposed this year. and some georgia voting rights groups are skipping the president s speech. they re demanding action, not just more talk. so, cnn s jeff zelensy is in atlanta with the president. stacey abrams will not be there for president biden s speech. so, how s he reacting to that? reporter: alisyn, that certainly has gotten a bit of attention. of course, stacey abrams was the face of the need for voting reform. she registered so many voters her
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Over the finish line. i think the speech that the president gave six months ago was phenomenal, and the speech that he gave at remembering january 6th and the violence that took place there was phenomenal. i think what stacey abrams and the groups all want is action. we know in washington, d.c., speeches don t get legislation to move. it s conversations behind the scenes, and i will say that, yes, i agree with gloria, that democrats need to be unified. but often, when a conversation about unity comes, it s the grassroots. it s the activists. it s the people of color who are pushed to be the unifier. joe manchin is not unified with the democrats right now. kyrsten sinema is not unified with the democrats right now. they are the ones that the pressure needs to be on and other democrats who don t want to support a carveout for the filibuster, they re not unified with the democrats. they are the problem, not the activists not going to the speech today. allison, gloria, hoppy, thank
Messaging as well, and it just wasn t. and so, today, their action is really shining a light on the urgency and that their demand that a speech is not going to be sufficient. they want the bill to pass. and they want commitment from the president and the vice president. they want them to call on the elimination of the filibuster or that carveout, which they don t feel like has happened yet. you have been covering senator manchin since he was in the state legislature back in the 80s and 90s. the strategy that the democrats are taking here with trying to get him on board to join in to at least a carveout or reform of the filibuster, does this work, this set of a deadline and then the pressure of the week or two before that to try to get him to change? i don t think it does. for a couple reasons. one is, just you just have to listen to what manchin says. earlier today, i think he said, you all quoted on cnn, he said, i m not going to break the rules to change the rules. manchin s
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