should know that their senator is standing in the way of protecting the right to vote. that s why i m going to be in arizona during mlk weekend with groups like the family of martin luther king junior educating folks about what is at stake and how they need to make it clear to their representative, in this case sinema, that she ought to do the right thing. people in west virginia also need to be aware of what is at stake and why their representative in the united states senate, their democratic representative unfortunately, we cannot depend on republicans to do the right thing. but there is a good chance senators sinema and manchin will. they need to understand in west virginia that senator mnchin is standing in the way as well. good to talk to you. thank you for making time for us. congressman jones of new york. we appreciate your time. we will continue to discuss the fight to defend democracy at
that manchin and sinema, who as of today are the only democrats in the senate standing in the way of saving our ailing democracy, are going to have a religious experience and finally do the right thing, finally understand that this jim crow relic known as the filibuster, which historically has been weaponized to block progress, to block civil rights, is not nearly as important as protecting the fundamental right to vote, especially when one major political party is trying to undermine that right. joe manchin made a statement. he wrote an editorial in a newspaper many months ago. we talked about it right after it. he said, the reason he can t support these things before the senate, the voting right legislation before the senate is because it s not bipartisan, because there aren t any republicans supporting it. if we could get something republicans could support, then he might be able to do that.