strom thurmond. he talked about thurmond, the anti-civil rights icon, who in the end supported the voting rights act. this is something that even republicans found necessary to do by massive margins in the past. that is both an indictment of republicans but also of democrats who won t do what needs to be done in order to get it passed. i wonder about what your reflections were on him talking so much about how the partisanship on this issue has calcified in a way we ve never seen before? well, i think it makes the case, right? for many of us, as you know, i cherish the work i ve done across the aisle. i ve passed a bunch of bills, as i ve mentioned many times. but the point is, they re not playing on this right now. even though, and that s why i think he felt it was important to make the case, in the past, democracy triumphed. it s more important than any divides between us. but right now, because of the large shadow of donald trump over the republican party, there are very few people
democracy triumphed. it s more important than any divides between us. but right now, because of the large shadow of donald trump over the republican party, there are very few people that are willing to stand up like you re seeing with liz cheney, with the january 6th commission, that she s willing to stand up, over in the house. and it s just not happening in the senate right now when it comes to voting rights. and the case i ve made in those rooms to my colleagues, where we want it to happen, to quote hamilton, the filibuster has it is unbelievable, changes to the filibuster are not radical. they ve happened 160 times, rachel. changes have happened where bills have been passed without the 60 vote, 1977 national gas policy, 1980, selective service, 1987, national defense bill, 1995, endangered species bill.