policies exist these policies exist for the benefit of the white hetro males in charge and not free for anybody else, not for the black people, proud people, not for the women in these states. we can t as liberals, left and center people consign the south to its white supremacist fate because we cut off our left hand when we do that. we have to fight for these people and that means that we have to fight the supreme court and fight their interpretations of federalism. indeed because as you said and very quickly. go ahead. we have to expand the supreme court. we have it was a stolen court. we ve got to expand the supreme court. yeah. amen. amen. you re not going to get anything but an amen here on this panel. elie, heather, thank you both very much. tonight s absolute worst is up next and if you re not sure whether to laugh or cry on this one, you re not alone my friend. we ll be right back. e not alone. e not alone. we ll be right back.
more populous states. you ve got that imbalance created and on top of that, you have rules, backdoor chamber rules that have been exploited by mitch mcconnell better than any other single senator in history in the name of ensuring a super majority requirement to pass legislation and in the name of ensuring minority rule in this country. if you think about who supports all of the democrats agenda, those democratic senators are representing 40 million more americans than are the republicans who are closing for example voting rights legislation which is popular not just in the majority of the united states senate but a clear majority but also in the majority of the united states. but that s always been the fight, right? as elie says so beautifully all the time, it always been the fight. are we going to have a multi racial democracy in this country or not? in my book i argue that fight, that central fight is one that
responsibility for upholding one of the most basic and important tenants of our democracy, which is free and fair elections and access to the ballot for all eligible voters. what about senator manchin? i don t think anyone should be absolved from the responsibility of preserving and protecting our democracy. elie, you know, the hypocrisy of saying that the senate isn t broken. that s the other thing mitch said today. let s just look at this. between 2005 and 2006, there were 68 filibusters used in the united states senate. while he was majority minority leader in 2013 to 2014 there were 252. they just escalated and escalated and escalated from there. they jumped into the hundreds because of mitch mcconnell. the senate is broken. and the idea, what do you make of this sort of fear that people like mitt romney are putting for that oh my goodness, if you get rid of the filibuster, it will
of floridians will likely contract omicron at this rate, which of course means more customers for ron s top donor s miracle cure. the freedom weirdly disappears when it comes to free speech, the right to protest and culture wars like when he called on the legislature to allow parents to pass a law to fire teachers teaching critical race theory and the mississippi law out lawing abortions after six weeks without regard to race or incest. if you re not convinced republicans suppressing the vote would harm the democracy, look no further than ron desantis florida. an authoritarian harbor what is to come if republicans take over this country in total. back with me, elie and heather. let talk about this abortion ban
why going back to the filibuster in the 1970s, going back to a talking filibuster is somehow worse than the current legislative filibuster. joy, joe manchin doesn t take my calls and go on your show. he ll not defend himself to the people he s unwilling to defend but if one of these other reporters could please just once ask manchin why the talking filibuster is bad but the legislative filibuster is good, i would like to hear his answer. i would like to hear it too. elie and heather are sticking around because up next, we going to florida. the absolute worst candidate ron desantis is giving us a sneak peek to gain control in washington. a nightmare scenario in his twisted version of freedom. stay with us. o in his twisted version of freedom stay with us