they made this majority runoff requirement for general elections. i remember very well when it happened. and now, you see they have got caught on their own petard here of when you just saw them lose the senate seat because of that rule. so, i would say that you have to always be careful what you pray for. well, uh, senator majority leader chuck schumer has promised a vote on changing the filibuster to advance voting rights legislation by martin luther king jr. day, which is six days from now. the same time, senator manchin and sinema they have really given no signs, publicly, they ll consider changing senate rules. so, if they refuse to budge, is there any value in holding the vote? well, i don t know. uh, you know, i don t get mixed up in the senate rules. i do know this. if the president came out today with a full-throated endorsement of joe manchin s bill, the
i want to get your thoughts on georgia. i mean, this is a state that s trended toward democrats for a few years now. the voting laws passed at the state level by republicans are seen by many as an effort to keep the state red, even as its demographics change. if no federal voting rights laws are passed, do you think that effort will be successful over the long-term? it could very well be. i will remind you, however, that the people of georgia had better be very, very careful. i don t think they have consulted their history. they are the ones that changed, several years ago, in an effort to nullify black voters, they made this majority runoff requirement for general elections. i remember very well when it happened. and now, you see, they got caught on their own petard here, when you just saw them lose the