i suspect that, yes, people stood in line in georgia to elect those senators, and they want them to vote for those things. i m not sure that the people who voted for joe manchin in west virginia feel the same way, and that is the that is the challenge of democracy. joe manchin represents a state where trump won by 40 points. yeah. and so, you know, that makes it a little bit of a different conversation for him. i m not defending him. i don t think that you should take a partisan stance on democracy. democracy should be something that s beyond party, and there are things that are happening in this country today that are going right to the heart of democracy. and i do think that congress and the senate should act, and i think manchin should act and sinema should act, and they should all stand as one on this. but bakari is a very smart politician, and he understands, i m sure, that manchin has a different set of political imperatives than someone from
voted for joe manchin in west virginia feel the same way. and that s the that is the challenge of democracy. joe manchin represents a state where trump won by 40 points. and so, you know, that makes it a little bit of a different conversation. i m not defending him. i don t think that you should take a partisan stance on democracy. democracy should be something that s beyond party. and there are things that are happening in this country today that are going right to the heart of democracy. and i do think that congress and the senate should act. and i think manchin should act and sinema should act and they should all stand as one on this. but bakari is a very smart politician, and he understands, i m sure, that manchin has a different set of political imperatives than someone from another kind of state. president manchin? no, i think that let me just say i ax is absolutely