Under that final vote, 5435. Six republicans breaking ranks and joining with democrats. But, it was not enough. Two democrats didn t vote. But, still it would not make a difference. 60 yes votes needed. The country fell for short. A total of nine republican senators you see there and nearly onetenth of all members of the senate did not bother to show up or go on record against the legislation. Only one of them, senator pat toomey says he would have voted in favor of the bill but it would not have mattered. The gop fix was in. Senator republican mitch mcconnell opposes the commission. He spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill as a personal favor to him. A personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators falling in line behind him and trump also opposes the investigation. Majority leader chuck schumer called him out. The republican minority prevented the people to get the real truth of january 6th. This vote made it official, donald trump s big l
For democracy. The country fell four short. A total of ninerepublican senators, as you see there, nearlyonetenth of all members of the senate didn t bother to show up and go on record against the legislation. Only one of them, senator pat toomey, of pennsylvania, said that he would have voted in favor of the bill. But, again, it would not have mattered. The gop fix was in. Senaterepublican leader, mitch mcconnell, vehemently opposes the commission. And he spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill. As a personal favor to him. A personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators, falling in line behind him. And trump, who, also, opposes the investigation. Majority leader chuck schumer called him out. Out of fear, or fealty, to donald trump, the republican minority just prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january 6th. This vote has made it official. Donald trump s big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. Republi
Greg: welcome back. I hope you enjoyed your memorial day. Those who failed history call it the long weekend. [laughing]. I had a great time up at the lake. I went water skiing with caitlyn jenner. [laughing]. Greg: amazing dunk. Strength. Those quads. But she and her new husband spent the day in typical fashion. [laughing]. Greg: an embarrassment on memorial day. All right. That really happened. How can you it tell? according to cnn you can t. Last week they reported a study claiming americans exaggerate their ability to spot fake news and republicans are more likely to fall for fake news than democracy. Dems. People are consuming misinformation and things that are not true. Greg: coming from cnn, you dope. I have 2 words for you. [laughing]. Greg: a good call. Russian collusion. In the findings showed the reverse cnn would not have run the study. The study found that overconfident people are more likely to share false content. That sounds like a cnn afternoonor. Anchor. They put out m
What that can mean for benjamin netanyahu s political future. And then heading to japan, a country under a state of emergency due to covid19. We ll look in store for the athletes once they get there. Flash point over voting rights in the u. S. State of texas, and we have seen dramatic developments unfold there in the past few hours. Just a short time ago the texas legislature failed to pass a sweeping measure of voting restrictions, a bill president biden has called wrong and unamerican. The measure would ban unsolicited mail in ballot applications overnight, and it bans drivethrough voting, and they were racing against a midnight deadline to get approval, and the republicans were left without the minimum numbers to vote, and the governor will start a special session to restart the process, and it was said the legislature was trying to restore confidence in the election process. Now, we can debate how much fraud occurred in the last election and democrats who have claimed fraud happene
U. S. Voting laws, there s been a dra dramatic late night turn of events in texas. The governor is making it clear the legislative fight is far from over. A source tells cnn house democrats received a text that read, take your key and leave the chamber discreetly. Adopt go to the gallery. Leave the building. That s what they did. Walking out and leaving republicans without the required number of lawmakers to cast an official vote. That s all it took to effectively block passage of the bill that would make sweeping changes to the state s voting laws. A measure would have curbed in mail in applications and banned overnight, sunday morning, and drive through voting. It would have expanded access for partisan poll watchers and made it easier for judges to overturn election results. Texas already has some of the most restrictive election laws in the country and democrats say this was just the latest attempt at voter suppression. We used all the tools in our toolbox to fight this. Tonight we