Tuesday in his speech in philadelphia. In advance, of course, he tasked the justice department, his justice department with boosting voting rights enforcement. And last week he announced democrats will pour $25 million into getting voters engaged ahead of next year s midterm elections. It is not money or manpower i refer to when i talk about resources. No. My concern is that the intangibles of democrat express and a principled opposition, those values that should drive our lawmakers, are nearly totally absent in this version of the republican party. Hence, the stalemate on voting rights legislation is in congress, where you have an engineered blockade in the senate. The republican caucus continuing to exploit the thinness of the democratic majority with the inevitability of a filibuster should they feel the need. When it comes to suppressing black voters, they have always felt the need. Joining me now, michigan senator garrett peters. He is the chair of the democratic senatorial campai
Joining me now is cher michael singleton, political contributor for the boston globe. and cummings, president and ceo of global policy solution. moments ago, donald trump took the stage at the conservative political action conference. you can see him here live. he wasted no time in spewing his regular lice, scam mongering about immigration, and lying about his own record, and the nonsense wall that never got built. this is the man that won the cpac straw poll for 2024 candidates, with 70% of the attendees in support of him. what should we make of this? i think, rev, from some of the points that i have read going through social media, the president appears to be setting
Because this is the president s shutdown. correct. he wanted the shutdown. he has not spoken at all about new technology. he just talks about the nonsense wall that sam nunnburg came up with build a wall while he was on the campaign. talk about graham and other republicans who could be working with democrats here and not standing with the president. because mcconnell isn t talking. he s been quiet. the most interesting thing with the meetings is the fact that mitch mcconnell doesn t say anything. if there was a deal in the works, real negotiation, mitch mcconnell would be there. and you got to give credit to graham for at least trying to come up with a compromise. does strike me a little naive, you know, how many times do you have to have lucy take the football away before you realize you re not going to be able to make a deal with somebody like trump who is an unreliable negotiator, they ve been down this path and frankly i don t think donald trump wants a deal.