and, of course, the big unanswered question, that is, of course, voting rights, will biden be able to corral congress to protect the right to vote for the very people who put him in power? now the pressure to get this done is not letting up with activists marching, hunger strikes and protesting all week. now one congressman was even arrested while protesting on capitol hill. he joins us now, and gong man gallego congressman gallego, passing voting rights is of course the filibuster. a lot of people are looking to you for that. so are you going to run for senate? look that determination will come in 2023. i am deeply disappointed in manchin and sinema. they failed and did not step up to do what they had to do to protect the voting rights act. so in the meantime, i will focus
controlled is because they made a pledge to address voting rights and what it does is it sets up another situation where they are putting pressure on senators manchin and sinema to do something they likely won t than mirrors what we saw last year and when we saw explode on the president s domestic policy agenda. all of that pressure on senator manchin, and he pushed back in a very forceful and damning way for the party so i question if this is the right strategy, but it seems as though senator schumer thinks that it is and he has no other choice. what is the choice then, jackie kucinich, that joe biden faces in the sense that if you look at the agenda, passing voting rights bill, senators manchin and sinema and build back better, senator manchin says he hasn t had any conversations since that went off the rails late last year.
passing voting rights is a part of healing as well. ending the filibuster is a part of healing as well. because then we will be able to do something about justice in policing. we don t even talk about justice in policing anymore. after the whole world rose up after derek chauvin lynched george floyd in minnesota. we don t even talk about. it s not even on the agenda. what about gun reform? we just had a major shooting at a michigan high school. so there is so much work to do. we do it we bend over backwards for the economy. we go around the filibuster to raise the debt limit. but what about the people, and the well-being of the people in our democracy? we don t deal with our well-being and tell the truth to combat the big lie, how do we heal and how do we really grow as a nation. so hopefully, we can all begin to have that conversation. claire is some of the trauma that the congressman changed the grounds underneath the democrats in the senate when it comes to
so democrats need to step up and lead this country, and that means getting rid of the filibuster, passing voting rights and let the american people see which political party is ready to lead this country in this big competition with china and preserving our democracy and rebuilding the middle class. well, nothing confusing about congressman tim ryan s message. always good to see you. have a really good holiday. thanks, stephanie. you, too. coming up, what fox news anchors said on air january 6th versus what they said in private text messages to mark meadows, then cheech of staff to former president trump. the truth matters and we re going to dig into it next. ig in. . i m at a moss for words. when a cough tries to steal dad s punchlines, he takes robitussin naturals powered by 100% drug-free ingredients. are you gonna leaf me hanging? soothe your cough naturally. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks!
pass the freedom to vote act, which will help us in the state to protect access to democracy and will go a long way to restore citizens faith in our democracy all around the country. i love that. that s the highlight of my week. jeremy, do you think that a serious enough approach is being taken to doing away with the filibuster, passing voting rights legislation immediately to address what secretary hobbs and secretary benson are talking about? we have to redouble, retriple our efforts to ensure voters access to the ballot and ensure people cannot play games with the fundamental right of the people. the electoral count act, this old law that basically says how you count the ballots after a presidential election, it s what we were doing on january 6th. i think that needs a serious look as well. because what these two state legislative leaders or these secretaries of state are saying is that if republicans are in charge in our state, they can essentially dictate the rules and chang