issues? if we don t have a functioning democracy, nothing else even matters. you need to convince the leaders of the country, convince the people in the senate. look, i represent a working class district. i m from a working class state in ohio. people, unfortunately, don t have the luxury to sit around and have a conversation about voting rights. they re too busy getting up, going to work, trying to pay the bills. you have inflation. more of a squeeze there. and they re scrapping. they re fighting. they re grinding. they re just trying to make ends meet, trying to find a few extra bucks to pay for christmas gifts. they don t have the luxury. these decisions are up to the leaders of the country, which is why i support getting rid of the filibuster and getting these things done. you are not going to be able to count on a dysfunctional republican party including preserving democracy because i saw republicans having a press conference the other day sticking up for the very insurrectionis