opening act of a sweeping progressive agenda on the horizon for the country. will it backfire for democrats come 2022? karl rove is here for white board wisdom. first, as embattled new york governor andrew cuomo faces calls from more than 160 lawmakers to resign or be impeached, new allegations that his covid-19 testing czar made inappropriate calls to state officials to gauge their loyalty to cuomo with one official claiming that they feareded their counting vaccine supplies could suffer if loyalty was not offered. new york city mayor bill de blasio wants those claims looked into it. deserves an investigation immediately. because the idea that this is how we save lives and it must be handled not with politics, not for political gain, but to actually help people and to do it fairly, that is what is at stake here. and i am very worried about the corruption we re hearing about here. cuomo facing duel scandals over nursing home deaths and allegations of sexual harassment.
They want cabinet agencies to help. we re calling on the white house to do more. we have to deliver the 218 votes and starting the process and moving to the senate to do their job. the house didn t have the votes to freeze the eviction moratorium through the end of the year or even mid october. the administration says it s exploring legal options to move without congress to protect renters. trace? trace: chad, thank you. joining me now from texas with white board wisdom, karl rove. former deputy chief of staff to george bush and fox news contributor. i want your thoughts of the breaking news of lindsey graham testing positive for covid. he did have the vaccine. he says he feels like he has a sinus infection. he was at the white house ten days ago, carl.
Leave, if they want to run up $30 trillion of debt that we have to pay back, by the way, if they want to do this, let them figure that out. let them vote to raise the debt limit. that s on them. that s their responsibility. they can t spend like sailors on shore leave and come to me and say oh, by the way, you ve got to vote to raise the debt limit so we can keep spending more and more. how long would your family last if every month you spent more and more on the credit card and every month you paid the minimum. martha: all right. senator, always good to see you. thank you. thank you. martha: here with white board wisdom, karl rove. the former george w. bush deputy chief of staff. good to see you. what are your thoughts as you listen to this conversation and listen to the senator? there s a lot of wisdom there. i disagree with one issue, this is not $3.5 trillion.