THIS IS A QUOTE FROM SENATOR ROY
BLUNT ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED IN
TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THESE NEW
SUGGESTIONS.
>> WE ALL -- I THINK EVERY ONE
OF US LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES
TO LOOK FOR SENATOR MANCHIN AND
WE FOUND THOSE STUNT SOPPORTUNIT
I THINK WHEN STACY ANEY ABRAMS
ENDORSED MANCHINS PROPOSAL, IT
BECAME THE STACEY ABRAMS
SUBSTITUTE.
>> THERE ARE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT I COULD THINK OF
UNPACKING THIS.
BUT WHAT IS ROY BLUNT DOING BY
RANDOMLY THROWING STACYEY ABRAMS
NAME INTO SOMETHING THAT MANCHIN
HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR
POTENTIALLY MONTHS?
>> WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN
THIS SHOW TO UNPACK EVERYTHING
IN THAT STATEMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, THROWING OUT STACY
ABERAMS OOEP NAME WAS
ABRAMS NAME WAS CLEARLY A BULL
HORN TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
ABOUT THE FACT THAT BLACK FORLKS
NEED A COMPROMISE.
BUT PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.
THIS COMPROMISE WAS DEAD ON
ARRIVAL.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT
JUST VOTER I.D., BUT IF WE LOOK
AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
ARE -- THAT HE RECOMMENDED, IT
IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT GOES TO THE
HEART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
WHICH IS STATES RIGHTS.
MITCH McCONNELL IS CLEAR THAT
THE FEDS DID NOT NEED TO BE IN
THE BUSINESS OF PROTECTING
VOTING RIGHTS.
THAT SHOULD BE LEFT AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
AND WHAT THEY DID, WHAT HE DID
IN HIS COMPROMISE, THAT HE WOULD
WEAKEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AUTHORITY TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THESE VOTING RIGHTS.
WE KNOW THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION JUST AS THEY WERE
DOUBLING THE LAWYERS IN THE
VOTING RIGHTS SECTION, AND WE
NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON
OUR SIDE.
AND I WANT TO PUT IT IN
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE URGENT
CITY IS HERE.
THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE.
WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT THAT IS
GETTING READY TO DECIDE A VERY
IMPORTANT VOTING RIGHTS CASE
WHICH COULD KILL THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT IN THE NEXT COUPLE
WEEKS.
REDISTRICTING IS COMING UP AND
THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS IN
2022
2022.
SO IF THEY DONT DIDO ANYTHING
NOW, DEMOCRACY IS INNIN TROUBLE.
>> CLIFF, IM VERY BOTTOM LINE
ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT
THESE BILLS AND WHEN THESE BILLS
ACTUALLY MATTER.
YOU ARE OUT IN THE STREETS, YOU
ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY LIKE.
THE PROGRESSIVES WONT GET
EVERYTHING THAT THEY LIKE.
BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WHAT
HAS TO BE PASSED AT A FEDERAL
LEVEL IN ORDER TO HAVE A
PUNTERS CHANCE FOR REMOTELY
FAIR ELECTIONS IN PLACES LIKE
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND
PENNSYLVANIA NEXT YEAR?
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE MORE ACCESS TO VOTING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
MENTIONED IS SUPPORTING.
THE EXPANSION NUMBER OF DAYS FOR
VOTING, MAKING IT EASIER.
RESTRICTIONS ON CLOSING POLLING
PLACES.
SO ALL OF THOSE PROVISIONS ARE
IMPORTANT.
I REALLY THINK THAT SOMETHING
THAT IS MISSING IS THAT THERE
HAS TO BE A PROVISION WHICH I
DONT THINK WAS THOUGHT OF WHEN
HR-2
HR-1 WAS PASSED, BUT THE ISSUE
OF OVERTURNING ELECTIONS WHICH
IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT, THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS A TREND IN
ALL OF THESE THINGS, IN GOOD,
FLORIDA, THEY TRIED IT.
IN TEXAS, THEY FAILED.
WE SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN
ARIZONA.
WHATEVER THE FINAL VERSION IS
HAS TO INCLUDE SOMETHING AROUND
THAT.
AND IF I COULD JUST SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF
COMPROMISE.
AT BLACK FOLKS, WHENEVER WE SEE
THE ISSUE OF COMPROMISE, USUALLY
WERE ON THE SHORT END OF THE
STICK.
THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE,
MISSOURI COMPROMISE. IF YOU
DONKTD
DONT KNOW IT, GOOGLE IT.
BUT YOU CANT COMPROMISE WHEN
ONE SIDE IS NOT DEALING WITH
REALITY.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH A LIE.
IF IM GOING TO GOSHG TOING TO N
WHETHER TO GET A DOG OR A
UNICORN AS A PET, I CANT
COMPROMISE ON THE UNICORN
BECAUSE IT IS NOT REAL.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
HE IS COMPROMISING ON A POSITION
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT BASED ON
REALITY.
>> YES, I ENJOY ANY MY LITTLE
PONY REFERENCES AND UNICORNS
DURING THE SHOW.
I WANT TO PLAY THIS SOUND.
THIS GOES EXACTLY WITH WHAT XLIF
IS
CLIFF IS TALKING ABOUT HERE.
YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
OVERTURNING ELECTIONS IS THE
GOAL.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS
ARE WANTING TO MAKE IT HARD TO
VOTE.
BUT I WANT TO PLAY THIS SOUND
WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO MIKE PENCE EARLIER TODAY WHEN HE WAS
EARLIER TODAY WHEN HE WAS
SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF TARIFF S
CONSERVATIVES.
>> I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND
RALPH REED BY THOSE WORDS.
HE THOSE MY WELLUGH KNOWS ME WEL
TO KNOW THAT THE INTRODUCTION I
PREFER IS SHORTER.
IM A CHRISTIAN, CONSERVATIVE
AND REPUBLICAN IN THAT ORDER.
>> SAM, PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING"
"TRAITOR" AT MIKE PENCE.
IF THIS IS THE FEELING OF MIKE
PENCE THAT HE IS CONSIDERED A
TRAITOR THAT HE WOULDNT BREAK
THE CONSTITUTION IN ORDER TO
THROW THE ELECTION FOR TRUMP, IS
THERE ANY WAY OF ANY TYPE OF
NEGOTIATION THAT COULD HAPPEN AT
THE SENATE OR EVEN AT THE STATE
LEVEL IF THIS IS WHERE THE CORE
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
CONSERVATIVES ARE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, CLIFF JUST BLEW
MY MIND ABOUT UNICORNS.
I HAD THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE
REAL UNTIL THIS MOMENT.
SO CLIFF, YOU DESTROYED MY MIND
THERE.
AS FOR THE PENCE/TRUMP THING,
THIS IS NOT OBVIOUSLY A
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THIS IS A
TRUMP PARTY.
IF YOU THINK OF THE FAITH AND
FREEDOM CONFERENCE, I DONT KNOW
HOW MANY IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
TO IT, THIS IS THE SORT OF IDEAL
SETTING FOR MIKE PENCE.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HE
APPEALS TO THE MOST IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.
FOR HIM TO BE HECKLED,
ADMITTEDLY IT WASNT LIKE THE
FULL AUDIENCE, BUT HE WAS
HECKLED AND CALLED A TRAITOR
GOES TO SHOW YOU THE TOTALITY
WITH WHICH DONALD TRUMP HAS
TAKEN OVER THE CONSERVATIVE
MOVEMENT AND REPUBLICANISM.
THIS IS NOT A PARTY, THIS IS A
CULT MENTALITY THATPERSONALITY T
IS GEARED TOWARD TRUMP.
SO THE ONLY DEAL THAT YOU CAN
CUT IS A DEAL THAT DONALD TRUMP
WOULD ESSENTIALLY SAY IS OKAY.
HE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE HIS STAMP
OF APPROVAL TO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP RIGHT NOW IS THAT HIS
INTENSE FOCUS, A PARANOIA OF
SORTS, IS ON VOTING AND MAKING
SURE THAT THE ELECTION IS CAST
INTO DOUBT.
SO I HAVE SOME SERIOUS DOUBTS
MYSELF THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD
EVER SIGN OFF ON ANY VOTING
RIGHTS LEGISLATION UNLESS IT
WENT TOTALLY TOWARDS THE WAY IT
CAST DOUBT ON THE 2020
ELECTIONS.
>> AND DIANE, I WANT TO CLOSE
WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHITE
HOUSE THOUSAND.
WEVE
WEVE SEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING AT
THE SENATE AND LOWER LEVEL.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS BEEN
PARACHUTED INTO TRY TO SPEARHEAD
SOME OF THE VOTING RIGHTS
EFFORTS.
WHAT CAN SHE DO AT A PRACTICAL
LEVEL?
IT SHOWS THAT JOE BIDEN AND THE
WHOLE ADMINISTRATION CARES, BUT
IS THERE SOME UNIQUE SKILLSET OR
AN ARGUMENT THAT VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS MIGHT HAVE OR SOME
EXPERTISE SHE MIGHT HAVE THAT
MAY MAKE HER A GOOD PERSON FOR
THE BATTLE OF VOTING RIGHTS?
>> INLGS A FEWU I THINK A FEW TH
SHE WAS A SENATOR, SHE HAS
RELATIONSHIPS THERE NOT JUST ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT SHE
UNDERSTANDS THAT PROCESS.
SHE KNOWS PEOPLE IN THE SENATE
AND THAT SHE HAS ALWAYS BAN KIND
OF A VOICE OF REASON.
AND SO THE IDEAS THAT SHE IS IN
A VERY GOOD POSITION COULD HELP
NEGOTIATE TO HELP MOVE MANCHIN
AND THE GOP.
AND SO -- AND SHE KNOWS VOTING
RIGHTS.
AND SO I THINK THAT SHE IS BEST
POSITIONED AND I THINK THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT TO PUT HER
UP FRONT ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT WELL SEE.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD