It looks like not just Joe Biden but even progressives like Pramila Jayapal,
Representative Jayapal or Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Fundraisers inside and outside of Congress are dead set on voting harder.
This is the message that will come out
of the Supreme Court justice rulings on Roe v Wade, on Dobbs.
That it isn't about taking action but
it is about putting it back to the people to vote even harder.
So, let's take a look at this clip from Elizabeth Warren.
>> But it's also focused like a laser on the election in November.
And we get two more senators on the Democratic side,
two senators who are willing to protect access to abortion and
get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass it.
And yes John Fetterman, I'm looking at you in Pennsylvania,
Mandela Barnes, I'm looking at you in Wisconsin.
We bring them in, then we've got the votes and
we can protect every woman no matter where she lives.
>> So that is a big promise from a senator who is also to her credit advocating for
other action beyond what let's say the president is advocating for
in terms of opening clinics on federal lands.
Taking executive action to protect the right to get an abortion in this country.
But she's also giving some and this is the question is this hard reality hard,
truth about the election that's coming up?
I wanna jump down to,
this is from CNN obviously reminding us that Democrats can hold the senate by
merely reelecting incumbents merely [LAUGH] that's a fun word.
In Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and New Hampshire all states Biden won in 2020.
They can't keep them all, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin provide chances to flip
Republican seats in two more states Biden won.
So it's holding on to these and adding two more Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Republicans need a net gain of only four seats, a fraction of the average
historical gain for the party not holding the White House to recapture the majority.
It is a tenuous majority and we've known this,
we open the show talking about the filibuster.
We know that Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema are not budging on that issue and
are not budging on so many issues.
And have been basically just kinda linebackers against progress.
But here you have someone like Elizabeth Warren giving us some hard truths,
you've got again, Pramila Jayapal and others.
I wanna play this one clip for you.
This is the Democratic super PAC priorities USA also
laying out the importance of voting in November.
>> The only way to change that at the federal level is to elect two
more Democratic senators in Wisconsin and
in Pennsylvania to protect our seats in Colorado and Georgia and Arizona.
And to do everything we can to hold the house.
>> So, there you have it, this appears to be the strategy.
We see the limitations of this administration.
We see what they're not willing to do to protect Roe and
protect abortion rights, ergo we're focusing in on November.
It felt crass on Friday, still feels pretty damn crass.
But, Erin I did wanna get your thoughts.
>> Yeah, I mean they're not wrong that we need two more senators.
That's so not wrong.
But it's also so demoralizing to not act because we are anticipating
getting two more senators would be complete folly.
It would be so silly.
This is what we have right now.
So and we might not have it in November.
Do you remember in 2020 when we were positive that we're gonna take the Senate?
There are some people talking about taking the Senate 55 seats.
We were gonna unseat Susan Collins, we were gonna do all of this stuff and
none of it happened all of the down ballot races at the federal level.
Republicans over performed in 2020.
So Democrats didn't perform the way that they wanted to, even though Biden won.
I don't know why we would trust even polling that came out this week in
the wake of Dobbs that show Democrats experiencing a net bump in polling and,
because of the decision, we can't trust polls.
We can't that we're going to win more seats in the House and
the Senate in November.
We cannot trust the upcoming election.
Let's do what we can now.
Let's do more than what we can now let's ask for forgiveness not permission now and
then do what we can with the next Congress that we have.
I don't like this kicking the can down the road thing.
I find it to be very craven, I find it to be and I don't think that this is
the case when it comes to Representative Jayapal or Elizabeth Warren.
But I have seen like fundraising appeals off of the jobs decision and
that is gross to me.
I don't wanna focus on raising money for an election that's coming up.
I don't wanna focus on doing work for the election that's coming up.
I wanna get done what can get done now and
then make decisions based on what happens in November.
>> Right, and as you mentioned with the incredible analogy to Bugs Bunny and
Elmer Fudd.
Basically now Elmer Fudd is convincing the American voters to be the Elmer Fudd and
they're doing the Bugs Bunny on Democrats, right.
They're trying to dupe us into be, I swear,
I promise that we'll do this because Mitch McConnell said a thing,
who are you banking your promise?
Because Kyrsten Sinema said a thing, because Joe Manchin said a thing.
Because every single senator, I'm sorry, do we have there sworn testimony
written in blood, we have a little blood oath going on, what is?
We have a pinky swear happening.
>> Yeah.
>> How do we know all these senators will in fact do what, they I mean and it's so
if you're holding us hostage without actually giving us the plan, right.
>> Mm-hm. >> So you say,
what is your plan of action?
And if it isn't this, it isn't A, then it's B, and if it isn't B, then it's C.
And by the way, I think it should be plan C.
And I think that should be free for everybody.
But, [LAUGH] they're still squeezing us, man.
And I feel like yes, a vote in 2020 for
Joe Biden in my opinion was a strategic vote against fascism.
And I think that mattered.
And yet, I also believe that the pitch that the Democratic Party was
making in 2020 was vote us in and we will steer us clear of this fascist takeover.
We will write the ship, we will turn it around,
we know we're hanging off the cliff here.
Hey, we're gonna fall, but here's like a very small some water wings,
maybe you'll survive when we crash.
That's utter crap, it is not enough.
And so, I know we need to take polling with a with a grain of salt, but
this was interesting.
The YouGov poll with CBS news, Roe v Wade and the midterms overturning them.
It makes you do what Democrats say 50% more likely to vote,
8% less likely, 42%, no effect.
Republicans interestingly only 20% more likely to vote and 77% say no effect.
So, clearly there's a minimal more of a fire being lit
underneath Democrats than Republicans,
which is very interesting because you got Mike Pence doing victory laps here.
But it doesn't seem to be stirring the base and
you wonder maybe that's because most people in America even if
the Republicans believe in a woman's right to choose.
>> Mm-hm.
>> But I almost feel Democrats look at that and they're, yeah, hell yeah,
doing nothing.
It actually kind of works just scaring them.
That kind of works.
Final words Erin.
>> Yeah, here's the thing you mentioned earlier about that Joe Biden was going for
this middle vote, right.
The kind of I live in a suburb but, I have a gay friend, that sort of vote.
The thing is abortion rights are so
popular that middle vote on that issue doesn't exist.
What is like 60% of people didn't wanna overturn Roe.
He's appealing not to the middle, he's appealing to the far right and
they wouldn't vote for him anyway.
I feel the same about other issues that I think would be really advantageous for
Democrats to bring up right now.
Okay, look, abortion is banned in a lot of places.
So why do we have a federal family leave program?
>> Yep.
Why are Republicans bluffs being called?
If you care about families so much, let's support them.
Let's make motherhood a little bit easier as we figure out a way to unf what
has been eft.
Let's figure out a way to support the people that are going to be forced to have
children.
Democrats aren't doing that either.
I really wish like you said that there was a clear plan.
Guys, there's no, we got this, but we have a plan for how we're going to attack this.
And I wish we knew the plan of attack and I wish we could see it in action.
Right now, it just feels like I'm putting a lot of messages in my spam folder and
unsubscribing from a bunch of texts asking for money and
I need more than that from Democrats.
>> I love that, and that you know, Joe Biden loves bipartisanship and
calling Republicans bluff on whether or not they are a pro-family party.
By putting together a robust parental leave, universal child care program.
>> Child tax credit.
>> [CROSSTALK] >> Why do we extend it?
>> [LAUGH] >> It's right there.
We were just doing it.
Just bring it back.
Yeah, why not?
I don't wanna be the president ever.
It seems like a hard job that sucks.
>> [LAUGH] >> But, I feel maybe Joe Biden should
listen to people who have some ideas around what could be done,
what could be made out of this situation.
I think it's terrible in almost all respects,
but also presents some opportunities to actually enact some change.
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