>> But you can have someone like Joe Manchin, or anybody else that sees the attack on voting
rights that's happened in our country.
That sees our constitutionally enshrine right to vote, and sees it getting chipped away,
I'm just sitting.
>> And Joe Manchin, who AOC is talking about right there certainly is sitting, not only
on the federal government doing something about the attacks on voting rights.
But on many, many other issues and generally, the way that this goes, and the way that he
is able to continue to do that is a senator, or to a couple of politicians can entirely
grind all of the hopes.
And dreams and aspirations of entire party and the millions of voters who they made promises
to, to a halt and you are not supposed to criticize them.
You're certainly not supposed to name their names, you're definitely not supposed to indicate
that they might be doing it because they're donors, like when nothing happens.
And that's still largely is what we're seeing, Joe Manchin does not get criticized individually
by a lot of politicians.
But thankfully, Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez feels free to attack him, and
she does at great length, we'll give you a little bit more of that.
>> This is where I'm gonna personally complain, if I went on television and providing an argument
with that many holes in it, I would be pillory.
>> I would be able to like front page, like the pressure from media, the headlines, the
embarrassment, it would have been next level, but he gets to go on and whether it's voting
rise.
Or whether it's BBB, and our babies are sleeping your bubble jackets in night shift with no
heat and no boilers because of that, so I'm mad.
I'm mad, now, I'm not telling behind the closed doors here, but it's this idea of if we call
someone's ego that they're gonna say yes, and if it hasn't worked in two years.
Why are we going to continue doing that when there's an election this November?
>> Yes, so there, she is not only criticizing Joe Manchin for leaving as she points out
kids sleeping in bubble jackets because he doesn't give a damn about actually doing anything.
But she's also criticizing all the people that protect him, she's criticizing Joe Biden,
she's criticizing Democratic leadership who just thinks maybe if we have one more lunch
Adrian with Joe Manchin.
Then, he'll start being reasonable, and he'll feel some sort of ethical responsibility to
actually represent his constituents.
Maybe it'll work one more lunch, it will go somewhere nice in Brazilian steakhouse or
something, if we womb in a particular way, then surely, he'll begin to be reasonable.
>> Brazilian steakhouse, I think that'd be good, but I think he's more of an Applebee's
guy, but the thing is it's like there's nothing we're gonna do to this man, he likes his money.
Let's just give him his money, or whatever is going to keep him in a position of power,
but he really shouldn't be in this position at all, he does not care about his constituents.
He says these completely demeaning things that do not help and uplift his community
and they have so many incredible needs.
Like I remember finding out what, that a lot of what West Virginians had the highest level
of like missing teeth of people in the nation.
Yeah, and it's like yet, you won't help them, you won't do anything, and just the fact that
he is undermining voting rights bills, that says it all too because he wants to stay in
his position of power.
>> Yeah, and we're not supposed to criticize him, we're not supposed to challenge him on
his donors, and he's doing all this to stop Biden's agenda.
And as she points out, Joe Manchin will go on TV and be like, no, I'm just worried about
the deficit.
Yeah, that's what it is, first of all, it's an insane thing to say when the plans that
have been put forward, raise a ton of extra revenue to make sure that all of these problems
being solved.
Because as small as possible as a rise of the deficit, the idea that like he knows exactly
what his party won back control of the White House, the Senate and the House to do.
He knows exactly what people want, but he might be open to some sort of deal, that's
what we're hearing once again, it's never been true.
But I read an axios that he told a group of climate activists and energy executives, I'm
sure he likes them both equally.
That he's open to supporting a revised build back better legislation, narrowly addressing
three issues, climate change, prescription drug prices, and deficit reduction.
Of course, he says he's got a deal, $500 billion dollars for climate, $1 trillion dollars in
new revenue.
There's no support for universal preschool, or any of the other care economy proposals
that were included in Biden's initial plan.
So still massive, you, to Joe biden for all the promises he made, but he wants to reduce
the deficit with at least half of the revenue that new corporate taxes would bring in.
And so, his communications director says he remains seriously concerned about the financial
status of our country, and believes fighting inflation by restoring fairness to our tax
system.
And paying down the national debt must be our first priority, I agree, 1I actually wanted
our national debt to get down to zero, just in time for the planet to burst into flames.
I think it'd be nice to go out without any debt, but anyway, Adrian, you're buying it,
you think I'm gonna do this deal?
>> No.
>> What if he doesn't deal, you think cinema is gonna go along with it?
>> Yeah, definitely no, the fact that these people keep kind of dragging us along, like
who believes them anymore?
Now, the thing that also got me is this week carrying mentioned talk about that he will
be voting yes for Catania Brand Jackson, that feels good.
But at the same time, I realized it's like I can't trust you, I don't know if all of
a sudden you're gonna say I got a change of heart, like get out of here.
Also, so you're gonna support the eminently qualified nominee of your own party, would
you like a cookie, or is he not merciful?
But no, look, I think it's important that we passed this infrastructure bill, so if
you'll forgive me for a sec, I see Joe Manchin is holding a football, I'm gonna go try to
kick it, I'll be right back.
So it's not gonna happen, and I wanna be wrong, and if I'm wrong everyone, the check can laugh
at me.
I'll even take part, I'll pretend that I'm Ted Cruz, and I've got a humiliation kink,
you can all make fun of me as much as you want, ain't gonna happen.