>>> WELCOME TO TUESDAY.
I AM CHUCK TODD.
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WILL
HOLD WHAT THEY CLAIM IS A KEY
VOTE ON THE MUCH HYPED VOTING
RIGHTS BILL, KNOWN
AFFECTIONATELY AS S 1.
I SAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEY
BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE ALL A
LITTLE CONFUSED HOW SERIOUS
DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT TRYING TO
PASS THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
PASSIONS ARE RUNNING HOT ON THE
LEFT OVER THE BILL AND VOTING
RIGHTS ISSUE IN GENERAL.
HERES SENATE LEADER CHUCK
SCHUMER SPEAKING ON THE SENATE
FLOOR AS HE TEED UP TODAYS
VOTE.
>> THERES A ROT, A ROT AT THE
CENTER OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
DONALD TRUMPS BIG LIE SPREAD
LIKE A CANCER AND THREATENS TO
ENVELOPE ONE OF THE MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES.
EVEN WORSE, IT POISONED OUR
DEMOCRACY, ERODED FAITH IN OUR
ELECTIONS, WHICH IS SO
DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUTURE FAITH
PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE IN THIS
DEMOCRACY.
AND OF COURSE, IT BECAME THE
MATCH THAT LIT A WILDFIRE OF
REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION
LAWS SWEEPING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
BECAUSE OF ONE MANS LIE,
REPUBLICANS ARE NOW DOING THE
DASTARDLY ACT OF TAKING AWAY
VOTING FROM MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
MAKING IT MUCH HARDER FOR THEM
TO VOTE AND MANY, MANY WILL NOT. >> THE DEMOCRATS ARGUABLY PUT
>> THE DEMOCRATS ARGUABLY PUT
THEMSELVES IN AWKWARD POSITION
HICHG
HITCHING THEIR WAGONS THIS THIS
LEGISLATION.
THEYVE KNOWN IT FOR TWO YEARS.
FORGET THE 60 VOTES TO OVERCOME
FILIBUSTER, THEY MAY NOT HAVE 50
VOTES FOR THE PROCEDURAL VOTE.
JOE MANCHIN HASNT SAID HE WOULD
CLIMB ABOARD.
LETS SAY HE DID AND THEY GOT 50
VOTES, DOESNT MEAN THEY HAVE
VOTES TO ELIMINATE THE
FILIBUSTER.
IF THEY DIDNT REALIZE THAT,
KYRSTEN SINEMAS OP-ED REMINDED
THEM LAST NIGHT AND SEALED THAT
IDEA SHUT, NOT TO MENTION THIS
BILL WONT REALLY ADDRESS WHAT
REPUBLICANS ARE DOING AT THE
STATE LEVEL ANYWAY.
DESPITE ALL OF THAT, DEMOCRATIC
PARTY LEADERS EXPENDED A LOT OF
ENERGY AND POLITICAL CAPITAL
HYPING THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
>> WERE NOT GIVING UP.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES PASSED FOR THE
PEOPLE ACT TO PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRACY.
THE SENATE WILL TAKE IT UP LATER
THIS MONTH AND I AM GOING TO
FIGHT LIKE HECK WITH EVERY TOOL
AT MY DISPOSAL FOR ITS PASSING.
>> THIS REMINDS ME WHAT IT MUST
HAVE FELT LIKE AT VALLEY FORGE.
EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE.
WE MUST WIN THIS RACE, THIS
FIGHT FOR THIS BILL.
>> S1 IS GOING TO BE A TOP
PRIORITY THIS CONGRESS.
WE WILL FIGHT AND FIGHT AND
FIGHT TO GET THIS DONE
LEGISLATIVELY.
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.
TOO DARN MUCH IS AT STAKE.
>> PARTY LEADERS MISLEAD
PROGRESSIVES ON THE BILL FOR
YEARS, THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED
IT WASNT CRAFTED TO PASS IN THE
FIRST PLACE, FIRST INTRODUCED IN
2019 AS A MESSAGING BILL AND
STATEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY
VALUES.
NOW PROGRESSIVES ARE FRUSTRATED
NOT JUST WITH REPUBLICANS BUT
WITH LEADERS OF THEIR OWN PARTY,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, WHO SAY
AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS
BILL MUST PASS.
BUT THEY HAVENT PUT ANY WORK
INTO PASSING IT BECAUSE THE
LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN WHISPERING
IT IS NOT A BILL MEANT TO REALLY