 So I'm not sure how many of you have a follow this story over the weekend But the Arizona Democratic Party voted to censure Kyrsten Sinema, which is embarrassing I'll be a definitely warranted to have your own party censor you you have to really mess up and that she did indeed do I'd argue that giving democracy in the United States its final death blow certainly warrants at a minimum you being censured But there were some individuals who took issue with her being censured Of course, I'm talking about Chuck Todd here, but before we get to him I want to share some details about her being censured So as Brett Wilkins of Common Dreams explains citing her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy The Arizona Democratic Party Central Committee on Saturday voted to formally censure Sinema The ADP review came after the right-wing Democrat voted last week along with all Republicans and Senator Joe Manchin To uphold the filibuster and effectively torpedo her own party's popular voting rights legislation The freedom to vote John R. Lewis Act. So, yeah, that's warranted She's not doing what she needs to do which is use this time to protect democracy from an anti Democratic Party and that small D democracy who is trying to kill democracy I mean the Democratic Party has just a limited window of opportunity to act to pass something To protect our Democratic institutions and she's saying no so yeah I think that that warrants her being censured But Chuck Todd for whatever reason implied that this was actually a bad thing and in an interview with Democratic representative Alyssa Schlotkin He explained that this might actually be not very good basically because Kirsten Sinema's fee fees would be hurt now I'm oversimplifying what he's saying not necessarily what he said I'm being a little bit harsh here at my characterization But just take a look at what he has to say the way that he framed this really pissed me off What's happening to center Sinema is is this healthy for the party having a state party her own state party censure her Like I said, most people will look at what they're censuring her over is over a disagreement on tactics not on the issue Yeah, I don't I just just don't come from a school where you're constantly airing dirty laundry Like there are really big divisions in Washington right now period Democrat Republican within each party But I just don't believe that the way that you get back at other people is by putting that on air airing that publicly So I don't love that now We're not gonna play the rest of her response there because it was pointless. She says the same thing. I'll be it in a different way That liberal weakness there by the way, that is what fascists exploit If you're not decisive if you're not doing everything you can to protect democracy itself Then they are going to prey on that so that weakness right there. I mean you're part of the problem Alyssa You are part of the problem But Chuck Todd ultimately is who I take issue with here because he's giving Kirsten Sinema cover for no reason I like why are you doing this? You don't have to do this. You don't have to defend her. Are you anti-democracy Chuck Todd? What what is the point of this? You don't have to do this but his issue is that um, you know, it's a disagreement about tactics not on the issue itself and Is it really okay to censure someone if you disagree on policy? This was kind of the point I think that Alyssa made throughout it. But the answer is This is not like other issues There are some issues that are so important that they supersede every other issue right climate change for example and The future of our planet and whether or not it's habitable definitely more important more salient than anything else Democracy having the ability to actually affect change in our country at least by electing people That is one of these things that supersedes other issues. There are some issues that are so important They're not like other mundane policy debates, which they're not having in DC to be clear But because Chuck Todd is naive He actually believes that Kirsten Sinema supports voting rights He thinks that she's actually just really principled and doesn't want to make any changes to the filibuster Okay, well, why did she just agree to change the filibuster create a carve out to the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling? Any explanation there Chuck Todd or are you just doing propaganda for Kirsten Sinema for no reason whatsoever? Because you want to because nobody else is I just I don't understand it now He asked the same question to Bernie Sanders, but thankfully Bernie Sanders answered in a more reasonable way and explained What is at stake here? You think though? It's been healthy for the Democratic Party to highlight the division in the party, you know You look at senator Sinema. She was she was censured by the Arizona Democratic Party Over what some will look at as a disagreement over tactics not over substance, but over tactics. Do you think that was an appropriate action? Yeah, I don't I think it's exactly right look on that issue of voting rights This is something that's almost different than anything else What that is is that right now you have a Republican Party on the Trump's leadership That is perpetuating this big lie that Trump actually won the election and therefore you have Nineteens of Republican states that are moving very aggressively into voter suppression Into extreme gerrymandering some of these states are doing away with the powers of independent election officials They are moving in a very very anti-democratic way And it was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so that we could pass strong voting rights legislation All Republicans voted against us two Democrats voted against us that was a terrible terrible vote And I think what the Arizona Democratic Party did was exactly right I mean Bernie Sanders was absolutely correct there voting rights This is something that is more important than other issues and when democracy is quite literally at stake We shouldn't have to beg members of the media to take that seriously They should just instinctively know that if we live in an authoritarian society if we devolve further into a liberal democracy And then subsequently authoritarianism Then they're threatened to there will be crackdowns of Freedom of the press in the same way that there are crackdowns on voting rights So this is even like an issue of your own self-interest You want to preserve democracy if you're a member of the press, but he's so dense He just doesn't get it and Bernie Sanders explains why this is important because democracy is something that once you undo You can't get that back I mean you can't put the cat back in the bag and let's keep things in the perspective here Because of the House January 6th select committee, we're finding out just how craven Donald Trump was in 2020 So we're finding out that he considered using the military to seize voting machines We're finding out about them wanting to send fake electors to the electoral college to override the popular votes in each state that they Wanted to to win over it's truly astounding I mean we have a small window of opportunity to act and when I say we I mean elected Democrats It's on them currently and if they don't do the bare minimum And try to get voting rights through just to protect against the worst of what donald trump and republicans have to offer When he inevitably reclaims the white house in 2024. He's pulling far ahead of other republicans So if you don't do the bare minimum to preserve voting rights to preserve democracy itself Then you are complicit in the decline of democracy But for whatever reason chuck todd doesn't like that people are a little bit mean to cure to the cinema As she kills democracy because well, I don't know civility because maybe her fee fees will be her Fuck her feelings. I care about democracy. I care more about democracy than kyrsten cinemas feelings And you should too chuck you should care more about democracy than kyrsten cinemas feelings You should care more about the united states devolving into a literal dictatorship when trump likely retakes power in a couple of years Then kyrsten cinemas feelings. What are you doing? What is the point of you? Why are you in the media the media is supposed to challenge people in power and you have one of two democratic senators obstructing a very important voting rights bill And you're defending them. Are you just anti-democracy? Are you pro authoritarian chuck? I mean, you don't have to necessarily say it, but that's your position currently That's your de facto position if you're defending the individuals who are giving democracy our last death bow You are siding with the authoritarian republicans So if it ever comes the case god forbid where we devolve further into authoritarianism And we start to see restrictions on freedom of the press that you can't can't criticize donald trump You've been warned You could have used your role as a member of the media your platform to maybe warn americans take this more seriously Put pressure on people in power But you didn't so don't cry if trump gets reelected and he starts putting more pressure on the press Don't cry when republicans become more authoritarian Because in this moment now when we have a limited amount of time to act You're siding with the people who are killing democracy. So good job. I hope that you feel like you're a good journalist What a fucking moron chuck todd is holy shit people in dc Their brains are thoroughly thoroughly rotted and chuck todd is a prime example of that Shilling for the dnc I stopped watching so i definitely won't be hitting the subscribe button Or turning on notifications by clicking the bell no way It's very sad, I know