 Paul Bigala is a professional wrong person who's a former advisor to President Bill Clinton and today on CNN He was asked whether or not Biden has done everything in his power used his full power as president to push for voting rights and He's going to make an admission That isn't necessarily too surprising but really for him to say the quiet part loud the way that the Democratic Party establishment Truly feels about voters. It's it's still a little jarring to hear So watch as he is going to say that it's not that the Democratic Party has bad leaders It's that the Democratic Party has bad followers. Yes, you are the problem not Joe Biden not Joe Manchin you You're the problem Let me start with you and the words of the daughter-in-law of Martin Luther King junior Andrea Waters king This is what she told political quote what we have seen with president Biden is what happens when he puts the full force and Power behind an issue like infrastructure. What we want to see is that same power and passion being put behind voting rights Do you think that's fair criticism? Did president Biden put more effort into getting infrastructure passed for example? Well, he he got infrastructure passed and that's a good thing because success can can breed success He is putting the full force the presidency behind it I think the problem for the Democrats right now is it's not that they have bad leaders They're bad followers Okay, I read the most amazing essay today from Andy young and he was former mayor of Atlanta former UN ambassador and more importantly Probably the closest confidant made to dr. King. He told the story December of 1964 Andy young and dr. Martin Luther King junior go to see Lyndon Johnson to push him for a voting rights act Johnson says I can't do it. I used all my power to get the civil rights act done last year I don't have the power to push Congress any further on voting rights as they left the White House Andy Young's words He said I asked softly asked dr. King what he thought he said I think we got to go get the president some power And so you know what they did they organized these are Andy Young's word We mobilized the churches the universities the labor unions the business community a coalition of people of goodwill In other words, those of us who want to say voting rights, we need to get to work I do think Biden is putting everything behind this, but he needs he needs better followers So he needs all of us in the game as well I remember what he said about the power of big business in that moment in moving the hand of politicians illicit There are zero He said it The Democratic Party doesn't have bad leaders. They have bad followers in other words It doesn't matter what Joe Biden doesn't accomplish or does accomplish really what it comes down to is the followers and what they do Now first and foremost, he is completely disregarding the grassroots activism currently on this day on MLK Junior Day, what's happening? There are marches in DC for voting rights organizations who are trying to do this So it's not like there isn't an effort on the ground to give Joe Biden more power It's that Joe Biden is not doing enough to actually get this done now. Let's be clear here Yes, Joe Manchin and Kirsten Stinema are standing in Joe Biden's way. That's true Nobody can deny that but guess what would happen if there wasn't Joe Manchin There'd be John Tester. There would be Chris Koons There'd be some other corporate ghoul who'd be standing in the way and the message is always going to be well You know, the Democratic Party's base just didn't deliver for us. I mean you didn't give us 60 votes. We need 60 to overcome the filibuster. So sorry There's always gonna be an excuse always going to be an excuse But at the end of the day to put the burden of legislation on people with no power and no money During a pandemic when things are as bad as they could possibly be with regard to the state of the world and the country It's just it's a little bit immoral. No, it's a lot immoral. It's kind of shocking that he'd say this. I Mean, I just I don't I don't know what to say anymore the Democratic Party It's not just that they're stupid and incompetent because that's absolutely true But the Democratic Party establishment, they won't ever admit this, but there's probably a large portion of them I don't I don't know how much 40% 50% who actually want to lose They want to lose because this party is so corrupt so bought and paid for by special interests That passing anything would be an affront to at least one or two of their corporate donors So it's a lot easier to just sit in Congress Sit on your ass and do nothing have no power because you can make a lot of money fundraising off of what the Republicans won't let you do But it's a lot more difficult to make a compelling case to your base when you actually have power when your party Is in control of all branches of a government minus the supreme court and putting aside the voting rights issue there are more things that Joe Biden can do if he actually wants to affect the lives of the American people and Maybe I don't know save his sinking approval rating. He can sign an executive order today Canceling all student debt, but he's not doing that because he's choosing to not do that So it is absurd to me that with a straight face a democratic party strategist Someone who's supposed to be a fucking expert would say with a straight face that no no, it's you. You're the one who's failing Joe Biden doesn't have enough power and that's because you failed Disregarding the activism the organization is currently trying to give Joe Biden more power I mean, it's just This is bleak. This is dystopian shit where the democratic party can fail time and again And not even accomplish the bare minimum needed to protect democracy and who gets blamed the voters get blamed