 And welcome back to news on I want to welcome back our panel. We only have a few minutes remaining So I want to get your final thoughts on a couple of things Let's start with you. John Jackson will give each of you about a minute So we were talking about that prediction from former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich saying that Republicans are headed for an Electoral tsunami as he put it your thoughts on that and also critical race theory a lot of people Pointing to the fact that a number of minorities were elected to office proving that this theory is in fact false What are your thoughts on that? I? Think the narrative on critical race theory is false. It's not taught in our schools. It's a manufactured crisis to get Republicans elected So no, I don't think of the election proves anything about critical race theory because that's about resource It's really about resources and equity As far as Newt Gingrich's prediction President Biden needs to get his agenda passed. He needs to get it going If Democrats are gonna have a shot President Biden needs to find a way to get his agenda through the Senate or it could be a bad midterm for Democrats All right, Melissa. I don't think whether the critical race theory was one of the biggest issues or not I don't think there really needs to be that necessarily as an issue I think this was a tough Election for anyone that was running the Democratic ticket to get simply because of the period of inflation that we're in We're having terrible supply chain issues. We're in a high period of inflation It's going to continue into 2022 Administration said earlier in the year that was temporary It is already not temporary and J pal already has said that's going to continue while the stock market is rallying You're still almost 11 million people out of work and tomorrow We have a huge huge jobs number out and we don't know what that's going to be the vaccine mandates have Pernan employment people are still not back to work with all the stimulus checks. It's hard to motivate people to go back to work I think one of the reasons the Nancy Pelosi is trying to push this stimulus panther It was because they think they're gonna lose control in 2022 Otherwise, why push push it through why ram it through while the pressure on mansion go through the process How the people that are voting for this haven't even read the whole bill and don't even know what's in it Last word to you Haven I'll start with Newt Gingrich. He predicted a Dramatic victory for Trump and Trump lost by seven million He predicted victory for Romney and Romney lost by about five million So I'm not too concerned about Newt Gingrich's predictions, but I think that there is a case to be made against Democrats right now I think Melissa made it well and and certainly Mr. Jackson also referred to it That they're not passing the president's agenda the president believes that we need investments in infrastructure Believes we need investment in in health care and in child care in universal preschools and to fight global climate change And there are 48 Senate Democrats that agree with them and two who don't Unfortunately, the two who don't have the ability to stop at all and if they stop at all Exactly, how are the Democrats going to say vote for us we get nothing done Yeah, okay, it reminds me of when Republicans were all in charge and they talked about getting rid of Obamacare a very reminiscent of that You're referring to Joe Manchin and Kristen cinema Obviously holding back on that infrastructure or not infrastructure, but the reconciliation spending package despite the president lowering that price tag Of from three and a half trillion down to one point seven five trillion again They're expected to vote on that Tomorrow we're gonna continue to watch that panelists. I'm sorry. We ran out of time Love doing it. Melissa. You held your own today Really do appreciate it Are in New Yorker and it shows you did you definitely did. Thank you all appreciate it So yes, we're still gonna continue to monitor that situation when it comes to the infrastructure bill Will it or will it not happen? They've been talking about it for months. The Democrats believe that this is Being reflective in our elections that we just saw happen on Tuesday that they aren't getting enough done and people are lashing back Others would argue a different reason that that's not the direction where Americans want to go and this is a referendum on the president's policies What do you think you can always weigh in by letting us know? Hashtag share your voice funny at real Miranda Khan speaking of your voice There are a lot of issues facing our country today, which one do you consider to be the most important? Find out what most of you have to say coming up next when news on returns. We'll be right back