 You're saying now the president said that this fall row is on the ballot But what do you say to Democratic voters who argue wait a minute? We worked really hard to elect a Democratic president and vice president now Democratic led house a Democratic led Senate do it now But do what now what now I mean we need we listen what we did we extended the child tax credit for the first I'm sorry when I say do what do it now. Yeah act Legislatively to make abortion rights Legal we feel the same way it do it now Congress needs to do it now in terms of permanently Putting in place a Clear indication that it is the law of the land that women have the ability and the right to make decisions about their Reproductive care and the government does not have the right to make those decisions for a woman how Inspirational that was the vice president Kamala Harris in response to a question about Democrats using their power now saying and do what I Don't know trying even pretending to fight at this point I'm honestly so desperate for some action all even sell for political theater Even if you just go through the motions and convince me that there's the desire to pretend to fight I May be surprised, but I mean this Democratic Party is so weak They refuse to use their power the votes just aren't there so you do nothing You just sit back and you cross your fingers and hope that Democrats get a larger majority now when it comes to carving out The filibuster just specifically so Democrats can codify Roe v. Wade That's not even something that they're going to entertain case in point President Biden told my colleague Anderson Cooper He would be okay with eliminating the filibuster to pass voting rights and quote may be more Would you support eliminating the filibuster in order to pass federal legislation for abortion rights right now? Given the current composition of the Senate the votes aren't there, but that's what we hope it to say. Yes I support it. Well, here's the thing I Understand what the why you're asking in the question, but the reality of it is We don't even get to really answer that in terms of whether it happens or not if we don't have the numbers in the Senate Are you paying attention kids? That's what true leadership looks like right there. We don't have the numbers So why try just throw your hands up and sit on your ass until November. It is honestly unbelievable to Try to comprehend how Incompetent this Democratic Party is imagine if this version of the Democratic Party was around during the civil rights era There'd be zero progress whatsoever If Biden were president instead of Lyndon B Johnson, he'd be saying well, I'm sorry Martin Luther King But we just don't have the votes so vote harder next time That's not what Democrats used to do when they were effective when they got things done And I've got to share an article from the Atlantic. This was published in 2014 I don't want to be a swagger jacker, but the young Turks shared this article and it was such a good juxtaposition to compare what Lyndon B Johnson did to get the Civil Rights Act passed Compared to today's Democrats where the thought of fighting is inconceivable to them literally quote Johnson took off his jacket and tore into the Legislative process Intimately and tirelessly as the former Senate majority leader He knew his way around Capitol Hill like few other presidents before him and none since the best hope of moving the civil rights bill from the House Rules Committee Whose segregationist chairman Howard Smith of Virginia had no intention of relinquishing it It was a procedure called a discharge petition if a majority of House members sign a discharge petition a bill is taken from the Committee to the chagrin of its chairman Johnson made the petition his own personal crusade even risen credit to zeal noting that after receiving a list of 22 house members Vulnerable to pressure on the petition the president immediately ordered the White House switchboard to get them on the phone Wherever they could be found at Johnson engaged in army of lieutenants Businessmen civil rights leaders labor officials journalists and allies on the hill to go out and find votes for the discharge petition He cut a deal that secured half a dozen votes from the Texas delegation He showed Martin Luther King jr. A list of uncommitted Republicans and as Carl writes told King to work on them He directed one labor leader to talk to every human you could saying if we fail on this then we fail on everything as a leading Southern senator put it you know we could have beaten John Kennedy on civil rights But not Lyndon Johnson the pressure worked on December 4th not two weeks into Johnson's presidency Chairman Smith began to give way rather than have the bill taken from his committee He privately agreed to begin hearings that would conclude before the end of January and then release the bill and guess what? He got the civil rights passed because he fought Let that be a lesson to today's Democrats Let this be a lesson to their loyalists who defend them no matter what and never even entertain the notion that they fight Don't just accept that mansion and cinema won't go along with what you want make deals This is what being president is about using your bully pulpit using carrots sticks But Biden won't do that Lyndon B Johnson was working with activists saying these are the individuals who you need to exert pressure on But Biden is just saying votes money. That's it. That's all we can do. I mean again I really want you to for a second Imagine Biden being the president during the civil rights era He'd sit back and do nothing because that's what they're doing now, right? The civil rights era could have never been passed It's inconceivable to me to think that today's Democratic Party could have accomplished a quarter of what? The Democratic Party of the FDR years of the civil rights era could have accomplished because they just don't want to fight They don't even want to try Now compare that to the Republican Party and they know how to wield power For example X RNC chief Michael Steele says that if Republicans win back the majority They will abolish the filibuster immediately and pass a nationwide abortion ban And he says that they do this without hesitation quote because it's in their base's interest to do so He said that's the difference politically between the two parties Republicans will go. Oh, yeah, the Constitution and the filibuster all the tradition the sanctity of the Senate They don't give a rat's patootie about that when it's the bottom line in politics and power Because they know if you want to keep your base satisfied you have to deliver But Democrats they haven't gotten that message through their brain jet The thought of fighting to them is almost like offensive like you saw the way that Kamala Harris answered that question. Do what now? You have a majority. It's a slim majority But fight put pressure make deals tell mansion if you support this I'll support you on that you have to at least put in a little bit of effort But they won't and they won't even pretend as if they're fighting They're not even pretending to be busy like you know how when you're working and there's not really anything left to do and your shift Is about to be over and you're worried that your manager is gonna come over and say if you got time to lean you got time to clean But so you try to like pretend to be busy Democrats won't even do that They're just like mmm. They're probably in the Oval Office fucking playing fortnight. I just I don't know what they're doing It's shocking that they are this incompetent now Biden won't even condemn Republicans won't even say that this party is Evil he's trying to draw a distinction between Ultra MAGA Ultra MAGA his dumb phrase and Normal conservatives on the issue of abortion, which doesn't make sense. So he tweeted out folks Let's get one thing straight the Ultra MAGA agenda has always been about taking away women's rights in every single state Okay, stop saying Ultra MAGA because it's fucking dumb and they like that. They're putting it on shirts But why are you trying to create this? distinction Ultra MAGA wants a nationwide abortion bad as a ban as opposed to Non-Ultra MAGA. They don't want that Liz Cheney celebrated this ruling. She's not a MAGA Republican Ben Shapiro Celebrated this ruling. He's not a MAGA Republican. I Mean the Republican Party for decades has made it very clear that they not only want to overturn Roe v. Wade But they want a nationwide ban on abortion Kevin McCarthy said this is just the beginning our work is only beginning right now and Biden can't even bring himself to criticize all of them as extremists because you can't be too rude to Republicans Meanwhile as he walks on eggshells so as to not anger the fascists Do you want to know what Michael Steele said that they do in addition to a nationwide abortion ban if they retake power? They'd impeach Biden. Let me repeat that. They are going to impeach you Joe Biden If they retake the house and do you think it's just gonna be the Ultra MAGA Republican to vote to impeach you? No, it's going to be all of them But yet better not offend them now while they try to find reasons to impeach Joe Biden even though he hasn't engaged in any impeachable offenses by today's standards at least well this is what Kamala Harris said in response to the Proposition of maybe impeaching one of these Supreme Court justices who misled US senators to get a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land Take a look. You were a senator when justice is now justice is Gorsuch and Kavanaugh testified about Many issues including obviously Roe at the confirmation hearings now Justice Gorsuch said it had been reaffirmed Many times Kavanaugh called it precedent on precedent at that particular hearing you were there Some senators say that they intentionally misled the public and the Congress. What do you think? I never believed them. I Didn't believe them That's why I voted against them. Do you think that there's anything to be done now? I mean there's no They were under oath. I think that listen It was clear to me when I was sitting in that chair as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee That they were not that that that they Were very likely to do what they just did Notice how she wouldn't even entertain the prospect of impeachment for a second can't even address it as a possibility Just know well, I thought that they were lying. Okay. We get it you were right to assume that they were lying but they did lie and They lied while they were under oath So are you gonna do anything about that not even raise the specter of impeachment or you're just gonna sit back and let them dictate Law in the United States for the next Several decades. I mean do you understand? This is what I mean. They're not just refusing to fight They're not even pretending as if You know, they are going to fight and yes pretending is bad because you need to walk the walk and Talk the talk but them not even pretending to care not even doing political theater shows you how little they care about their base They don't care they bank on Republicans Harming you and stripping you of your civil rights and civil liberties and once you get desperate enough Then they hope that you come running back into their arms. It's never about hey, this is our vision our agenda It's always about Republicans are bad. We get it. They're bad. They're fascists, but isn't that all the more reason to fight them? I mean the rhetoric against LGBTQ plus people has been nothing short of genocidal Has there been any national pushback Biden signed an executive order to his credit to Basically set this sort of standards nationally for schools But I mean are you rhetorically going on cable news and saying what they're saying is wrong to call LGBTQ plus teachers groomers is Immoral and that's not who we are. There's nothing There's nothing there's just no they're there. There's no sign of life It's just truly Astonishing that they're this incompetent. They genuinely don't care