“Yes, it was a missed opportunity,” @JocelynBenson tells Mehdi about Dems in the Senate who - having failed to pass crucial voting rights legislation - moved on to other things. “It wasn’t the first, or last, opportunity they’ll have to help us in the states protect democracy.”

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @JocelynBenson
@mehdirhasan Why have you failed to hold Sen. Schumer to account for his claim he made to you to pass voting rights bills by the end of Summer 2021? Why has he not returned to your show to answer?
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @JocelynBenson
How would that happen without enough votes?
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @JocelynBenson
Great segment on Gurinder Chadha. I was in the UK back then too. Lovely reminiscences.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan @JocelynBenson
How are you blaming "Democrats" for Joe Manchin? Functionally, how EXACTLY were they supposed to do it if one man was blocking it? That's the system they're inside of. You make it seem like the whole party chose to do nothing vs passed bill after bill?
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @JocelynBenson
D-Party by itself is incapable of winning the fight to save democracy. We need a plan which we can fight for at state/local level, bypassing Congress + state legislatures. That's what the Founders did with the Constitution. It's what we need to do again.
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @EllenKurz @JocelynBenson
I hope it's just a lil rest or we DEMS MAY BE SO CAUGHT IN GQP GERRYMANDRRING & CRAP THAT we may not be able to give Biden what he needs. I DO WANT BIDEN TO HAVE THAT CONTROL... Just reminding all abt the stakes... also so many lives Blue & Red have been lost... we e NEED THIS.