Ezra Klein, opinion columnist for The New York Times, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Mitch McConnell caving on his filibuster demand, allowing Senate power-sharing to move forward. Norm Ornstein also joins the conversation. Aired on 01/25/2021.
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Manchin needs to go, stop lying to people undercover GOP
Democrats are stupid or just as Corrupt as Mitch McConell to try to work Bipartisan with that Corrupt Devil Mitch McConell! Joe Biden is already making the same mistake Obama made by trying to compromise with Mitch. Mitch McConell steamrolls Democrats every chance he gets! Vote Joe Manchin out the Democratic party!! #BernieIStheAnswer
@Matt Hammon It’s not “Amazing!” It’s a No brainer. Conservatives love the fact that they have their own infiltrating the Democratic party to obstruct from within both parties.
@Adarll Kelly …He may not be what you want, but I’m pretty sure he’s not a GOP plant either. He voted against repealing Obamacare and the Republican Tax plan in 2017. He is what he is…a moderate conservative Democrat. Which is becoming a rarer thing these days. But if not for him likely any other Senator from West Virginia would be 100% Republican. So that’s the reality and what they have to work with.
@Info Illness Southern Democrat. West Virginia is a red state and he exists to keep at least a Democrat seat in place.
@Zain Khan exactly
Say “thank you” to Donnie, Mitch – you made sure he could do this to you.
Sure did.
Trump has ruined the GOP and many in their ranks in congress are yet to even be aware of it.
Mitch has always done this before Donny. Obama could not get anything through because Mitch blocked everything!!!!
Make life for Monster Mitch so unpleasant that he just quits the Senate, because he has zero power. Being helpless is Mitch’s worst nightmare. Thank you Stacie Abrams and all the brand new Georgia teen voters for your gift of the two Senators.
@Candy Wilson hey dumpass.
The Democrats has got the power now.
And they will not lower themselves to your level.
So get used to it.
It’s all over for the retЯumplickin party of dumpass criminals.
America will stand.
RetЯumplickin’s will fall.
To jail with them all.
Yes THANK YOU STACEY and THE PEOPLE in GEORGIA putting TRAITOR MITCH and OTHER’S in the BACK OF THE BUS WHERE COWARD’S BELONG, and ESPECIALLY the ONE’S FROM KY. THANK YOU.
Keep voting like your life depended on it as you have seen it does when we vote we win let’s keep our knee on their necks politicly don’t let them breathe
@James Roberts
We have to rid the domestic terrorism out of America.
I’d rather be an American then a retЯumplickin.
@Soul Sista
And Thank You Soul Sista…
Well Said👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
McConnell is disgusting because he is blocking help for americans
@Adarll Kelly A 🐅 never changes their stripes
@terry donahue and their not even rich
@Diane Mcdonnell Before the election Nancy was obstructing the stimulus and she is on record saying that she did not want to have Americans get their checks with Trump signature on them. The issue with McConnell is the pork contained in the stimulus package that would go to the corrupt and entrenched political bureaucrats running some of our major cities who have done a terrible job running some of our American cities.
I am firmly convinced that the stimulus would’ve been patched days ago if the bill would’ve been broken up into several smaller bills. If the stimulus bill was separated so that only if it would be taken on checks going to suffering Americans as a result of the COVID-19 virus, that would’ve been passed immediately. That bill would be easy to pass but what we did is include other measures such as money going to corrupt bureaucrats in our major cities, and I believe the $15 minimum wage is also are you sore point.
So I don’t believe he is necessarily blocking but I think he wants negotiations. Like the press secretary said this morning on her press conference and the president alluded to this during his address, She expected and he expects negotiations so that the present bill in its entire ready will probably be far different than what eventually gets past. This is a political process and sadly it takes a while.
@Soul Sista They are Hypocrites when it comes to abortions. There have been Republicans caught bringing their side women in to get Abortions.
@Diane Mcdonnell You’re Absolutely correct!
Why does he has a say on this, hes a minority leader
I suspect it may be the senate 2/3rds majority vote needed to convict tRump, needs 17 Republicans to vote with the Democrat Chamber majority and that gives Mitch some bargaining leverage to negotiate stuff.
@Santy Clause if they dont impeach him, he will form a new party and they will be doomed because most of their voters aren’t republicans anymore but trumpers
@Pageant Buzz he’s impeached, but he has to be convicted
Santy Clause: that’s it in a nutshell. It would be unprecedented if the Pubs actually convicted him.
Manchin and Sinema are registered as Democrats but they sure don’t fit the definition…,
They’re centrists, not liberals. Just like in the Republican party, they have the trump cult and the conservatives.
YOU KNOW IT. Manchin (whatever) he’s been in Republican’s pocket for along TIME. When that company dumped sewer in their WATER in Virginia that FOOL didn’t DO NOTHING FOR his PEOPLE and alway’s has his UGLY FACE in front of a CAMERA talking bout NOTHING. I don’t understand them EITHER out of Virginia. WE DON’T NEED TRAITOR’S in OUR PARTY. We ABIDE BY THE LAW.
It’s all a game to Mitch. He doesn’t care, he lives long enough
When couruption is a lawless game, then couruption becomes normalize that everyone is above the law, even for a citizen like Trump. There’s no such thing as NO OBE IS ABOVE THE LAW… When the law encourages and support lawlessness.
Yfis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
oh good
You are right. So why can’t anyone else see it
@Rickey Floy d they are money blind no money no power or run again so they have to fall in line.
He cares only so much as his kickbacks continue.
“Present and Voting” is more in line with what the filibuster is all about. If the minority wants to stall a vote, they need to care enough about it to stick around.
That seems like the most intelligent option I’ve heard. And very much in the spirit of the filibuster – you have to show you care by doing the work. And bring the debate out in the open.
He doesn’t have the power he had before. Elections have consequences.
@Solution of life all in one you don’t sound human. Biden is a puppet, strings being pulled by the radical left.
@Steve Camarano aww, still crying?
@Fred Williams lmao. The “radical left” define that for me, then name a “radical left” policy that biden is going to implement.
All these old fossils do so much damage by the time they retire and leave.
@timandsue legere Done from my end..
Mconnel’s job could be done by a bolder. He is a conservative and his goal is to make nothing change.
Or a poorly watered plant.
Keep that corporate donor money coming, which is sadly Schumer’s tune also!
@Elementary Penguin65 Sadly, I think you’re right. It just doesn’t sting as much with the latter as I regard Schumer as doing a fair job. McConnell isn’t, even by republican standards.
MINORITY Mitch needs to be put in his place. And that place is, to have no power to affect the change he tried to block for years
Expel him, the weasel needs to be put in his place!
Congress continues to play games while millions of Americans suffer.
@Carl Taylor trumps not President any more. So your talking out your ads.
-Congress- Republicans
@Max Zzyzx – I wasn’t referring to Trump, I was referring to that maggot McConnell.
@Carl Taylor got that after hit send. I do agree McConnell is a Maggot.
I thought it was republican 🤔
Moscow Mitch is not to be trusted.
Never ever trust Moscow Mitch alias The Grim Reaper, he is as EVIL as TRAITOR Trump. Mitch McConnell is a SNAKE.
Yes, He never was
It’s his nature…we’ve even seen him laugh about it
We need to vote Joe Manchin out of office .
He’s in a red state. Would you rather have a moderate dem or another Q Taylor Green or Boebert? Be careful what you wish for.
NOW
West Virginia voted for Trump like he’d done a great job. Senator Manchin probably won’t make it through his next reelection bid if Trump is still as popular as today.
In West Virginia the only thing that will replace him will be something worse.
Yeah, and replace him by a hardcore republican. Like that is going to help anything… Be glad that he’s there.
It should be investigated how McConnell even won the reelection.
That goes for Lindsey Graham too! Neither of these Anti-American White Hoods should have won re-election.
Thank you Hazel Mitch won reelection by more votes than registered voters how is this possible why was this not questioned???????
I agree EVERY STATE THAT THEY CLAIMED TRUMP WON SHOULD BE CHECKED INTO, I BELIEVE IT WAS VOTER FRAUD in KY.
Along with Lindsey and Susan
He’s from Kentucky and he has an R next to his name.
I wonder if he’ll use his decaying turtle shell to “obstruct” 😂 😂 🐢 🐢
lol
McConnell is a power hungry old man that needs to retire. Never has he cared about the people.
Right? When is enough enough?
Exactly Holly!
Maybe he and Pelosi could retire at the same time.
We all hate McConnell , he doesn’t care about the people of this country!
I hate him just as much as anyone else… but to be fair, he’s not elected to represent the country, only the people of Kentucky. Now the sad thing there is that 51% of people in Kentucky also disapprove of him, but he keeps winning because they’d rather elect a Republican they don’t like than a Democrat.
Nope. Most of the Republicans don’t
Disgusting human, if he can even be called human.
The jury is still out on that. It will take a post mortum to be sure.