Name: "We Are Going To Go Forward" - Sen. Schumer On Mitch McConnell's "Scorched Earth" Threat
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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH SENATE MAJORITY

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WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG BOLD CHANGE THAT MAY BE COMING

TO THE SENATE, THE UNITED STATES IS A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.

THE SENATE MIGHT BE THE LEAST REPRESENTATIVE PART OF THAT

GOVERNMENT BECAUSE 45 MILLION MORE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY

THE DEMOCRATS REPRESENT 45 MILLION MORE PEOPLE THAN THE

THE FILIBUSTER IS THE LEAST DEMOCRATIC ASPECT OF OUR LEAST

ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE

EVERYBODY INCLUDING JOE MANCHON SEEMS TO BE OKAY OF THE IDEA OF

AT LEAST CHANGING WITH THE FILIBUSTER MEANS.

>> YEAH, WELL LET ME SAY THIS, WHAT UNITES OUR CAUCUS FROM ONE

END TO THE OTHER IS WE NEED BIG BOLD CHANGE.

THE QUESTION IS HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING IT DONE.

THAT REPUBLICANS JOIN US, THAT MAYBE WHAT THEY DID IN ARP IS NO

LONGER THE CASE, AND WE WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE, PUT THINGS

ON THE FLOOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT STAY LET'S

BUT IF THEY VOTE NO LIKE THEY DID ON THE ARP WHICH, DON'T LET

>> Stephen: I WILL TAKE IT AS A DEF YES IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> OUR CAUCUS IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST

WAY TO GET CHANGE, BUT FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.

>> Stephen: HOW MUCH HOPE DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO

GET TEN REPUBLICANS TO COME OVER FOR HR-1, THE VOTING RIGHTS

>> LET'S EXPLAIN, CAN I EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS TO PEOPLE BECAUSE

IT STRENGTHENS OUR DEMOCRACY, DARK MONEY THAT COMES IN, AND

CASCADES IN FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS, CHANGES

REAPPORTIONMENT BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT

CHANGE IS IN VOTING RIGHTS, THERE HAS BEEN A NEW EFFORT BY

REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES THOUGHT THE COUNTRY TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE

INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A DEMOCRACY,

FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND WIN OVER SOME VOTERS THEY WANT

TO STOP THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED AGAINST THEM FROM VOTING.

HERE IS ONE OF THE TWO EXAMPLES WHICH PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.

IN GEORGIA THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED SOULS TO THE POLLS WHERE

PEOPLE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AFTER CHURCH GET IN

THERE IS EARLY VOTING, I THINK IT IS THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE

THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE HAS DECIDED TO KNOCK OUT EARLY

AND SOME OTHER PLACES, THEY WANT TO SAY, TO HAVE AN ABSENTEE

BALLOT, YOU CAN'T GET TO THE POLLS, YOU NEED A NOTARY TO COME

TO YOUR HOUSE, WHAT POOR PERSON IS GOING TO DO THAT.

SCRKS-1 WOULD UNDO IT AND ALLOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO UNDO

>> Stephen: MITCH MCCONNELL SAID ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE

THAT IF Y'ALL CHANGE THE FILIBUSTER, THERE WILL BE

SCORCHED EARTH OF THE KIND THAT NO ONE PRESENTLY SITTING IN THE

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE SCORCHED EARTH THAN THE WAY

MITCH McCONNELL HAS JUST RUN ROUGH SHOD FOR THE PAST FOUR TO

I MEAN ISN'T HE THREATENING THAT IF YOU DO THIS MITCH McCONNELL

>> YEAH, WE USED TO CALL THE SENATE WHEN HE WAS IN CHARGE THE

THE HOUSE WOULD SEND OVER GOOD BILLS THAT HAD A LOT OF POPULAR

HE MIGHT OPPOSE THEM, FAIR ENOUGH BUT HE WOULDN'T EVEN PUT

McMITCH CON EL IS SO AFRAID FOR OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

THAT HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR DIE VERSIONS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THE AMERICAN

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND MITCH MCCONNELL CAN DO ALL THE

>> Stephen: IS IT EMPTY, COULD HE GRIND THINGS TO A HALT AS A

>> LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GIVE HIS BLUSTERY

>> Stephen: SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR

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