But there's a reason that people are upset, and there is a bigger context here. This idea of white vigilante violence is something that we have to wrestle with.
Van Jones
Pundit
American environmental advocate and civil rights activist
This is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver on stuff that has not been delivered on before.
It is dysfunctional not to tell people what you want, and what you don't want.
I think this party has got to pass these bills. We've got to see the results. And then we got to get ready for a tough midterm election.
But this day, you have a very tiny minority -- majority to work with, which means any group that gets together can be taken seriously. And the moderates just said, you've got to take us seriously. We are your margin for victory in the fall…
I'll never bet against Nancy Pelosi, you're going to lose your money. But she's had to work very, very hard. And it's because you have two different pressures on this Democratic Party.
I think Jeff Bezos saw that and said, listen, if you can actually get people together, maybe these problems get solved.
I would rather trade in the filibuster and rely on our ability to veto if we can have fair elections.
Honor these families, don't make them go through months and months and months of this. It's just unbelievable to me.
It doesn't make sense to be a year out. And we still don't have any real progress. It doesn't make sense.
You're restricting the number and kinds of people who can vote and you're restricting the kinds of media that you even have access to the discussion about it, it speaks for itself.
This is not about securing an election. This election was secure according to the Republicans, this is about something much more nefarious.