Only 12% of Americans believe the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democrats</a>’ “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-inflation-reduction-act-could-slightly-increase-inflation-over-next-two-years-study-finds">Inflation Reduction Act</a>” will accomplish what its name suggests, according to a YouGov poll released Wednesday.
The <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/08/03/congressional-legislation-economistyougov-poll-jul?utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SM-2022-08-US-B2C-Politics">survey</a> asked nearly 1,500 Americans between July 30 and August 2 about their thoughts on the new spending package that Democrats are using to resurrect parts of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. The results showed that most people don’t think the bill will reduce inflation.
“Do you think this bill will increase or decrease inflation?” the survey asked. More than one third of the respondents (36%) said it will increase inflation while only 12% said they think it will decrease inflation. Another 23% said inflation will not change, and 29% were “not sure.”
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The poll also gauged where voters stood on the “Inflation Reduction Act” as a whole. A majority (51%) supported the bill that YouGov referred to as a &#8220;climate and energy bill,&#8221; while 31% opposed and 17% were unsure.
The “Inflation Reduction Act” would be the largest legislative climate spending in U.S. history at $369 billion while increasing taxes on billion-dollar companies. The spending package would also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-inflation-reduction-act-would-allow-irs-to-hire-up-to-87000-new-employees-raise-taxes-report">allow</a> the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to hire up to 87,000 employees as it increases taxes on the majority of Americans, according to new reports.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) gave the bill her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-pushes-bidens-agenda-forward-agrees-to-democrat-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">approval</a> Thursday night, meaning the Senate appears to have enough votes to pass the massive package. Sinema was the last Democrat to hold out on the legislation after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) came to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">surprise agreement</a> with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) last week.
Upon his agreement, Manchin claimed that reconciling with Democrats on the package will help the country fight inflation, but findings from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-inflation-reduction-act-could-slightly-increase-inflation-over-next-two-years-study-finds">Penn Wharton Budget Model</a> now bring that claim into question. If signed into law, the “Inflation Reduction Act” could result in the exact opposite of what its name suggests, as it is estimated to slightly increase inflation over the next two years, according to the Penn Wharton study.
“The Act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter. These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation,” the Penn Wharton Budget Model found.
The study went on to explain that inflation could rise by 0.05% over the next two years before a marginal drop of 0.25% “by the late 2020s,” rendering the spending package basically ineffective at accomplishing its purpose.
Tim Meads contributed to this report.

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Poll: Only 12% Of Americans Believe Democrat ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Actually Reduce Inflation

Poll: 12% Of Americans Believe Democrat 'Inflation Reduction Act' Will Reduce Inflation

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>’s spending agenda climbed another hurdle and now appears to have enough votes to pass the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">Senate</a> after Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrsten-sinema?utm_term=&amp;utm_campaign=dw_conversions_subscriptions_performancemax_na&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_cam=16590646933&amp;hsa_grp=&amp;hsa_ad=&amp;hsa_src=x&amp;hsa_tgt=&amp;hsa_kw=&amp;hsa_mt=&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw3K2XBhAzEiwAmmgrAtmLsmfPDfKght4SkcI_7mkWR8bXVRUUudq1RyuS8KjLC2gjHAQV1BoCEewQAvD_BwE">Kyrsten Sinema</a> (D-AZ) agreed to the package Thursday.
The bill, titled the “Inflation Reduction Act,” resurrected parts of Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” agenda after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-revives-bidens-agenda-agrees-to-democrat-package-of-tax-increases-and-climate-spending">agreed</a> with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the package last week. Sinema was the last Democrat to hold out on the bill due to its carried tax increase provision before an agreement was made Thursday to remove the provision.
“We have agreed to remove the carried interest tax provision, protect advanced manufacturing, and boost our clean energy economy in the Senate&#8217;s budget reconciliation legislation,” Sinema said, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sinema-agrees-move-forward-social-spending-tax-bill-after-dems-make-changes">according</a> to Fox News. “Subject to the Parliamentarian&#8217;s review, I&#8217;ll move forward.”
Schumer said he plans on moving forward with the reconciliation bill on Saturday. Democrats will use the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate filibuster and advance the bill along party lines, potentially giving the party a much-needed legislative victory before a midterm election where Democrats are expected to face a “red wave.”
The spending package includes tax increases on billion-dollar corporations and the largest legislative climate spending in U.S. history at $369 billion. Manchin’s surprising agreement to the bill came after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-throws-another-wrench-into-bidens-agenda-biden-is-not-pleased">shot down</a> Democrat attempts at pushing through Biden’s agenda, and reportedly told Democratic leaders he would “unequivocally” refuse to support legislation related to climate change and tax increases.
Manchin claims that reconciling with Democrats on this package will help the country fight inflation, but findings from the Penn Wharton Budget Model now bring that claim into question. If signed into law, the “Inflation Reduction Act” could result in the exact opposite of what its name suggests, as it is estimated to slightly increase inflation over the next two years, according to the Penn Wharton study.
“The Act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter. These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation,” the Penn Wharton Budget Model found.
The study went on to explain that inflation could rise by 0.05% over the next two years before a marginal drop of 0.25% “by the late 2020s,” rendering the spending package basically ineffective at accomplishing its purpose.
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-legislative-deal-on-his-agenda-wont-raise-taxes-on-people-making-less-than-400k-report-says-otherwise">released</a> <a href="https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/jct_distributional_effects_inflation_reduction_act.pdf">data</a> last week from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) that showed that taxes will increase in calendar year 2023 for everyone under the plan except those making between $10,000 and $30,000 per year.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

Kyrsten Sinema Pushes Biden’s Agenda Forward, Agrees To Democrat Tax Increases And Climate Spending

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Moderate Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona dodged calls from fellow Democrats to amend or abolish the filibuster to pass laws protecting abortion after a leaked opinion showed that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Both Manchin and Sinema defended the filibuster Tuesday, saying that they believe the filibuster has actually protected abortion rights from being overturned by Congress in the past.
Buzzfeed News D.C. Bureau reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1521518683243352064">Paul McLeod</a> first reported Tuesday that Manchin did not support ending the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. &#8220;Big: Senator Joe Manchin just indicated he would not blow up the filibuster to codify Roe, saying he believes the filibuster is a check on power that preserves abortion rights. Without Manchin, the chance of passing Roe into law is pretty much zero,&#8221; McLeod tweeted.
CBS News Congressional Correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1521529042738065410">Scott MacFarlane</a> quoted Manchin directly. “The filibuster is the only protection we have of democracy right now,&#8221; he reportedly said.
“We’ve protected women’s rights with the filibuster,” Manchin added, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/news/senate/3475593-manchin-defends-filibuster-amid-calls-to-codify-abortion-rights/">The Hill</a>. Manchin repeatedly refused to answer questions on the opinion itself, The Hill added.
CNN&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1521314973166800897">Manu Raju</a> reported that Manchin joined Senate Republicans in February to block the passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have codified Roe. The bill was defeated by a vote of 46-48, and the Senate would have needed 60 votes to pass.
Sinema issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorSinema/status/1521513259299389441">statement</a> to her Twitter account echoing Manchin&#8217;s sentiments. &#8220;A woman&#8217;s health care choices should be between her, her family, and her doctor,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Overturning Roe v. Wade endangers the health and wellbeing of women in Arizona and across America. Protections in the Senate safeguarding against the erosion of women’s access to health care have been used half-a-dozen times in the past ten years, and are more important now than ever. Throughout my time in Congress, I&#8217;ve always supported women&#8217;s access to health care, I&#8217;m a cosponsor of the Women&#8217;s Health Protection Act, and I&#8217;ll continue working with anyone to protect women&#8217;s ability to make decisions about their futures.&#8221;
Manchin and Sinema&#8217;s comments come amid a flurry of calls from far-Left Democrats who are seeking to take radical actions to codify Roe v. Wade into law.
&#8220;Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW,&#8221; Vermont Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1521308813059444736">Bernie Sanders</a> tweeted in response to the leaked draft opinion. &#8220;And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes.&#8221;
Democratic Massachusetts Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/1521304604625059841">Ed Markey</a> called for the Senate to pack the Court Monday night. &#8220;A stolen, illegitimate, and far-right Supreme Court majority appears set to destroy the right to abortion, an essential right which protects the health, safety, and freedom of millions of Americans,&#8221; Markey tweeted. &#8220;There is no other recourse. We must expand the court.&#8221;
&#8220;End the filibuster. Codify #RoeVWade with a national law protecting abortion rights. Expand the Supreme Court. Stop this horrifying injustice in its tracks,&#8221; tweeted fellow Democratic Massachusetts Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1521499804064526343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1521499804064526343%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fheres-how-dems-and-progressives-want-to-subvert-the-court-preserve-roe">Elizabeth Warren</a>.
Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1521507724214915074">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) has promised a vote on legislation to protect abortion rights in the coming days.

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A top aide to the late former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told Politico that the path forward for President Joe Biden&#8217;s signature domestic agenda — Build Back Better — was murky, at best.
&#8220;Given how dysfunctional Congress is right now, someone is taking too many edibles if they think they can deal with a slimmed-down [Build Back Better] in July or August,&#8221; Reid&#8217;s former aide Jim Manley <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/27/biden-manchin-domestic-agenda-00028225">told the outlet</a>. &#8220;Congress simply can’t deal with it. It’s now or never and leaning towards never.&#8221;
The Biden administration hit a major roadblock in mid-December when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) told Fox News anchor Bret Baier that he could not in good faith <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-no-joe-manchin-says-he-cannot-vote-to-continue-on-build-back-better/">move forward with a bill</a> that he worried would only add to the current inflation problem.
&#8220;With my family, I know everyone is concerned, so when you have these things coming at you the way they are right now, I’ve always said this, Bret: if I can’t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can’t vote for it, and I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t. I’ve tried everything humanly possible, I can’t get there,&#8221; he said.
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“If I can’t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can’t vote for it … this is a no.”<a href="https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sen_JoeManchin</a> announced on Fox News Sunday that he will not vote for the Build Back Better bill. 
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&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/1472604692584796161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In the weeks since, Manchin and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-bulls-don-lemon-unloads-on-sinema-and-manchin-for-celebrating-mlk-while-blocking-election-overhaul/">blocked</a> a White House-backed move to change Senate rules — marking a carveout in the filibuster — in an effort to pass two bills overhauling the election process at the federal level.
The problem, as Politico noted, is that as the 2022 midterm elections loom ever closer, Democrats could easily move from the very slim majority to the minority on Capitol Hill — and that could spell the end of Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better altogether. But to get that legislation moving again before the midterms means negotiating with Manchin, Sinema, or both.
Despite prior <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/a-breach-of-his-commitments-jen-psaki-unloads-on-manchin-after-he-says-no-to-build-back-better/">statements</a> from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki — who accused Manchin of negotiating in bad faith when he effectively killed Build Back Better last year — the White House says there is no bad blood moving forward.
&#8220;Anyone expressing those sentiments is not speaking for the White House,&#8221; spokesman Andrew Bates said, asserting that all conversations with Manchin have been &#8220;clear and in good faith.&#8221;
Manchin <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/manchin-shrugs-off-build-back-better-revival-knocks-bidens-plan-to-lower-inflation-with-more-spending/">told reporters</a> earlier in the week that he believed the Senate should be focused on a <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3463842-manchin-scaled-down-bill-should-focus-on-inflation-debt-reduction/">much smaller package</a> that was specifically targeted to get record-breaking inflation levels under control.
&#8220;Reconciliation to me is about getting inflation under control, paying down this debt, getting a handle on what’s going on,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;There’s nothing formal. There’s no false hopes here. There’s nothing. As far as Build Back Better, there’s no talk about any of that. Just saying, how do we get a handle on inflation?&#8221;

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At least 10 Democrats in Congress have joined with Republican lawmakers to oppose President Joe Biden&#8217;s plan to next month end Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allows U.S. Border Patrol to stop migrants from crossing the border to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has become one of the most recent members of Biden&#8217;s party to speak out against the decision.
&#8220;Right now, we have a crisis on our southern border. Right now, this administration does not have a plan. I warned them about this months ago,&#8221; Kelly said, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/now/ten-dems-flip-biden-join-144240259.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Fox News.
&#8220;It’s going to be, to be honest, it’s going to be a crisis on top of a crisis,&#8221; he added.
Kelly also visited the border recently, taking to Twitter to address his concerns about ending Title 42.
&#8220;I heard directly from Border Patrol leadership about operational challenges and discussed with them my concerns about the administration&#8217;s intent to lift Title 42 without a comprehensive plan in place. My focus is on ensuring an orderly, humane, and secure border process,&#8221; he wrote.
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I heard directly from Border Patrol leadership about operational challenges and discussed with them my concerns about the administration&#39;s intent to lift Title 42 without a comprehensive plan in place.
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&mdash; Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMarkKelly/status/1514431351788875776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fellow Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has also spoken against ending the border policy.
“Arizona communities bear the brunt of the federal government’s failure at our border, so we’re stepping in and protecting border communities by ensuring the Administration works hand-in-hand with local leaders, law enforcement, and non-profits to put a comprehensive, workable plan in place before lifting Title 42,” Sinema said in a <a href="https://www.sinema.senate.gov/sinema-kelly-bipartisan-group-senators-introduce-bill-delaying-end-title-42-ensuring-coordination">statement</a>.
Likewise, Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters has spoken out against ending the measure, arguing that there must be another plan in place before ending Title 42.
&#8220;Unless we have a well-thought-out plan, I think it is something that should be revisited and perhaps delayed,&#8221; Peters <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/ten-democrats-joining-republicans-in-opposing-bidens-plan-to-end-title-42/?oRef=thehill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to defer judgment on that until I give the administration opportunity to fully articulate what that plan is.&#8221;
At least <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/us/title-42-border-democrats-covid-19/2022/04/19/id/1066335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seven other Democrats</a> have openly spoken against ending Title 42. They include Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, and Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar.
In March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it would be scrapping the Title 42 policy on May 23 after determining that the rule is “no longer necessary.” The CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0401-title-42.html">said</a> in part:
<blockquote>After considering current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutics), the CDC Director has determined that an Order suspending the right to introduce migrants into the United States is no longer necessary.
With CDC’s assistance and guidance, DHS has and will implement additional COVID-19 mitigation procedures. These measures, along with the current public health landscape where 97.1% of the U.S. population lives in a county identified as having “low” COVID-19 Community Level, will sufficiently mitigate the COVID-19 risk for U.S. communities.</blockquote>

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Gawker, the media outlet that went bankrupt after publishing Hulk Hogan’s sex tape, is at it again, this time announcing to the world that it has Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) social security number.
The Daily Wire will not link to the article in question, which National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gawker-announces-it-has-obtained-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-social-security-number/?taid=620254f195d73c000168f1c0&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">said</a> “seems to be a thinly-veiled threat against the senior senator from Arizona.”
The Gawker article says it received Sinema’s social security number after filing a public records request for Sinema’s divorce records, which also included her bank account information and drivers’ license number at the time of her divorce in 1999. This information is usually redacted, but Gawker said the documents weren’t subject to current security measures because they were filed in 1999. The outlet said the Maricopa County clerk’s office told them the office didn’t need to redact the information without a court order.
Gawker admits in its article that it can’t do much with Sinema’s social security number, noting the illegality:
<blockquote>You can do a lot with a social security number. Unfortunately, if the number in question isn’t yours, most of what you can do with it is a felony. For example, we were hoping to run a credit report on Sinema. But that seems to be illegal if you are not, per <a href="https://legalbeagle.com/4540437-how-to-obtain-a-credit-report-on-someone-else.html">Legal Beagle</a>, “a business or individual qualifying a person for a job, insurance, government benefits or tenancy.” (One might argue that any of Sinema’s voting constituents are technically “qualifying [her] for a job,” but none of us is registered to vote in Arizona). We also considered wiring a deposit of $0.69 into her bank account. No theft there. It’s more like a campaign donation and every dollar counts. But the legalities seemed iffy, and none of the lawyers Gawker contacted for comment were interested in indulging our largely stupid game.</blockquote>
Gawker then goes on to criticize Sinema’s time in the U.S. Senate, as if that is justification for bragging about obtaining her personal information.
Sinema has received some of the worst of Democrats’ attacks because she refuses to vote in lockstep with the party. This is the same party that hailed former Sen. John McCain as a “maverick” for not always voting with Republicans.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-chase-senator-sinema-into-bathroom-record-her-while-demanding-she-pass-biden-agenda">reported</a>, violations of Sinema’s personal space have occurred before, with leftists chasing her into a bathroom and recording her while demanding she pass President Joe Biden’s agenda.
The Arizona Democratic Party also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sinema-censured-by-az-dem-party-for-defending-filibuster">censured</a> Sinema for refusing to end the filibuster, a practice Democrats have defended in the past but now claim is a “Jim Crow relic.” Arizona state party chair Raquel Terán denounced Sinema in a statement regarding the censure, saying, “I want to be clear, the Arizona Democratic Party is a diverse coalition with plenty of room for policy disagreements.” Terán continued:
<blockquote>As a party, our job is to support our Democratic candidates, and we appreciate Senator Sinema’s leadership in passing the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. However, we are also here to advocate for our constituents and the ramifications of failing to pass federal legislation that protects their right to vote are too large and far-reaching. While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy.</blockquote>
Sinema’s defense of the filibuster effectively killed Democrats chance to pass election law reform bills.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-will-not-support-changing-the-filibuster-much-to-democrats-dismay">Kyrsten Sinema Will Not Support Changing The Filibuster, Much To Democrats’ Dismay</a>

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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said Sunday that Democrats might have been successful in getting major legislation through Congress if they had spent more time reaching across the aisle than beating up on members of their own party.
Sununu, a Republican, joined CNN anchor Dana Bash for a morning interview on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and argued that President Joe Biden might have made more headway if he had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-attacks-opponents-in-speech-on-uniting-nation-to-fight-virus-your-refusal-has-cost-all-of-us/">used his relationships</a> with Republicans in the Senate to greater effect.
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Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) says Democrats spent too much time &#8220;beating up Senators Sinema and Manchin.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/I4cmqE6v4w">pic.twitter.com/I4cmqE6v4w</a>
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Bash began the segment by playing a clip of Biden quoting Sununu at his recent <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-most-delusional-press-conference-i-have-ever-seen-kayleigh-mcenany-torches-biden-presser/">press conference</a>.
&#8220;Here is what he said. They’re all, for the most – quote, &#8216;They are all for the most part content with the speed with which they weren’t doing anything. So I’m just going to be a roadblock for the next two years? That’s not what I do,&#8217; Sununu said,&#8221; Biden quoted.
&#8220;The president went on to say that Republicans don’t stand for anything other than obstruction right now. Do you agree with him?&#8221; Bash asked.
&#8220;Well, I don’t appreciate the president using my words out of context, a little bit,&#8221; Sununu objected.
&#8220;Why was it out of context?&#8221; Bash pressed.
&#8220;Because I’ve been critical of both sides of the aisle, all 100 senators,&#8221; Sununu replied.
&#8220;It doesn’t mean you weren’t critical –&#8221; Bash pushed back but Sununu interrupted.
&#8220;Oh, no, I&#8217;m critical of everyone. Democrats were a roadblock for four years with President Trump. Republicans are trying to stop a lot of things which I fundamentally disagree with in terms with – I think it’s good they stop certain things to be sure,&#8221; Sununu explained.
&#8220;When you called around, when you were deciding whether you wanted to run for Senate, which is the context here, you did hear from your fellow Republicans –&#8221; Bash pivoted to ask Sunni about the possibility that he might run for Senate.
&#8220;There weren’t any Democrats calling me to ask me to run for Senate, to be fair,&#8221; Sununu laughed.
&#8220;No. But they were saying we just have to hold the line for two years. That’s what you opposed. You didn’t want to be part of that,&#8221; Bash continued.
&#8220;I think the frustration that Republican senators have is that when you are in the majority party, you have the responsibility of reaching over the aisle,&#8221; Sununu pushed back, arguing that despite his claims of being a uniter and a deal-maker, Biden had not come through with <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/psaki-admits-despite-bidens-calls-for-unity-hes-not-talking-about-solving-bipartisanship-in-this-zip-code-here/">results</a> on that front. &#8220;I think President Biden – I sure as heck didn’t vote for him. But we all wanted him to come in and use those relationships with the Republican senators he had, reach across the aisle, find consensus and really build some bipartisanship that we haven’t seen in a long time. Zero.&#8221;
&#8220;Not zero. The infrastructure bill,&#8221; Bash objected.
&#8220;Thanks to the Republicans forcing it,&#8221; Sununu shot back. &#8220;To be fair, if the Democrat Party spent as much time trying to reach across the aisle with a couple Republicans as they did beating up Senators Sinema and Manchin, we would have gotten something done. But  they spent all their time tearing apart their own party as opposed to saying okay, who are the couple of Republicans we can work with here, where can we trim things back? That’s what America wants, and I think I’m expressing the same frustration that most Americans have.&#8221;

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NH Gov. Sununu: Democrats Should Have Spent More Time Reaching Across The Aisle, Not Beating Up Manchin And Sinema

Dana Bash

New Hampshire

Prior to Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich ripped Republicans as well as Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) for blocking voting legislation. 
“As many have said, it’s been time, it’s past time for hardball,” Popovich <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Spurs-Popovich-rips-senators-for-blocking-voting-16798436.php">said</a>. “The Republican Senate will just not participate, they just will not. So, whatever can be done needs to be done. And Sinema and Manchin, they get it, but they don’t get it. They know what’s going on. They understand. But there are more important things to them, and it’s damn selfish and dangerous to our country.”
Popovich made the comments in a nine-minute interview where he discussed the Juneteenth holiday becoming a federal holiday, saying that that country is in a “dangerous situation.” 
“It&#8217;s ironic, but as much as the community of color has been oppressed and denigrated, those are the people who try to save this damn country from itself,” Popovich <a href="https://www.kens5.com/video/sports/nba/spurs/gregg-popovich-talks-voting-rights-blasts-senators-manchin-and-sinema-as-selfish/273-d73f14b8-1453-4b84-962b-fd22febe51a4">said</a>. “It’s just ironic to me. Every time we take steps forward, you get the backlash. The fact that the voting rights issue is in the situation it’s in is just mind boggling to me in one sense because we’ve already gone through this back in the Sixties, and we know what the Supreme Court did earlier in gutting it.”
&#8220;But it&#8217;s like we don’t get it. It’s like, maybe there wouldn’t be a democracy if it wasn’t for Black people,” he <a href="https://www.kens5.com/video/sports/nba/spurs/gregg-popovich-talks-voting-rights-blasts-senators-manchin-and-sinema-as-selfish/273-d73f14b8-1453-4b84-962b-fd22febe51a4">continued</a>. “If you think about it, maybe this all would have happened 50, 60, 80 years ago if Black people didn’t continue to fight for what they deserve and what was promised.”
Both Manchin and Sinema have stated that they do not support ending the filibuster in order to pass a combination of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. 
“There’s no need for me to restate my longstanding support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation. There’s no need for me to restate its role in protecting our country from wild reversals of federal policy,” Sinema <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sinema-senate-filibuster-schumer-democrats-elections-bills-voting-rights">said</a> according to Fox News. “This week’s harried discussions about Senate rules are but a poor substitute for what I believe could have and should have been a thoughtful public debate at any time over the past year.”
Last week, Alabama football coach Nick Saban and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West were two of five sports figures to pen a letter to Sen. Manchin, urging him to support voter legislation “that will protect both the rights of voters and the integrity of outcomes in all Federal elections.”
Both West and Saban are West Virginians, with Saban born in Fairmont, West Virginia. West was born in Chelyan. 
“We strongly support urgently needed legislation that will protect both the rights of voters and the integrity of outcomes in all Federal elections,” the letter to Manchin <a href="https://docsend.com/view/6f9g9kvwfm4w8862">said</a>. “The Freedom to Vote Act, which you sponsored with Committee Chair Senator [Amy] Klobuchar and other colleagues, effectively addressed these goals. Now we also support your leadership in shaping legislation to secure our democracy by protecting election integrity, principled Presidential transitions and our national security during transitions.”
“We come from some of our nation’s most popular sports leagues, conferences and teams. Some of us have roots and shaped our lives in West Virginia,” they continued. “Others followed very different paths and some of us have been rivals in sports or business. But we are all certain that democracy is best when voting is open to everyone on a level playing field; the referees are neutral; and at the end of the game the final score is respected and accepted.”
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.

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‘Selfish And Dangerous To Our Country’: Gregg Popovich Rips Republicans, Manchin And Sinema For Blocking Voting Legislation

Gregg Popovich

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made it clear Sunday that he believes publicly shaming members of the Democratic Party — with whom he caucuses — as the correct strategy in an evenly-divided Senate where he cannot win without their votes.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bernie-sanders-tries-to-blame-congressional-gridlock-on-gop-but-admits-hed-support-a-primary-against-manchin-sinema/">Sanders</a> made a brief appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; where he told anchor Chuck Todd that the Arizona Democratic Party was &#8220;exactly right&#8221; to censure Senator <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-bulls-don-lemon-unloads-on-sinema-and-manchin-for-celebrating-mlk-while-blocking-election-overhaul/">Kyrsten Sinema</a> (D-AZ) for her refusal to back changes to the filibuster — a position also taken by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) — which effectively blocked the passage of two Democrat-led bills aimed at a federal overhaul of election law.
Sanders began by saying that he believed it was past time to get out of the back rooms and onto the Senate floor, arguing that they should start voting on things so that the American people could see for themselves where everyone stood.
&#8220;Look, as a tactical issue, you have been around long enough to know that funny things happen when a bill gets to the floor. Clearly we have got to deal with the enormous crisis of climate. Let’s put a strong bill on the floor. If Mr. Manchin and Ms. Sinema want to vote against it, Republicans want to vote against it, we can go from there,&#8221; Sanders explained. &#8220;What we can’t continue to do is these endless backroom negotiations. The American people have to see where we are, and after that happens, we’ll do the best we possibly can.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you think, though, it’s been healthy for the Democratic Party to highlight the division the party?&#8221; Todd pressed. &#8220;You look at Senator Sinema, she was censured by the Arizona Democratic Party —&#8221;
&#8220;Good,&#8221; Sanders interjected.
&#8220;— Over what some would look at as a disagreement over tactics. Not substance, but over tactics. Do you think that was an appropriate action?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I do. I think it&#8217;s exactly right,&#8221; Sanders said emphatically, arguing that because &#8220;voting rights&#8221; were the issue at hand, the situation had to be handled differently.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/chucktodd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chucktodd</a>: &#8220;Sen. Sinema, she was censured by the Arizona Democratic Party.&#8221;
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): &#8220;Good.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/wAnhGQe4N1">pic.twitter.com/wAnhGQe4N1</a>
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&#8220;Right now you have a Republican Party under Trump’s leadership that is perpetuating this big lie that Trump actually won the election, and, therefore, you have 19 Republican states that are moving very aggressively into voter suppression, into extreme gerrymandering, some of these states are doing away with the powers of election officials,&#8221; Sanders continued. &#8220;They are moving in a very anti, anti-democratic way. It was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so we could pass voting rights legislation. All Republicans voted against us, two Democrats voted against us. That was a terrible, terrible vote, and I think what the Arizona Democratic Party did was exactly right.&#8221;
Forcing the hands of members of the Democratic Party is hardly a new tactic for Sanders. Just before Christmas, he called for a public vote on the Democrats&#8217; massive spending package, Build Back Better, saying that he wanted the American people to see Senator <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/let-him-vote-no-in-front-of-the-entire-world-bernie-sanders-says-manchin-doesnt-have-the-guts-to-support-build-back-better/">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) vote against it.
&#8220;Let him vote &#8216;No&#8217; in front of the entire world,&#8221; Sanders said.

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‘That Was A Terrible, Terrible Vote’: Bernie Sanders Doubles Down On Publicly Shaming Kyrsten Sinema

Bernie Sanders

Meet the Press

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tried to point the finger at Republicans who were standing in the way of President Joe Biden&#8217;s legislative agenda — particularly his sweeping spending package known as Build Back Better and his party&#8217;s attempts to overhaul election law at the federal level — before admitting that if the opportunity arose, he would support primaries against Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ).
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/let-him-vote-no-in-front-of-the-entire-world-bernie-sanders-says-manchin-doesnt-have-the-guts-to-support-build-back-better/">Sanders</a> joined CNN anchor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/let-me-back-up-winsome-sears-directly-challenges-dana-bash-claim-that-crt-is-not-in-virginia-curriculum/">Dana Bash</a> on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; to discuss the situation on Capitol Hill, and he began by arguing that it was the 50 Republicans in the evenly-divided Senate who had made it their mission to obstruct President Biden&#8217;s agenda.
&#8220;We’re all hoping for a better 2022. For President Biden the year hasn’t started so well,&#8221; Bash began noting that Biden&#8217;s two biggest legislative goals — Build Back Better and the federal election overhaul — were stalled in the Senate, in part due to Manchin and Sinema refusing to allow any changes to the filibuster.
&#8220;Here we are one year into the Biden presidency. Those two key priorities are stalled in the Senate because Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema won’t get on board. How frustrated are you?&#8221; Bash turned the question to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bernie-sanders-refused-to-sign-on-to-statement-condemning-activists-harassing-sinema-in-bathroom-report/">Sanders</a>.
&#8220;It’s not only those two. It’s 50 Republicans who have been adamant, not only in pushing an anti-democratic agenda, but also opposing our efforts to try to lower the cost of prescription drugs, to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and eyeglasses, to improve the disastrous situation in home health care, in child care, to address the existential threat of climate change,&#8221; Sanders said, shifting the blame to Republicans.
&#8220;You have 50 Republicans who don’t want to do anything except criticize the president. You have, sadly enough, two Democrats who choose to work with the Republicans rather than the president and who have sabotaged the president’s efforts to address the needs of working families in this country. Is it frustrating? It sure is,&#8221; Sanders continued, saying that the best way to move forward was to force a vote and make Republicans go on record with what they were opposing — and if Manchin and Sinema voted with Republicans, he said, the American people would see that as well.
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“You got 50 Republicans who don’t want to do anything except criticize the president. And then you have, sadly enough, two Democrats who choose to work with the Republicans rather than the president, and who have sabotaged the president’s effort &#8230;”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://t.co/TKacjfBtOd">pic.twitter.com/TKacjfBtOd</a>
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Bash noted that the Arizona Democratic Party had recently censured Sinema, asking Sanders whether he believed that had been an appropriate action.
&#8220;Absolutely it was. On that particular vote that she and Manchin — you have 19 states in this country undermining the foundations of American democracy, trying to make it harder for people of color, young people, people with disabilities to vote, coming up with extreme gerrymandering, taking action against independent election officials, and it is so important that we protect American democracy, that we stand up to the big lie of Trump and his allies that he really won the election. They undermined that effort,&#8221; Sanders insisted. &#8220;I think what the Arizona Democrats did was exactly right.&#8221;
Bash took her line of questioning a step further, asking, &#8220;Would you be willing to campaign against either Senator Sinema or Senator Manchin in a Democratic primary?&#8221;
Sanders protested a bit at first, noting that neither was up for reelection until 2024, but eventually made his position clear: &#8220;If there were strong candidates in those states who were prepared to stand up for working families, who understand the Democratic Party has got to be the party of working people, taking on big money interests, if those candidates were there in Arizona and West Virginia, yes, I would be happy to support them.&#8221;

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Bernie Sanders Tries To Blame Congressional Gridlock On GOP — But Admits He’d Support A Primary Against Manchin, Sinema

On Saturday, the Arizona Democratic Party executive committee voted to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) following her defense of the Senate filibuster.
In a statement regarding the censure, state party chair Raquel Terán condemned Sinema. “I want to be clear, the Arizona Democratic Party is a diverse coalition with plenty of room for policy disagreements,” Terán said before stating that voting rights are more important than the “archaic” filibuster.
Terán continued, making claims about the state of Arizona’s alleged voting restrictions, and adding that 19 states have passed voting laws disapproved of by many on the Left.
She continued:
<blockquote>As a party, our job is to support our Democratic candidates, and we appreciate Senator Sinema’s leadership in passing the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. However, we are also here to advocate for our constituents and the ramifications of failing to pass federal legislation that protects their right to vote are too large and far-reaching. While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to formally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy.</blockquote>
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ADP Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/RaquelTeran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RaquelTeran</a> released the following statement after today&#8217;s Executive Board vote to censure Sen. Sinema: <a href="https://t.co/1bah9XJUgN">pic.twitter.com/1bah9XJUgN</a>
— Arizona Democratic Party (@azdemparty) <a href="https://twitter.com/azdemparty/status/1484949959128412161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
Sinema has not responded to the censure as of publication of this article.
On January 13, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-will-not-support-changing-the-filibuster-much-to-democrats-dismay">Sinema</a> gave a <a href="https://www.sinema.senate.gov/senate-floor-remarks-voting-rights-americas-divisions-and-us-senate">speech</a> on the floor of the Senate expressing her position on the filibuster, effectively killing any chance that the Democratic Party’s voting bills would pass.
After castigating the laws in various states that she claims would “make it more difficult for Americans to vote,” and voicing her support for the two Democratic voting bills — the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — Sinema said that she would “not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.”
“There is no need for me to restate my long-standing support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation,” Sinema said. “There’s no need for me to restate its role protecting our country from wild reversals in federal policy. It is a view I have held during my years serving in both the U.S. House and the Senate, and it is the view I continue to hold. It is the belief that I have shared many times in public settings and in private settings.”
Sinema continued, noting that the 60-vote filibuster threshold can be “maddening,” but that it serves as a “guardrail” that “ensures that millions of Americans represented by the minority party have a voice in the process…”
After calling on Republicans to “protect access to voting,” Sinema reiterated her longstanding position on our republic: “The dangers facing our democracy took years to metastasize. And they will take years of sustained, focused effort to effectively reverse.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-will-not-support-changing-the-filibuster-much-to-democrats-dismay">Kyrsten Sinema Will Not Support Changing The Filibuster, Much To Democrats’ Dismay</a>

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Sinema Censured By AZ Dem Party For Defending Filibuster

On Thursday, after GOP senators lined up to shake the hand of Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who joined West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to vote against the Democrats’ attempt to nuke the Senate filibuster so they could implement the extreme voting alterations of the Freedom to Vote Act, former Democratic Labor Secretary Robert Reich seemingly called for violence against Sinema, writing in a later-deleted tweet, “Tonight, Republican senators lined up to shake Kyrsten Sinema&#8217;s hand. Democratic senators should have given her the backs of their hands.”
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Senators gather to shake Sinema’s hand <a href="https://t.co/IG68kurQiA">pic.twitter.com/IG68kurQiA</a>
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“Just last year, <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1372978329226076167">Reich scolded</a> Republicans as ‘actively opposed to ending the epidemic of violence against women in America.’ In 2020, he shared remarks from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after she accused a House Republican of verbally accosting her. Reich urged ‘all men’ to let her message sink in about not accepting ‘violent language against women,’” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-labor-secretary-reich-sinema-filibuster">Fox News</a> noted.
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&quot;This issue is [about] a culture of accepting violence and violent language against women, and an entire structure of power that supports it.&quot; — <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> 
I implore all men to let this sink in, and ask yourself how you&#39;re going to upend that power structure. <a href="https://t.co/B4iUvKP35A">pic.twitter.com/B4iUvKP35A</a>
&mdash; Robert Reich (@RBReich) <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1286456642461224960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Social media eviscerated Reich for his comments regarding Sinema. Some examples:
Actor James Woods, succinctly: “Big man.”
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Big man… <a href="https://t.co/ae5Z2M5qj9">pic.twitter.com/ae5Z2M5qj9</a>
&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1484232393359691776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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National Review&#8217;s Charles Cooke: “‘Kyrsten Sinema is the sort of inspiring LGBT woman who must be slapped around by her party if she fails to follow the demands of a white man,’ writes @RBReich.”
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“Kyrsten Sinema is the sort of inspiring LGBT woman who must be slapped around by her party if she fails to follow the demands of a white man,” writes <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a>
&mdash; Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) <a href="https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1484163247016230914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Glenn Greenwald: “What are Democrats supposed to do to Sen. Sinema with ‘the backs of their hands,’ @RBReich?”
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What are Democrats supposed to do to Sen. Sinema with &quot;the backs of their hands,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a>? <a href="https://t.co/XFJyU0d1Sc">pic.twitter.com/XFJyU0d1Sc</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1484177082930253838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Radio host Larry O&#8217;Connor: “No big deal. Just Democrat/Socialist icon [Robert Reich] encouraging violence against a female senator who didn&#8217;t vote the way he wanted.”
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No big deal&#8230; just Democrat/Socialist icon <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a> encouraging violence against a female senator who didn&#39;t vote the way he wanted. <a href="https://t.co/uCbmiaRYPx">https://t.co/uCbmiaRYPx</a>
&mdash; Larry O&#39;Connor (@LarryOConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryOConnor/status/1484140814473351172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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O’Connor added, “Hey little lady&#8230; if you don&#8217;t vote my way we&#8217;re just gonna have to smack you around a bit until you fall in line and do what you&#8217;re told.&#8221; &#8211;  @RBReich &#8216;s inner thoughts?”
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Hey little lady&#8230; if you don&#39;t vote my way we&#39;re just gonna have to smack you around a bit until you fall in line and do what you&#39;re told.&quot; &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a>&#39;s inner thoughts?
&mdash; Larry O&#39;Connor (@LarryOConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryOConnor/status/1484141640726061059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Radio host Jason Rantz: “This is @RBReich saying Democrats should assault a female senator because the democrat party is the… champion of women. Uh huh.”
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This is <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a> saying Democrats should assault a female senator because the democrat party is the… champion of women. Uh huh. <a href="https://t.co/glADJoRvYp">pic.twitter.com/glADJoRvYp</a>
&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1484159143447445505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Media Research Center’s Nick Fondacaro: “Hey @TwitterSupport, @RBReich is encouraging violence against a woman on your platform. Going to do anything about it?”
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TwitterSupport</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RBReich</a> is encouraging violence against a woman on your platform. Going to do anything about it? <a href="https://t.co/9O9GtdNVTD">pic.twitter.com/9O9GtdNVTD</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1484170960282468361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Woods concluded with a tribute to Sinema:
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Profile in courage… <a href="https://t.co/tG2wpjvl72">pic.twitter.com/tG2wpjvl72</a>
&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1484232722767699971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“The Freedom to Vote Act looks to override a number of election rules put in place by some Republican-led states and includes language to allow for same-day voter registration and no-excuse mail voting, prevent states from requiring a photo ID to vote, allow felons to vote in all states and would require super PACs and so-called “dark money groups” to disclose all donors who contribute more than $10,000,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/voting-bill-blocked-by-gop-filibuster/">The New York Post</a> noted.
“Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sinema, D-Ariz., joined all Senate Republicans in opposing the attempt to alter the Senate filibuster on party lines, resulting in a 48-52 final tally,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-manchin-sinema-biden-senate-filibuster-democrats-voting-rights-elections">reported</a>. “That vote followed a failed attempt by Democrats to advance the election bills over the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold. All Republicans opposed it.”
Manchin said on the Senate floor Wednesday, “For the last year, my Democratic colleagues have taken to the Senate floor, cable news airwaves, pages of newspapers across the country to argue that repealing the filibuster is actually restoring the Senate to the vision the Founding Fathers intended for this deliberative body. My friends, that is simply not true. It’s just not true. The United States Senate has never, in 233 years, been able to end debate on legislation with a simple majority vote.”

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