“If we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. We missed this time.”
— President Biden seems to indicate filibuster rules change/voting rights bill is dead as he raises his voice while speaking to reporters after meeting with Senate Democrats.
“He just did an excellent job.”
— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) praises Biden after leaving the Senate Democrats meeting, where Biden seemed to indicate filibuster rules change/voting rights bill is dead.
.@SenatorWarnock (D-GA) following filibuster/voting rights meeting with Biden:
“The state of Georgia is ground zero for these voter suppression bills … This is a defining moral moment.”
Manchin is officially a NO on changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills.
“To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this scared place, democracy was attacked — simply attacked. The will of the people was under assault.”
— President Biden marking the solemn anniversary of the January 6th attack
“A crowd that professes their love for law enforcement assaulted those police officers. Dragged them, sprayed them, stomped on them.”
— President Biden on 1/6 anniversary
Biden on 1/6: "For the first time in our history, the president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the Capitol. But they failed, they failed."
Australian PM Scott Morrison says Djokovic needs to prove he has a genuine medical exemption from the COVID vaccine mandate when he enters the country or "he'll be on the next plane home."
As a reminder, here's the Australian Open's statement:
"This has been a pretty insane and fairly dystopian experience."
— @JoshNBCNews, reporting live from his stuck car on I-95 in Virginia, where cars and semis and all vehicles have been planted in ice on the highway for 10+ hours (no food, no water, frozen temps)
Read @JoshNBCNews' thread for more context on the icy I-95 scare:
FOX & Friends' Rachel Campos-Duffy on Rep. @AOC dining in Florida last week: "When I saw this I thought first of all this is a great endorsement of [Gov.] Ron DeSantis and of Florida's policies."
Later: "I think this is a person who needs to be in therapy and not in Congress."
FOX & Friends' Rachel Campos-Duffy continues her concern-trolling about Rep. @AOC seen dining in Florida:
"She should go back to her district. Her district is dirty. It's crime-ridden. There's no economic prosperity because of the policies she supports."
FOX & Friends' Brian Kilmeade on Rep. @AOC calling out frustrated Republicans who want to date her:
"Imagine if Ted Cruz just said 'all you female Democrats that are criticizing me, you just want to date me.' There would be such outrage, he would have to have an apology ..."