Transcript for Mitch McConnell calls the new voter bill a 'power grab'

So senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell had a strong reaction to a democratic anti-corruption bill which includes making election day a paid holiday so Americans can vote and time off so people can volunteer locally during election season, and this is his take on that. Just what America needs, another paid holiday and a bunch of government workers being paid to go out and work. I assume our folks on -- our colleagues on the other side, on their campaigns. This is a Democrat plan to restore democracy? A brand new week of paid vacation for every federal employee who would like T around while you cast your ballot? A power grab that's smelling more and more like exactly what it is. Now, look, I think one election day should be off. We've talked about that here. It's a good thing. And Mitch, I know this is going to come as a shock, but Republicans vote too and they could use -- you know, that's good for them too and it does make democracy better because it gives everybody the ability to not have to worry about how to go vote and go to work. So I -- I don't know why this only works on one is it -- I mean, I know Republicans who actually do vote. So what is he talking about? You vote. Two of them are sitting at the table. Sitting at the table. Well, they don't want the demographics are changing and more people of hispanic heritage and African-American are coming in and they don't like that because they don't vote Republican. But you don't run scared from that. He does. Maybe we should change some of our messaging so we can get more federal workers to vote Republican. Maybe that's the problem. They have to change their policies. It's also very tone deaf given the fact that federal workers haven't been paid for over a month after the shutdown. So it was terribly tone deaf but what was interesting to me is that voting turnout in the U.S. Is among the lowest in the world because the United States is one of the few countries that holds elections on a work day. Most countries hold them on a Sunday in fact so why not perhaps do that? You want to know why Tuesday? Why Tuesday, girl? Why Tuesday? Because my old co-host, Jacob sober off had a whole organization called why Tuesday and it's because in 1845 we traveled by horse and bu buggy and farmers needed three days to get there and back. Maybe if we return to horse and buggy, that will work again. I have a little more to say. I have a comment on power grabs. This is the definition of chutzpah. When Mitch Mcconnell talks about the Democrats having the power grab when he's the one who put Merrick Garland in there out of sync and did not allow -- are you dying over there? Are you all right? You want some water. Is that what happens when joy speaks? When I think about why Tuesday. She gets verklempt. Remember what he did. He did not allow Merrick Garland to go through when Obama was president. He pushed that. That's a power grab, not changing election day. Yeah. I think the reasoning is that there's other things attached to this bill and one of the things attached to this anti-corruption bill is it would prevent members of congress to use this money to settle sexual misconduct suits. If you go to the average American and say you're not going to have to pay for a babysitter. I want people to be fine are not to vote. If you don't vote it's fine. You shouldn't be forced to. Fined, not fine. I'm sorry. F-I-n-e-d. What's also attached to the bill is it will require presidential and vice presidential candidates to produce ten years of tax returns. I would like that. But here's the deal, but the truth of the matter is let's start with something everybody can agree on. Tuesday doesn't work. It doesn't work. People are spending -- we watch folks try to get to work, try to vote, try to do all that, so why not make it for everybody, Democrats, independents, Republicans, everybody can vote on the same day. I don't -- if we can start with that, I bet we could get through all of the crap. Chris rock had a quote that said did you ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No, because nobody would ever come. There you go. Isn't there a push for early voting now so everybody can vote early? Yeah but you can't vote on a weekday. You have to stop this. I like Sunday. Well no, you can't do that -- it's not going to solve all the problems but it will solve one. Yeah. And I'm all for one at a time. If that's what it takes, if we have to do this one step at a time, I'm -- I'll do it.

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