Dem Rep. Jones: We Have 'Months' to Save Democracy from 'Jim Crow' Status Quo, Whether You Call H.R. 1 Opponents Racist, 'Whatever'

On Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Hallie Jackson Reports," Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) said of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and other opponents of the For the People Act, "whether you want to call someone racist or someone as supportive of a status quo environment where large numbers of the electorate are disenfranchised, whatever." And that Manchin "should not want to be known as the senator who blocked voting rights and who undermined American democracy when we only have a few months left to save it this summer." Jones also agreed with comparing Manchin to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).