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Nancy Maclean: Manchin "Living in a Dream World that No Longer Exists"

The voting rights bill faltering in the Senate due to the threat of the filibuster, and Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema's vocal unwillingness to vote to abolish it, are analyzed by historian Nancy Maclean. Maclean tells Joy Reid that Joe Manchin is 'living in a dream world that no longer exists,' as he pursues bipartisanship.

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