anytime you try to explain american democracy to someone, you sound like an amazon echo that got droppedalexa alexa, what's a democracy? >> a democracy is a system of government where a majority of people vote for something, and then a small group of senators ignore them and do whatever the [ bleep ] they want. >> seth: hey, alexa, whoa! watch the language, alexa! >> sorry, seth i'm just so [ bleep ] [ bleep over this mother[ bleep filibuster cluster[ bleep >> seth: okay, hey, hey, hey, alexa [ laughter ] hey, alexa, while i have you, are you recording and saving everything i say in the privacy of my own home >> i, well, um, sorry. i have to take this call it's my, um, mom [ light laughter ] >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] i knew it! it was sad, but predictable, that republicans would torpedo basic voting-rights legislation, but what's especially infuriating is that two democrats, manchin and sinema, announced that they would join republicans in shooting down rule changes that would've allowed the bill they say they support to pass. in fact, manchin announced his opposition to changing the f