'Big MISS': Velshi on 11 Dems not showing up for Hegseth vote after blue wave momentum

Now I would like to turn back to the stunning. and historic upset in the Mississippi. Senate race. Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent. Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. He'll be the first black senator. from Mississippi since the end. of the Reconstruction, nearly 150 years ago. And his victory comes in a state that saw many. of the defining events of the civil rights. movement, as well as some of the fiercest battles. for voting rights. Come Colom's win brings Democrats majority.

but fall well short of the votes needed to. override a presidential veto. Realistically, what should voters expect. Democrats to do? Is it IS IT LEGISLATION? IS IT OVERSIGHT? WHO WANTS IT, NAMON? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO who elected them. into power expect a few things. I think they expect accountability. I think they expect oversight. They expect Congress to do its job, and Congress's job is to, as we just talked about in the case. of Navidia and other issues, and certainly with all the THE DEALINGS. OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND. THE TRUMP FAMILY TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT. OVER THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE. RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF. NOT JUST OUR ECONOMY BUT RULE OF LAW, FOR EXAMPLE,

I THINK YOU ALSO BRING UP A VERY. IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT WHAT. IS THEIR JOB IN TERMS OF TRYING. TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. OF AMERICANS AND THEY HAVE TO. FUNCTION WITH THE INTENT OF. LEGISLATING EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT vetoes it. Your job is to get bills passed, and if the president vetoes it, then you can say to the American people, it's not us, it's him. And that gives you not only more political. IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ADVANTAGE BUT IT ACTUALLY. SHOWS VOTERS THAT ELECTED YOU INTO OFFICE. THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB. AND WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATING ON. ISSUES OF IMPROVING THE ECONOMY,

WHETHER IT'S ABOUT LEGISLATING ISSUES. WE ARE GOING TO SEE THINGS DONE, NOT JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE NEGOTIATING ABOUT IT BUT BEHIND. CLOSED DOORS THEY'RE TELLING US. THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN. DO YOUR JOB, GET IT. DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO WAS ELECTED TO DO. SOMETHING. WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM JIM. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE OPTIMISM. OF THIS HISTORIC.

I WONDER, CAN THE NEXT CONGRESS. REALLY BE EXPECTED. TO REIGN IN THE ABSURDITY OF THIS. MISADMINISTRATION, GIVEN THAT THE EXECUTIVE. BRANCH AND THE. JUDICIAL INCREDIBLE BRANCHES, UNCHANGED, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A. ONE-LEGGED STOOL. WHAT CAN WE REALLY HOPE TO GAIN BEFORE. BE A LITTLE BIT OF 2029. AND ALLIE, NOT JUST THAT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, AND IT'S NOT THE NEW CONGRESS, BUT DEMOCRATS HAD TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK, WAS PETE.

THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T SHOW UP. YOU CAN'T B .S. ME WITH YOU STUCK IN TRAFFIC. THERE ARE TONS OF DAYS WHEN I. DON'T HAVE A GREAT A BLOCK, I STILL HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE. ALLOWED TO BASK IN THIS GLOW. THAT WAS A BIG MISS. THAT'S A COUNTING THING, CALCULATOR THING, RIGHT? SOMEBODY NEEDED TO BE. IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HURT. HAKEEM JEFFRIES. MORE PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS THIS. GUY REALLY EQUIPPED FOR THE JOB?

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS SHUMER EQUIPPED. FOR THE JOB? THAT SAID, THIS IS ALL GOOD. IN THE SAME WAY THAT I I THINK DIRTY. PRIMARY FIGHTS ARE ALSO GOOD BECAUSE. THAT'S ACTUAL POLITICS. THE BIG WIN LAST TUESDAY ISN'T. JUST WHAT HAPPENED ON THE MAP. IT'S THAT AMERICANS SHOWED UP. IN NUMBERS THAT DON'T ALLOW. the nonsense of election denial, right? That's the problem of our time. The number of people who have not, whose races have not been called, Republicans who have been defeated, who have called to concede their elections. I've spoken IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CALLED.

PEOPLE IN TWO RACES WHERE IT. HASN'T BEEN CALLED YET. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE BACK TO SOME FORM OF LET'S. JUST BEHAVE LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE AND LET US. AS VOTERS reclaim our agency. So that part's done. That's good. And I think to Eamon's point, if Trump wants to veto a whole bunch of stuff, that just becomes a list of things to tell people. The danger here is the Democrats have said, I'm going to fix these particular. problems for you. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO DO. ALLY, I'M NOT SAYING HAVE FAITH. IN THE PRESIDENT.

DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS HE'S A DEALMAKER. DONALD TRUMP JUST WATCHED A HISTORIC LOSS, PUT THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF HIM. VOTE FOR HIM AND GIVE HIM THE CHANCE. BUT STEPHEN MILLER, THE GUY. WHO MAKES YOUR DEALS FOR YOU IS THE WHITE HOUSE. CHIEF OF STAFF. HE'S THE ONE WHO WALKS OVER. NO ONE VOTED FOR STEPHEN MILLER. BUT DONALD TRUMP THAT'S WHAT THE. PRESIDENT HAS INDICATED WITH STEPHEN. MILLER AND THE REPUBLICANS IN. CONGRESS HAVE INDICATED WITH. JIM JORDAN BEING ELECTED THE. MINORITY LEADER, THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN. WHAT YOU JUST. I'M STILL SAYING PUT IN IMMIGRATION. REFORM BILL IN FRONT OF THEM, PUT AN ETHICS BILL IN FRONT OF THEM, PUT HEALTH CARE REFORM IN FRONT OF THEM. GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS BECAUSE.

THAT'S HOW REGULAR PEOPLE WE'LL HAVE TO LIVE OUR. LIVES. WE COULD DESPISE OUR COWORKERS. LIKE IT'S ICY BETWEEN YOU AND I BUT WE. 'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE EVERY DAY. JUST ASSUMING THAT LAWMAKERS. REFUSE TO GET ANYTHING DONE ON. THAT IS WHAT BREAKS OUR COUNTRY, DAVID. ON A BIPARTISAN NOTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT. SCOTT COLLUME. DID WAS IN LATE OCTOBER PRESIDENT. TRUMP WENT TO MISSISSIPPI FOR A RALLY. WHAT DID HE do? He went out to the line of Trump supporters waiting. to go. into that rally, and he respectfully talked.

to them. about their concerns. So talk respectfully to maybe other members. of Yeah. There was one guy in the line who said he's. going to vote for him now. He took a selfie with him. He said, I like you. I'm going to vote for you. It's like just for showing up, he got to vote. And don't fall into the culture war trap. Don't fall into the name calling. in just the last positive thing. The judiciary, federal judges, I'm writing a book about this, Trump appointees and other appointees. of Democratic presidents shellacked.

the president over and over in the lower courts. And then And the Supreme Court has been much. more generous to the president. But one of the big moments in this election was, the night before the election, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned unanimous. ruling, he wanted to look. at the 20 ,000 ballots. in California, and the Supreme. Court didn't even consider it. Shut it down completely. So I think the judiciary has actually been. fairly strong and reigning. in Trump about the golf course and the ballroom. and all these other corruption matters,

so I think things are getting stronger now. You have possibly two branches. We also should point out, Katie, that just this week, right? We actually saw some, you know, it might not go anywhere when. it comes to the House, but in terms of the Senate, they got together in a bipartisan. way to pass legislation to make. AI companies pay for their data centers, right? Actually pay for the energy, pay for energy grid updates to cut. through the red tape to get energy. projects done more quickly, and to make sure the data centers. are financed ahead of time. So if they don't run out of money at the end,

you don't have these towns and cities. with half-baked projects in there. We are seeing things get done. They might not pass, but it's important THERE'S. EVEN SOME PROGRESS. I AGREE, AND YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS WERE OBVIOUSLY. A KEY. ISSUE IN THE MIDTERMS FOR SO MANY VOTERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INTERESTING, BIPARTISAN ISSUE FOR SO MANY MONTHS NOW. I MEAN, WE'VE DONE REPORTING ON THIS, SORT OF DATA CENTERS LIKE BROKE. AMERICAN POLITICS IN THIS MOMENT, BRINGING PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, RON DESANTIS TOGETHER WITH, YOU. KNOW, HIS WORST ENEMIES IN THE.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THIS ONE. ISSUE BECAUSE DATA CENTERS IN. COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ARE SO WILDLY UNPOPULAR THAT. POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES KNOW. THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO RESPOND. AND SO I THINK AI AND DATA CENTERS ARE A GREAT. EXAMPLE MAYBE OF WHERE WE CAN GET PAST SOME. OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST. DECADE OR SO AND MAKE SOME REAL PROGRESS. TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT PRO DATA CENTER OR. ANTI-DATA CENTER.