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Comes to voting rights. we can talk about first north carolina, which the state courts just passed -- or just ruled that 56,000 formerly incarcerated people will actually be able to participate in the franchise. i think this is an incredible move. i want to read this quote here real quote and, nick, get your thoughts. the voting rights law that was struck down on monday was enacted in 1877. it was extending disenfranchisement of the law struck down on monday. people convicted of felonies in resp...

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Are left to their own devices, their own will, their own sense of justice, you will see this clock moving. it is legislators or wedded to this ugly lie that continue to suppress the rights of all americans. the 15th amendment said no right shall be abridged. it happens to be the right of an american citizen to vote. how are they going to stand up against the constitution. the judge only adhered to the constitution. these individuals the done their time so they were reenfranchised. we have state ...

South carolina. congressman, always good to see you. thank for you joining us. at a town hall this past week, the president said scrapping the filibuster could throw the entire congress into chaos and nothing will get done. your response to that? >> thank you very much for having me. you know, i agree with the president, as it relates to scrapping the filibuster, which is one of the reasons, from the very outset ive asked for a modification of the filibuster to be put in place. i think you refer...

The country, if some cant vote because of race, this is not a true democracy. >> preach, congressman. thats supposed to be the promise of america. true democracy means every one has equal rights and equal vote. -- voice and vote. until a right to vote doesnt depend on where you live or the color of your skin, we wont be living in a true democracy. and that is exactly why all americans need to care about this. all americans. the right to vote is right there in the constitution. the 15th amendment...

>> let me -- i want to -- this is something im -- im reading, david, and i want you to weigh in. this is something from ron brownstein wrote something for cnn.com. and he said that -- um, where do i want to pick it up? um, voting rights, filibuster. i dont think its -- um, i just -- i just want to make sure i pick it up in the right place. um, if the -- if the lincoln-era republican party accepted the standard that manchin and sinema are putting forward in the -- and that biden had refused to pu...

Reflected members of congress, organizations such as fraternities, and one of the black men in pastoral groups, et cetera. we saw hank johnson and others who offered themselves to be arrested. we are fighting for our voting lives. in essence, were fighting for the life or death of the ability and the right to vote. when i spoke, i indicated that we were standing in front of the supreme court. and when thurgood marshall walked into that supreme court, he walked in after the aftermath of those who...

Movement that john lewis came out of to right the wrong. to have civil rights and to be able to vote. people died. and now we are here some 56 years after the 1965 voting rights act, and rachel, i ask the question why. why can we not have the protection of the 15th amendment, which instructs the senate constitutionally that they have a duty to end all laws that abridge the right to vote on the base of race. and it has not occurred. and so im a legislator. ive been told im a legislator. i know im...

A carveout would be simply to apply the reconciliation rules as you apply to the budget, apply that to voting. i am totally against the filibuster. but we had two democratic senators who say that they are not for getting rid of the filibuster. and theyre not going to vote for getting rid of it. when people tell you that, try to do the next best thing. to me, the next best thing is to modify the filibuster so as it wont apply to -- the 15th amendment gave the former slaves the right to vote. and ...

In the 60s i did the same thing to get the 1965 voting rights act and the political science professional the 15th amendment was passed. it should have ended there. so i dont know. we always victorious but the fight and the struggle and the sacrifice to do something is fundamentally a human right. that should be given to us and exercised at our will but in 2021, to be having young people stand out on a stage in front of me and thank us for the work we have done and theyll take it from here, i don...