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0 its great to see you. im geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. theyre about to have a gathering of world leaders and theyll be joined by british royals. well have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down l...

Governments away from them which were multiracial in nature. that happened in wilmington, north carolina, white people just storming the town hall, taking it over, which i imagine you probably have not heard a lot about, because its not really taught in schools. arms coups happened all over the south. then of course there were the jim crow laws which studiously explicitly avoided mentioning race. thats why we had literacy test and grandfather clause and name how many jelly beans are in the jar, ...

Disenfranchising large swaths of black people and do so legally. >> that history, which is that because of the presence of the 15th amendment, the effort to roll back democracy in the south between 1870 and 1964, lets say, had to be undertaken with this bad faith, this excuse, to me, is one of the most toxic legacies we have in that period and also something that its very hard to not see in a lot of places you look these days. >> absolutely, because one of the things to justify these new regulat...

Country. no. it has been against the law to discriminate on the basis of race in voting since 1870, when the 15th amendment was ratified saying, quote, the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. it says it right there in black and white in the u.s. constitution. it says you cannot racially discriminate in voting. so you can imagine a version of mitch mcconnel...

Designed to remove back people from the rules. but in a race neutral way. so that they could stay under the radar of the 15th amendment. and get judicial approval for disfranchising large swaths of black people. and do so legally. >> that history, which is that, because of the presence of the 15th amendment, the effort to rollback democracy in the south between 1870 and 1964, lets say, had to be undertaken with this bad faith. this excuse. to me its one of the most toxic legacies we have in that...

Emory university. shes also the author of several books. professor, some of this history i think i learned from your book on voting rights or it was recalled to me. what do you see as a scholar of this when you hear mitch mcconnell say its already against the law to discriminate voting on the basis of race? >> what i hear is the folks at the mississippi convention of 1890 where they combined all of the different disenfranchising mechanisms into one and did so knowing that it was designed to remo...

The blood of hundreds of thousands. they watched that destroyed, eroded and gutted, by all kinds of extra legal terrorism. armed coups that literally took governments away from them, which were multiracial in nature. that happened in wilmington, north carolina, 1898. white people just storming the town hall. taking it over. in which i imagine you probably have not heard a lot about. because its not really taught in schools. in fact, armed crews taking the power away from the intimately elected m...

Those who have studied the history of voting rights in america, and the thwarted efforts to achieve a multi racial democracy in this country, know it has been against the law to discriminate on the basis of race in voting since 1870. when the 15th amendment was ratified saying quote, the right of citizens of the united states to vote shut not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of race, color or previous content condition of servitude. it says it right there in ...

Historical lane. the idea of bipartisanship that hes talking about is a farce. it should be defined about what the american people want, and they want the preservation of our democracy. if bipartisanship was the path to what is good, we would have never had the 15th amendment to the constitution. it received no votes from the opposition party in the 1860s and 1870s. no votes. it was a very partisan vote. and the longer we allow this filibuster, to pick up on something that don said, i would make...

Years, back when he was governor of west virginia. a walk down historical lane, the idea that bipartisanship best hes defining it, which is what people in washington do, is a farce. bipartisanship should be defined by what the american people want. with the american people want, there is preservation of our democracy. if bipartisanship was the path to what was good, we would never had the 15th amendment to the constitution. it received no votes, no votes from the opposition party in the 18 sixti...