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Massacres and absolutely do nothing. between 1910 and 1920 there was a history in texas kalama tensas, which is really a period when latinos were killed in texas by law enforcement, oddly enough. but we are experiencing today in a republican party that does nothing, and i know that this is a stretch, but it is real. when you do nothing, we are experiencing that again. because our latino children are dying, in schools there dying, at the walmart there dying, in church. we have got to be able to s...

Jail with my mother and saying things like, be glad it is 2020 and not 1920. >> that was a testimony from the january six committee this week. it was devastating to hear. back with me is elie mystal, he is the author of allow me to retort. joining me is former fbi special agent who is the director of homegrown studies at the university of california. errol, im going to start with you here. i want you to take another listen to miss moss talk about what she was facing. she was questioned by adam s...

I will be in jail with my mother, and saying things like be glad its 2020 and not 1920. >> election workers around the country have suffered greatly because of the lies donald trump has told about them. but shaye moss and her mother, ruby freeman, have suffered the most, having been specifically publicly named by donald trump and rudy giuliani as responsible for donald trumps loss to joe biden, in georgia. >> where a lot of these threats and bile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were ...

Vote. that is the history that certainly shaye knows about. shes trying to uphold democracy, trying to spread the word about voting, talk about the importance of voting to all folks in her community. so it was disheartening and frightening to hear about her experience, the sort of racialized, violent threats she got. this idea lets be glad its not 1920 and all of the things she had to go through because she was targeted by this president, people coming after her verbally. her grandmother, her mo...

>> yes there were a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. telling me that i will be in jail with my mother. saying things like be glad it is 2020 and not 1920. >> were these threats and file comments racist in nature? >> they were hateful. >> this is a woman who loved her job and was proud to be an election worker. and this is how it ended. it is despicable. >> loves her job loves democracy. and knows about the history of this country particularly in terms of the african-american people and how...

Me that, you know, ill be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad its 2020 and not 1920. >> were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. yes, sir. >> this is woman loved her job, was proud to be a fulton county election worker and it ended up like this. it is despicable. >> loved her job, loves her country, loves democracy and knows about the history of this country, particularly this country in terms...

Me that ill be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad its 2020 and not 1920. >> where a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. >> in her testimony there was a different recalling on capitol hill with a different woman with the last time moss. she was also a government employee and targeted with lies and smears and demagoguery and no small amount of racism. but im talking now about annie lee moss who w...

Emboldens them. if we put graffiti on a persons office or burn it, whats the next thing. the next thing, and i hesitate to say this, were not in a society ruled by law. were in a revolutionary period like 18th century france or 1920s russia where the law is fluid and its whatever the power to be says it is. so if youre, just to take some examples, if youre james okeefe or youre peter navarro or roger stone, youre going to have an fbi come down on you like you dont know what. but if you refuse a ...

At this point. it was just a lot of horrible things there. wishing death upon me. telling me that i will be in jail with my mother, and saying things like, be glad its 2020 and not 1920. a lot of them were racist, a lot of them were just hateful. >> miss moss, i understand that people once showed up at your grandmothers house. >> they just started pushing their way through. claiming that they were coming in to make a citizens arrest. they needed to find me and my mom, they kneeled their. >> shea...

The 1920s stuff, that trump said shes a scammer and a hustler, she and her mom were attacked by trump and then faced serious and racist threats. people harassed them and other family members at their homes. she had to move out of her house for her own safety. what responsibility does the former president have here? >> i think a lot of responsibility. i think everyone should be responsible for using language thats clear, thats precise, thats truthful, and i think the truth has gotten lost. we cou...