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Special counsel jack smith paints a picture of a commanderinchief willing to throw out the votes of millions of americans, including large numbers of black voters who turned out to elect joe biden. Trump fueled Conspiracy Theories, putting poll workers, and Public Servants at risk. On january 6th, he embraced violence, and swamped a mob, that went on to attack one of the most sacred monuments to our democracy. Even now, trump continues to behave as if hes above the law. We have Breaking News thi...

Lifetime. >> he knew that the soul and the democracy of an america was dependent on the notion that every citizen in america would have the right to vote and i think thats why he and uncle martin worked so tirelessly for the passage of the voting rights act. >> they were both committed. they were both terrific politicians. i think they knew that they were doing something that they needed the other one for. >> the voting rights act signed in law in august, 1965, and johnson was so happy. he viewe...

For voters of color in the way that we have done in the past. so redistricting is on the table, too. were going into a season of redistricting, where drawing the lines of power that will sit in place for ten years is also at stake. so, this is the thing. is that right now, the democrats have to act. they have to act boldly, because they have everything to lose. >> dean, the john lewis act passed out of the house this week. theres been a lot of comparison to the for the people act, which is a muc...

Were at the supreme court chipping away at the voting rights act. but then weve seen on the state level things like north carolina and ohio. give our viewers a sense of the chipping away of voting rights achievements that dr. king and that generation was able to achieve and that its being, as i said, chipped away at in these times. >> what i like to say is if you take just the news now, youll see all the developments and think, wow, people are rolling back voting rights. but when you say the vot...

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