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The united states back in 1973. speaking at the white house, biden again condemned the supreme courts decision. what we are witnessing is not a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power. 0n the day the decision came down, i immediately announced what i would do but i also made it clear that based on the reasoning of the courts, there is no constitutional right to choose only way to fulfil and restore that rate for women in this country is by voting. by exercising the pow...

Codify roe? nothing. i want to read you a quote from a recent reuters article, based on white house sources. it says, quote, biden and officials are concerned that more radical moves would be politically polarizing ahead of novembers midterm elections, and undermine public trust in institutions like the supreme court, or lack strong legal footing. isnt that infuriating to you, congressman, that a reactionary right-wing supreme court pact by the gop, overturns roe, sobs gun controls, undermines t...

Millions of women across this country. and the court, with clarence thomas, signal that this is just the start. so what we need to do in order to take the steps to get our rights back, to solidify the rights that we do have -- its really five steps. the first thing we need to do is organize, and thats where the dnc has been doing for well over a year and a half since i have been chair. putting boots on the ground. we have to register voters for the first time in 20 years, the dnc is registering ...

Because im hearing a lot of people just say that we havent seen anything, nothing is point coming to us, what are the democrats doing? they are beating up on us, they are taking away our rights, and where are the democrats? >> well, rev, i think you said it perfectly. what we are seeing is a full frontal assault on american democracy but also our freedoms that we enjoy in this country. i noted so many of us are angry. i was angry after the decision came out when it was -- it felt like it was a g...

To go in january and codify roe. make sure that the john lewis voting rights bill gets done. thats why it is so important. folks need to understand this, rev, fighting for democracy protecting democracy is not something static. its not that something that you just do in one election. its it took republicans 50 years to really chip away at roe. and we have to be just as relentless. we cannot give up. we cannot just say, because we voted in one election, that said, i want to take a break. because ...

They have had multiple opportunities to codify roe into law over the past 20, 30, 40, 50 years and they havent done it. >> i mean, she makes a good point. shes saying stop asking me for money, stop asking me for votes, do something. >> the issue is i know jonathan said that even though a lot of the executive actions that biden could do are not as substantive and cant undo what the supreme court did, but a lot of voters like that girl as well as a number of democrats in the party, they want to se...

Worked really hard to elect a democratic president and vice president. >> yeah. >> democratic-led house, a democratic-led senate. do it now. >> do what now? what now? >> what, to "state of the union." jess, as a proud progressive, whats your overall reaction to the way the biden administration is proceeding post-roe? >> its not enough. i love the things they say they are working on doing. i think the most important thing right now is to make sure that access to abortion is maintained for as many...

Message we see across the board on the campaign trail ahead of november. >> thank you so much for that reporting. in our next half an hour, congresswoman judy chu, who was just arrested during an abortion rights rally in near the supreme court. judy introduced legislation last year to codify roe. plus those next sets to reinstate those rights nationally. that is the head of 2:30 eastern. coming, up revelations that former president trump knew his january six supporters were armed as he ordered t...

Abortion. he also reiterated his support for eliminating the filibuster that 60 vote threshold in the senate for passing into law the right to abortion, but he was frank. he said he doesnt have the votes to do it now. instead hes reiterated the importance of voting for democrats in the midterm elections. listen to what he said. >> the choice is clear, we either elect federal senators and representatives who will codify roe, republicans in the house and senate will try to ban abortions nationwide...

James, thank you for joining us and thank you for celebrating te countrys independence. >> thank you. >> joey: president biden caving to the mob again and this time talking about killing the filibuster to codify roe v. wade. republicans say dont be fooled by the latest democrat power grab. >> this is not limited to so-called codify roe. that is the first step here are the real objective is to expand the supreme court, to pack the supreme court. >> carley: speaking of power grab, is hillary clint...