your family you felt could be disenfranchised by this sort of bill. absolutely, melissa. see, i grew up in alabama, my dad has had several strokes and is currently in a wheelchair and has been for the past six years, and he votes using his social security card. dad doesn t have a valid photo i.d. or driver s license because he doesn t drive anymore, and it s really a hardship to try to get to make sure he gets a photo i.d. luckily, we have home help, and my mom is in good health and we can, obviously, get my dad somewhere, but there are so many people in my district who will not be able to get a valid photo i.d. i think that this is unfair and really i m hoping that just as in south carolina, the justice department will intervene when it comes to alabama s law as well. i think that it is not fair to so many people in my district who are either elderly, disabled, some of our young folks don t have photo i.d.s, so i think it s really important
today, you were talking specifically about a member of your family you felt could be disenfranchised by this sort of bill. absolutely, melissa. see, i grew up in alabama, my dad has had several strokes and is currently in a wheelchair and has been for the past six years, and he votes using his social security card. dad doesn t have a valid photo i.d. or driver s license because he doesn t drive anymore, and it s really a hardship to try to get to make sure he gets a photo i.d. luckily, we have home help, and my mom is in good health and we can, obviously, get my dad somewhere, but there are so many people in my district who will not be able to get a valid photo i.d. i think that this is unfair and really i m hoping that just as in south carolina, the justice department will intervene when it comes to alabama s law as well. i think that it is not fair to so many people in my district who are either elderly, disabled, some of our young
disenfranchised by this sort of bill. absolutely, melissa. see, i grew up in alabama, my dad has had several strokes and is currently in a wheelchair and has been for the past six years, and he votes using his social security card. dad doesn t have a valid photo i.d. or driver s license because he doesn t drive anymore, and it s really a hardship to try to get to make sure he gets a photo i.d. luckily, we have home help, and my mom is in good health and we can, obviously, get my dad somewhere, but there are so many people in my district who will not be able to get a valid photo i.d. i think that this is unfair and really i m hoping that just as in south carolina, the justice department will intervene when it comes to alabama s law as well. i think that it is not fair to so many people in my district who are either elderly, disabled, some of our young folks don t have photo i.d.s, so i think it s really important that we encourage voter participation and not discourage
he ll probably do it in nevada. tim pawlenty, he s in iowa. that makes sense. he ll probably toss his hat in the ring. rand paul is also in iowa. rand paul, just elected from kentucky last november. he s the son of congressman ron paul. rand paul says he won t run if his dad does. if his dad doesn t, he says he might make a bid. stay tuned. t.j. thanks to paul steinhauser. we have been talking about what s happening in syria this morning. we have been keeping a close eye on protests there in the past weeks. it s difficult to see what s happening because of the violence happening, restrictions of what reporters can and cannot do. at least seven people died when syrian security forces opened
words in your mouth, unlike some other people. and so she said, well, you tell them that i read it, i loved it. it made me cry, and i m very proud of you. aw, all right. that s the final word on that. i guess so. and she s doing well? yes, she s doing very well. she ll be 90 july 6th, by the way, and she s sharp as a tack. switch gears to politics, and your dad, as we said in the intro, is invoked incessantly by republicans. he is the iconic figure of the republican party. everyone wants to follow in his footsteps. even though people fundamentally disagreed with much he did, he is now this figure larger than life. do you ever respond to this and say, no, the things you re saying are nowhere near what he believed. do you look at issues in the republican party now that they stand for or claims to stand for and say, wait, my dad doesn t believe that. i don t go issue by issue, and i can t speak for him in terms of modern issues now. he s been dead for a while and out of public l