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It does not exist. >> you know, funny enough, that is exactly what the old version of the dixie crats said in the 1950s and 60s. nobody is prevented from voting. you just have to tell us how many jelly beans are in this jar and vote. of course, well make sure your schools are awful and youll barely talk to reid let alone this passage. the more nullification change, the more they same the same. joining me is the daughter of reverend martin luther king junior and coretta scott king and dr. bernice...

Christians to speak out against jim crow, to speak out against the water hoses and bull connor and illegal voting acts in the south for suppression of votes. thats what dr. king day is supposed to be about, donald trump built a coalition in which the old george wallace or what we used to call dixie crats is part of the coalition. when trump started talking about the dreamers and love and culture and the hard right started, the alt-right came after him and he thought hed throw a line to placate h...

>> i think its pretty racist, if you will, im offended as a democrat to be lined up with the kkk who have endorsed our current president, a republican title next to his name. the democrats put forth the only black man ever to be nominated and elected to the presidency of this country. in the 60s, it was the democrats who became the party of civil rights. to look at both democrats and republicans from the late 1800s or the early 20s and 40s is absolutely ludicrous. ted cruz needs to look at a cal...

Jeff sessions are very false, theyre slanderous and ugly. it is one of the crutches. when the left doesnt have any other arguments they go and accuse everyone of being a racist and it is an ugly part of the modern democratic party. jeff sessions is an honorable, decent person. the charges that she was recounting. senate judiciary committees, we heard from witnesses, people involved in these false charges and ill point out, the democrats are the party of the ku klux klan. you look at the most rac...

Black voters, weve got to be attracted to hispanic voters and the way we behave, they are not attracted to either one and were repulsive. >> dr. brown, younger people dont know in 1964 and 65 overing whemingly the republicans not house supporting sieve rights and voting rights. it was the dixie crats that stood ocho poepposed to it. >> it had to be someone that stopped our progress that we fought for so hard and i must say julian was not just concerned about civil rights for black people, but he...

People thought that maybe at least he would go. but hes not going to show up. >> joe, it is not a hard political thing to do. its standing up for american history. george bush will be here. but heres what former rnc chair michael steele said about it quote, we do dumb real well. it is astounding to me that whether it is supporting the continuation of the voting rights act or commemorating a pivotal part of american civil rights history, republican leadership prefers to sit on the sidelines. isnt...

>> be particular. pick that point. make that point, michelle. you have to define that term. i agree with you generally. you mean when they picked up the dixie crats. >> i would say the sole of the republican party lies in the southerners that fled after the passage of the civil rights act and precipitated the migration of the center of gravity in the republican party to the south. and you see this, you know, not just in the evolution of the elected officials in the party but also in polling of t...

And say wait a minute, i wouldnt say that. and i think as michael just pointed out, what is missing in that statement is the person in the room that would normally say dont put that one out. >> but theres a lot more than that missing here. this isnt a failure of management or oversight. this is an existential problem. that is what knits it together. >> be particular. pick that point. make that point, michelle. you have to define that term. i agree with you generally. you mean when they picked up...

Years now and look at what this speech and what it meant to so many people back then that were fighting for civil rights in this country, we look back at how far we have come. but for people, though, that were living through that time, was this speech -- was this show of support, the hundreds of thousands of people that ascended on the mall, was that seen as a radical move? >> i think at the time it was radic radical. it was unprecedented for there to be such a mass demonstration, an interracial...