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Can become pregnant to have access to abortion care as it is guaranteed under roe v. wade. so we are in a situation where were being choked by this minority group. i hope that we can convince our businesses in texas to be reflective of the majority of people who live here and not this minority right-wing fringe that greg abbott is trying to court so that he can run for president. >> i think a lot of people remember you from your epic filibuster in which you tried to save, you know, womens rights...

Rights act the first time around. he didnt get there until the 1970s. when the voting rights act was up for reauthorization for the first time in 1982, jesse helms filibustered it, in his words, until the cows came home. he did everything he could to try to get rid of the voting rights act. that was in 1982. 1983, he led an epic filibuster of the federal holiday that would honor martin luther king. when he finally relented with his martin luther king filibuster after days of stopping that holida...

Im going to sing "dixie" until she cries, and they described it later to the l.a. times. said he did get right in her face and sing dixie in her face, oh, i wish i was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten. watch it all. make her cry. jesse helms epic filibuster against the martin luther king jr. holiday, interesting the ap asked him, are you worried how it would affect you politicly? youre in a state with a lot of black voters. not only was he worried about it. he was doing i...

Jesse helms did overlap with one african-american senator during his entire tenner, carols -- tenure, carol mosely braun. according to all involved, jesse helms look wanted at carol mosely brawn, his fellow senator, and turned to orrin hatch and said, "watch me make her cry. im going to make her cry. im going to sing dixie until she cries." and carol moseley-braun and her press secretary later described it to the "los angeles times" saying he did, in fact, get right into her face and sing "dixie...

Oh, i wish i was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten. watch it all. make her cry. jesse helms epic filibuster against the martin luther king jr. holiday, interesting the ap asked him, are you worried how it would affect you politicly? youre in a state with a lot of not only was he worried about that is what he was building his capital on. filibusterering, that was something he came back to again and again and again in his political life, proudly. he was not ashamed of it. he...

In congress. states senate seat in north carolina, that was opened in 1972. helm, and jesse helm, senator helms, ultimately got to the senate too late to stop the hated voting rights act, but when it was up for reauthorization for the first time in 1982, jesse helm filibustered it in his words, until the cows came home, doing everything he could to get rid of the voting rights act. that was 1982. in 83 he led an epic filibuster with martin luther king jr. when he finally relented, the ap intervi...

Grahams beloved unc as the university of negroes and commissiounis communists. and said this was the most dangerous piece of legislation in congress. he ran himself in the united states senate seat in north carolina, that was opened in 1972. and know is how we got jesse helm, and jesse helm, senator helms, ultimately got to the senate too late to stop the hated voting rights act, but when it was up for reauthorization for the first time in 1982, jesse helm filibustered it in his words, until the...

Remember where you were this time last year? because its one year this week from wendy davis epic filibuster in texas. one year this week since the supreme court struck down the voting rights act. its one year this week since the supreme court struck down the anti-gay marriage laws. its one year this week since the senate passed immigration reform. havent heard anything from the house on that. ts one year this week since the president launched his big climate initiative. and on one of those issu...

Impoverished single mother in a trailer home for sufficiently long to be able to put it on her resume? >> right. its that, and the other piece of it that jess and jim are both pointing to, is this idea that she was overambitious and she was a negligent mother, you know, a critique that would never be leveled at a man. so there is a very gendered nature of this. and i think, also, the right wing has been dying to expose the quote/unquote, real wendy davis, ever since she rose to national prominen...

Its that, and the other piece of it that jess and jim are both pointing to, is this idea that she was overambitious and she was a negligent mother, you know, a critique that would never be leveled at a man. so there is a very gendered nature of this. and i think, also, the right wing has been dying to expose the quote/unquote, real wendy davis, ever since she rose to national prominence. i dont know if you remember this, was after she waged her epic filibuster, there was this blog post going aro...