and these translate into votes and bringing other people in? i think that s a fair assessment. reporter: these women are the foot soldiers of a powerful voting bloc. cnn exit polling shows black women supported democrats more than almost any other voting subgroup, helping drive democratic wins in last year s midterms. a fellow sister, the first black woman to enter the 2020 fray. it translates into a ready made group of people who will come when she calls. reporter: this isn t just a friendship or a sisterhood. we re talking about political power. we re talking about political power, and we have it. we have it. and we re going to leverage it. and you ll see. it s going to make a difference. reporter: you re looking at a built-in infrastructure, and here s why. there was a connection that was made back on the campus of howard university that has transcended miles and years that brought us here today. reporter: a bond crossing more than three decades. in 1986, 38 women
when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. that is of concern. you may not agree with someone s religion, but don t say to him, it is illegitimate for you to hold those positions. catholicism is not extreme. their attacks are extreme. i looked at the exit polling for the last few elections and there has been a bit of a shift of catholics away from the democratic party. obama won catholics 54-55. you are seeing a little bit of a shift. it is not usually pronounced. there have been some really interesting stuff written, the archbishop of new york wrote, a profound opinion piece in the wall street journal or in
he s not the guy you would think would become the figure of the resistance to the so-called elites that working americans, particularly men, latch onto. and yet there s very little question if you look at exit polling from the 2016 election that s exactly what he did. he convinced a good number of people, largely white men but also women, noncollege educated that he was their voice when honestly you could walk out on the street here in washington or in new york and almost certainly find someone who is closer to their socioeconomic background, their educational background, et cetera, et cetera, than donald trump. yeah. well, what are you saying? that most working class people don t have gold toilets? i mean come on. part of this if i can pop in here, was that donald trump convinced republicans that he would make them rich.
trump s taxes says he s given him a lot more. donald trump goes to private schools. he brags about, you know, the models and actresses he dates. he has his own plane with his name on it. he s not the guy you would think would become the figure of the resistance to the so-called elites that working americans, particularly men, latch onto. and yet there s very little question if you look at exit polling from the 2016 election that s exactly what he did. he convinced a good number of people, largely white men but also women, non-college-educated, that he was their voice when honestly you could walk out on the street here in washington or in new york and almost certainly find someone who is closer to their socioeconomic background, their educational background, et cetera, et cetera, than donald trump. yeah. well, what are you saying? that most working class people
what the president has said. but in exit polling, 71% of democrats supported impeachment so it may not be a question of whether impeachment proceedings begin but when. i stand by impeaching the president of the united states. i ran on that. democratic and republican negotiators are supposedly planning to meet again today after yesterday s meeting in the words of president trump, didn t make much head way. i sat down with the president s acting chief of staff shortly after those talks on saturday broke up. and i began by asking him, why so little progress is made? the first line that the chief negotiator said is we re not here to agree to anything which is a stunning way to start a negotiation. and then why is that stunning? i mean, none of their bosses were there. and the president wasn t there. so nobody was in power to make a deal. there is no question. it was clear nobody was there to make a final deal? correct. the mandate of the group was to find agreement on som