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>> when republican senator susan collins announced her decision to vote for brett kavanaugh today she became in effect the deciding vote in favor of brett kavanaughs confirmation. susan collins spent 45 minutes to get to the point of announcing that she would vote for brett kavanaugh. but it was obvious from the start when she began praising brett kavanaughs judicial record, and most importantly when she announced the standard that she used for evaluating dr. fords accusation against brett kavan...

Vote for whoever they wanted for united states president. that was left to the state legislators to decide who they would be. the founding fathers never believed in democracy. they never believed in one man, man vote. and they certainly never believed in one person, one vote. and so when it came time to design the united states senate, since they were not believers in one man, one vote, each statewide get two senators. the big states would get two and the tiny states would get two. i can underst...

Thats what sitting senators were supposed to look like and thats what voters were supposed to look like. most adults would not be allowed to vote in the founders design. most of them. no women were ever supposed to be allowed to vote according to the founding fathers. thats why there were no founding mothers. no black people were ever supposed to be allowed to vote because slaves were never supposed to be allowed to vote. no one educated, different states instituted different rules about how muc...

To read this before i see that its fake or something. >> i just immediately started googling susan rice connections to maine, susan rice, maine. >> that was the most economical sticking a toe in the water of politics in history. exactly two letters, m-e. >> and her clarification after everyones like, dude, you should, you totally should. after all that reaction her clarification clearly laying this is not a predicate. >> exactly one republican senator voted against brett kavanaughs nomination, a...

Senator. and they were wrong about that. they were wrong about a lot. but it does mean that you have to work much harder in this country if you really do believe in democracy. if you want to elect a united states senate with a majority that actually represents a majority of the people, then you and everyone you know who feels that way has to work much harder than the founding fathers ever believed that you could or you would. and that means that every election matters whether its a mid-term elec...

Your chance? >> i told senatoooor murkowski i watched brett kavanaugh does not have the temperament to serve the justice supreme court. i asked senator murkowski to be brave for all the women in the united states, i asked her to please vote no. >> and what did you tell sarah murkowski when you got your chance? >> i came to washington, d.c. as a mother and grandmother and plea senator murkowski and i had to thank her for being so kind to accept our visit and invite us to our office and to listen ...

This is not a predicate. >> exactly one republican senator voted against brett kavanaughs nomination, alaska senator lisa murkowski said she decided how to vote when she was on her way to the senate chamber to cast her vote. now, senator murkowski had women fly down from alaska to try to influence her vote, and it seems as though succeeded. we will be talking to two of those women later this hour. senate rules allow the video camera shots of individual senators only when those senators are on th...

Above the senate floor in the senate chamber looking down on senator murkowski when she was on the floor. and heres what he described in a tweet at 11:18 a.m. watched murkowski entire time. her demeanor changed a bit after collins and flake voted aye, her vote no longer the deciding vote. she looked down for a while, closed her eyes, blinked a bunch and then looked up with resolve. when her name was called she stood and said, no. softly. senator murkowski did not fully explain her vote until ton...

Senate rules allow the video camera shots of individual senators only when those senators are on their feet speaking. and so there is no video of senator murkowski as she entered the senate chamber having just made her decision on the way, as she was sitting there waiting on the senate floor and as that vote was approaching. we have no video of senator murkowski after she voted. steven dennis of bloomberg was able to keep an eye on senator murkowski from the press gallery above the senate floor ...

Had to own or how much wealth you had to have or how much you had to pay in a poll tax so you could cast a ballot. but even that favored white male minority that was allowed to vote was not allowed to vote for president. and they were not allowed to vote for united states senators. they were only allowed to vote for electo electors who had the in an electoral college and those election toors would be f vote for whoever they wanted for united states president. that was left to the state legislato...