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But the democracy was under incredible pressure, and under attack, quickly before january six happened. >> congresswoman, murphy do you think from your vantage point right now and everything that you have seen and heard, that former president trump should be charged and held responsible, legally, for what happened on january 6th? >> i believe that the department of justice is the right departments to determine criminal activity, as it relates to january six. we are seeing they are doing that. ha...

Act, i was with him in the cloakroom. and he said to me, little brother, i was standing next to lbj when he signed the voting rights act. if you told me 48 years later i would still be fighting for voting rights, i said i would not believe it. he said, it will be up to you to keep fighting for these things. because those of us who did it 50 years ago, we are getting older. it is the same thing with our rights. the fact is, we are on a march across the bridge to the future, there are people waiti...

Rights, january 6th, this abortion ruling or now, the attacks on marriage and equality, we cant go into every individual, silent corners and i think we are going to win. we have to recognize that we are going to have to take out their infrastructure, just like they are coming for hours. also, we have to do the work to collectively mobilize, to use this as sort of the electoral driver. but also, to take on the enablers. those who say they are on our side, but still fund the right-wing politicians...

Shouldnt that be enough? enough to motivate people, not just in the lgbtq+ community, but everyone who cares about constitutional rights, to get out there and not just take to the streets, in protests as they have been doing around the country, but to take that activism to the ballot box in november, to vote in pro rights politicians? >> i absolutely agree. one of the things people are missing is that this affects all of us. what happened on friday affects everybody. it affects street people and...

To put forward that candidates will actually inspire people, it is to move people into actually taking on the forces, picking the fights which will actually motivate people. yes, it should be enough to say that the republicans are bad, the right-wing is bad and they will take away our votes and our rights, our ability to have our families protected. but in some cases, we have to help people, 365 days a year see those fights. thats why i continue to talk about the work to hold corporations accoun...

Hope for the future? >> well, jonathan, you know when i was growing up, poor, black and closeted, i never imagined someone like me could run for congress let alone get elected. it was because of the work of people who came before me, and lead the world into what it is, today where someone like me could be in the united states congress, and have me as the first openly gay black member of congress. that is something that people should draw strength from. that our work has been successful. and of c...

In that grave. it is still fresh. the supreme court totally not caring that governors have right to protect their citizens. people of the state do not like where they are, going they can to get out on us at the polls. but they want these gun safety laws. and it is not even legislation. it is 100 years old. we just passed a ban on assault weapons for people under 21, we have red flag laws. we banned all kinds of -- we are doing everything we can hear, and suddenly, despite our best efforts, the s...

The chairwoman says they are moving towards building a staff that, quote, truly reflects the diversity of our democratic caucus and our party. and democratic state just decriminalized marijuana, cuomo to impose fines those caught with small amount of weed, expong low-level pot convictions, the bill would not fully legalize the drug. brian. brian: americas economy booming under president trump, one congresswoman claims has nothing to do with the presidents policies, here she is. >> the wages are ...

Not because donald trump wants them to go up. does that make sense? because the movement of fight for 15 is growing. the movement to hold corporations accountable is growing and because of movement work. not because of who is president of the united states. transformation from the civil rights movement to the labor rights movement didnt happen because somebody interduroduced bill or whoever was president and it happens because people here in the county, wayne county and detroit, they demanded it...