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According to your algorithm, you found thousands of voters in georgia was affected by this and prevented from casting ballots last year. how did that happen? >> thats right. thanks for having me on. what we looked into was the effect of distance to the polls. basically how far do you have to drive from your house to the poll to cast a vote. that affected peoples likelihood to vote. 214 voting places closed down after a decision in 2013 made it possible for states that previously had to get precl...

Review any law coming out of any state that violates a womans access to reproductive health. and if it violates the constitution and roe v. wade, it does not go into effect. thats called pre-clearance. >> the voting rights act model essentially. >> exactly. >> you had an exchange with senator warren about twitter. why does that matter? >> ask the whistle-blower. ask members of the united states congress. ask the people who are prepared to testify about this presidents lawlessness and obstruction...

Told those states that engage in that behavior to cut it out, that you could not pass laws that have the ability to suppress votes without getting preclearance and for years that worked so effectively that the republicans pushed hard to get it gutted. in 2013 they gutted the act. whats happening over the last 20 years is states that have seen a shift in the demographics and have seen a shift away from republican conservative dominance, they have put in place laws that sound common sense on their...

When they talk about it, it often sounds very fair that they dont want voter fraud, they are -- its not about voter suppression. >> so part of the insidiousness of voter suppression and i use that word intentionally were used to the more aggressive 1950s, 1960s style voter suppression where its billy clubs and hoses and dogs and laws that say you cannot vote. well, after the voting rights act came into place, clearance told those states that engage in that behavior to cut it out, that you could ...

Return. >> the business interest of her family, all those things would be fair game. lets look at dianne feinstein returns. particularly her husbands relationships with china and her both some particular things, lets look at the clinton foundation tax returns and specific actions, for secretary clinton made when she was secretary of state that could be directly tied to financial contributions to her clinton family foundation. >> when the irs is abusing things, congress is supposed to be looking ...

Her tax returns? >> her tax returns and the business of her family and lets look at diane feinstein tax returns in particular her husbands business relationship with chinapa and her vote on particular things lets look at the clinton foundation tax returns and specific actions secretary hillary clinton took when she was secretary of state that can be directly tied to financial contributions to her clinton family foundation. mark: isnt this what congress is supposed to be -- you know, only when ir...

Receive department of justice approval for future changes to abortion laws. it would enact federal government preclearance requirements on state and local governments that courts have found violated roe v. wade, protections in the last 25 years. the 2020 democratic candidate explained her new proposal during an msnbc town hall last night. >> we will fight for women and their right to make decisions about their own body in consultation with their physician, with their god, with their priest, with...

All of those things would be fair game under this rule. lets look at dianne feinsteins tax returns and particularly her husbands business relationships with chain a and her votes on particular things, lets look at the clinton foundation tax returns and specific actions secretary hillary clinton took when she was secretary of state that can be tied to her contributions to clinton family foundation. >> is this what congress is supposed to do? >> no its not when the irs is abusing things congress i...

Making sure we re-establish our democracy and give it back to the people. >> in your view, and im sure -- do reps believe if they -- they wont win? >> instead theyll say things like, terri, i know you want to preinstate preclearance, but why are you picking winners and losers and picking on old states of the confederacy based on what happens in the 60s. i say i would love it if voting is -- we should have preclearance for every state who tries to change voting laws. you and i know thats a very e...

Do in georgia, and i would say had we had voting protection in section 5 in terms of preclearance in georgia, i think you would have likely won that election the clear question is, as we continue to deal with these issues, you have championed voting rights throughout your campaign, the candidacy and continuing will you deal with the voting violations, moving of polling sites, and all kinds of shenanigans that your opponent did in the election? >> we have been working hard with the state party, w...