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Questions and make sure that you are electing people that are going to work with the community. >> representative brown, hold for me for one moment. christina, i wanted to ask you a question. why would marissa alexander would have even needed stand your the ground? she was in her home, which is castle doctrine, which is law in all 50 states, right? why does she even need stand your ground? >> well, im not sure whether she needs stand your ground or not, but i do know, what seems to have happened...

Lens of the abuse she sustained through the course of that relationship. and i dont know miss alexander, but i dont know whether theres a family history of abuse. so shes making a judgment, from a history of abuse from this man, as to whether or not she was in mortal danger. that was just completely absent from the analysis of what happened here. and that was a mistake. >> representative brown, yes? >> let me say, she had a masters degree. she worked her way through school. she had no priors. so...

Case is so important. >> first of all, i want to tell you that your father is correct. 50 years later, each one of us still have to continue to work to make things better. >> yep. >> so the fight goes on. first of all, this female, a warning shot, the day that it happened, the day that it happened, it was a restraining order against her husband. >> yeah. >> she was beaten when she was pregnant and put in the hospital by her husband. >> yeah. >> and the way stand your ground works, the officer wr...

A consciousness. for her to have to prove her worth as a human being, theres not an american who doesnt -- who can understand that concept. that you have a group of people who are purely american, born in this country, that have to prove their worth, generation after generation, in this country. how -- rapists get less than this mother who was trying to protect her life and her child got. this is a dr. martin luther king moment. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. >> and congre...

Child conceived in the rape. representative brown says it was meant to target perpetrators of rape or incest who try to could have their tracks by forcing those victims to have abortions. she will clarify the language to remove any ambiguity. you can see why that has some people upset. bill: fox news alert. waiting major announcements from the white house of the president obama getting set to name new members of his administration. including chief of staff denness mcdonough. one of the president...

Guy, had this to say in response to congressman browns comments. quote, since the economic future of the united states depends on our tradition of technological innovation, representative browns views are not in the national interest. he is by any measure, unqualified to make decisions about science, space, and technology. wow. ready for something really scary in one of browns cohorts is todd akin who holds the theory that women can prevent getting pregnant in instances of what he calls legitima...

Michigan state floor for using the word "vagina." so tonight with eve ensler watching, representative brown performed "the vagina monologues" on the steps of the michigan state capital. in a last word exclusive, eve ensler and her new star, representative lisa brown, will join me. if you dont like vaginas, this is not your tv show. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and who doesnt want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more c...

And finally, mr. speaker, im flattered that youre all so interested in my vagina, but no means no. >> that statement got michigan state representative lisa brown barred from speaking the next day on the floor of the michigan house of representatives. the michigan house speaker said in a statement that representative brown, quote, failed to maintain the decorum of the house of representatives. >> if you cant say "vagina." >> that was state representative brown this evening on the steps of the sta...

Was about abortion, so it was germane to the legislation that we were debating, and, yeah, its just -- like i said, i dont think i did anything wrong. i dont know what terminology somebody would prefer, but i think vagina is the right word to use. >> now, representative brown, if using that one word on the floor of the house gets you banned from speaking on the floor, what do you think performing "the vagina moggoing to get ittle thing called free speech, so. >> i dont know about that in michiga...

Was about abortion, so it was germane to the legislation that we were debating, and, yeah, its just -- like i said, i dont think i did anything wrong. i dont know what terminology somebody would prefer, but i think vagina is the right word to use. >> now, representative brown, if using that one word on the floor of the house gets you banned from speaking on the floor, what do you think performing "the vagina monologues" on the steps of the capital is going to get you? >> well, theres a little th...