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>> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me. >> ive been in the state house. i told you i worked 35 years as teacher, and ive been at the state house 21 years you. get girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper. but just call me by my nail. >> you have to work harder than everybody else. you have to work longer than everybody else, you have to work longer....

>> ive been in the state house. i told you i worked 35 years as teacher, and ive been at the state house 21 years you. get girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper. but just call me by my nail. >> you have to work harder than everybody else. you have to work longer than everybody else, you have to work longer. its harder. >> we had to fight a different way in order to gain respect from the men that we were sitting next to. >> this ...

For my seat. it was a matter of saying you know, why not me. >> ive been in the statehouse -- i told you i worked 35 years as a teacher and been in the statehouse for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? i said listen, just call me barbara. representative cooper but just call me by my name. >> you have to work harder than everybody else, longer than everybody else. have be smarter have to show up earlier. its hard to run for office as a woman. >> we had to fight a different way i...

How did that feel? feel kind of good? >> yeah. >> i am woman. hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i, too, beat a long-time incumbent for my seat and it was just a matter of just saying, you know what? why not me? >> if have been in the state house and worked as a teacher. and ive been at the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? say, listen. just call me barbara, miss barbara, miss cooper, representative cooper. call me by my name. >> you have to work harder th...

Cooper said call me by my name. black women in particular foundational to so many movements and the most loyal democratic voting bloc saying call me by my name. if we can operate behind the scenes, theyre the political mules. we expect them to carry the weight, especially black women. carry the weight when all things are failing. turn to the polls. now theyre stepping up saying we can do this. we can take change. >> are we seeing the issues shift? we have seen black women voters change the outco...

And we went to the streets. we went back to our old community roots. we talked to people. when you give us qualified, strong black candidates, we will turn out to the polls and vote. >> how many of yall have beat guys to get to where you are now? how did that feel? that feel kind of good? >> i am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> ive been in the state house. i worked 3...

I am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat, and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> ive been in the state house. i told you ive worked 35 years and four months as a teacher, and ive been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? say listen, just call me barbara, ms. barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper, but just call me by my name. >> msnbcs tremaine lee joins me now. that ...

Turn out to the polls and vote. >> how many of yall have beat guys to get to where you are now? how did that feel? that feel kind of good? >> i am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> ive been in the state house. i worked 35 years as a teacher, and ive been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barba...

>> so look, a lot of this has to come down to money. not only was congress maj rogers but representative cooper of tennessee, being advocates of the concept, but they were kind of annoyed with how the president put this out there because its as if, he as you write, hijacked the issue and could vastly inflate the budget process because it wasnt really thought out. can you talk about that? >> thats right. representative cooper was very concerned about that. representative rogers was not because he...

feels like february here in new york city. welcome to american morning. >> i just cant believe it is november 1st. where does time go? good morning to you. up first, herman cain fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. problem is, his story just keeps changing. the gop frontrunner is defending himself against a politico report against two women that accused him of inappropriate behavior during his tenure at the american restaurant association in the 1990s. we begin with ...