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Rights our cultural rights the rights to self-identify trumps all. >> how are these activists responding for example if somebody that was white wanted to identify as a person of color? you know, its really offensive on many different levels. being a woman isnt about how you feel. it isnt about how you dress. its about being born female. thats it. putting on makeup and changing your name to jessica doesnt make you female. i find it just really strange and appalling how many people are going along...

Issue, it seems like you get pass based on the color of your skin even if you have the same policy position. >> that may be true. >> martha: geraldo, go ahead, do you want to build on that? >> i just think it may be true that the democrats get a pass because they are black or brown, but when you tell them they have to come back from where they came from, thats a racial trope that has a lot of history and for katie to pretend the history of the southern strategy -- got to >> martha: it couldve be...

Half, have already faced racism. thats why we have affirmative-action. so i struggle with your decisions earlier in your career to self identify on state documents as native american. i feel that that disrespected the reason why we have those affirmative-action categories. so how do you overcome the bridge with voters like me would like you, who like your plans, who like what you have to say, but i have concerns about your honesty? >> martha: very interesting question. joining me now exclusively...

Matter what position any democrat takes, theyre going to be defined a certain way specifically, probably as a socialist by the president -- leland: we know thats the game plan, for sure. >> yeah, i get it. josh at least raises a fair point which is to say the majority of democratic primary voters do self-identify as moderate or conservative, so you have to recognize you cant simply go out and continue to run to left and expect to win some of not just the general election voters over, but some of...

Formerly moderate republicans are going to respond? will donald trump ultimately be reward eed for that racist rhetoric last night? >> well, its interesting. the strategy seems to be in the trump campaign that we can find more voters that have never participated before that see this world through this lens of hatred and anger. and i doubt that is true. but thats clearly their strategy. they think they can grow the number of people that are under their tent by finding people who have never regist...

America for the americans. americans are whites. i worn my white sisters, you doipts want any parts of that because next they are coming for you as well. the white women, 52% voted for trump. these folks are not with you as well. the white isssupremists patriar is real. >> as long as were talking about this issue, it has to be said that aoc stepped in it when she talked about a nancy pelosi and put a spin on it. she later walked it back. the implication being she was talking about women of color...

For the primary and nomination process and her for the general election season? >> if you break the if you break it down, and you compare to the iowa caucus or new hampshire primary, i think what im running on is much more in step with the iowa caucus and the new hampshire primary where you get a broad spectrum of democrats represented and participating. the social media primary, which is actually whats happening now, and in many ways, the dnc has encouraged this social media primary with the ...

Conservative evangelicals have looked to the courts for protection and for carve out when it comes to religious liberty, the culture is moving so fast thin this direction, th courts are what can protect our own liberty. i think that is what made that issue so important to evangelical christians, compared to where testifies when george w. bush was president. >> you know, susan page, tim carney points out that evangelical has now become a label that doesnt necessarily mean that youre a church goer...

Others say this is what were learning its open source, you know, were all veterans and doing it together please go and use this and help the cause. >> so there are about 16 million veterans in the country? >> just under 19 million. >> okay and half of them, so thats almost 10 million, are not involved in lawsuits at all? >> so thats what were trying to do is connect to them and where they are, and ive got my ideas and hopefully well find out through this endeavor why, but a lot of folks that are...

Area in philosophy and english, i also teach film, i think about 90% of the professors self-identify as progressive. as it turns out, conservative voices are going to be limited under this kind of policy and tom is right. you know, they say that politics is downstream from culture. so is policy. so once you get an a atmosphere thats created where faculty members have to be cognizant of the fact what they say nay come up in a year end review as a complaint or something like that. once you add to ...