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Rights as a woman. that is certainly disheartening and alarming. although, yes, i am certainly heartened and inspired by all of the galvanization. one of the things that we know, with this coalition, once groups are fully funded we know that policies will change, both on a state by state basis, as well as nationally. we also know that our culture will change, because again these groups are every day on the ground fighting for the dream of martin lewis luther king junior and thirdly we know that ...

To look at, ayman, is that its on the state by state basis. there are a few states where they play that card, and they have failed. the trump candidate lost. and did not win. that now has created a very competitive environment for democrats in those particular states. then you have states like pennsylvania and maryland, where the ads worked. the question certainly now, as you showed the poll on pennsylvania, where the candidate who was supposed to scare the heck out of pence -- it is within four...

>> give me your political sense here for a moment, what should democrats do to more effectively oppose these candidates? and i wanted to be careful in the way we characterize those ads because democrats are paying for them, but they are really running, and they are leading the republican field and in every campaign, candidates attack one another, are the democrats, you know, who are running these ads during the primaries, are they galvanizing trump supporters to the republican voters to the adva...

Coming this november. >> give me your political stance here for a moment. what should democrats do to more effectively oppose these candidates. i want to be careful in the way that we characterize those ads. democrats are paying for them, but we are really running. they are leading the republican field, and in any campaign, candidates attack one another, are the democrats who are running these ads during the primaries, are they galvanizing trump supporters to the republican voters? to the advant...

Faster on a state basis. >> lets be candid. we dont see a lot of profiles in courage politically. >> a gentle way to put it, sir. >> it is. and im talking about state -- look. we focus so much on talking about changing the laws. and thats important. i mean, clearly. i was a prosecutor. i understand. weve got to do something with the laws. but the fact of the matter is, and i think the mayor really captured it. this is a culture. this is something that goes beyond that. if we want to get things c...

Take even more action. because -- >> because florida did this. when rick scott was governor, went further than the bill that was passed. so i think other states, if youre in another state, you can say, look what florida did, lets do more than florida. >> when it came time -- >> now they have -- >> the federal level, both the florida senators -- >> there are state legislators that can get things passed faster on a state basis. >> lets be candid. we dont see a lot of profiles in courage politicall...

And multiple rulings. the chief justice slammed their utter refusal to comply with this courts orders as rulings of law. but this past friday, a federal court voted to allow ohios legislative map to go forward this cycle, despite the fact it has been declared unconstitutional multiple times. essentially it rewards the run out the clock strategy, while also ignoring u.s. supreme courts previous decision that federal courts shouldnt weigh in on state redistricting. this is cynical and lawless thro...

With by congress or by our state legislators who can analyze hopefully the accurate facts, right, and then make conclusions based on what the people they represent, how they think this should be dealt with on a national and state basis. jacqui: you think that would weigh pretty heavily on decisions around healthcare workers. how does that feel different than, you know, other employments -- other types of employment that we are dealing with here? >> yeah, so i think this is why thats going to be ...

To finish our work under the constitution of the united states and the laws of this country. [ applause ] >> elections are conducted at the state level not by the congress. the only role congress has with respect to the electoral college is to open and count vote submitted and certified by the states. no more, no less. actually our founders were deeply suspicious of consolidated power in our nations capitol. rightly ly concerned with fore interference in our elections if they were decided in our...

Senator schumer is committed, to bringing our bill up again. this is the bill that you know senator manchin has signed his name on the title line. he was in the group of us that worked on it with senator petito and warnock. and senator merkley and cain, in king in myself. spanning the country. we put together a really good bill. and basically it addresses this. this should be a federal crime in this kind of stuff happens. we should not allow state legislatures to arbitrarily fire local election ...