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You go through these periods in our country were the leaders in washington and our state capitals, they forget what theyr duties are. one of the reasons house republicans are so united right now, our instincts here, as we just look at the facts, its not just the procedure, but us on the substance, how deeply flawed this all is. if the democrats are going to rely on presumptions, lies, hearsay, and 3% of the dots not connected, and we have the other 90% of the story, lets lean into that. as far a...

There are so many solutions beyond this guno debate that seems to be a stalemate in state capitals and washington. lets put them in place and getting these offenders before they get to the point where they say, hey, you know what? im going to create havoc. to kill a lot of people and im going to make the 10:00 news. there are a lot of steps to be taken. let them get in there and pray and vote and be proactive and put things that place to stop these guys so were not constant talking about dead bo...

Started all of these protests in hong kong, even though that bill is dead, as you can see, the protests are not stopping and not shrisking and as of this weekend, china is still doing big showoffy, intimidating military exercises, just immediately over the boarder from hong kong, hint. hint. but this weekend at least it appears they did not try to club and tear gas their way through this absolute sea of humanity that turned out to protest for democratic freedom. so this is a turning point. we sh...

There were also protests this weekend in all 50 u.s. states. >> this gathering -- >> this is a shot from st. louis, missouri. gun reform groups met at state capitals and local landmarks in town squares all over the country this weekend to try to press for new federal policies regulating guns and ammunition and gun accessories. and they really were all over the country, all 50 states, just these shots here, baltimore, maryland, columbus, ohio, san francisco, california, boston, massachusetts. the...

To be okay with. so i mean, i know that behave can be usual, but it shouldnt be. >> no, it shouldnt be. melania, our best wishes to you and to chris. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. it is pride month. youll sigh the rainbow flag flying at many buildings, for the first time over state capitals in new york, and wisconsin, but not at u.s. embassies around the world. the trump administration has denied requests to fly the flags that show support ...

And i hate to keep asking this question over and over again, but when are republicans, not only on capitol hill, but in state capitals across america going to finally understand that donald trump being a 40% president or a 33% president was always going to lead to them getting destroyed in the off year elections which we said and is only going to lead to them being destroyed in 2020? the party is being dismantled bit by bit. can you name a republican in america with any authority that understand...

African-americans. >> without question its modern day voter suppression. this goes to the question of was there a discriminatory intent of creating the exact match law. we dont know that. we know its had a discriminatory impact given the percentage of african-american voters. now knowing that kemp is in charge of this voter suppression initiative while being candidate for governor. if it stinks, it stinks. thats whats going on in georgia right now. david, this is a two decade strategy, if you wi...

When one party controls the state government, they also have the ability to change voting districts and gerrymander wing ways that can skew the outcome of leks. -- elections. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue.. this is part of a bigger issue. >> thats where i want to go w...

Support a national popular vote referendum in enough states so that whoever gets the most votes would win. >> the shock of bush v gore and the fact that the person who didnt get the most votes won. six out of the past seven elections, the republicans have only been elected once. >> the american people have said we want the democrats in charge, not the republicans. yet, the democrats hold no power, not the white house, not the senate, not the congress, not the supreme court. our state capitals, 5...

Fight since gore won to get that out of the constitution, or to support a national popular vote referendum in enough states so that we -- whoever gets the popular vote would win. >> its interesting to think about that continuity. 2000, the shock of bush v gore and the fact the person who didnt get the most votes still got to be president. six out of the last seven elections democrats have won the majority. >> the republicans only won the popular once since daddy bush was elected in 1988. thats 3...