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And we even had legislators go into the well in the chamber of the state house of representatives and basically say, too many people voted. what they meant was too many people of color, too many black people voted, and that is the reason why they felt that they needed to pass this type of suppressive legislation, this jim crow 2.0 legislation. >> georgia state representative dr. jasmine clark, thank you so much for your time. i hope you will join us again as we continue to follow this important ...

And we even had legislators go into the well in the chamber of the state house of representatives and basically say, too many people voted. what they meant was too many people of color, too many black people voted, and that is the reason why they felt that they needed to pass this type of suppressive legislation, this jim crow 2.0 legislation. >> georgia state representative dr. jasmine clark, thank you so much for your time. i hope you will join us again as we continue to follow this important ...

And not a single person who supports these measures can point to, quote, the massive fraud or the quote, persistent problems that these pieces of suppressive legislation seek to address. i think its absolutely strategic. i think thats why people need to say no, no, no and say yes, yes, yes to voting. >> and is there a political strategic element to president obama raising this issue over and over, trying to rally minority voters to the polls who do vote democratic? >> i think its bigger than sim...