that they, not only hold m beer, i got a whole bar behind me, i need you to pay attentio to in terms of what they r gonna do but one real quick point i wan to stress with david, exactl right. in terms of what s happening a the state legislative level, that s the laboratory that republicans have been workin for a number of years now, you may wind, but trust me, in a couple of years, of gerrymande that see one last point, democrats do i too. i m in blue maryland, and we don t have the numbers that we should have based on the population in the vote supporting there, democrats. david, let me ask you one thing. i was talking to timothy snyder, the expert on misinformation and the big lie the other day, i, said what we do about the stuff? he said, support local journalism, go to school board meetings, run for office, loca office the bad news is, we don t cove state and local politics where the stuff is happening is. the good news is, the averag voter who is incensed, actuall as much more p
federal level. they re not interested i seeing these pieces of legislation pushed further they re taking a wing on the fall of roe v. wade. but how does that discussion take place in the republican party? how would those republicans an conservatives, who think tha this should just go forward on other things, and not abortion how does that debate play out? aly you know, in this moment, we are looking at the rollback and within the republican party, there are still trying to fill their way as well. but you know, it s not about the will of the people, it s about this ideology that som of the party wants to keep pushing. and pushing the boundaries wit it look at what is happening in idaho, now you have physicians ob/gyn s, who are afraid i people crossed the line from idaho, that they indeed, i they do perform abortions in some of these safe spots lik maryland, that they will to be convicted or tried or arrested what have you. you know, this issue is such a political hot potato, that
want to stand by them. they are tired of us challenging them, simply put we are losing what we see as our democracy right before our eyes and our tennessee hous republicans literally just showed their hand. you had legislators who were unsure attorneys serving is no only the witness, th prosecutor, the jury and the judge of two black men yesterday. and our voices are going to ge heard, regardless, out of al of this. well, a couple of people wh have heard you are president biden and former president obama. they show their support. but what did it mean to have the vice president of th united states actually come an be with you today? what i saw with madam vic president with us in nashville today was the ability for us t say that we are unified. that s what we are we are one unit, whether it the state, whether it s th federal level. we are one unified body of people to be able to see another blac
be with you today? i saw with madam vice president with us in nashville today was the ability for us t say that we are unified. that s what we are we are one unit, whether it the state, whether it s th federal level. we are one unified body of people to be able to see another blac woman come and be able to stan with black people, black men and for our community to kno that there is someone else fighting just as hard for us - their world is watchin tennessee right now. it is something that everyon keeps on saying. and it s really, really true and you can be assured that we are going to continue to fight with our partners at the federal level for the justic that we need here at the state of tennessee you know, phil williams local natural reporter, tweeted, quote, privately som republicans expressed concer to me that these events are no only alienating independents but also gop women who don t want their kids getting killed at school. gop women who don t want their
that there is a lot of peopl in this country who will fee incensed, impassioned, angry and motivated. it s the point of all of thi was to silence the man of color, the women of color, bu progressives, the equity folks who dare raise their hand an hold the megaphone they have another thing coming to them. it really feels like this is a inflection point a signal moment for people who care, not just about gun safety, not just about representatives of barack recipe, but about th big future of the american project. this is a big deal, and to try and pretend it s anythin otherwise, or that people ar paying attention is foolish. completely foolish but again, there s nothing else to go to, the only thing they can do i try and keep people out of a legislature because they hav power. this is why in 2024, and state across the country and at th