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Proving the lie that the election was stolen, which of course republicans in that state, republican secretary of state and republican governor, oversaw three recounts and it was not. i want to show you, rev, what president biden said yesterday at his democracy summit on the status of federal voting rights legislation. >> we need to enact what we call the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting right advancement act to prevent voting discrimination, provide baselines for assessing the -- ac...

Organizing their own decline to sign campaign that includes a major canvassing effort. >> understand that its really making voting more difficult. so were asking people to decline to sign. >> reporter: democrats claims the drive will depress minority and absentee voters are, quote, ridiculous, says rowe. >> the fact of the matter is you have to show your i.d. to by a 12-pack of beer. theres nothing wrong with having to show an i.d. to vote. >> reporter: whats happening in michigan is a slice of ...

Results, which somehow is still going on and is not going to change the results of the election in any way, shape or form, but because of the history of voting discrimination in this state. this was one of the states that until 2013 had to have any changes to voting laws free cleared under the voting rights act of 1965, what everyone is marching today to honor the anniversary of. but our viewers may not know that some of the supreme court also upheld restrictive voting laws in arizona that furth...

Sinema, what must you be thinking watching these rallies? >> well, watching the rallies, and knowing what the impact is of the law, the loss of the voting rights action. we have less protection than we did in 1965, in terms of voting discrimination. so if im the two of them sitting there, im thinking, our democracy is on fire right now. and i cant wait for bipartisanship. because my party actually has everything to lose. i have everything to lose. you know, if we think about it, its not just wha...

Lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act of 1965 into law. it enforced the 14th and 15th amendments and prohibited the voting discrimination that had taken over, that was so prevalent in many southern states in the wake of the civil war. as we mark the bills anniversary today we stand at a crossroads in this countrys fight for equality as the gop continues and ramps up its salt on voting rights in this country. according to the brendan center for justice, 18 states enacted 30 laws that will m...

Ultimately gutted the preclearance requirement which said that states with a history of racial discrimination in voting had to get preclearance before they made any changes. talk about what the erosion of the voting rights act means for the whole host of laws that were seeing passed now. >> the supreme court has substantially cut back the major tools in blocking and deterring voting discrimination. it makes it harder for voting activists like vote activists to fight back against the measures tha...

See, we need this restrictive voting thing or that restrictive voting practice and law and the like. the bottom line is todays decision is going to have to catalyze the voting rights bills currently pending on the floor in congress, because what the supreme court decision did, it didnt just remove a tool we have been using to prevent voting discrimination, it also kind of catalyzed and encouraged new rounds of voting discrimination with that language, nicolle, you just read about voting fraud. s...

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A million african-americans incarcerated. red lining, sponsored by the federal government, that specifically indicated dont provide african-americans with the loans they need to move into good housing. the educational discrimination. voting discrimination that warranted the 1965 voting rights act, the 1964 civil rights act. so i think the commission seriously appointed with leaders of this nation can look at the pain of slavery and to analyze its lasting effect and to begin to look at systemic r...

>> chief justice john roberts summarized his opinion of four telling words, "our country has changed." >> justice ginsburg has filed a dissenting opinion. >> race-based voting discrimination still exists. this courts decision -- >> -- is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. >> she called out the majority and said this makes zero sense. the entire reason that racial discrimination in voting is not happening is because we have this very important law. >>...