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My state representatives, Del. Rush and Sen. Edwards, should support the Right-to-Vote amendment during Virginia’s 2021 legislative session, which began Jan. 13. The Right-to-Vote amendment updates the constitution to permanently

The congressman took to Twitter to explain why he voted to overturn the election results hours after the U.S. Capitol was attacked by a pro-Trump mob.

Out of the way and let amendment four take shape and let us get to the process of registering voters. that is our job. that is our work. >> so just what happens now? hopefully the legislator puts an end to this and doesnt pass the bill. its not there yet. i think we all need to keep in mind that its better for all of us when we welcome returning citizens into the conversation and give them a real stake, welcome them to participate fully. voting right -- giving voting rights for people coming bac...

The founders of the country do not want the present with government payoffs in the intervention of foreign governments. what do we do? >> the emolument clause, the department of justice has long-standing rules about standing and raised the defense standing against congress, private parties, groups, and it is pretty well established law. i had to get your information. >> can you clarify that? as attorney general, you would be a defender of the voting rights of the people. americans face a number ...

Country. >> so, affirmative action has been an issue for the past 20 years, and excuse me, 40er year, and the supreme court has been saying it is constitutional for the past 40 year, and 40 different case, but what is different about the way that the case is framed is that for the first time we are seeing the focus on asian american students as plaintiffs, and that is a new move by the conservatives who oppose affirmative action. >> and interesting that you bring it up in the op-ed that you wrot...

But says theres questionable racist things up in there, and that makes a difference. again, i think we have to hear from him today and these folks testifying tomorrow and folks should not let sessions skate through here. >> they wont and should not, and tough questions are welcome from both sides and there are philosophical questions, and that doesnt make somebody a racist. this is a guy that prosecuted the first white man in the state of alabama, gave the death penalty for killing a black man. ...

Weve got to go talk to everybody. >> one of the things that one of your opponents tom perez who is going for dnc chair said for the dnc to fly fund the voting rights component in the dnc. an office devoted to voting right, if you didnt hear about it. do you agree with that idea and how would it work under keith ellison as dnc chair? >> i agree with tom on this. tom and i are friends, by the way. like a friendly game of basketball. im trying to win, but no matter who wins, were going to be buddie...

Its good to have you with me. i want to read a little bit of analysis from the "washington post" this morning about trump and the republican party when it comes to the topic of immigration. quote, trump speaks in ways that most republicans probably disagree with but the basic divide between the parties over what sort of posture to adopt towards the undocumented is deep and intractable. trump or no trump and could well remain a problem for the gop after trump takes his bluster back to private lif...

>> ten months ago, conservatives on the supreme court gutted the vote rights act. now the flagship conservative magazine the national review is arguing that the civil rights act and the voting right acts are forms of racial discriminati discrimination. and that chong shouongress shou those laws. in other words, they want to destroy the very protections against racial injustices that the laws established. this week, video emerged of a republican congressman saying hes not sure the civil rights is...

This program about his trip to selma. i credited him for going to selma. its great he went there as a symbolic event. but until these republicans come along with renewing the voting rights act, until they do that, then unfortunately, they will risk looking like this symbolism alone. >> and remember, that was a bipartisan effort. edward dirkson, arch conservative, former mccarthyite from illinois, put through that voting right, the civil rights after 1964, really rewrote it in the senate. and so ...