kind, mental relief. not everyone is able to breathe easier as questions over whether americans who needed help, the most will get it. we'll already know that black americans are not getting the vaccine in a way that's proportionate. coming up, we'll talk to a doctor who says it's not just fear widening that gap but lack of communities having access that they never had it to begin with. i also get into a gap in priorities in washington because even with his response getting high marks from the american people is already clear that just as when biden was last in the white house, republicans will have no qualms about extending american suffering if it means shortening a democrat's reach. double that if he's black or at least black adjacent. but this time they have two obsessions, biden and our former president, who is in no legal position to lead them to electoral redemption right now and may not ever be. as the tentacles of various civil and criminal investigations tighten around donald j. trump. in the meantime, the republicans will do what they know, they'll cheat at the ballot and nearly every statehouse in the country has seen vote are suppression bills curdle their way up since the new year. we start tonight with a panel -- can congresswoman -- we'll go straight to our congresswoman ilan omar, congresswoman from minnesota. according to the president this week, some americans may have already sooefd their relief money as early as this weekend. have you heard from any of your minneapolis constituents that they've received theirs as of yet? >> great to be with you reverend al. some have received their checks, some have noted pending in their accounts. it's really exciting that some have received that $1,400 relief that was desperately needed with so many of our constituents and with the american rescue plan, we were also able to extend it to the adult dependents and people with mixed statuses. so this is something that got done because so many people were willing to fight for this relief and it's really exciting to already hear from our constituents who are seeing it in their accounts. >> fight for many of the people that fought for this and you and your colleagues and what is called the squad have become the faces of the progressive movement in congress for better or for worse i'm sure. but we're at just about two months into the biden era and we seen where he's drawn down on some bolder initiatives. how do you assess the first nearly 60 days and spaking for yourself of course, where is the president's ambitions working and where is he not being ambitious enough? >> it's been really exciting to see a lot of the promises that president biden made of things that he would get done, reversing the muslim ban to get implemented on the first day and to see the recovery plan implemented in less than 100 days is really exciting to see these survival checks in the hands of people, to get a handle on the vaccinations and the spread of covid, give people peace of mind but we also know there's a long road and long fight ahead of us as we continue to fight for the $15 minimum wage for medicare for all, getting an immigration plan together, fighting for hr-1, which is the for the people act in reforming our democracy. there's still a lot of work ahead of us but the administration has been working hand in hand with the progressive caucus and we know that we collectively will deliver on behalf of the american people. >> now, while the relief package is certainly a step in the right direction, some lawmakers contend that it doesn't do enough for homeowners and some 12 million renters who are on average $6,000 behind on rent payments. this week you and progressive colleagues introduced the rent and mortgage cancellation act in congress, which would cancel rent and mortgage through april of next year, while a provision would compensate landlords for their last revenues. can you tell us more about it? >> yeah. so the rent and mortgage cancellation act does create a relief fund so that mortgage holders and landlords are able to get the resources that they need as we create forgiveness program for renters. look, the american rescue plan does extend the moratorium, it does provide rental and utility assistance, but it doesn't fully address the problem, as you just mentioned, there are about 11 million americans who owe about $6,000 in back rent. we already had a housing crisis. so many people are already housing insecure, many faced with homelessness and we have to do everything that we can and the solution under the rent/mortgage cancellation bill that we introduced is one that fully, comprehensively addresses the housing crisis that we have on our hands. >> now, you haven't joined us here on "politicsnation" since before the january 6th insurrection. you of course were at the capitol that day. given how much our former president invoked your name to incite his base, i'd imagine you had much to fear during those hours. fast forward two months later, the insurrection is being investigated on the hill, the fbi director is calling out the threat of white supremacist terror and the trial of derek chauvin for george floyd's death, which set off historic protests last year began this week, jury selection began this week in your district. congresswoman, obviously two months is not enough to undo the damage of the last four years or centuries. i'd like to hear your voice on race relations. you're not just one who talks on the hill. i remember you marched with us. i'll show a picture of you marching on the front line with me and king kung's granddaughter. you've been in the streets as well as on the hill. how do you assess where we are? >> we have a long way to go. racism is not only pervasive in american society, it's also pervasive on capitol hill. we just heard from senator ron johnson who said he was at ease with the insurrection as a mob that was chanting "hang mike pence," who was our vice president at the time, who came to harm lawmakers and in an incident where not only the fbi but capitol police felt that my life was endangered enough like leadership and placed me in protection with them and he said he would have felt that his life would be threatened if black lives matter protesters showed up. >> johnson said he was not threatened who people -- your life is as recognizable as anybody in congress and others in danger, including saying hang mike pence, who was then the vice president. >> and who injured more than a hundred police officers and led to the death of one police officer. and the deaths of others. that tells you where we are as a nation. there is lots of work that the administration, you know, president biden and vice president harris are doing in addressing race relations in our country. there's a lot of work that's getting done on the ground in our communities, but if we are not having honest conversation about how race is perpetuated in our systems, i mean, i just recently was celebrating the amount of resources that's going to black farmers and you heard senator lindsey graham talk about how that's reparations when we know that black farmers who make up 2% of the farming community and receive something like 0.5% of the resources that are available to american farmers really shows you how there is an unwillingness from republicans to address the inequalities that exist within our systems, address how race -- it's part of the decisions that they make in keeping some of the members of our societies without resources. so as we fight for policies that create true equality, we also have to fight the rhetoric that is coming from these lawmakers that ultimately trickle down and impact, you know, black communities around this country and ultimately lead to the murder of george floyd. >> all right. well, i'm sorry i have to leave it there. i'm out of time. always enjoy having you on. we're going to have the black farmers on the show tomorrow night. i'm glad you mentioned that. joining me congresswoman ilhan omar. joining me juanita and also susan del percio. coming up, stops are focused on key states for electoral victories. do you think voters will still remember this by the time they head to the polls in the 2022 midterms in. >> i think voters are absolutely going to remember this going into the 2022 midterms because this drum beat is just getting started, rev. this is not going to stop after this tour. anything that happens that implements a segment of this bill, whether it's related to schools reopening, child care tax credits, this administration is actually going to continue to remind voters that they delivered on this, they provided these implementations and the support in the face of obstruction from gop members. the other thing that's noteworthy is the white house plans to include mayors and governors from the states who are democrats and republicans to show how much support this bill had, even though the gop refused to support it in congress and to have those republicans out front staying my states needed this, my constituents needed this and that is something they're going to remember. >> after nancy pelosi called out republicans for always voting no and taking the dough, senator weiker did that approving about the stimulus bill. he voted against the bill and tweeted this saying like he was part of what, in fact, happened that was positive for his constituents. are republicans going to try to pretend they did vote for the very popular legislation and will voters buy that, susan? >> they may try but i don't think anybody's going to buy it, rev. what's more important of what the president is doing on this tour. it not just cementing what he has done. i agree with juanita, where it was an excellent point with even republican mayors and governors who supported this, but it's also showing government working. i think he's trying to get those approval numbers for him up in those states and that will pressure republicans come the infrastructure bill because they were on the wrong side of the covid relief bill. now it's time if they want to do infrastructure, they may want to get on board because this bill was at 75%. i imagine infrastructure will be about the same and i think that's the long game that president biden is playing. >> i want you both to take a listen to how house minority leader kevin mccarthy characterized the american rescue plan on fox and friends just yesterday. >> your money is going to pay for illegal immigrants' health care. your money also is being sent to san francisco city where your money will be spent giving alcohol and marijuana to the homeless. that is what that bill is doing. >> what is he talking about? juanita and then susan. i want to hear both of you responding. what is he talking about? >> he's talking about the same racist and classist play book we saw deployed by the previous president that we're going to keep seeing deployed across states in this country, really talking across the issues that will rile up that audience that watches fox news and get their interest. this is literally the best that they have. this is literally their response to, yes, people are getting direct deposits in their accounts. yes, schools are reopening safely. yes, more vaccines are being distributed. pull on racism? that's literally all they have here. >> i think they should stick to mr. potato head. everything else is above their pay grade. they really have no policy to offer up. it's just so clear. they don't even know how to attack joe biden or the democrats because the policies are so well received among the american public. >> and this is the minority leader of the house, the leader of the republicans in the house. let me bring you to another one. very briefly this week a republican state lawmaker in arizona argued that the quality of voters mattered just as much as the quantity. that's a quote. republicans are more concerned about fraud. so we don't mind putting security measures in that won't let everybody vote. but everybody shouldn't be voting. that's end of quote. i mean, is this straight out a jim crow or what? juanita? >> that's exactly right, rev. it's straight out of jim crow. we know the dog whistles. we've heard them since black have had the right to vote in this country. he's again resorting to the same play book. we know the claims around the 2020 election that were all lies. there was next to no evidence of voting fraud, yet republicans are still pulling on this string. and we heard the same type of argument from the arizona gop lawyer who presented in front of the supreme court the same concept and said with his entire chest that the reason they're arguing for these voters suppression tactics is because when more people vote, they're at a disadvantage from democrats. it's the same dog whistles the gop is trying to leverage here and it's outright wrong and why we need action from congress on bills like hr-1 that will protect people's rights to votes, that will remove barriers to voters and thwart the voter suppression tactics we see going on across the country. >> susan? >> i agree. voter suppression is i think the most important issue facing our country right now. it's the foundation, it's our democracy. voters should be picking their elected officials. elected officials don't get to choose their constituents. it doesn't work like that. and if republicans can't win votes based on competitive ideas and bringing good policy, then they shouldn't be elected and it's time to pack it up. you have to represent the people that elect you. if you don't want to have them, then get out. >> all right, i'll leave it there. juanita tolliver and susan del percio, thank you both as always. coming up, there's no other way to say it, the republican party got trumped and they're paying for it big league. first my colleague with today's top new stories. cori? 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