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MSNBCW AM Joy July 26, 2020

Mitch mcconnell chose the country over the loyalty when 45 was impeached and its because the republicans controlled the senate they got away with this. One of my proudest moments i looked barack obama in the eye i said, you will not fulfill the Supreme Court vacancy. Its because republicans control the senate they were able to ignore the constitutional duty and dismiss the impeachment trial from the getgo. This thing will come to the senate and it will die quickly and i will do everything i can to make it die quickly. I am trying to give a pretty clear signal, i have made up my mind. If it wasnt in any doubt. We will have a lot more on the senate races in just a few minutes but first, ali velshi, one of my favorite people, traveled to pennsylvania to talk to some voters in the key Battle Ground state. Take a look at some of what they had to say about donald trump. I just have been so disappointed with whats been going on in this country for the last four years. The leadership, its just been meek as far as im concerned. I have never been a big trump cheerleader. Im frequently dismayed by his lack of president ial decorum, but on the other hand hes a manager and ilike the way hes managing. Hes setting a tone that my 4yearold did that, i would say dont speak to somebody that way. Youre not going to change somebodys mind. We cant sustain this for another four years. And joining me now is ali velshi, im so excited to share the screen with you. Great work talking to the voters there and i have to ask you, so the former gop chair rob gleason said that the support for trump is pretty much immovable in pennsylvania. He said the bigger the controversy, the more trump flags and signs go up. What do you make of this . Yeah. Look, i have seen a few of then on the drive here. I spend my weekends in fact, im here most of my time in pennsylvania but im an hour away from where i am in bethlehem. The conversation i had with the six residents of bucks county, three were republicans, three were democrats. Not that they didnt agree on stuff. Its like they were in slightly different universes. Their entire Life Experience was different. What i thought was useful was that they were listening to each other. They were sort of talking to each other. They werent arguing with each other. But it does seem that they get their information from entirely different bubbles. And i think thats what part of the issue is. So somebody makes a point here and somebody makes a point there, but theyre not actually talking with each other. The bottom line in a place like pennsylvania though is many fold. One its a more diverse place than it looks like, even in the rural and suburban areas. Number two, this. Im in front of the steel plant. This is Industrial America and this is where donald trump and, by the way, Bernie Sanders were trying to appeal to voters to say, i can help revive this. I can make us into the manufacturing country again. Donald trump had a ham fisted way of doing that with his trade policy ended up getting us into the trade war but its the trade policy that made the jobs do away and we didnt do anything about it for the people. So what is a sense of you all cheated me to some degree, who is most honest about the jobs coming back. Four years ago, donald trump won the support of if you take out the people who supported him because of the rhetoric and racism, workers said maybe he can do something. He couldnt do it when the going was good, now a hundred days to go, most people are starting to say he probably cant do it now. But the beauty out there as opposed to being in the studio every time im out here, i realize that people are not raiding the reading the broad Cross Section of stuff or watching a broad section of tv like you and i consume. Theyre getting the message theyre getting and thats whats resonating. But i think we need to be out more talking to people. I have been watching you on there, the best part about it is that youre there and the worst part about it is we have backtoback shows and we never get to talk to each other. One of the best things about my job is talking to you. I agree. Thank you so much, ali. I love it. I love talking to you. I want to keep you for one more second because i have to ask, in philly, the black voters in 2012 really made the difference there. They came out for obama. Yes. Also not lost on me this is joe bidens home state. This is where he was born and he likes to tout his scrappy upbringing in scranton. I wonder how the two things will play. Do you think the black voters in philly will come out this time for a biden ticket . I think they do. What you see is an expansion of the grip the democrats have on the cities. Pittsburgh and in philadelphia. You have seen that now starting to spread to the counties. We talked about the suburban people, well, thats what philadelphia has got a lot of the kind of suburbs and they are more blue than red right now. Because it is those people who dont subscribe to the social conservatism. They dont subscribe to the racist stuff coming out of the administration and theyre realizing that while the stock market is doing very well and it resonates with that crowd, what are jobs looking like and why is this coronavirus still carrying on to the degree it is . And i think the philadelphia and the surrounding areas are safely democratic at this point and i think that the africanamerican population in those places does tend to be quite politicized and understand whats going on. So i dont think philadelphia is going to be the problem, but i think the issue as you mentioned specifically is enthusiasm and making sure everybody comes out to vote. Thats the challenge particularly with the coronavirus and the issues around mailin ballots. Well, we will see what happens. Thank you. We have to do more of this, i hope. Thank you, my friend. We absolutely will. Absolutely. All right, joining me now is Jamie Harrison, Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina running to unseat Lindsey Graham and mike espy democratic candidate from mississippi. Im so excited to talk to you both today, because you have both outraised your competitors. So im going to start with you, jamie. You for the Second Quarter have outraised Lindsey Graham. One thing i find interesting about your race is in both camps a lot of the money is coming from out of state. Lindsey graham gets a lot of out of state fundraising, so do you, which says all of america knows how important these senate races are. What do you think about your chances in unseating Lindsey Graham and how is it going with the people inside your state in South Carolina . Well, listen, tiffany, its so great to see you. I hope that expect the msnbc brass needs to know that crosstalk needs to be here every week. Today is 100 days out and we are launching here in South Carolina our allin for South Carolina campaign with the South Carolina Democratic Party. The energy on the ground in South Carolina is like nothing i have ever seen in my life. I have been doing South Carolina politics since i was 16. We have 60 Staff Members from the Democratic Party and over 1,300 volunteers that are out all over South Carolina getting our message out. We are going to send Lindsey Graham home because hes the relic of the old south. This is about building a new south, a new south thats build and inclusive and diverse and we are looking to our future and not being anchored in our past. Come join us, Jamie Harrison. Com and be a part of the effort to really change this country. But specifically, change the south. Let me stick with you for a second, because you talk about building a diverse coalition. You got an endorsement from Dick Wilkerson. Tell the people who Dick Wilkerson is and why thats such a big issue for your campaign. He was the president and the chairman of michelin north america, one of the Largest Companies here in South Carolina, but what makes dick interesting he was cochair of grahams finance committee when he ran for president. He was a big supporter of lindsey, he has given him thousands of dollars but he said im supporting Jamie Harrison and he talked about lindsey, listen, Lindsey Graham lost my respect because when he did not stand up at the memory of his best friend john mccain, a war hero, then i said to myself, if he wont stand up for his best friend, what will he do for me and what will he do for this state . That is a question were hearing constantly all over South Carolina. What has happened to Lindsey Graham . This isnt the same person. Almost like watching a live version of the invasion of the body snatchers. We need a senator who is going to fight for us not more focused on his tee times or dinner with the president. Thats not what we send you to washington, d. C. To do. We need a senator to do the work of the people of South Carolina. And lindsey just isnt it. Well, dont go anywhere because im coming back to you, but i want to switch to you, mr. Espy. I have been watching your race for a long time. I covered it from d. C. The last cycle in 2018. You also have outraised your opponent, a republican, cindy hydesmith. What i find interesting about mississippi is that black people comprise almost 40 of the population, but because of rampant Voter Suppression, they dont necessarily comprise a large portion of the voting share. How are you going to i guess hurdle that obstacle in turning out the vote given the stark racial lines where how voters tend to vote in mississippi . Well, good morning, tiffany. Good to be with you and i do appreciate that question. First of all, we did we did outraise against senator hydesmith by three times and we can do it again. We just need more and more resources. If the democrats want to see me at their gains, in the u. S. Senate, then they cannot ignore the south. Because this race goes through the south, goes through South Carolina. And it goes through mississippi. Im glad that you mentioned our last race. That was a prelude. It was a runup to this race. We ran it 18 months ago. We had only six months to run and we got 47 of the statewide vote. Here in mississippi i want people to understand that we have more black voters per capita than any state in the nation. Just as you said its a problem just of turning them out. So our goal here in 2020 is to have more resources to get them out. Thats why im asking everybody to go to espy for senate. Com and thats what we need. More black voters than any state in the nation. Im get 99 of that, we have to make sure that more will come out and then because you cant win in mississippi by black folks alone and nor should you, we have enough counties, pockets and enclaves in mississippi now that will turn in prodigiously purple and even blue. So its our goal to go and get those moderate voters, those independent voters. Those voters that are tired of senator hydesmith that glorify the confederate symbols. Shes the only one statewide state official who didnt endorse taking down those flags. People are tired of it, tired of her leadership. They want to turn the page, they want to move on. They want to do the leadership and they want me i believe to be their next senator. So our goal in the next 100 days is to build the widest, deepest coalition of mississippi in history and pair that with the coalition that includes moderate voters in the suburbs, in the college towns, mississippi gulf coast. Thats a Winning Coalition in mississippi and a Winning Coalition in the nation. We just need the resources. Espy for senate. Com. Well, so im going to stick with you for a second, because the interesting thing about your race is that race is actually on the ballot. You could potentially become mississippis first black senator since reconstruction. I think thats just baffling to see. You counter that with mississippi is known for its Voter Suppression. One of only six states not to have made the state safer for voters in november. I have been watching you have the zoom rallies with voters trying to campaign in the time of a Global Pandemic. When its about a game, when youre trying to get out the vote, what else can you do other than the zoom rallies to make people aware of what is happening in mississippi. The fact that you could become the first black senator since reconstruction, youre running against a senate who tells lynching jokes during the last election cycle. She made a lynching joke, publicly, on video and the joke itself wasnt bad enough it was the laughter from the crowd. So i imagine that must be quite the experience for you running against someone like that. Absolutely. Absolutely. But she is an anachronism. She went to Jefferson Davis museum. She tried on a rebel hat. The rebel race coat, the confederate gun. But she said this is the best of mississippis history. Now, she said that in 2014. Not 1914 or 1814. So people know who she is. They know how she thinks, glorifying confederate symbols. And with regard to my being the first senator from mississippi since reconstruction, remember, i was the first congressman from mississippi since reconstruction in 1986 when i was elected in the 100th congress with john lewis. My friend and my memories go to him for today for sure. All we have to do again, we know the proscription. We know the formula. Its the building a large africanamerican turnout and pairing that with moderate voters worldwide who want to turn the page toward new leadership, expand medicaid. Lift incomes and increase educational aspirations. We will do that. We need the resources here in mississippi. Before i go back to jamie, i want our viewers to know that your father actually prepared the body of emmett till to go back to chicago after he was murdered there by a lot he would have been 79 years old yesterday. So it just punctuates the point that this kind of brutalized racism is not that old and it was not that long ago. I want to turn back to you, jamie, before i run out of time. One thing i find interesting about South Carolina is Voter Suppression. South carolinas home to about 950,000 eligible voters. But so many are unregistered. A part of this was because there was some rule they wanted people to give their Social Security numbers to vote and i understand that has been taken down and they have only to give part of their Social Security numbers. How are you planning to address that and how are you campaigning again in this time of a Global Pandemic . Yeah, you know, today in terms of campaigning in the pandemic, we are having a contactless sign pickup across the state of South Carolina. Because people have been anxious to get our signs and put out in the yards and to put in front of their businesses. So we are coordinating with our state party to make sure people pick up the signs without any contact. Making sure theyre safe along with our volunteers. So were doing all types of things to be as creative as we possibly can to reach out to voters and to talk to voters. But as it relates to the issue of Voter Suppression its a big issue not only in South Carolina, but across the south. When they got into the Voting Rights when the Supreme Court made their ruling, it really increased the activity in terms of suppression. And that is why it is so important for myself, so many of us to go to the United States senate so that we can pass a Voting Rights act and in order to stop the suppression. As we lay john lewis to rest today, i cant punctuate that point enough. Its understood that the south is red, but the south is only red until it aint. Thank you for your work and good luck to you both. Coming up, millions of working class americans are screwed unless Mitch Mcconnell gets his act together. Thats next. Thousands of women with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr her2 metastatic Breast Cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. 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