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About their lives are not necessarily trackable on one political spectrum. they find issues they care about, but there has been an attempt, particularly on the right, and there's a white supremacist strand which has been there a long time, a neo-confederate that wants to delegitimize the political, legal -- well, that doesn't abide by majority rule. take aca. it's upheld by the supreme court, passed by both houses of congress. if people don't like it on this kind of neo-secessionist -- they want to say, no. by the way, rick perry, remember one of his big platforms was to nullify the 17th amend...

Medicaid for years. medicate is funded by federal government money and state government, the state government that greg collett was running to be a part of when he said he wanted to cut government spending. he is not just against government spending, uh-uh. he is just about everything government does. he has written a partial list what he is against, marriage licenses, i am against property taxes i am against federal ownership of landing i am against national parks, i am against driver's licenses, license plates. public funding of transportation, building permits. public libraries, public scho...

Rhoads in 1870 followed by bruce in 1875. both elected by the mississippi state legislature during reconstruction before the 17th amendment. of course was ratified in 1913. senators were chosen by state legislatures, not by direct popular vote. up next -- the lessons of the shut down. according to president obama. [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up t...

He has also written, i am against the 17th amendment. that of course is the amendment that allows vote tires choose united states senators instead of state legislatures, choosing senators. so he is against the direct election of united states senators which means he is against democracy. and of course, of course, he is one of those people who you see at every tea party rally who says, as he recently wrote, i am against government mandated health insurance exchanges. well, i mean, if you are against driver's license and license plates of course you are against government mandated health exchang...

Think, based on their own writings would be stunned by what's going on. so i think we ought to try and portray what they were intending to do. >> let's go to the second amendment to call to restore the senate and the first thing you do, the 17th amendment is here by repealed and all senators shall be chosen by the state legislators as rescribed by article i. anybody disagree? terry jeffrey. we'll get to you in a second. this was the original intention and the way we used to do it. explain. >> and it was defective. but this was part of the progressive movement in 1913. this along with the feder...