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>> what we see in this group of legislators, they're acting like the george wallace -- are they engaging with a strategy with 21st century twist. you gave the policies in passing, 500,000 people lose their medicaid january 1st, 2014. 165,000 unemployed workers lose unemployment benefits july 1st, this year. then a slew of voting rights, which not only violate 15th amendment, 24th amendment, violate the state constitution which has been in place 145 years. majority doesn't give you the authority to violate the constitution. what they're doing is they're passing in constitutional, uncivil laws. ...

Century and now you have to live with the consequences because that's the way democracy works, what do you say to that? >> i would say the reality is that's not how government is supposed to work because even when you have a majority, can you not violate the constitution. this group of legislators are acting like they're the george wallaces of the 21st century. you gave the litany of all of the policies that they are in passing, 500,000 people will lose their medicaid on january 1st, 2014, 165,000 unemployed workers will lose their unemployed benefits on july 1st of this year. and then the sle...

In 2012, has turned into insane, right wing distopia. hundreds of millions in cuts to unemployment benefits, drug tests for welfare recipients, a proposal to end funding for judicial elections, there's proposals to limit access to abortions and an ill-fated effort to make christianity the state religion. perhaps the most nefarious, the slew of voter suppression bills turned out by state republicans. everyone from a voter id bill that passed the house to proposals to cut early voting

Attach, with a five-year felony. secondly, the other day, when they had the hearing, the overwhelming majority, over 80 pe persons came to the general assembly and said, we do not need this. the reality is, this is not a matter of polls, it's a matter of constitution. in the south, if you would have polled people years ago on segregation, they would have wanted it, but the constitution says it's wrong. the 14th amendment, equal protection. the 24th amendment, no poll tax. north carolina's on constitution says all elections must be free and you can't pay us laws in north carolina that are in vi...

Of the population more comfortable and more confident when they go to the polls. >> meanwhile, the north carolina chapter of the naacp compares the voter i.d. bill to, quote, a poll tax. we believe in equal time. with me now the president of the north carolina naacp, reverend willi william barber. how you doing? how is this a poll tax? >> first of all, this whole process is utterly ridiculous. the reality is here in north carolina, we have the best law already. it's called signature attach station, you get a five-year felony. the law has worked. north carolina has had the highest turnout in vo...