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History to show you protected this democracy by protecting the right to vote. this is not just an african-american issue, it is a democracy issue, it is a freedom issue, it is a justice issue. we want to see where these republicans and democrats all stand. we know that senator sinema and manchin have not moved in the direction we had hoped they would move, so we wouldn't be having this conversation. but we're here. resolute and all the actors i know that are out here, we're going to keep fighting. we're going to keep pressure the white house, keep pushing, find other ways to address some of th...

And on the democratic side, for most people who are democrats, voting rights is very important, but there are 19 other issues that are equally or more important. it may be climate. it may be immigration. it may be economic stimulus. it may be child care tax credits. it may be minimum wage. it may be student loans. we could go on and on with the list. but democracy is just one of that set of issues, and what needs to change on the -- among democrats is that democrats need to understand that none of those seven things i just listed are going to matter at all if we lose our democracy. and none of...

Power to disempower voters and really the american people, because it's not -- this is not a black issue, this is a democracy issue. our democracy is under threat. we know about january 6th. there's a lot going on in this country, and voting rights is fundamental. the other thing i want to also lift up, jonathan, is we know what's going on on capitol hill. that's why we're also stepping up for economic justice. things like paid family leave need to be a part of the build back better plan, as well. >> as your t-shirt says, voting rights equal economic justice. one more question for you, melanie...

Based on the same lies, all the democrats' phony hysteria. what's your response to that? >> that he is both aware of and afraid of the reality that voter suppression is emanating from the states and is being suborned by his leadership and by those in his caucus. this is not a democratic or republican issue. this is an american issue. this is a democracy issue. and the lengths to which republicans will go to pretend that the insurrection didn't happen and that the continued insurrection that is taking place by stripping voters of their rights, that it's not happening, is emblematic of just how ...

We're talking about stacey abrams, the founder of fair fight action. she joins me now. she was at the voting roundtable with senator klobuchar yesterday. thank you for joining us, ms. abrams. republicans were given the chance to have witnesses testify. they didn't. not a single senate republican showed up, mitch mcconnell said, and i quote, it was a silly stunt based on the same lies, the democrats' phony hysteria. what's your response to that? >> that he is both aware of and afraid of the reality, that voter suppression is emanating from the states and is being suborned by his leadership and ...