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Changing the filibuster rules, rules joe manchin and kyrsten sinema are still defending. joining us now is the veteran leader of the naacp legal defense fund, which she'll soon be departing after nearly a decade heading that legal powerhouse. it's so good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> was the president's speech a real call to action, or was he messaging exercises to satisfy the democratic base especially black voters who supported and won him the nomination and presidency? >> i think it's a great question and gets to the heart of the matter. i think the president's speech was importa...

We want to get this legislation passed. when we think about the work we've done for voters, i understand how challenging it is to get your party in line or to get votes that are not there, but that's not work. that's what we do every single day. the same kind of standard of going out and making sure that we get it done, this is game time. we also expect that. that we expect that the president, we expect that congress, we expect that the democratic party, but we also expect republicans. there were 16 republicans that voted for the reauthorization of the voting rights act. what has happened betw...

In washington have seemingly not been able to break through with enough voters outside of washington on the issue and urgency of these democratic repairs, small d. it's easy to see why. 800,000 deaths, school closures, economic disruptions, rising inflation, prices at the pump, crime is up. given these kitchen table issues, if you will, the state of our democracy might seem like a luxury item giving the other issues facing them and their families. not to dismiss the democracy issue. the fact of the matter is many voters are dealing with what is in front of their face. you got it? now, it doesn...

Republican party they could have a free for all and been doing it since and we've been sounding the alarm long before trump came to power and we need people to understand this is a democracy issue. this is not an issue for black people so we're in a crisis because what they were trying out just on black and brown people they have decided to run the tables on the whole nation. so everyone needs to wake up and say what are you going to do next? what are you going to do? at this point, it's all hands on deck. >> because if they coming for us, they always start with black folks and then come for t...

We want to get it done this week. every day we let go by is every day we're seeing our community be attacked and we're seeing the vote marginalized. we have to recognize the critical nature. this isn't a partisan issue. this is a democracy issue. this is around how people when you vote for a candidate or you vote for a party, however you vote, you can't be attacked, right, based on who you voted or how you voted for. that completely undergirds democracy, that's the definition of political corruption. so we're saying that we've got to move with a sense of urgency, that democracy in this country...