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you talk about them in your ad. you say they're not dealing with the reality of the situation as to who's behind this. >> because like i said in that last line. we can't ever let this happen again. i feel like for the last 15 plus years i've been a public servant of the capitol police. a man of the people. protecting the people who protect the people who represent the people. so i don't think it gets any more public servicey than that. but i want a seat at the table. plain and simple. i want to not be dismissed as this angry capitol police officer. or angry democrat. angry leftist political activist. now i'm about to be an angry your equal. an angry colleague of yours. i'll have a seat at the table and that means pushing back when they are out there spewing the lies that they continue to peddle that they know are lies, too. just look at the night of january 6th when they went back
you know, for the most part, a lot of the black dancers that have been taken into elite professional companies have lighter skin or are biracial because they can more easily fit in. they can pancake their skin to be a lighter colour, to fit in with the rest of the corps de ballet. would it be harder if you had darker skin, would you be... ..misty copeland ? absolutely it would be harder. i mean, there are so many dancers that have the talent. this is not an issue of not being able to find talented black and brown dancers. this is an issue of not having the support, not having the access or opportunity and not being... ..not being seen as equal. all the girls put on powder, but you're being asked to put on the same colour powder, pancake. white. and then that's when i start to think, like, what's going on here? do they want me to look like myself? or do... do they want me to be an individual and still be able to take on this character?
you know, for the most part, a lot of the black dancers that have been taken into elite professional companies have lighter skin or are biracial because they can more easily fit in. they can pancake their skin to be a lighter colour, to fit in with the rest of the corps de ballet. would it be harder if you had darker skin, would you be... ..misty copeland ? absolutely it would be harder. i mean, there are so many dancers that have the talent. this is not an issue of not being able to find talented black and brown dancers. this is an issue of not having the support, not having the access or opportunity and not being... ..not being seen as equal. all the girls put on powder, but you're being asked to put on the same colour powder, pancake. white. and then that's when i start to think, like, what's going on here? do they want me to look like myself? or do... do they want me to be an individual and still be able to take on this character? but as myself in my brown skin
fighting for the people of maryland, for the people of the united states, and to continue to defend democracy? because i think on january 6th, it exposed, one, how weak and fragile that it is, and i don't think it is an exaggeration to say -- it may sound scary -- but we are one election away from the extinction of democracy as we know it. i mean, democracy said it himself, that he is ready to be a dictator. you know, a lot of his supporters will sit there and say, "oh, he's just joking." but how many times has he said the things we thought were jokes that he actually did and took them seriously? right now, i'm here to announce my candidacy to fight back and be able to push back against the people in congress right now that i spent the last 15 years of my life protecting. i want to serve as their equal, as their colleague. i want a voice at the table. i'm ready for that challenge. so you can find out more information about that at harrydunnforcongress.com.
and that is why he doesn't understand the most fundamental truth about this country. unlike other nations on earth, america is not built on ethnicity, religion, geography. we are the only nation in the history of the world built on an idea, not hyperbole but built on an idea. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal. it is an idea. declared in the declaration, created in a way that we feel everybody is equal and should be treated equally throughout their lives. we have never fully lived up to that. we have a long way to go. but we have never walked away from the idea. we have never walked away from it. and i promise you, i will not let donald trump and the maga republicans and force us to walk away.
[applause] >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal. i promise you, i will not let donald trump and maga republicans in force -- [applause] >> jeanine: while joe gins up fear that your next door neighbor could be a maga extremist -- busting up extremists hopes. he might rub her how democrats liberal press hyped the narrative -- you might remember how democrats hiked up the liberal press that radicals have infiltrated the american military. biden's own department of defense looked into the allegations and found no evidence of the u.s. military packed with violent extremists. according to the report, there were fewer than 100 substantiated cases for extremist activities by members of the military in recent years. all right, jesse, i will start with you. joe biden ran, he was going to
see politics as an all out war as a way to resolve our differences. all out war is what trump wants. that is why he does not understand the most fundamental truth about this country. unlike other nations on earth, america is not built on ethnicity, religion, geography, we are the only nation in the history of the world built on an idea. not hyperbole, built on an idea. we hold these truths to be self- evident that all men and women are created equal, it's an idea declared in the declaration, created in a way that viewed everyone is equal and should be treated equal throughout their lives. we have never fully lived up to that, we have a long way to go, but we never walked away from the idea we never have walked away from it. i promise you, i will not let
all out war is what trump wants. that's why he doesn't understand the most fundamental truth about this country. unlike other nations on earth, america is not built on ethnicity, religion, geography, we're the only nation in the history of the world built on an idea. not hyperbole, built on an idea. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal. it's an idea declared in the declaration, created in a way that refute everybody's equal and should be treated equal throughout their lives. we've never fully lived up to that. we have a long way to go. we have never walked away from the idea. we have never walked away from it before. and i promise you, i will not let donald trump and the maga republicans force us to walk
some form or another, some directly lying, and others when with allies, and 2/3 of them voted to not count the votes from arizona and pennsylvania based on those lies. will you be able to work with those people? because one of the responsibilities of a member of congress is to actually work across the aisle with people you disagree with to get things done for your constituents, would you be able to work with marjorie taylor green or lauren vilbert quick >> i think so, i was able to protect them and i believe in democracy, what i as an officer disagreed with almost every single thing that came out of their mouth, i do believe when we have a common equal position, and we need to get things done, i could easily be dismissed as a regular officer now but nine your equal, let's sit down and this needs to be done, i'm up for it, it depends on them. >> lastly i want to ask, i
states. even if it was an insurrection, donald trump did not engage in it, which is the words of the 14th amendment because all he did was give a speech and that is protected by the first amendment. some of those same arguments we've heard before. one of the arguments i've heard is that due process requires that he be found beyond a reasonable doubt to engaged in insurrection, and that certainly isn't the case. and even he doesn't make that argument. i think in most civil matters preponderance of the evidence is the standard that could be used and so looking as the colorado supreme court did to the january 6th house committee hearings seems to be perfectly appropriate for determining whether there was or was not an insurrection. >> there's a sense those who had been proponents of the 14th amendment, section 3 that the colorado case -- there are 17 states that have a view on whether or not donald trump should be disqualified from running, but the colorado case was the strongest. how do you evaluate that? i've heard people ask me aren't they all equal?