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the montana's taken quite a fe steps -- rollback democratic norms. in 2021, the republican stat legislature tried to end the statewide elections of supreme court justices and instead hav those justices elected b district, which, of course means the legislature coul gerrymander the map in support of conservatives, the same yea they also successfully changed the states voter i. d. law t ban the use of student i. d. s from montana colleges, makin it that much more difficult fo young people to participate in local democracy. according to one republica legislator, her party change the rules because, quote college students tend to b liberal, and quote i love when they say the quiet part out loud. in wisconsin, republicans ar
thank you all, and look for to see new soon, take care. as the congresswoman sai herself, she is a fighter an we thank her for sharing his very personal fight with the world, in the hopes of bringin about some good. and that very important notes, i wish you a good nights, from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, want to thank you for stayin up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow >> tonight on all in - >> we will continue to show up in the peoples house power to the people! >> with one expelled lawmake returned to his position and another on his way, tonight ho the anti-democratic movement thrives in state houses across the country. then - >> president trump - speak to us -- >> as the manhattan da sues ji jordan house republicans are trying to obstruct the prosecution of donald trump, rebecca traister and with th focus of trump's arrest may be costing us plus - >> under current kentucky law, the assault rifle that was use to murder five of our neighbor and shoot at - police officers will one day b auctioned off. think about that
state wraps. and they had no idea that when they were complaining abou criminal justice issues they really need to be talking to us they had no idea that an abortion ban was going to be coming down. they had no idea that what started off as a bathroom bill would then continue on and tur into anti-trans legislation. and they had no idea that th republicans would be s desperate to bring about voter suppression in the state o texas that we would flee the state and end up havin warrants out for our arrest an really bring national attentio to the issue - >> and i guess that's the poin of the exercise. i was talking to reverend al the other day and people alway say, you are just doing it for the attention, and he says
to the state legislature but also, democrats are in court to fight back against th gerrymandered map that gav republicans super majorities i the first place. it's a 60 to 40 state for trum in tennessee but it is not a republican supermajority state. democrats are going to be able to win back state legislativ seats and make a massive difference the republicans came backfired >> i could talk to you bot about this for a really long time i appreciate you both taking time to be with us you are both going down in the history books for the things that you have done to uphold democracy in this country. congresswoman jasmine crockett and ben wikler, thank you very much for being with us thi evening, for kicking the sho up off coming, back the manhattan district attorney fights bac -- prosecution of donald trump. but tishe case distractin america from the larger threat that trump poses that is next - how'd you get here? - kayak! they compared hundreds of travel sites to find a great deal on my flight, car, and hotel. - kayak. search one and done.
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they are trying to switch that race in particular to a top tw primary system, which woul effectively block any thir party candidates from th ballot it's all part of a scheme to defeat the popular incumbent democratic senator jon tester. republicans think he benefit from the current system, which allows third-party candidate to siphon votes from their nominees the montana's taken quite a fe steps -- rollback democratic norms. in 2021, the republican stat legislature tried to end the statewide elections of supreme court justices and instead hav those justices elected b district, which, of course means the legislature coul gerrymander the map in support of conservatives, the same yea they also successfully changed the states voter i.d. law to ban the use of student i.d.s from montana colleges, makin it that much more difficult fo young people to participate in local democracy. according to one republica legislator, her party change the rules because, quote college students tend to b liberal, and quote i love when they say the quiet part out loud.
already threatening to impeach a liberal state supreme cour justice who won last week by 1 points because they are worrie that they will she will help overturn the states abortion ban as well as their draconian worse than the natio gerrymander. those partisan voting maps are themselves of course inherentl democratic, while wisconsin is evenly split, 50/50 between th two parties, in terms of voter -- republicans have been able t rig themselves a near permanen supermajority in the state legislature. in north carolina, republicans managed to convince a democrat in a blue district to switch
in montana, state republican are trying to change how the elections are run, but only fo the 2024 senate race they are trying to switch that race in particular to a top tw primary system, which woul effectively block any thir party candidates from th ballot it's all part of a scheme to defeat the popular incumbent democratic senator jon tester. republicans think he benefit from the current system, which allows third-party candidate to siphon votes from their nominees
friday, did not know that they were warriors for democracy, who suddenly went into action. >> they say democracy dies i darkness well, it thrives in th sunlight when people see what they do - when people see thes authoritarian attacks across the country they will rally to your side. and there have been hundreds o thousands of dollars floatin into both justices campaig accounts, to the tennessee democratic party's account people are ready to make phone calls, to go to the bat to support them not only are they coming bac to the state legislature but also, democrats are in court to fight back against th gerrymandered map that gav republicans super majorities i the first place. it's a 60 to 40 state for trum in tennessee but it is not a republican supermajority state. democrats are going to be able to win back state legislativ seats and make a massive difference the republicans came backfired >> i could talk to you bot about this for a really long time i appreciate you both taking time to be with us you are both going down in the history books for the things that you have done to uphold democracy in this country.
yeah, that's kind of the point we need to get attention o these issues because what voters then start to look about what is going on in your state, in wisconsin, what you find is that they actually did respond >> absolutely. they are furious when they fin out that republicans don't wan them to find out one of the stunning things about politics today is that when you just accurately describe what republicans ar trying to do in state houses i wisconsin, across the country, voters initially think that it must be a lie. because they can't imagine tha anyone would try to get away with a power grab so brazen an extreme. in wisconsin we had the suprem court race they were millions of dollar of ads eventually, it sank and fo folks that republicans wer trying to, on the one hand, ri away the reproductive freedom, and on the other hand smashed so badly that voters would hav no ability to fight back against it their only path for voters t