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get the votes in the house. and they're both incredibly important to the future of this country. president biden is on the front line, working on it. the american rescue plan got us back on our feet to the point where we're turning the corner on the pandemic, getting those vaccines out, and this is the next step. >> senator amy klobuchar, thank you for being with us again. joining me now, representing the district of columbia as delegate to the house of representatives, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. >> let me ask you this, congresswoman. you've been an activist, leader for decades. and during our march on voting rights at the national mall last month, thousands called on lawmakers to allow d.c. statehood. you have introduced are d.c. statehood bill to congress before. why is it so important now, more than ever, that washington, d.c.
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to flood into washington, d.c. to participate in this march on voting rights. there's a bunch of people all across the country. already before the march has started, hundreds of people are gathered here in mcpherson square. the plan is folks will gather here and commence to march down to the national mall. one thing i think we should remember as we commemorate this anniversary, the march on washington wasn't just about social or racial equity. it was called the march on washington for jobs and freedom. you have a conglomerate of different organizations coming to make their voices clear today, pushing for a shift in our voting laws, but also folks who are fighting for statehood, police, equity and justice. thousands expected. hundreds have already gathered. >> i'm so glad you mentioned that back in the 1960s this weren't just marching for freedom but for jobs, economic and material concerns as well. a lot of the groups today are marching for multiple issues. the top one, of course, is to
on this 58th anniversary of dr. martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech, a new nationwide push to fight what organizers consider to be voter suppression. take a look at all the cities joining the so-called march on voting rights. at least 18 states enacted 30 laws this year that make it harder for americans to vote. rallies are happening in places like texas, where just yesterday republicans moved their bill one step closer to the governor's desk, after democratic lawmakers left the state in a failed bid to stop it, calling it racist. our suzanne mazanne malveaux is washington. >> reporter: there are thousands of people gathered across the country but here in washington, two minerain rail mineral -- tw
the secretary of state of georgia when president trump called him and taped the call and said i want you to find 11,000 votes that's what i need. he was a republican, but said no, they took away his power in the legislation. that's authoritarian in its implications. and the only solution is federal action. it's a great clash between these states rushing forward all over the country but congress has the power legally and constitutionally to do something about it. the question is, does it have the political will. >> the secretary of state in georgia held the line there. brad raffensperger held theline somebody installed there won't. >> absolutely. that's why a lot of us call for this national march in washington august 28th. which is 58 years to the day of the father's i have a dream speech, the march on voting rights, because when you look at the fact, this will be an ongoing onslaught, which is why you need federal legislation.
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