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On this historic visit, where we have not only the president of the united states, but also our vice president coming to this historic place, the cradle of the civil rights movement, of the american civil rights movement, here are great state of georgia, to talk about how our democracy, how our elections infrastructure is being attacked. they should hear from activists and organizers and ordinary georgians on the ground about what they would like to see from this visit. so, again, some people might frame it as a harsh criticism. i absolutely see it as articulating the demand from their base. >...

So that there is no doubt that this historic visit, where we have not only the president, but our vice president, coming to this historic place all, the cradle of the civil rights movement -- the american civil rights movement, to talk about how our democracy, how our elections infrastructure is being attacked. they should hear from activists and organizers, and ordinary georgians on the ground about what they would like to see from this visit. so, again, some people might frame it as a harsh criticism, i absolutely see it as our articulating the demand from their base. >> what happens when th...

People, whether they attach themselves or see themselves as democrats or independents or republicans, to recognize that whenever you have people who are being punished because of who they voted for or how they voted for that's a slippery slope down a road of what we're saying the death of democracy. we need to recognize this is not a partisan issue. if this was just around a policy difference that's one thing. we're literally talking about having access to the ballot, free and fair and equitable ac access to the ballot. why would we need hold our elected officials to account to say they're goi...

Done. what was your reaction to her speech on the senate floor on thursday? i speak for myself, insulting, as many of us did. >> i thought it was insubtling, serve serving. it came the same day the people around her are leaking that she will run for president soon. i think it is an affront to the republic and the democratic system that underpins it. they're not up against people who have some policy difference or philosophical difference. they're up against people trying to engineer 2024 to be the last election in america. they want to capture the machinery of gov. they want to do an autocrati...

Muslim community who may have been aurpded shepp is adding she has reached out to omar's office to speak directly about the policy difference they have to focus on. i want to bring from capitol hill correspondent garrett haig, congresswoman boebetter says for an unnecessary distraction. though she's the one recorded making the comments in the first place herself. how do you see this moving forward between these two congress people? >> reporter: yeah, apologizing for an unnecessary distraction that she, herself, create. it's not an apology that would fly in my household. i don't know how it wil...