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Point. they are really seeming to be more focused on restricting -- passing restrictive laws that really would directly impact those voters who we did see turn out in record numbers, especially voters of color, other marginalized folks in 2020. but, you know, one thing i would point out, nicolle, and this is a story we reported first day on the 19th. i mean you have organizations like stacey abramson's fair fight action that are going on offense in the face of the restrictive voting laws and voter restriction efforts. they just stood up a website today so that the expected 102,000 or so voters...

With an actual deputy of justice that works on behalf of the american people. to see a.g. garland file that suit was just a lint of a relief. but we have to keep pushing. here we have not just voter suppression, but literally taking the vote away. i saw the purging of over 100,000 voters in georgia. you know, rev f this was another country we would be talking about sanctions, we would be talking about cutting foreign aid. and we have a term for this -- because you know i also focus on foreign policy. it's called the closing of the democratic space. that's exactly what's being attempted here in...

>> absolutely. this past friday, before we kicked off our initiative, the secretary of state announced he was purging 100,000 voters from the voting rolls. now we're seeing in one county, a majority african-american county in southwest georgia, they're attempting to close polling sites there. in addition to that they're actually pulling people off the board of elections. this is a blatant abuse of power and we need federal legislation to stop that, to actually expand some protection, and we need to make sure the courts are aligned. >> michael waldman, is there a way to get at some of these pro...

I think perhaps people can be uncomfortable with change of any kind. i really hope that this is not what is doing this. i hope that -- i hope that it is maybe coming out of the pandemic and people were having trouble coping and someone latched on to this and it's erupted. >> okay. this is coming from a conservative think tank a heritage foundation and they have an entire page dedicated to critical race theory including institutionalizing across american society and purging whiteness to purge capitalism and the left is implementing critical theory in schools. if you combine that with what you s...

Institutionalizing across american society and purging whiteness to purge capitalism and the left is implementing critical theory in schools. if you combine that with what you see on the fox news channel when it comes to crt, these kind of places where this misinformation is coming from? >> i believe so. i believe that louden county in particular in our school system is being used as a hub to promote these falsehoods and it is unfortunate because we are a stellar school system. we are one of the top school systems in the country, and we are being promoted as something we are not, teaching some...