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carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed. he won re-election to a fourth term in the senate 54 to 46%. that strategy worked, it worked well, making gant the face of affirmative action, a racial quota system that kept whites at a disadvantage ipfavor of less qualified minorities, it was potent stuff. the race baiting and the zero-sum politics, it moved people because it angered ....
The reagan doj pursued cases that sought to ban affirmative action policies. and thomas for his part stopped bringing class action lawsuits. that pattern earned clarence thomas a public admonishment from the naacp, but in the reagan justice department it earned him praise. thomas was flagged by edward niece and senator john thurman as well as bradford reynolds who lauded thomas as the epitome of the right kindho of affirmative action working the right way. bradford reynolds called thomas reappointment a proud moment. but thomas wasn t alone in the fight against affirmative action. at the same time was a man named john roberts. as a young white house lawyer roberts helped the justice department make arguments against any government use of ....
Of the republic. when we re so restrained by our performance of norms and standards, we can t use it as a guiding star to get to the truth. what is the point if they don t help us? and was not it thomas jefferson who said no one man should have all that power. in fact it s a kanye vote. he shouldn t even have the power that he has, let alone jefferson. i really enjoyed this and learned something we have as i mentioned, a lot more. elizabeth warren going right into trump country. chris hayes is anchoring it and he joins us live. also, we will speak to a reagan doj official who says donald trump did obstruct justice. now that ad is playing on fox news. plus, the new tariff war. george will is here to break it down. a new legal challenge playing ....