Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120922:13:33:00
Howard brooks, senator from massachusetts, african-american republican. i said he was an african-american senator, the first one, after reconstruction. no disrespect to the one in 1870, 1871 in mississippi. since i just got through reading eric's history reconstruction, i would be gravely in error to know that. >> we need more people called hiram in politics. >> i agree. >> kevin, don't you think -- i almost said don't you think i'm right about something. i caught myself midway through. >> it has a retorqual gap. >> this sort of -- like shouldn't a massachusetts democrat vote for elizabeth war...