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Joe biden would not have won georgia or any of these states without black voters. this is the priority, and not for black voters but all voters. i'll be damned, republicans are going to wake up one day six years from now, and they're going to turn around and they are going to be glad that these safeguards to democracy will pass. they're going to be in the minority, and they're going to be glad that these bills are passed. >> martin luther king iii said next year, there can be no celebration of his father's holiday without this legislation. >> yeah. >> and joe biden can pick up the phone and ca...

When the democracy was in a 911 state of emergency, what did you do to put the fire out? did we rise to the moment, or did we hide behind procedural rules? i believe that we democrats can figure out how to get this done, even if that requires a change in the rules. which westablished just last week that we can do when the issue is important enough. well, the people of georgia and across the country are saying that voting rights are important enough. i think the voting rights are important enough. >> what a compelling argument. rev, all we've been hearing is, we can't change the rules of the fi...

We can move if we decide to move, and we must move. >> i saw jonathan's interview with jean-pierre, and we love her. she's great, fantastic. she said this thing you've heard for a year from the white house and from supporters of the white house, which is, he is doing everything he can. the president is doing everything he can. and i say, humbly and respectfully, it's just false. it's like the president has given a couple of speeches. he gave one back in july -- was it june, july? one at the summit for democracy last week. we see what happens when a president decides something is their top prio...

Legislators do, and then talk about passing bbb. right now, willie, again, this -- everybody i talk to that's worried about democracy, they're all looking at this saying, this is the bill. you're right, you're not just talking about hr-1 which federalizes way too many things. there's a lot of crazy stuff which will never pass. we're talking about the john lewis voting rights act, which the supreme court said, hey, you need to do this for us. the old reauthorization is dated. pass something like the john lewis voting rights act. then they need to address how these state legislators are changing...

President donald j. trump lost the election. they were deceived into believing the presidency had been stolen, their country was threatened. they had come to washington to fight for what they thought was right. >> they feel they're the heroic revolutionary courageous warriors who are saving democracy. >> but they were wrong. it was all a lie. january 6th was insurrection, disguised as patriotism. wrapped in a trump flag. a lie fed to them from their president, their members of congress, their tv and radio shows, their friends on social media. >> it should have been predictable. you know, we sa...