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the trans -- exactly 24 hours after he vetoed his states major abortion ban, while in the process, laying out a blueprint for democrats in 2024 and beyond. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning, it is, sunday may 14th. i'm ali velshi. for much of the past, year we have been tracking the many nuances of the fight for abortion rights. man>> other shifted from stateo state. in the immediate aftermath of the dobbs decision, we saw trigger bans quickly take effect in deep red states like arkansas, and oklahoma. that was followed by huge victories for abortion rights in the ballot box last year, when voters in five states chose to protect abortion rights. further proving that the majority of americans support reproductive freedom even inserted of states. and now, we are seeing a new fight play out in north carolina, yesterday, local law enforcement officials estimate that more than 2000 people turned out for the north
>> you mentioned the biden extremist ration trying to prevent white nationalists from being in the military. do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? >> well, they called him that. i call them americans. >> you heard that right. senator tuberville arguing that the pentagon is hurting the military by trying to drive out white nationalist and white supremacists. this comment was made in an interview that was made about his decision to block defense operations. -- former defense secretary has condemned what government was doing, saying it is hurting our military readiness. but tuberville says he placed a hold on the nominations because he wanted to -- intervals own alabama, would now need to travel to other states to access abortion services. however, tuberville has been her attempt to walk back his
social conservative advocacy group. we threw everything at the wall. so it started as scattered bills, restricting trans girls access to sports, and bathrooms, have exploded until one of the central talking points of the right. using language about children's safety, harnessing conservative anxiety about involving gender norms. this political strategy puts the rights and lives of trans americans on the line, and many of them are children. on friday, i had the opportunity to speak with two parents of trans and non-binary kids, listen to what they told me. >> it is painful to me, and as you said, they frame it as a debate, or an issue, and i am sure the rabbi will agree with me that our children's gender is not an issue, and it is not a debate. their existence is not up for debate, and that is what we have been trying to say for so long. trans people exist, and we are tired of them being used by these organizations that have such deep pockets, like the heritage foundation, and the alliance defending freedom.
that just said, oh i wouldn't vote for trump, they're a loser. they're going to come back to him the minute desantis stumbles. which is what nikki haley did, which is what lindsey graham did, it's what all of them did. what is the thing, man? what is the force? >> it is fear. they are terrified of his base. they are terrified of being set apart from the right. because of this evolution of the gop and -- it used to be the traditional republicans, they got by the tea party. the tea party guys got eaten by monika, and now the moguls are being eaten by the ultra maga's, and the right-wing crazies. and trump has served along the top of that wave now, very effectively, in terms of keeping that angry base. so what do democrats -- >> what democrats do, we were talking before the show, the republicans are not in the right place, certainly the far-right ones, with these abortion laws that are going around through the states. they are not the most same place as most americans are.
opponents of abortion are stil at it, very much how bad do you think this coul get? >> i think we are in a extremely serious moment i believe that the republica party is not starting at roe they will not start at roe they will not stop at women' rights i believe what we are seeing i a concerted rollback of civi liberties in general our right to privacy, our righ to bodily autonomy all right to marry whomever we wish to marry. all of this is at risk i don't think they will stop and many of the folks, there are so many people when we wer warning that roe was truly a risk all progressive hysterical this we are overestimating the risk, this is never going to happen and just as we warned about roe, we are warning about the ver real risks we're already seeing the attacks on trans americans, fo
hysterical they said that we were overestimating the risk, thi was never going to happen. and just as we warned about roe, we are warning about the ver real risks, and we are already seeing the attacks on tran americans, we are seeing the attacks on lgbt americans, w have even seen republica members of the senate insinuat that interracial marriage is something that should be up fo debate these are our civil rights and our symbolize and we have to resist we must resist these are attempts to rollback the basic human rights o certain communities of americans based on identity. >> this week fox news settle their defamation lawsuit wit dominion voting systems fo $700 million, it's one of th largest media defamation settlements in history, do you think in making the settlement dominion's lawyers made mistake in not requiring foxes
are so focused on these cultur wars, and they are so fixate on trans americans and lgb american and they are fixated on wha women do with their bodies i because they do not have a pla to improve the lives of workin people across the country. they just don't. we haven't heard a singl hearing or an idea that woul fundamentally make peoples material lives better. they have no plan on healt care, they have no plan on our economy. in order to distract from thei lack of preparation and thei lack of vision they are trying to attack some of the most vulnerable americans in this country. >> speaker mccarthy, in orde to become speaker, had to cu sums deals, we are one of th details on all of them do you think he's actually running his caucus or do you think someone else is >> he is not
far higher instances o violence new york city does. if we are actually concerned about crime, what we need to d is get guns off of streets and because jim jordan and the republican party does not want to address the crisis that i gun violence in america, the want to engage in a pursuit of political intimidation on th people who actually do want to hold people accountable. >> they ran on the economy inflation. but their focus has been primarily on investigation stoking culture wars this week they passed transgender sports ban i schools. what do you think of that? but also, how would yo describe their vision? >> the reason republicans ar so focused on these cultur wars and they're so fixated on trans americans and lgbt americans, and they're fixated on what women do with thei bodies it's because they do not have