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>> this is what the republican party, not to be partisan here, but this has to do with the right to vote. they don't get a lot of men or t the -- minority or older people voting for them. >> the supreme court ruled there isn't any minority suppression any more. that's a problem that's resolved itself. >> you're laughing. you're laughing. >> this is, i don't know if this is actually a larger issue of vote suppression. it's about gun control. and a changing demographics in the state. the senator can speak to this far better than i can, but there sieges to be a strong sense of resentment of this ...

>> well, i think the republicans have examined the playing field as it were and through long and bitter experience they have come to the conclusion that is it is very difficult for them to win on a national level unless they cheat. so they are going to cheat any way that they can. we saw it in the vote suppression. that didn't work out so well. so let's just change systemically the way we change the votes and in states like pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, florida, like that, these are the battleground states that we need to win and we're narrowly losing them now so let's at least try to get some...

Swing state s if not coast to coast, do you as somebody who studied this, do you have any advice for someone who feels intimidated in their polling place? >> absolutely. this is illegal to discriminate against voters, to intimidate voters, disrupt the polling place, and target people unreasonably for vote suppression. if you see it, you should report it to voting officials and law enforcement officials. this is something that we need to be vigilant against. no matter what the intentions are of the people doing the operations they can and do often slide into using tactics that suppress legitima...

>> do you have any advice for summon that feels intimidated by someone in their polls place like that? >> absolutely. this is illegal to discriminate against voters, to intimidate voters, disrupt the polling place, and target people unreasonably for vote suppression. if you see it, you should report it to voting officials and law enforcement officials. we need to be vigilant against this. no matter what the intentions are of the people doing the operations they can and do often slide into use tactics that suppress legitimate votes. >> people need to be confident in their right to vote. wendy w...

It may be that his opponents were weak. it may be the hubris of thinking the money would get him through or vote suppression, but now the narrative is such and deeper than just releasing. it's about the system. >> when does newt gingrich engage? his spokes guy was on the program last night, but when does he get in the game and say this is something i brought up a long time ago. we have to revisit the issue. it's about transparency. there could be problems here. how could the republicans turn to the american people and say we have been calling for leadership in washington, but we don't have it ...