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Charge. >> what do you want? voting rights. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> people from all walks of life are coming together. we have one important message to elected officials. it's time to wake up. >> it's time. no more excuses. >> all the young people on the front lines of these issues. when we talk about issues that affect young people, it's important to remember more than half of the population are millennial's, gen zs or younger. they leave them to fight the fight won 50 years ago, that is lowering the voting age. if they can be 15 and an essential worker in a pandemic, shouldn't they...

As we all know, last night two nominally democratic united states senators, west virginia's joe manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema voted with republicans to block a change to filibuster rules to push through voter protection legislation, which we knew would happen after their twin overwrought explanations over the past week. >> and while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. >> i believe with every finer in my body that every eligible citizen of voting age should have the right to vote and ...

>> the hypocrisy, tyler, so, i'm curious from you, though, because i think both of you guys have articulated such smart, thoughtful reasons to lower the voting age. i think sometimes people who are a bit older think, oh, let's go out and get a celebrity to talk about these issues. i am curious from you, do celebrity endorsements impact these ideas? what are you looking for when it comes to spec engagement? do celebrities matter? >> i mean they obviously, you know, add sparkle and shine to the political process, which can make it a lot more exciting for young people. we're more interested from ...

Podcast and a youth organizer and current board member at power california. tyler, because you have been an activist on this issue, i'm start with you, why should the united states lower the national voting age from 18 to 16? >> first, thank you so much, tiffany, for having me on. and that's a great question. thank you so much for the privilege of starting this off. i'll start by saying, number one, we're deeply affected by the political decisions made now. we're a part of a broader conversation about the john lewis bill and the progress of that bill and the truth is that that bill actually af...

But who knew you could get rich making them? >> with google's power behind it, youtube was able to grow in a way the startup never could. >> youtube's now so influential it co-hosted last night's democratic presidential debate. the questions came from users of the site. >> if you were elected president of the united states, would you allow us to be married? >> i don't think that any of us could have possibly predicted the role that social networks would play in the u.s. presidential elections. >> candidates are gaining political supporters the way social networkers find friends. the potential ...