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One vote. he was speaking in 1963 when the court was grappling with the equality of voting representation, but the idea he was expressing that inside of the ballot box all voices are created equal is at the very heart of american democracy and only in a presidential election one man, one vote is just that, an idea, because the truth in practice is this. individual voters the one man or one woman do not actually choose the leader of the nation. that decision falls squarely on the hands of another american institution, the electoral college. a presidential candidate does not dream of 51%, but th...

>> good morning, how are you? >> i'm good as part of the comp prom my the federal government would block not on the use of federal funds but city funds, your funds to pay for abortions for low-income women. why do you think that happened? >> well, think we were a bargaining chip in this political game played around the budget. as you indicated earlier, the district has no voting representation in the house. we have no senators. so we are an easy target. folks in congress, frankly, did will do things to the district of columbia that they wouldn't even do in their own home districts and this is ...

Accurate as far as describing how the president approaches things. when he's attacked or feels that he is being attacked, he punches back. he's done so throughout the campaign, throughout his presidency, and for whatever reason, latinos, hispanics, have been a target repeatedly. in this case, he's attacking on an issue a population, u.s. citizens, but ones who do not have a lot of political heft. they don't have voting representation in congress, so maybe for trump he feels like there is not a lot of risk in attacking these particular people in this situation. it's sad, obviously. the response...