this country. so i think that republicans have determined that talking about racial inequality is going to be a wedge issue to really stoke resentment amongst their base, and they are conflating critical race theory, 1619 project, any true accounting of the history of our country as something that is in opposition to america and to whiteness, which of course it s not. you just mentioned that. you mentioned critical race theory. they ve latched onto this term, chris cal race theory, to stir up controversy. how do you cut through the noise on this because it seems like the gop s slogans the slogan tactics, it seems like they re working even though critical race theory, right, is in its purest form critical race theory is not being taught in elementary schools. it s not even a part of the curriculum. so why do you think that? well, one, they ve yet to show me the fourth grade or fifth grade teacher who is teaching critical race theory.
glaud. monica? reporter: president biden has said democracy is on the line when it comes to the future of voting rights. for the last couple weeks, he thought maybe he would tour the country, maybe give a major speech. neither of those things have happened yet, but the most chris cal sign of a renewed sense of urgency and push on this matter is the fact that the vice president will be giving a speech at her alma mater, howard university, later this afternoon. after that behind closed doors, both the president and vice president will be meeting with the leaders of many key civil rights organizations to does what i ve been told is more the path forward. we don t expect to have any immediate outcome necessarily from this. as we know and have seen at the state level, so much is already
clarification on that gag order. why? because stone wanted the judge to okay the imminent re-release of a roger stone book about the myth of russian collusion with a brand new intro on the mueller investigation packed with lines like clearly i was targeted for strictly political reasons. we know that because it s already online. but that s not all. the special counsel s office then alerted the judge to this. who framed roger stone another post on roger stone s instagram account. later deleted. today in a new court order judge jackson made the court s displeasure with this pattern of behavior chris cal clear. the judge shredded the argument that the book wasn t a violation of the gag order because it was previously planned and the judge gave stone until march 11th, next monday, to explain how he planned to come into compliance with the gag order. to explain all recent social media posts, including deleted one. this is the same judge who in issuing the gag order a couple of weeks ago s
life, one and why is somebody so offended? why can t you deal with the problem? when you offend people, you listen seriously to that and if they say that language is bad for these historical reasons, you do your best to avoid that. do you think that applies in the case of omar herself and some of the sort of tropes for lack of a better word that some say she played on. i think, chris, the bigger issue is do people have good faith objections? yes, they do. has the reporting been awful? it has. let s be clear. she hasn t said anything about jews. i got her e-mail today saying you wrote an article and didn t mention how she accused those jews of having loyalty to israel. she didn t say that. she talked about supporters of israel insisting they show allegiance to israel and that s undeniable and reported for years. i think that is what is important here, chris. a lot of good faith krcriticisms
investigation packed with lines like clearly i was targeted for strictly political reasons. we know that because it s already online. but that s not all. the special counsel s office then alerted the judge to this. who framed roger stone another post on roger stone s instagram account. later deleted. today in a new court order judge jackson made the court s displeasure with this pattern of behavior chris cal clear. the judge shredded the argument that the book wasn t a violation of the gag order because it was previously planned and the judge gave stone until march 11th, next monday, to explain how he planned to come into compliance with the gag order. to explain all recent social media posts, including deleted one. this is the same judge who in issuing the gag order a couple of weeks ago said so i want to be clear today, i gave you a second chance, but this is not baseball. there will be not a third chance. joining me now, nancy gertner, a former u.s. district judge and is now a sen