cornerstone of american democracy, the right to vote. he talked about that history. he s really talking out of two sides of his mouth in the sense of saying the justice department is important in protecting voting rights and then instructing the justice department to take a different position on this texas voter inc i.d. law. that s behind the scenes in court, to some extent. jeff sessions was in the senate before he went to the ag s office. in the senate, he was part of those people like ryan and mcconnell who, for 1349 days today refused to fix the voting rights act. that s like a 1349-day filibuster, 1349 strom thurman filibuster act. he is an adversary to voter rights, makes the justice department adversarial to voting rights rather than an advocate for voting rights.
at the end of the day, i always find it fascinating, people are more angry with protesters and the way in which we choose to protest than the injustice that we re actually protesting. if the injustice would end, the protests would end. peaceful protest like this is the cornerstone of american democracy. an attack on peaceful protest is not just an attack on protesters. it s an attack on an american way of life, an attack on all of us who want free speech, who want the ability to protest and stand up for those rights that we believe in. e.j., there s this meme on the right that people who fear the trump administration are simply being hysterical, the idea that the first amendment would be suspended. but this isn t even about the trump administration, these are states, particularly republican controlled states. in minnesota, you have a bill that would charge protesters, that would hold protesters financially liable for the cost of police responses if their protests were deemed either i
maybe you have. i m joined by emmy and tony-award winning actor bryan cranston andaward-winning actor bryan cranston as well as the director of trumbo, jay roach. bryan, thank you so much for coming. i saw you as lyndon johnson. this is a spectacular performance. thanks. and i really think going back into the history is fascinating but what s more fascinating to me, besides even the blacklist and the red scare and all that, was human survival. a guy who was faced with his politics being thrown in his face and yet saying i ve got to provide for this family of mine and finding a way to do it. it was very american that way. it was. ironically. one of trumbo s statements is defense is like a cornerstone of american democracy, without dissent our country wouldn t have been formed. so there s no trying to be fearful about dissent or even opinions that may differ from your own. and that s the whole theme of
game, fighting the good fight. rub my face in it. whisper a movie you ve written in secret. maybe i ve even heard of it. maybe you have. i m joined by emmy and tony-award winning actor bryan cranston and the director jay roche. i saw you as lyndon johnson. this is spectacular. thanks. 1200 bucks. all right. livelihood. against the odds he manages to pen two academy award-winning screenplays in defiance of the blacklist. one of trumbo s statements is defense is like a cornerstone of american democracy, without dissent our country wouldn t
fray so deeply before this election. it is too dangerous to start using these kind of issues as political fray because they can go wild on the internet and end with this kind of mayhem we re seeing on the screen. let s talk about that a little bit. the response yesterday from last night, i should say, from the romney campaign to all this, the american embassy first released the american embassy in egypt first released a statement before all this violence erupted. it was an apparent response and a reference to this florida pastor we ve been talking about apparently linked to the film that set all this off. the statement read in part, the united states embassy in cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of american democracy. we firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt