jones, and gloria johnson. thank you for being here it was an honor just to meet you all in person. we have been covering the story from day one because of the unprecedented nature of what happened to you. before i get to that, i m going to ask each of you, the white house today. meeting for you, being there, and what do you think you got from it and what did you hear from the president and vice president. a very meaningful day for me, district 86, and the people we re fortunate to represent to go into a place built by formerly enslaved african american folks, speaking about the voices of the marginalized and those being too often excluded in situations like the one we re in dealing with the issue of gone violence, the need for gun control, and the need for gun reforms. today, hearing from the president and vice president about the reality that this issue cuts across party lines, that it isn t just a democratic or republican issue, it is a moral issue about whether or not we re going
what you re really showing for the world is holding up a mirror to a state that is going back to some dark, dark roots, a state in which the ku klux klan was founded is now attempting another power grab by silencing the two youngest black representatives and one of the only women democratic women in this body dr. king taught us that sometimes there s a consciousness above rule, about what you might say is law and that the true forms of protest is nonviolent disobedience for less thab a few minutes we and you are seeking to expel district 86 s representation in this house in a country that was built on a protest in a country that was built on a