they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live, learn, & get luvs. today the law that silences voices of detroit went into effect. the emergency manager law signed by governor rick snyder last december. michigan voters rejected it last november but snyder didn t care and state republicans rushed a bill through anyway. this is not how democracy works. we have a manager overpowering the city s elected officials and the threat is to everyone in this nation. i joined civil rights leaders in detroit today protesting the law and added my name to a federal lawsuit against snyder and his law. our message is clear, this is
democrats but getting republicans anyway, michiganders voted to repeal the radical emergency manager law. but still the republicans still held majorities in the legislature, five weeks after the election, the republicans passed a replacement bill to the one that just got repealed by the voters. only this time they passed it in a way that could not be repealed the way the old law was. and now 13 weeks after that, republicans in michigan are going for it. they re going for the big one. today at 2:00 p.m. rick snyder of michigan announced he would use the takeover law, the one that got repealed and they reinstated. he would use that to overrule the voting rights of the population of the largest city in michigan. with this takeover and considering all the other things they ve taken over under this law this will put roughly half the black population of michigan under the direct control of governor rick snyder of michigan. if you are an african-american and you live in michigan, the chances
manager is appointed. is that right? the emergency manager makes all decisions on contracts, employment, on everything. they are just really the mayor and the city council are just sitting there giving information to him, they can no longer make any decisions. is that right? absolutely. the mayors and city councils, they lose all of their power and it s entrusted inside of the emergency manager. now, there are certain one who is are sitting there and they may still have their paycheck and they may, in theory, still have their power. but if the emergency manager has a gun to your head, there s not much you can do. i like the fact that you brought up the point that the governor is the only vote that the emergency manager has. however, there were 2,182,504 votes decided to repeal public act 4, which was the emergency manager law, that they came back
but the result of that vote was that of the 14 seats up for grabs, nine of them went to republicans and five of them went to democrats. republicans have so gerrymandered the state that even though democrats got more votes, republicans got nearly double the democrats number of seats. tada, same thing in the legislature. 300,000 more votes in the state than republicans did. but by the magic of republican gerrymandering, democrats earning 300,000 more votes earned them eight fewer seats in the legislature than the republicans got. but in that same election, when michigan was busy voting for democrats but getting republicans anyway, michiganders voted to repeal the radical emergency manager law. but still the republicans still held majorities in the legislature, five weeks after the election, the republicans passed a replacement bill to the one that just got repealed by the voters. only this time they passed it in a way that could not be repealed the way the old law was. and now 13 weeks
even though democrats got more votes, republicans got nearly double the democrats number of seats. tadah, same thing in the legislature. 300,000 more votes in the state than republicans did. but by the magic of republican gerrymandering, democrats earning 300,000 more votes earned them eight fewer seats in the legislature than the republicans got. but in that same election, when michigan was busy voting for democrats but getting republicans anyway, michiganders voted to repeal the radical emergency manager law. but still the republicans still held majorities in the legislature, five weeks after the election, the republicans passed a replacement bill to the one that just got repealed by the voters. only this time they passed it in a way that could not be repealed the way the old law was. and now 13 weeks after that, republicans in michigan are going for it. they re going for the big one. today at 2:00 p.m. rick snyder of michigan announced he would use the takeover law, the one