Democracy, a rousing call to arms, that could herald a blue wave this november. George wallace may be gone but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear bass and batons against peaceful demonstrators. We may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot, but even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive id laws and attacking our Voting Rights with surgical precision, even undermining the Postal Service in the runup to an election thats going to be dependent on mailin ballots so people dont get sick. Trump was so triggered by the remergence of the popular globally respected 44th president on the national stage, the batman to his joker that he barely get obama get to the pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist church before he scrambled the White House Press corps to announce he, too, would have
Of the right for women to vote. That was granted for only white women. Africanamerican and many asian and latinex women were barred from citizenship and voting. Black men and women were blocked from voting by racist local laws until the Voting Rights act of 1965. The u. S. Womens suffrage movement, the way its taught and understood and characterized to this day often erases the prominent role of black women. Women like beabolitionists sojournsojour sojourner truth. And women like the sisters of delta sigma theta, an early black sorority founded at howard university. They ban tousished to a segrega section when they joined the march, something ida refused to do, instead marching with the white women. This boiled down to the right to participate as organizers and citizens, as voters and political candidates continues today under a president who is refusing to fund the post office in what looks like a clear attempt to steal this election. But a remarkable shift occurred this week when a w
Trump spoke to delegates in person in charlotte, North Carolina where the rnc itself a virtual format similar to last weektion dnc. The president ion somber challenge echoed tonight by his eldest son donald trump jr. It starts by rejecting radicals who want to drag us into the dark and embracing the man who represents a bright and beautiful future for all. Tonights rnc is the first time were seeing how republicans are presenting themselves. And it leaned heavily on some of the partys diverse members. An apparent effort to address a summer of protest on Racial Justice and indication some of those issues have energized the trump resistance. For example, the rnc gave a major speak slot to tim scott. Hes the partys only black member of congress in either house. As well as an address by Kimberly Guilfoyle where she introduced hfl as a proud latina and a proud american. And a spot for nikki haley one of the only minority women to serve in a top post inside the administration. We have a lot l
Be a woman. Ill be making my choice soon and when the choice is made im be ill be sending it over to mitch in the senate and theyll do what they have to do. I think well have a very popular choice, whoever it may be. I think the choice will be next week. Yes i do. Meanwhile, senator Lindsey Graham whose words mean nothing reversed course and tweeted that he will in fact support trump in any effort to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Democrats are mobilizing for an unprecedented fight over ginsburgs seat. In the last 48 hours, act blue a fundraising platform for democrats raised a Record Number of 91 million and it can help galvanize more to vote for joe biden. According to thank you nbc news wall street journal conducted before Justice Ginsburgs death, biden is leading trump by eight points well outside the margin of error, but if elected can biden keep the promises. If i lose to him ill never speak to you again. Im joe biden, and i approve this message. Joining me is Donna Edwards of m
This thing is a killer if it gets you if youre the wrong person, you dont have a chance. Yes, yes, exactly so this rips you apart. This is a scourge and it is the plague. Trump also admitted how terrified he was of catching the virus. And, bob, its so easily transmissable, you wouldnt even believe it. I know, its i mean you could be in the room i was in the white house a couple of days ago, meeting with ten people in the oval office, and a guy sneezed innocently, not a horrible you know, just a sneeze. Yeah. The entire room bailed out, including me, by the way only to tweet four days later on april 17th, liberate minnesota and michigan and virginia riling up his followers who were protesting stayathome orders in these states because they wanted to get their hair cuts. Now, we know that donald trump doesnt care about people of color or women or poor people or immigrants or their children that he puts in cages. But even trump has been able to extend the myth that he does care about white