Of this country, because of where i came from, because of what my ancestors dealt with, because of the stories that my grandmother would tell me around the kitchen table. as i told the president then, my grandmother had a fifth grade education. i realized she had a fifth grade education when she would try to help me with my homework, i realized she couldn t read, and then she would tell me stories about voting rights in this country. so i pressed him on the filibuster, whether he thinks preserving a senate rule is more important than protecting voting rights. he said it is not. so here we are months later. the president of the united states making a last-ditch attempt to get one of the biggest campaign promises across the finish line, even though there is virtually sadly no chance that it will work. a coalition of voting rights groups boycotted the speech, calling for concrete action
Steve bannon charged with contempt of congress after he failed to compile with the subpoena from the house committee investigating january 6th saying the quiet part out loud on his podcast, the day he was indicted. we re taking over the republican party from the precinct committee strategy and taking over all the elections. this is a very serious threat to our democracy. time is running out to make sure that the next election is truly secure. whatever happened to the push in congress to secure voting rights? remember the president told me this on our town hall over the summer. here it is. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the
When i was a kid fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people that fought and died for that? no. it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and get it on to my desk to sign it. okay. that was then. and this is now. here we are tonight. the assault on voting rights in texas and across this country, nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they don t like the results. not about politics. it s about our most sacred riegd right as americans, the right to
All this say about the president s agenda really? he ran on bipartisanship but he is running into strong headwinds from his own party. the fact is that joe biden has brought things back before. he has, but if democrats can t get together and sort all this out, how are they going to deal with all the other challenges we face? what does it say about the other things that he wants to get done? as i just discussed with chris, what about voting rights? remember the president told me this in our cnn town hall, this was over the summer. this is important for people who look like me, my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap. so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights? especially for people who fought and died for that?
Vote? president biden tweeting that we re facing an all out assault on our democracy and need to pass the for the people act achievement act to protect the sacred right to vote. i urge congress to send them to my desk immediately, that s a quote from the president. both bills face long eyes. i talked to the president about that in the town hall this summer. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap and so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights for people that fought and voted for that? no, it s not. i want to see the united states