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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20240604 06:16:00

noting that the for the people act, not the john lewis act, nothing is going to pass in the senate. that is essentially a bastion of minority rule, not if republicans don t want it to. and republicans across the country will keep going full steam ahead with the assault on the vote. the truth about the filibuster is it has a long disgraceful history of being abused to block civil rights and voting rights bills. former president barack obama speaking at the funeral of john lewis, who risked his life for voting rights, called the filibuster a jim crow relic and said it should be eliminated. and if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another jim crow relic, in order to secure the god-given rights of every american, then that s what we should do.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20210623:02:11:00

of people voting and suddenly they wouldn t want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people. so the filibuster has been used again and again to kill civil rights and voting registration. former president barack obama speaking at the funeral of june lewis calling it a relics of jim crow. this takes eliminating the filibuster a jim crow relics to secure the god given rights of americans, that s what we should do. the filibuster, mansion and s cinema were trying to create a bipartisanship. we saw that today. it s a long disgraceful history of being abused to block civil rights and voting rights bills. facts first here. used to preserve slavery in the 1840s before it was a filler buster and used the defeat an

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210604 02:10:00

in senate history, 60 days. almost derailed the civil landmark civil rights act. 1963, jesse helms finally blocked his filibuster trying to block the bill declaring martin luther king day a federal holiday. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the filibuster. is it the side of history that you want to be on? is it really worth more than voting rights for millions of americans? let s remember what the former president barack obama said about that at the funeral of john lewis when he called the filibuster a jim crow relic. and if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another jim crow relic, in order to secure the god-given rights of every american, then that s what we should do. i want you to remember what valerie jarrett told me just a few months ago when she said

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Transcripts for FOXNEWS The Journal Editorial Report 20200801 19:49:30

Transcripts for FOXNEWS The Journal Editorial Report 20200801 19:49:30
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