know what is going on with most of the republican party. when they want to take the law into their own hands and act as heros and say we rounded one up. i don t want that mistaken identity with my son in that situation. unfortunately they don t understand as a black father has to go through. as i talked to my son almost daily about make sure you get a ride with someone else. but all week he didn t go to work. he couldn t go out. wow. texas state representative javarris johnson thank you for coming to the sunday show. reverend al sharpton, thank you very much for coming to the show. coming up next, a word or two from actors on saving democracy in america. actors og democracy in america.
smaller counties he replied what is the point? all the small counties are red. joining me now is texas state representative javarris johnson and civil rights activist, msnbc anchor, and author of rise up reverend al sharpton. thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. representative javarris johnson, i did it the last time we talked. i m so sorry. [ laughter ] representative johnson, you ve been here in washington for nearly two weeks. how do you feel about the momentum behind the cause that brought you here in the first place? we re very excited about it. we have calls from all over the country. it has to continue. it s something we have to maintain for the long haul.
hello. hello? yes. we re voting in a couple of weeks. how are you? you re voting? oh, that sounds [ laughter ] sorry. actors and activist mandy patinkin and catherine grody are using their platform to get out the vote. even in the face of voter suppression. joining us now is mandy patinkin and kathryn groody. thank you for having us. that was an interesting reminder. doesn t that seem like ten years ago. i know it. it wasn t that long ago. i m sure you were listening during the conversation with texas state representative javarris johnson and reverend al. would love to know given the work you re trying to do on voting rights, what you think about where things are at the
state representative johnson. one of the things i wanted to ask him about is something i said about the special lawrence o donnell and i did on monday where i asked him about the threats he s been receiving since leaving texas for washington and he told me that one of the things that he has told his son is told his son to not drive in texas because he s afraid of retaliation by state troopers. oh, great. i understand that state representative javarris johnson is back. i want to is he there? can we put him on screen? okay. great. ist just saying to reverend al and the audience about something and i talked about during the special and that is you, you know, the threats you have been receiving since leaving texas and being in washington. one of the things you told me is that you have told your son to