it did not just shake out this way, the seeds for the six conservative court were planted ten days before the landmark 54 decision to legalize same sex marriage. on june 16th, 2015, the moment trump announced his campaign for president, coming down that escalator of trump tower. this five for court had to go, and so, in february 2016, when anton sully glia died, mitch mcconnell fabricated new presidents claiming that the senate could not confirm a supreme court nominee in the election year. of course, republicans told on themselves when they repeatedly said it would be an outrage for a democratic president to fill a conservative court seat. mcconnell refused to give obama s nominee, merrick garland, who is totally qualified and hardly a liberal firebrand, even a single confirmation hearing. he would not even meet with the guy. mcconnell held that supreme court seat hostage until donald
michael steele. both black americans, worried you or someone you love would be physically attacked because they are black? 59%. i would argue chairman steele in april, to your point, that number is higher too. i am definitely among that 59%, and i never felt that way until june 16th, 2015, when donald trump came down that escalator, and within two minutes of his announcing that he was running for president said that mexicans were rapists and it only went downhill from there. april? agreed. at the end of the day, at the end of the day, all of us know who we are. we are people of, descendants of the african diaspora. but at the end of the day, we can be on this esteemed panel, but when we take off our makeup, our jackets, we walk outside, we are black people in america. we still haven t come to grips, in terms with who we are as people. we are still considered less
no one can secure the border in the white house, only one way to hold them accountable. this reminder: in 49 days, you have all the power to vote. during a snow for more, texas congressman troy nels, and congressman chip roy. look what happened in martha s vineyard and then look what happened in el paso, taking into thousand people a day right now? sean thanks for having me. texas is inundated. we have estimates of 10,000 immigrants coming through our southern border each and every day and they re going to complain in martha s vineyard in new york city. but as a former sheriff on concerned about venezuela, june 16th, 2015, donald trump walked on the escalator and announced his run for president, he said these individuals, these
bigotry race prejudice and bigotry to the political scene. but even that sort of professed respectability, right? this distance from that worldview started to disappear for years now. it was june 16th, 2015 donald trump launched s presidential campaign. and he launched it by accusing mexican immigrants, the nation of mexico in the sort of course pictorial fashion of sending criminals and rapists, right? and his message was clear. immigrants are destroying our way of life. we need to build a wall to keep them out. it s actually one day later, i forgot this, but it was one day later on june 17th, that a white supremacist brought a gun to charleston, south carolina, and murdered nine black churchgoers after they invited him to pray. later, he said the massacre was on behalf of his fellow white americans. and to be clear, those two events are not related. but they are both examples of this line of thought, that is
this distance from that worldview started to disappear for years now. it was june 16th, 2015 donald trump launched s presidential campaign. and he launched it by accusing mexican immigrants, the nation of mexico in the sort of course pictorial fashion of sending criminals and rapists, right? and his message was clear. immigrants are destroying our way of life. we need to build a wall to keep them out. it s actually one day later, i forgot this, but it was one day later on june 17th, that a white supremacist brought a gun to charleston, south carolina, and murdered nine black churchgoers after they invited him to pray. later, he said the massacre was on behalf of his fellow white americans. and to be clear, those two events are not related. but they are both examples of this line of thought, that is now indisputably ascendant. a racist point of view that inspired the shootings in buffalo and in charleston, also inspired a government to murder