electoral count act, that 1887 law that governs how congress counts votes in presidential elections. there is a real bipartisan desire to clarify that, but democrats insist that s not a substitute for the major voting rights bills. and it s not clear that republicans will be there in the end. all right. sahil and mike, thank you both for setting the table for us. for more now on the voting rights on the this martin luther king junior day, i m joined by joshua johnson, professor keith mace from the university of minnesota twin cities, and latasha brown, the founder of black votes matter. democrats don t appear to be much closer to getting voting rights done than they were a week ago, and you could argue they re about where they were a year ago when president biden took office. what is the significance of continuing this fight on this day with activists and lawmakers really attempting to carry on mlk s civil rights segly
day, professor? it means that if we we should find out how much people really love the civil rights movement and dr. martin luther king, because his name is not only invoked on his birthday, but his name is always invoked throughout the entire year. listen, it s just a matter of time where we have to pick another city to make an example of the curtailment of voting rights in this country. we may need another selma movement, and i think that it s important for us to understand and i teach my students this all the time. politicians and lawmakers do not roll out of bed to pass legislation. they have to be forced to. african american political history is an exceptional history. which means that so as the grass roots black movement goes, so does voting rights and civil rights. i mean, they all are connected, and i think that we re at the
corruption. do you want to see those who support keeping the rules as they are, manchin, sinema, do you want to see people go on the record with the votes? absolutely. i think this is the moment we should have the vote. we should smoke them out. this is the moment we can see where people stand, as we re sitting here celebrating the life and legacy of dr. king, let s ask the question. which side are you on? we should see this as an opportunity. i see this as an opportunity to even speak to the consciousness of all men and women of good will. they love democracy. whether they identify as being democrat or republican, we re calling you in. this is the moment that you re going to set the course of history of were you supportive of voting rights or not? keith, you re going to look to history. i need to ask you to look to the future of this history we re about to live through. dr. king s family has talked about the importance of this week. of not letting democrats off the hook even. ho