necessary is part of it. it can t be that the republican party is the party of white people and that the democratic party is the party of everyone else, everyone decent and sane who is colored or not colored or other in any other way. so we need to figure out how to rectify that part of the conversation. and i think that that is the that will be where the hope for democracy lies, and i hope that we get to that. let s let our viewers roll that around a bit. thankfully our guests are going to stay with us while we fit in a break. coming up when we continue, president s visit to tulsa tomorrow comes at especially divisive time as you ve been hearing. the challenges that lie ahead of us in his pursuit of unity when this memorial day edition of our broadcast continues. ast continu.
perpetually shine upon the fallen. may god bring comfort to their families and may god protect our troops today and always. as memorial day 2021 draws to a close, that is our broadcast this monday night. with our thanks, of course, for being here with us on behalf of all our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. good evening. i m lawrence o donnell with our special memorial day edition of the last word. democrats in texas have blocked a republican bill to restrict voting rights. late last night democrats in the texas house of representatives blocked republican legislation which the new york times describes as a far reaching
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