whether his interpretation of the law is something that would make him fit to serve on the supreme court? because wave se ve saw this wee where a majority leader in the senate, mcconnell said, we don t want you taking a lot of time. if you do, i m going to force the vote anyway right before the midterm elections. in terms of the naacp, we opposekavanaugh s confirmation when he was up for the d.c. circuit court. his record is not unfamiliar to us. he s only built on that record since appointed to the fifth circuit court of appeals. i think majority leader mcconnell s statements is contradictory to his statements just two years ago. it exposes that he is not operating with a clear hand hear. he set a rule that the people should decide. we re saying, no one should be
elections, because it s going to bank account future nominees to the federal bench, incoming the supreme court. it s going to bank account redistricts, it s going to impact the census. it s going to impact public policy for the next 15 years. so we spend most of our time looking at how we re going to turn out the vote in a very strategic, targeted way, using metrics we had not used before to ensure that we have clear accountability of all of those individuals who are placed in office. now, we all know and it s very well established the naacp report card. it was released during the convention. gives some of the highlights, derek, of the 2018 report card of the naacp? one of the things we re doing differently this year in terms of our industry reports, looking at how we can encourage more dollar disciplines from our members and african-americans at large. we were approved by the security of the exchange commission to establish what s called an
klan leader after the civil war. the naacp asked barbour to denounce the effort. he won t. i don t go around denouncing people. to nathan bedford forrest, it s not going to happen. isn t that what you asked me? is that what you asked me. the answer is it s not going to happen. let s talk this over. derrick johnson is the president of the mississippi naacp. gary stewart is with the sons of the confederate veterans that supports it. you can see already this is opening up some wounds. some people saying the kkk, the history of racism is a stain on the state s past. why open these wounds? why do you think this plate is a good idea? well, this has been an out for a lot of us. in a sense we re moving towards this 150-year anniversary and it s a time to go back and review our history. apparently they ve been very successful at smearing this
want to hurt anybody s images. when we selected nathan bedford forrest, the naacp and slavery issue and the klan issue, those were never considerations of ours, so it s really not about these issues that he s bringing up. we re saluting nathan bedford forrest for his service as a confederate soldier during the war and his accomplishments, especially in north mississippi that were notable. you know, obviously people like rommel came here to study his military tactics and they still study his military tactics. so he s a famous person and he can help us sell tags for a noble purpose. it has nothing to do with glorifying slavery or excusing slavery or excusing the klan. you talked about rommel coming over. what do you think the re jackson in germany would be if they sold
smear nathan bedford s name. nathan bedford forrest smeared his own name when he committed acts of treason against this country and joined confederate states to break away from the country. he smeared his own name when he set himself up as being one of the first head of the christian knights of the kkk. it was his action that smeared his name. so, mr. stewart, answer that. it is our right of free speech and citizens can say and think just about anything but with that right comes responsibility so as you hear the objections from the naacp, from african-american members of your own community, what then if you have this license plate and maybe there s some debate but there s considerable objection what s to stop somebody to say let s have a lee harvey oswald license plate or an osama bin laden license plate. he s made those arguments before and we ve heard them and i want to say this in the nicest way so that, you know, i donenn