launched the bogus trump/russia investigation. his report concluded that the f.b.i., quote, failed to uphold its mission of strict fidelity to the law. last week nbc had a poll. only 37% of registered voters view the f.b.i. positively. 35% have a negative view. 2018 by comparison 52% of the country had a positive view of the f.b.i. a serious decline in the people s faith on your watch, sir. and then july 4th, this explosive, explosive 155 page opinion from a federal court in my home state of louisiana explains in detail that the f.b.i. has been directly involved in what the court says is quote arguably the most massive attack against free speech in the united states history. the court ordered the f.b.i., d.o.j. and white house to cease with colludeened and coerceing social miffed yeah companies to suppress american speech, conservative speech in
fear of being a brew used. we will continue to fight for the george floyd policing act. we will continue to fight to make sure people have access to the ballot box without any fear or danger, or without having to wonder if their votes are going to be properly counted. we are going to fight to get additional legislative seats in my home state of louisiana, where the numbers suggested we should have had to african americans in the state. i am the sole democrat, and we deserve to. clearly there should be two seats in louisiana and that is the case. switching gears on thursday, vice president kamala harris announced the biden administration is developing a rule to tackle racial bias in
if you do encounter a shark, be big or get very small. punch it in the snout if it gets too close to you. beware of diving birds. if birds are diving on the surface of the water, stay away from there. it draws sharks. tips to live by. as people celebrate the arrival of summer this weekend, eat this, not that posted a very dubious list of what people are grilling in different states. i want your reaction to this. [laughter] your home state of new jersey they have filet mignon on the grill. texas is charring lobster tail. griff, tennessee is cooking up zucchini. in my home state of louisiana, they claim they are grilling corn on the husk. [laughter]
tonight senator bill cassidy of my home state of louisiana facing some backlash over comments he made about the high rate of maternal mortality among black women in that state. maternal mortality is number one it s a number, excuse me, of women who die while they are pregnant. cassidy is a republican and also a physician. this is what he said. about a third of our population is african-american. african-americans have a higher incidence of maternal mortality. if you correct our population for race, we re not as much of an outlier as it otherwise would appear. i say that not to minimize the issue but to focus the issue where it would be. for whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality. i want to bring in dr.
blackman. a republican appointed by a republican. and back then you had large numbers in the republican party, you know from barbara bush to the elder, to many in the republican party who were part of planned parenthood, who believed in these things. likewise, you had democrats, i mean, look at both sides. you had democrats, especially in my home state of louisiana, but pennsylvania, as you know, that were ted ted kennedy. ted kennedy was opposed to abortion. what s happened in american life in the last 50 years, these partisan issues have divided the party on warring camps on deeply ideological things such as abortion. it s driven moderates out of the republican party. and driven people who are strongly pro-life out of the democratic party. and this great sorting is a very bad thing for, you quoted