happened about a month ago when a white republican asked a black democrat just how he got into harvard. would you have been able to maybe achieve this if you were not an athlete or a minority? i graduated from harvard, i wasn t rank to. so i earned my place. and i did. well the republican later apologized, explain that he tried to say didn t come out right. he was removed from party leadership position. maybe all of this could have been avoided had, he i don t, know been given some kind of workplace training on racism and the racism inherent and asking a person to justify his admission to an ivy league institution. the bill passed by veto proof majority so now night north carolina lawmakers have a chance to rethink their stance on all of this. the question is, will they take it? that is the show for tonight. now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. they didn t take their last
discrimination so we can work towards common goals. the governor s reference to the open racism on the floor, that happened about a month ago when a white republican asked a black democrat just how he got into harvard. would you have been able to maybe achieve this if you were not an athlete or a minority? when i graduated from harvard, i was in rank two. so i earned my place. and i did well. the republican later apologized, explain that he tried to say didn t come out right. he was removed from party leadership position. maybe all of this could have been avoided had he, i don t know, been given some kind of workplace training on racism and the racism inherent and asking a person to justify his admission to an ivy league institution. the bill passed by veto proof
meesh chum, meachum, as you say, mitch mcconnell s actions are a good starter, pretty lousy finisher. in the end people will look back in this period of history in the senate as a shabby senate with a short-sided selfish cynical majority leader who compared more about his political party and own political ambitions than the country itself. yes, i said that. than the country itself. read history. doesn t it seem fairly obvious that that s exactly what mitch mcconnell has done? well, senator mcconnell has become, if you are looking for a partisan warrior in chief, if you re looking for an archetype of a hugely effective party leader in a party leadership position in the senate i was trying to think of arguably a more effective one. i suppose the legend of lyndon johnson in the 50s, but imagine