election day and want to target those restrictions to black americans, native americans, young americans, college students, the main groups that are targeted. it is like we re back before 1965 when we finally picked a point in this nation where we said, no, we all stand together behind the right of every citizen to vote. so for the president to go there and to make the case in such a powerful way at such an important location, like ebenezer church where martin luther king taught and morehouse college which has played such a role in developing leaders in our country was a message to the nation that our democracy is on a precipice. but the and for that precipice we may not recover. the big question, you are talking about 1965, 55, 56 years ago. why are we still here? why are we still fighting for, you know, voting rights
thank you. nice show, lauren. bye, don lemon. we will talk about georgia s big victory. congratulations to the dogs. my colleague kaitlan collins is not in a happy place today as alabama roll, crimson tide. sorry, kaitlan. not really though. so we re going to talk about georgia and talk about voting rights, the president being there. this is don lemon tonight. look, it is the most precious right we have in our democracy, let s be honest, a right countless americans have fought and died for, the right to vote. i have been talking to you about this for the last year or so now, maybe almost two years. president joe biden saying that he is tired of being quiet about it. finally saying that. the president pushing voting rights as his answer to the attack on the capitol on january 6th and explicitly taking on his predecessor whose bogus lie of
foundation of our democracy, supporting these efforts around the country to keep people from voting, to gerrymander the house of representatives beyond recognition, destroying the concept of equal representation, and supporting billionaires buying elections. so all three of those things are in this bill. and, plus, prevention of future acts attacking democracy through the john lewis act. senator. and so we have to get both done. senator, before i let you go, because i have a packed show here, but i have to ask you, why are democrats just getting around to this? people who have been asking for it, and many of the people who helped to propel this president into office have been saying, you got to do voting rights. it was a promise. it was one of the main reasons we went to the polls to vote for you.
senate republicans are refusing even to debate it, refusing even to talk about it. and the president who served in the senate for 36 years now finally admitting that the only way forward may be to get rid of the filibuster for voting rights. this is a big deal. this is all day i have been saying this is the big story of the day, that someone who loves the senate and who has such reverence for the senate and the work that people do there, changing his stance on the filibuster. it is a really big deal. that is the story. president biden clearly saying that he supports getting rid of the filibuster to protect voting rights. i believe the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bill. debate them. vote. let the majority prevail! if the bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules including getting rid of the filibuster
long as the precincts that were 80% white. it is just an example of what can happen when you have election regulators who want to make it difficult to vote on election day and want to target those restrictions to black americans, native americans, young americans, college students, the main groups that are targeted. it is like we re back before 1965 when we finally picked a point in this nation where we said, no, we all stand together behind the right of every citizen to vote. so for the president to go there and to make the case in such a powerful way at such an important location, like ebenezer church where martin luther king taught and morehouse college which has played such a role in developing leaders in our country was a message to the nation that our democracy is on a precipice. but the and for that precipice we may not recover. the big question, you are talking about 1965, 55, 56 years