a survey out last week found him in a statistical tie with barack obama. so it s true. every vote does count in a race like this. the question is whether every voter will actually get to vote. joining us now is reverend david, pastor of the greater st. matthew baptist church, president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push coalition and highland park chapter of naacp. reverend, good to see you. thank you, thank you for having me. voter fraud sounds to folk, fairly it is if you re having it like a real problem. people often hear about bills like this and, look, i have i.d. at home, i m legally registered to vote, what s the problem if there are a few more hoops to jump? what is the problem? why isn t this, it s a hassle but no big deal? the problem is there isn t a problem. there is no voter fraud in michigan. there s hypocrisy in the republican party. passing these bills, sending them to the governor to sign
a survey out last week found him in a statistical tie with barack obama. so it s true. every vote does count in a race like this. the question is whether every voter will actually get to vote. joining us now is reverend david, pastor of the greater st. matthew baptist church, president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push coalition and highland park chapter of naacp. reverend, good to see you. thank you, thank you for having me. voter fraud sounds to folk, fairly it is if you re having it like a real problem. people often hear about bills like this and, look, i have i.d. at home, i m legally registered to vote, what s the problem if there are a few more hoops to jump? what is the problem? why isn t this, it s a hassle but no big deal? the problem is there isn t a problem. there is no voter fraud in michigan. there s hypocrisy in the republican party. passing these bills, sending them to the governor to sign them, to restrict voting behavior. 1.2 million voters voted in the last
foreclosure. we ve been saying this all along. we don t need financial stability, we need economic recovery. there s no connection between throwing democracy out and fixing the financial crisis. this is bad public policy. who drew this play? what s going on. in egypt, it was pharoah and the south slave masters and overseers. in michigan, it s emergency dictators. what kind of public policy says we continue to cut cut police, cut fire, cut city workers and somehow we ll stabilize the city and people will want to move back into it. is the bad public policy at its best. reverend david bullock. pastor of highland park and president of that city s naacp and rainbow/push coalition. i understand this not going on the ballot is likely to go into the courts. i have a feeling we ll talk to you about it as it unfolds. thank you. we will litigate and agitate and demonstrate, this is not the last you will see of the fight for democracy in michigan. we re not giving up. thank you, sir. we
manufacturing jobs. if 50,000 or 100,000 come back, you ve still got a minus and you still have to deal with the 90,000 vacant lots and vacant homes in the city of detroit, insurance red lining and foreclosure. we ve been saying this all along. we don t need financial stability, we need economic recovery. there s no connection between throwing democracy out and fixing the financial crisis. this is bad public policy. who drew this play? what s going on. in egypt, it was pharoah and the south slave masters and overseers. in michigan, it s emergency dictators. what kind of public policy says we continue to cut cut police, cut fire, cut city workers and somehow we ll stabilize the city and people will want to move back into it. is the bad public policy at its best. reverend david bullock. pastor of highland park and president of that city s naacp and rainbow/push coalition.
along. we don t need financial stability, we need economic recovery. there s no connection between throwing democracy out and fixing the financial crisis. this is bad public policy. who drew this play? what s going on. in egypt, it was pharoah and the south slave masters and overseers. in michigan, it s emergency dictators. what kind of public policy says we continue to cut cut police, cut fire, cut city workers and somehow we ll stabilize the city and people will want to move back into it. is the bad public policy at its best. reverend david bullock. pastor of highland park and president of that city s naacp and rainbow/push coalition. i understand this not going on the ballot is likely to go into the courts. i have a feeling we ll talk to you about it as it unfolds. thank you.