joe biden possibly entering the race. and he is saying he is more progressive than anyone in the race. how do you run a campaign that is not divisive but at the same time distinguishes you? refer reverend sharp ton, we point to the record. i would argue 12345senator sand was opposed to the war in iraq, he has votesed against defense budgets. so economic justice, he has talked about wealth inequality, he is for medicare for all, he has fought to raise minimum wage. on racism, he has talked about police brutality, speaking out . so i think his record distinguishes himself. and your governor put moratorium on the death penalty
i would go further and say this administration is taking the legacy and using it to further their political needs. and let me add another iconic speech that dr. king gave, an amazing sermon, when he said the most dangerous things on the planet, sincere ignorance and/or conscientious stupidity. unfortunately i think in pence s case both of dock bind. the sad thing is and reverend sharp is absolutely right, dr. king was about freedom. walls are not about freedom. dr. keing was about freedom. making pop eople go to work witt pay is not freedom. we consider it slavery. african-americans make up 18% of the federal workforce. we re disproportionately on this holiday impacted by what the
to go after journalists. presidents in war declare martial law. the quickest short doubt an autocrat, get involved in a war compels people to support it and allows you to increase presidential power. it s happen brd in history. i hope it doesn t happen this time. great to speak with you. michael beschloss joining us from washington. the new book presidents of war. a quick programming note for you, check out my colleague alex witt from noon to 2:00 p.m. today and every weekend and don t miss reverend sharp a new time slot, fi5:00 p.m. saturday and sundays right here on msnbc. up next, melania trump speaking out discussing #metoo and that infamous jacket revealing once and for all the message behind that fashion choice. ( ) everybody wants a new, different, better world.
talking about aretha s franklin i impact on the movement. okay, we don t have it. at one point reverend sharp was talking about martin luther king jr. and the early days of the movement and having a hard time raising money. i believe we do have it. we remember her legacy because she sang a song for all of us. she was a sound track of the civil rights movement. if you track where we are, you can follow where aretha had us. he went onto talk about how franklin went to several cities to have a concert and raise money for the movement. to be the queen of soul in the 60s as the movement is
coddle and goldie taylor. thank you for being here. thanks, rev. thank you, reverend sharp ton. you re in georgia. how is the impeachment talk playing there? for main stream responsible republicans here in the state it s really just campaign fodder, something to rile up the base. if the base is telling you we want him impeached on a daily basis you are can t disagree. but you can placate them with talk around language. that s what you are hearing from kingston and perdue. it s not something they can come out strongly against. they can give you language that says if it comes to the floor i would support it. i don t know where the case is yet. but it s mounting. i understand your frustration. that s the language you are hearing. today we had a base within a base primary run are-off. who knows how it will turn out?