way and having them actually be part of the process. we saw that in the doug jones race in alabama where they took that race over the top for doug jones. we see that taking place in florida where gillam is leading to santos because african-american voters took him over the edge in the primaries and they will end up taking him over the edge in the general election. shannon: how do you think the g.o.p. is dealing with that? speak of the g.o.p. definitely needs help. that s a question. wait a second, richard. we ve got to be honest about what the democratic party has done because what you said was completely false. it is your opinion. because we talk about diversity and inclusion within the democratic party, look at capitol hill. their senior staffers. doesn t really exist. and the republican party has diversity? disrespect of the democratic party has for african-americans into new phenomena. by way of the candidates we see locally. let s talk about what s going on in illinois rig
december of last year. african-american women in particular that americans generally are the backbone of the democratic party and precisely because they are the backbone of the democratic party we should never take them for granted and we have. shannon: this is what he said in july, african-americans in particular generally are the backbone of the party because they are. we should never take them for granted. in the past we have. i want to apologize for this. any better in engaging? they are doing better engaging. in the race we are talking about, i spent two weeks in missouri and st. louis in the ferguson crisis and there was lack of engagement and the municipal government is failing because there was not something we had time to get into but as you see the party trying to engage african-american voters, by running african-american
in illinois, a candidate running for governor in illinois who was democratic staff that are african-american are suing them for racial discrimination. this is happening across the board. i thought we would have a bipartisan conversation. democrats are not doing enough. on the other end republicans are not doing enough either but looks different, look at the 2016 race, african americans and hispanics running for president. as we have on the other side on the democratic side? we have ever americans for president on the republican side? you could say that. you had donald trump accuse democratic candidate running for governor in photo called him a thief with no evidence. shannon: he is referring to the fbi investigation in which it has been revealed there were broadway tickets that were very expensive to hamilton, i heard
precisely because they are the backbone of the party we should never take them for granted. and in the past we have. shannon: fast forward several months. in july talk about this he says african-americans in particular, it generally are indeed the backbone of the party precisely because they are we should never take them for granted. in the past we have any set i want to apologize for this. is the party doing any better in engaging? i think they are doing better engaging the particular race were talking about, the claire mccaskill race. i spent two weeks in missouri in st. louis during the ferguson crisis and i think there was a lack of engagement because you have a municipal government there that is just failing because of a lot of reasons that we don t have enough time to get into but i think what you see as the party moves forward is to see the party really trying to engage african-american voters on a new level. one by running african-american candidates and investing in those
shannon: former presidential nominee for the democratic party hillary clinton is back in the spotlight after making controversial comment conservative say anyone on the right would be in big trouble for saying it. correspondent kristin fisher has details on a lot of things she s had to say. it was quite a comment. a little bit of the back story. it would happen was the former secretary of state was asked what she thought about the former attorney general s comments when they go low we kick them and his name of course is eric holder but the journalist interviewing her called him the name of another prominent african-american politician. what you think of cory booker s comments? i adore him. what you think about him saying kick them? that was eric holder. eric holder. sorry. i know they all look alike. well done.