star, starting right now. at the scene cruz, is he the biggest self-owner ever? that didn t go well for him. nope. but you know what, though? here s the deal, brother. he ain t looking to win the legal fight, even though it has the guise of legality. he even said to somebody else there forget about what the intent of the law is, what was the effect? you never forget about the intent of a law when analyzing whether it s discriminatory in nature. exactly. he knows these things. what bothers me about these guys, i m never going to call him stupid, he s not stupid. that s the game of the not that line of questioning was stupid, doesn t mean that he is a stupid person. right, he s doing it. it s gratuitous. what he is playing on is the obvious the optic of it. what s wrong with showing an i.d., everybody has an i.d. what s wrong with that? he should know, he showed one to go to cancun, but go on. that s right. to get on that plane. what he is leaving out is of
tolson whether she thinks voter i.d. laws are racist. here s part of the exchange. so it depends. one thing we have to stop doing is veeting owl voter i.d. laws the same. your answer i want to move quickly. it depends is your answer? yes. so what voter i.d. laws are racist? apologies, mr. cruz. your state of texas, perhaps. okay. so you think the entire state of texas is racist. what about requiring an i.d. to vote is racist? i think it s reductive. not the entire state of texas you said my state of texas. you tell me absolutely. so the fact that the voter i.d. law was put into place to diminish the political power of latinos with race as you are inserting that. what is your evidence? the federal district court that first resolved the constitutionality of texas voter i.d. law. your view is voter i.d. laws are racist. how about you, mr. yang? i agree.
today with one of trump s main bodyguards on the hill. senator ted cruz, he had some back and forth with a professor on the laws in his own state. remember, cruz is considered a legal genius and a constitutional scholar. did you see what happened in this back and forth about whether or not voter i.d. laws can be racist? i have it for you to see and then to discuss the implication with one of the truly better minds. michael eric dyson. so smart, he has three names. next. welcome to allstate. where you can pay a little less and enjoy the ride a little more. now, get new lower auto rates with allstate. because better protection costs a whole lot less.
when people think of tea party republicans in the senate, they think of those running for president right now. rand paul, at the scene cruz and marco rubio. if you ask those three senators if they regard the intellectual backbone of the reform conservative movement here in washington, they would name one senator, mike lee of utah. he s got a new book out, our lost constitution and he joins me now. welcome back to meet the press. thank you. let me get to a piece of senate business. jeb bush had this to say about the loretta lynch delay. i think presidents have the right to pick their team, in general. if someone is supportive of the president s policies, whether you agree with them or not, there should be some deference to the executive. this should not always be partisan. the longer it takes to confirm her, the longer eric holder stays as attorney general. that s been the part of this i never understood.