compromise bill to enhance our elections, but you have near unanimous support from republicans on a juneteenth holiday? why this and not that? well, good afternoon, rev. it s great to be with you, and of course happy father s day to you. with respect to mitch mcconnell, what comes to mind are the words of george wallace when he uttered something to the effect of segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. and we ve seen with mitch mcconnell during the presidency of barack obama and now with the presidency of joe biden, his view is generally obstruction today, obstruction tomorrow, obstruction forever. now, with respect to juneteenth and making it a federal holiday, this was a meaningful step in the right direction in order for us to deal with the situations
segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. let that sink in he was a big democrat. and you have to ask yourself, and i won t to quote a congressman, why be a chicken for keral sanders. you will be a chicken in the bucket. i have a little anecdote. i was sharing a lyft ride that i took the other day with a young african-american male probably around 25, 26 years old and i was asking him how he felt about donald trump and do you believe he s a racist and all the media talk, general talking points about him being a racist. and this young man said an interesting thing. he said a few years ago, i was underemployed, my family was dependent on government assistance, i m now working two
lot of smoke but no fire on the democratic side because trump will go to a resounding landslide reelection. chris, can i do a poll-off? let s do a poll. a poll this week came out and said a majority of americans think that donald trump, the president of the united states of america, is a racist. a majority of americans think donald trump is more racist than wait for it, governor george wallace of alabama. for those of who you are watching and young, governor george wallace of alabama famously said segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. let that sink in he was a big democrat. and you have to ask yourself, and i won t to quote a keith ellison in 2016 when he was talking to muslims who were going to vote for trump. why be a chicken for colonel sanders. if you re a person of color you are enabling a racist president and you will be a chicken in the bucket. i have a little anecdote. i was sharing a lyft ride that i
what s happened is we have had moments where we have had populist candidates who have worked and exacerbated racial anxiety, anxiety about immigrants, anxiety about broad economic and cultural change. but we haven t had one, at least in a long time, who rose to the pinnacle of power. strom thurmond in 1948. george wallace, who won 13.5% of the vote in 1968. someone who ran on a platform of segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. and that s within the lifetime of most of us. my native region in the south, and the lifetime of anyone over 40, 45, we had functional apartheid. so there have been moments, off very long and sustained moments, where we didn t do the right thing and answer our better angels. and what has often happened is
the defensive claiming they re not racist. it s the kind of person who says, i m not a racist because i have black friends. i dated an asian woman once. i have a dream catcher in my rear-view mirror. my great grandmother was a cherokee princess. at some point the denials become evidence of the thing. and i think that s what we need to be looking at. there is a pattern of behavior. there are people who are not racist at their core who occasionally do racist stuff, just like there are guys who do sexist things who are not misogynist at their core. but donald trump has gone well beyond, on the issue of misogyny and on the issue of racism and white supremacy, and he shows himself every few days. tip nina telly, george wallace stood on the steps of the capitol and said, segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. he was asked similar questions like this on met the press, 1968, watch this. are you seeking support of