the john lewis voting right act? i think those should be run by the states, the local elections officials. and this requires those states then to go to the federal government to the department of justice and request their permission to change their laws. again, that s not the way the constitution established our elections in the united states. i still believe in state control of those elections. let s switch gears now because you ve been working with senator kirsten gillibrand of new york on the military sexual assault issue. and you ve been pushing for legislation that would take decisions about whether or not to prosecute rape, murder, other felony offenses out of the hands of commanders and mandate training on preventing sexual assault to members in the military. james inhofe, republican senator from oklahoma, called the measure an imperfect overly broad bill. i know you ve had republican support on the legislation.
other. bill: the president tweeted this. democrats at the top are failing virginia. if those were republicans much stronger action would be taken. this is the suggestion some republicans are asking. where are the protests? is there a double standard at play? some of the politicians have weighed in and denounced it and called for the resignation. what about the rest of them? it is amazingly silent on many of the groups. especially amazing to me the paid groups outside that begin protests and you saw it last fall with judge kavanaugh and other times. it is amazing to me they have been almost silent on many of these issues, especially the sexual assault issue of listening to victims and the racism issue as well. we have come to a time in our country where we have to understand there are certain things that are wrong. abortion is morally wrong, racism is morally wrong. when we look at sexual assault
never seek to diminish anyone s experience, my words in the new york times poorly characterized the conversations identified had countless groups of advocates. what i said was flippant and i m sorry. joining me now sno cynthia garrett the president of profamily advocating for campus equality. thank you for having me. sorry with moving quickly on that. the question i had here cynthia, was which side or both sides reflect potentially what she was thinking? which side she was thinking. the two statements i just read, that s right. i believe she was thinking of both sides. because like our organization we want fairness for everybody. we were formed by mothers. i m a mother with two daughters. i don t want to see victims not protected. i don t want to see the office for civil rights ignore the campus sexual assault issue. i think prevention and response is very important. and when you say roll back obama
we re happy to take our kids out of the schools because we feel like they are unsafe. the idea that we have illegal alien young men using our public school system from very violent countries where they have no fighting on their criminal history before they came here, it has to stop, putting people in danger. martha: michelle, what do you say to those parents. a few things paid i am apparent in montgomery county. i will tell you first and foremost that the law in maryland, local, federal, and state, it makes it clear, if you are between the ages of 13 and 21, you have a right and an opportunity to attend public schools in montgomery county. that is the law. secondly, there is no prohibition on working with i.c.e. i will make it known over and over. there is no prohibition on law cooperation with officials. let me highlight this. this is a sexual assault issue.
we re happy to take our kids out of the schools because we feel like they are unsafe. the idea that we have illegal alien young men using our public school system from very violent countries where they have no fighting on their criminal history before they came here, it has to stop, putting people in danger. martha: michelle, what do you say to those parents. a few things paid i am apparent in montgomery county. i will tell you first and foremost that the law in maryland, local, federal, and state, it makes it clear, if you are between the ages of 13 and 21, you have a right and an opportunity to attend public schools in montgomery county. that is the law. secondly, there is no prohibition on working with i.c.e. i will make it known over and over. there is no prohibition on law cooperation with i.c.e. officials. let me highlight this. this is a sexual assault issue. i worked on sexual assaults on a