help keep certain sectors of the electorate from exercising their constitutional right to vote, and in turn, this helps republicans win elections. the republican leader of the pennsylvania house said as much earlier this summer. voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. voter i.d. isn t the only tool republicans are using. in the swing states of florida and ohio, republicans are taking aim at early voting hours, which helped president obama win in 2008. according to one ohio republican official, quote, i guess i really actually feel we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban, read african-american, voter turnout machine. ironic? perhaps. these days contorting, altering, curtailing and otherwise complicating the voting process has very nearly become a republican party platform. in fact, at last week s gop platform committee meeting, kansas secretary of state drafted an amendment supporting
board member who voted against early weekend voting said quote, i guess i really actually feel we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban red african-american voter turn out machine. nerd, they don t like to help black americans get to the voting polls. in virginia, the department of justice signed off on the law for the first time. residents have to show some form of i.d. to vote and in pennsylvania last week, the a judge refused to block the state s strict new photo voter i.d. law which may disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of people, mostly democrats. with me is mayor nutter of philadelphia. thanks for joining us. let me start with a case in point. a 72-year-old woman comes up to you and lives in a row house in north philly or west philly. she says i m worried, mr. mayor. i don t think i can vote this time. how can i vote? i don t have a driver s license. i haven t driven in years. how do i get to vote? well, those are the kinds of situations that the pe
directive that has come down from the secretary of state, has a disproportionate impact on african-americans. we have the data. he knows what the facts are. but it doesn t matter. and mr. price, who is an adviser of our governor, had the pure unadulterated gall to say they re not going to contort. i guess he believes that the voting rights act was an act of contortion for black americans, that the civil rights act was an act of contortion and that the 14th amendment to the constitution was a contortion. everybody should be up in arms. well, he says we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read african-american turnout machine. isn t that a racist comment? isn t he saying we re going to do this because we don t want blacks to vote? it s blatantly racist. i guess the good thing about this sad chapter in ohio s history is that he s laid it out on the line.
i guess i really actually feel we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban red african-american voter turn out machine. nerd, they don t like to help black americans get to the voting polls. in virginia, the department of justice signed off on the law for the first time. residents have to show some form of i.d. to vote and in pennsylvania last week, the a judge refused to block the state s strict new photo voter i.d. law which may disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of people, mostly democrats. with me is mayor nutter of philadelphia. thanks for joining us. let me start with a case in point. a 72-year-old woman comes up to you and lives in a row house in north philly or west philly. she says i m worried, mr. mayor. i don t think i can vote this time. how can i vote? i don t have a driver s license. i haven t driven in years. how do i get to vote? well, those are the kinds of situations that the pennsylvania voter i.d. coalition has geared up along with the com
field. citizens need to stand up for their rights. i think you have been on record of saying that clearly when you look at ohio, which doug p preisse saying between shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read african/american voter turnout. we see where it is in ohio. i m glad you are there. senator brown, thank you for your time. thank you for cleveland to speak, too, reverend sharpton. thank you. coming up, florida, florida, flori florida, ground zero in the medicare fight and could mean big problems for the romney team. and racing on garbage cans. it must be time for your summer break. [ male announcer ] this is the land of giants.