reporter: that stands music to the ears of some trump supporters this weekend on hand at a rally for trump in sinema s home state. god bless kyrsten sinema and what she is doing, you know? kyrsten sinema. good for her. you know? she is our representative. she represents the state. she is not along party lines. she s what s good for the country. do you like kyrsten sinema? yeah. absolutely. and manchin. in fact, i have sent e-mails to them encouraging them to stand up and do what s right for the people of arizona. those supporters in line for trump s rally saturday also in attendance a hodgepodge of election deniers like my pillow ceo mike lindell, congressman paul gosar, and even ali alexander one of the main organizers of stop the steal who went into hiding after the insurrection and was recently called in front of the january 6th house select committee. ali, are you worried you might get indicted? thank you, arizona.
is unacceptable. reporter: sinema and fellow democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia are blocking the percentage of a pair of voting rights bills aimed at countering some of the restrictive voting measures enacted by republicans at the state level. sinema says she is supportive of the bills but not in favor of changing senate rules to get them passed. and while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. reporter: that stands music to the ears of some trump supporters this weekend on hand at a real for trump in sinema s home state. godblers kerstin sinema and what she s doing, you know. kerstin sinema, good for her. she s our representative and represents the state. she s not along party lines. she s what s good for the country is. reporter: do you like kerstin sinema? absolutely. absolutely. and manchin. in fact, i have sent e-mails to
most valuable in the history of college football in a city where many people, especially black people, struggle to even make ends meet. the author of across the river, kent babb, joins me now. this really resonated with me as you know. louisiana native. i went to lsu as well. you wrote this incredible piece painting such a vivid picture of my hometown of baton rouge. how does lsu justify paying a football coach close to $100 million over ten years while students, other employees, baton rouge residents, they re struggling, barely managing to make ends meet, and not paying any of their employees anywhere near that amount? i mean people there say that it s because lsu is the largest employer in the city and one of the largest in the state, and that s true. i mean the city of baton rouge
rhetoric to talk about what you wanted to do. it reminds you of the quote from james baldwin, i can t believe what you say because i see what you do. everyone is watching to figure out if america on paper will actually match what it will be in terms of the promises of democracy and the constant clawing back of voting rights in this country is an obvious concern but did not just begin with the big lie as you well know. it began with the acsupreme cou and section 2 of the voting rights act and continues to this day as your last guest spoke about at the state level and patch work of promises of democracy. there has to be collective action for us to really feel as though that those promises will actually be realized and if democracy is the predicate, if voting is the predicate for everything else, how can we possibly think our democracy could be strong with weak voting rights? ron, vice president harris said today we must not be be complacent or come pplacent.
absolutely. this carries over from what we saw even last week before president biden spoke. the agitation about not wanting to just have empty words and empty promises and a lot of rhetoric to talk about what you wanted to do. it reminds you of that quote from james baldwin. i can t believe what you say because i see what you do. and so everyone s watching to figure out if america on paper will actually match what it will be in terms of the promises of democracy. and the constant clawing back of voting rights in this country is an obvious concern, but it did not just begin with the big lie as you well know. it began when the supreme court took away the pre-clearance provision, rendered anemic back last july section 2 of the voting rights act. it continues today at the state level and a patchwork of pr promises in our democracy. there has to be collective action to feel those promises will actually be realized. if voting is the predicate for