tax dollars are being spent on investigating racism, how can the texas gop think the voting rights act is unnecessary in this diand age. that s a wonderful question. and i would love for somebody to be able to put that right in the face of the party of supposed fiscal responsibility. connie troub has no interest in representing every member of her district. she should be out. i don t think you can justify this investigation. if i was a resident of la mark, which is just about 20 miles outside of where i live in houston, i would be steaming mad. i would be like valley beverly, chris lane who s running for council there, i would there up in their face every week, and i would sue connie troub afterwards and try to get that money back from the city. she s wasting their time. do you think this is limited to la mark? or is this something larger in texas? no, sir. racism isn t just limited to texas. in the south, we re open with racism. that s why the voting rights
she s really turned black. i mean she used to socialize with everyone and had a level head. it s not going to get any better until you get the blacks off the school board. when the audio leaked, city officials launched an investigation, but she only doubled down. these are your words. yes, they are. and all you have to do is see the condition the school district is in right now. is that a black whitish shoe? soo. i think so. she was formally censured by the city council. they also approved funding by investigation by an outside law firm. but she doesn t see the problem. what is on the tape is nothing more than me stating my honest opinion. and i don t back down from it. i never denied what was on the tape. troub s comments serve to illustrate just how out of texas the texas gop is.
troub s refusal to resign is unacceptable. the director for the fort bend county democratic party in texas. she doesn t deny she made the comments. she s unapologetic. what purpose does an serve into her comments? you know, it s stage dressing to protect all the racists that are all around her. i think everyone can look at this situation and see is connie troub needs to be out on her butt immediately. 13,000 people in lamark deserve better than connie troub. texas deserves better than a gop that can t even name historic legislation that s seeking to correct the structural racism that people like connie troub represent. yeah. well, to twist jack nicholson, you can t take the troub. what actions should the justice department take against her and bring some sense of balance to the situation? i think the doj is going to find here, like they re finding in our voter id case, the clear
violations that texas legislators are trying to impose on minority voters and there s no way that connie troub can adequately represent the some 35% of people that live overall and are african-american in la mark. she can t serve those people and she certainly can t help the city address the problems they are having with their school district. that tape, that racist tape she makes she tries to delineate the difference between stupid and ignorant. here s the difference. the difference is blaming the failure on our texas schools is on melanin in people s skin. the education is because of people in the education system and. they cut $5 million from the school budgets in 2011. that is why la mark isd is failing.
action is so important. why we still need every single section of it defended. why the supreme court s decision last year was completely unacceptable. that s why i m so grateful that attorney general holder is going to be coming to texas to try to uphold text sections 2 and 3. we absolutely need affirmative action and voter rights protections. it hasn t even been 50 years that minorities in texas and across the united states have been allowed to get to the polls with these protections. and already, republicans all over the nation are trying to whitewash that history. you look at these red call, regressive, repressive voter id laws and you hear remarks like that from people in power like connie troub and you know right away why we need affirmative action and voting rights. all right, thanks very much. thanks. before we sign off tonight, i want to give a shotout to the memory of one of the greatest actresses and members of the small and big screen, ruby dee died at 91 years old. th