faces, then you probably know that there is an outrage industrial complex proliferating online. it s this feedback loop between experience. and it s used as an excuse to increase distrust and vision. the thing is though, a lot of it is fake, all ginned up. it was brought home by a washington post story reported by drew hartwell about a prominent social media account that purported to be a self styled democratic activist. under the name erika marsh, the account went viral by carving out extreme positions on the issues of the day. the account is now suspended, but well active, get this, one tweet published after the supreme court affirmative action decision, that tweet was viewed 27 million times, providing plenty of opportunities for i told you so outrage and virtual signaling from folks like congressman matt gaetz. now, for an allegedly liberal accounts, it s audience seemed to primarily beat people on the right looking for confirmation bias. and according to the accounts biography, th
representative chu, as far as the polling on this issue, it can vary a bit. one nbc news found the 53% of american support affirmative action programs while 42% oppose. them following this decision you told members of the press on a phone call that you think this will galvanize voters. how so? now we have seen three decisions that have been voted on a 6 to 3 basis. this is a court that is going to the far right. they have taken away the ability for millions of people to get some relief from their student debt. i think that is the one that hurts the most. it will certainly galvanized people. on top of the affirmative action decision and the lgbtq+ decision it says to us that we have to get involved in this
harm caused by denials of service. nbc s marissa park spoke with the web designer at the heart of the case. she joins me now in washington d.c.. what did that would designer tell you? so let me first set the scene for you. it has been a busy couple of days here in washington d.c.. we have been speaking to a number of people, including lori smith, who was at the center of all of this. we ve been speaking with people on the ground here. we are right in from the national mall. a lot of people, a lot of opinions on what is happening here in d.c.. let s start with lori smith. obviously the short and simple answer is she says that she is willed with the decision. the supreme court siding with her on this. we all had a chance to speak with the legal director, gender justice in minnesota. you re gonna hear from them in just a moment. you are going to hear two very opposing opinions. satsuma actions to this. one of joy, of course, from lori smith and her legal team in those who side with her.
the produce. those prices are more likely to spike. if you are in ohio, or elsewhere nationally the prices might not rise of dramatically. larger farms will absorb those costs. you might not be getting your produce from florida you could be getting it from florida, georgia, or might even be imported. a lot of economic consequences here might be from florida. thank you. still to come, some activists argue that the supreme court affirmative action decision is an example of asian americans used to erode civil rights. we will ask what he thinks about expanding the court and what democrats in congress plan to do now. plus, new washington post reporting about and alleged 2020 phone call between former president trump and then arizona governor doug doocy. this sheds new light on the pressure the former president applied to his allies to stay in power. hen we metamorphosize into our new
to go for pacific islanders, southeast asians. many of whom do not finish high school, or college. they need affirmative action in order to be able to get the education that they so deserve. i am afraid that asians, asian pacific islanders, we re used as wedges by right wing extremists who were looking for a group to rested their case on. it was based on hearsay. stereotypes. they submitted this case to the supreme court. as a result they were able to get the supreme court decision that they did. we are going backwards. this is why i am so dismayed by this decision. why i am immediately came out with my try caucus colleagues to condemn in.