Realize this violence does not live in the past. But who ill the former Vice President drew an oization in birmingham, some critics continued to say, so what . Wa pointing to bidens accumulating gaffes on race as recently as this weeks democratic debate and questioning if his service to the nations first black president is enough to make him the candidate for black america. Joining me now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio and host of open mind on pbs, alexander heffman. Alexander, good speech in terms of setting a tone, but short on specifics of what hes going to do if terms of closing the racial wealth gap, the gap ratio gap in education on and on and on. Right. There was a big omission. That is the United States Supreme Court. Were seeing today the confluence of race and gender and corruption again with kavanaugh in the news. The real why it the he attacked racism and big ought try. You have to attack it formally and informally. Weve seen the explosi
exactly. but also we need to, in the media, own up to this idea that is this supreme court legitimized or not? because so far the way decision versus come down, you know, we have adhered to the normal procedure with the court. but the court is not normal. it s not in a normal place that denies the will of the people, the majority of this country. so i think every democratic kth candidate. the court didn t come up, roe v wade. the court is the most form. the most essential form of governance here as the arbiter of constitutionality and legitimacy and the democrats can t afford to ignore it. all right. i will have to leave it there. thank you, susan andal xander. coming up, the three long shot candidates challenging president trump will go head-to-head in a debate online later this month. but in a handful of states, they won t even be able to get on the ballot. we will talk live with one of those recoveries and hopefuls,