this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the
on the eve of the first anniversary of the dobbs decision overturning roe v. wade, conservatives like mike pence say they want to further crush reproductive rights. it will be pardon to say it was rigged with a trump friendly judge. what kinds of an edge do those two facts give the former president? good evening. i m ali velshi filling in for joy reid. we begin with post roe america. one year ago the supreme court ruled in dobbs v. america. the ruling overturned roe v. wade, the law of the land for 50 years, and remains as unpopular as ever. today major 2024 gop contenders shared the stage at the faith and freedom coalition conference to push more restrictions on abortion. thank god almighty for the dobbs decision. we are creating a culture of life in america. i will sign a federal law to restrict abortion as well as president of the united states. we must not rest and must not relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law in every state i
And the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone to todays hearing on continuing injustice. The centennial of the tulsa greenwood race massacre cr. Before we continue, i want to remind members that we have established email address and distribution list to circulating exhibits. Motions, etc. To members who might want to offer them at todays hearing. If youd to submit such judiciary docs at mail house dot gov, they will be distributed. Finally, id like to ask all members and witnesses, both those in person and those appearing remotely to mute your microphone when you are not speaking. This will help prevent feedback and other technical issues. Those are the id like to ask you to keep your face mask on at all times, unless youre speaking speaking or unless youre over 100 years old. For those in the room, thatll be our and theyll recognize myself for an opening statement. Mr. Ellis. Ms. Fletcher well come and welcome and thank you for com
The committee on the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come order. Without objection. And the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone to todays hearing on continuing injustice. The centennial of the tulsa greenwood race massacre cr. Before we continue, i want to remind members that we have established email address and distribution list to circulating exhibits. Motions, etc. To members who might want to offer them at todays hearing. If youd to submit such judiciary docs at mail house dot gov, they will be distributed. Finally, id like to ask all members and witnesses, both those in person and those appearing remotely to mute your microphone when you are not speaking. This will help prevent feedback and other technical issues. Those are the id like to ask you to keep your face mask on at all times, unless youre speaking speaking or unless youre over 100 years old. For those in the room, th
In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. We have tulsans of an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks that this crime scene is not going to speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, whew, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a Strong Black Community in