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to vote. across the country, republicans have led efforts to pass laws making it harder, not easier, for people to vote. the real voter fraud is people who try to deny our rights by making bogus arguments about voter fraud. america did not stand up and did not march and did not sacrifice to gain the right to vote for themselves and for others only to see it denied to their kids and their grandchildren. we ve got to pay attention to this. this recent effort to restrict the vote has not been led by both parties. it s been led by the republican party. if your strategy depends on having fewer people show up to vote, that s not a sign of strength. that s a sign of weakness. a rare moment of partisan clarity from the president, one backed up squarely by the record. first, let s recall, five republican justices on the supreme court gutted a key part of the voting rights act. shortly thereafter, seven states that had been covered in whole or part by section five of the voting rig
thank you both for your time. thank you. we want to bring you an update on a developing story. louisiana governor bob j. jindal just called for congressman vance mccallister to step down after a video surfaced of him kissing an aide, a married woman who does not happen to be his wife. he called the behavior an embarrassment. he s calling for the congressman to resign from office. the police department in albuquerque, new mexico has been under fire because of a disturbing record of excessive force, deadly ho lly shootings of bounty system. the justice department agrees. everything your mouth does
and will be talked about yesterday, as well. thanks so much for taking the time. thank you. special coverage starts at noon today on msnbc with andrea mitchell covering the president s address and we just saw him and the first lady getting on air force one and making their way to austin. to the lighter side and check out the congressman caught kissing one of his staffers on surveillance video. it s duck dynasty s willie robertson who told congressman vance mccallister to focus on his family and work things out privately. hillary clinton left speechless at an event in portland, oregon. the first lady was asked a question submitted by a 6-year-old girl. in 2016, would you prefer to be called madam president or mrs. president?
videotape of vance mccallister making out with a staffer, and you said that it could hurt the cause. well, he not only used that situation on equal payday, but he fired the staffer. and of course, there is politics with the issue, and they have the advantage, and this is what people do in the election year. the reason it is sticking is not because of the things that the democrat s are doi democrats are doing, but because of the things that the republicans are doing, and just for example this week the house is taking up paul ryan s budget which hits all kinds of programs that disproportionately affect the women from the anti-poverty programs to supplemental security income, and certainly, other programs that benefit men are not receiving the same kinds of cuts from the ryan budget.