first amendment approach. trying to adopt the constraints on government to a private platform like twitter. i think it s important remember when the first memos written, you can supercharge the spread of disinformation. life just wasn t like that. now, you can put garbage out there and within a millisecond it is everywhere with a whole bunch of people retweeting it faster than you even knew it went out. suzanne, good to see you as always, thank you for writing that article. thank you so much for all you do at pet america. obviously with the book club, we depend on a lot of the work that you do so we are grateful for you. suzanne is also the author of dare to speak, defending free speech for all. all right, which is ten days to go into the midterms, i m here in phoenix, an arizona version of velshi across america. up next, you re gonna hear my conversation with a group of arizona s, republicans and democrats. one of the most enlightening moments was when we discuss the importance of v
democracy. like i said, we are going to come through for america. but we do need help and we need all eyes and all hands on deck. we will be watching very, very closely across america to what happens to arizona. thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. chris mays is the democratic nominee for arizona attorney general. you re watching velshi across america live from phoenix. a new sweeping book ban is in effect for public schools, it could have grave consequences for everyone but, especially for young women and the members of the lgbtq community. i m going to speak with a state lawmaker who vehemently opposes and a judge who refuses to block we just talked about it, intimidation tactics and voting drop boxes, including stand near voters armed with guns while wearing mask and body armor. plus, i have an important conversation with a group of voters right here in arizona which has just days ago before the midterms elections. arizona knows how high the stakes are, but if you think a
optimistic fools full recovery. a source briefed on the investigation says the attacker shouted, where is? nancy and told police when they arrived, we are waiting for nancy. chilling echoes of some january 6th rioters as they searched the capitol for the speaker. this coming against a backdrop of an intense uptick in violent threats against politicians. in the first three months of this year, the u.s. capitol police threat assessment team opened more than 1800 new cases. the department reporting threats against members of congress, 100 and 44% from 2017 until 2021. this morning, a community in shock. and a nation grappling with an ugly an increasingly dangerous political climate. that was my colleague, nbc s more reporting. coming out, a meeting of the velshi banned book club from right here in arizona where book banning is the law of the land, literally. i would speak to a state
at the core of everything that we have done, we include parents, we include child and age appropriate content. we are not going to be teaching kids and kindergarten about sex. what we are going to be doing is teaching them about consent. good touch, that touch. we know that some of the most vulnerable kids who have been sexually assaulted don t have the language to tell adults. what we need to do is make sure that we are giving kids the tools to protect themselves, but also making sure that we can get rid of this idea that we are teaching kids about sex in kindergarten. that is what my colleagues are saying is happening the reality is we are trying to teach kids how to be able to read and be a functioning member of society. also, someone who understands big concepts and be a critical thinker. you may not want to young kids, your early teen kids to read about sexual a fault assault, rape, except for many at the velshi banned book club right about these things they either happen
books can be transformative, they can be a huge part of way people see themselves. if you don t see your experiences be acknowledged, you wonder, and my someone who is different? and my someone who is not valid? that s why when we are talking about this, you have to have a holistic view of what is going on. again, that is not happening at the legislature. than after man. it s going after educational equity and say if you re an lgbtq, a person of color, your experience is not valid. thank you for doing this. we appreciate. this state representative daniel hernandez at arizona. before we go, i want to do a quick put their shout out to my executive producer, rebecca, she is in new york, telling me you really have to, go you have to wrap up the show. without rebecca, there is no adult you. thank you my friend, happy birthday. you are the soul of the show. by the way, that it for the show today, velshi across america, 8:00 tomorrow morning, we will see right here in maricopa county, ari