they looked in 68. you know, so the crime bill had its detractors had those who supported it. did anything come out of it? well, it took the violence against women s act and drove it in because they knew everybody would vote for that, and they took several other pieces of legislation, but, you know, the fact of the matter is that when you control the house, the senate, and the white house for two years and you can t find a way to use the votes to do what you have to do i got issue with that, i have an issue with my party and that respect. ain t party that is progressive and that takes the opportunity to do what it can. mr. mfume, thank you very much. that was well said. thank you. appreciate it. former congressman kweisi mfume. we will be back with barry levenson.
city erupted in 1968 and all of us were out in the streets being arrested just for being on your doorstep and arrested 6,000 people, what has changed in 47 years? you walk the streets of east baltimore, west baltimore, some of those areas still look like they looked in 68. you know, so the crime bill had its detractors, had those who supported it. did anything come out of it? well, it took the violence against women s act and drove it in because they knew everybody would vote for that, and they took several other pieces of legislation, but, you know, the fact of the matter is that when you control the house, the senate, and the white house for two years and you can t find a way to use the votes to do what you have to do, i got issue with that, i have an issue with my party and that respect. ain t party that is progressive and that takes the opportunity to do what it can. mr. mfume, thank you very much. that was well said. thank you. appreciate it. former congressman kweisi mfume
to start tuning into what he says as he runs around the country saying speaking to black audiences, young audiences and saying the republican i thought it was fascinating this week one of the things he did well in texas was, first of all, be with john cornyn at this dinner he was last night which is even more than ted cruz has done. but even more so he met with george p. bush, jeb bush s son, to talk about hispanic outreach. i don t agree with rand paul on a lot of things, but when i see the way he s trying to do outreach in the african-american community, in the hispanic community, he makes my heart smile. well, he knows one thing, to talk the talk, it s another thing to walk the walk. he has issues with the civil rights act. he has issues he didn t vote for the violence against women s act. he didn t vote for the patriot fairness act. when you move outside the primary to the general election,
dinner he was last night which is even more than ted cruz has done. but even more so he met with george p. bush, jeb bush s son, to talk about hispanic outreach. i don t agree with rand paul on a lot of things, but when i see the way he s trying to do outreach in the african-american community, in the hispanic community, he makes my heart smile. well, he knows one thing, to talk the talk, it s another thing to walk the walk. he has issues with the civil rights act. he has issues he didn t vote for the violence against women s act. he didn t vote for the patriot fairness act. when you move outside the primary to the general election, he s got some real issues with a broader base of women as well as minorities that s going to be really problematic. because guess what? you re probably not going to be president of the united states again if democrats continue to run up the tab on the gender gap the way we have done the last couple years and you know this very well, ana.
consider this issue. how committed we are across the government to meeting this challenge. that includes the outstanding vice president. few people have brought more passion to the fight over the decades than joe biden. back when a lot of people believed the domestic abuse was a private family matter and women in danger often had nobody to turn to. joe was out there saying this was unacceptable. thanks to joe and so many others, this nation enshrined commitment in the violence against women s act. police officers got special training and more shelters opened and a national hotline was created. as joe mentioned, a shift began to occur. americans came to see how serious the problem was and how we all needed to do more to address it. that s resulted in more hope and safety and a new chance at life