out. and maybe there were some republicans that leaked it out. i think you had a lot of people in that room anxious to tell the press about this. that aside, it s also strange that he would say it in that setting. you know, sometimes i think you could say oh, well, he just makes this stuff up in front of crowds and does it for political reasons. no, he is actually saying it to the congressional leadership who obviously knows it s not true. and you start to think well maybe he really does believe it. maybe he convinced himself of this false information once he has gotten it in his head. i almost wanted to replay the tape of you last hour saying he had a great victory. it was a stunning you know, historical victory. wasn t a popular vote victory, an electoral college victory and it s an amazing thing. we are having too many bizarre moments with this new president, as phil mattingly called it. and you want to say to the president of the united states
come out against that north carolina marriage ban that passed last night. he also said he is against the marriage ban that s going to be on the ballot in minnesota in november. in new jersey right now, marriage would be legal for same-sex couples under legislation passed by the new jersey house and senate earlier this year, but that legislation was vetoed by new jersey governor chris christie. he has tried to make himself not seem too anti-gay for having vetoed marriage rights for new jersey, that would exist without his veto. he says that, frankly, he thinks it s just better to put things like this up to a statewide vote, as a general principle. the fact of the matter is that i think people would have been happy to have a referendum, you know, on civil rights, rather than fighting and dying in the streets, in the south. think about that for a second. instead of protecting african-american civil rights in the south, as rights, right? rights, right? we should have just put them up
rights, right? we should have just put them up for a majority vote. what could possibly go wrong? how would that vote have turned out in the segregated south? that s the argument chris christie made for why he vetoed same-sex marriage rights that passed the legislature in new jersey. this was the response to chris christie from the mayor of new jersey s largest city. dear god, we should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote, to be subject to the sentiments, the passions of the day. no minority should have their rights subject to the passions and sentiments of the majority. this is a fundamental bedrock of what our nation stands for. and i get very concerned that we have created in our state and we refuse to address and call it like it is, that we ve created a second class citizen in our state. that s what we have in america
for a majority vote. what could possibly go wrong? how would that vote have turned out in the segregated south? that s the argument chris christie made for why he vetoed same-sex marriage rights that passed the legislature in new jersey. this was the response to chris christie from the mayor of new jersey s largest city. dear god, we should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote, to be subject to the sentiments, the passions of the day. no minority should have their rights subject to the passions and sentiments of the majority. this is a fundamental bedrock of what our nation stands for. and i get very concerned that we have created in our state and we refuse to address and call it like it is, that we ve created a second class citizen in our state. that s what we have in america right now. we have two classes of citizens. jackie robinson said the right of every american to first class citizenship is the most
but they do that now. they did that before the vote that was lost yesterday in north carolina. it s taking the huge step of refusing to defend the constitutionality of bill clinton s gay rights disaster in the defense of marriage act. if you are in favor of gay rights, the barack obama administration has been great on the issue of gay rights. while before today, never saying what the president s personal view is on same-sex couples getting married. we treat presidents like they re celebrities. we are all curious about all of these personal things about them, including who their friends are and what they like in a person, what their prejudices might be. but ultimately, what presidents do is they wield political power. and even before today, that legacy of the first term of the barack obama presidency was already clear. today he added to that. he added icing to that. the cake was already baked. the legacy was already secured by his actions as president. by what his administration had don