through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. with the brother of george floyd and the mother of breonna taylor in attendance, tyre nichols, yet another young, black life snuffed out by the brutality of police is mourned in memphis. and later, congresswoman omar joins me as republicans continue their revenge tour. plotting to deny her a seat on the foreign affairs committee. we begin tonight on the first day of black history month, while it s still legal, presumably even in florida. in memphis, tyre nichols was eulogized today by reverend al sharpton, vice president kamala harris, ben crump, and tyree s family in an emotional and powerful ceremony in the city that was once the site of the final speech of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on the night before his assassination in april, 1968. looking at the balcony where martin luther king shed his blood, for city workers, for black city workers, to be able
Amendment privileges. because they hadn t committed themselves to that over there. but somewhere i read of the freedom of assembly. somewhere i read of the freedom of speech. somewhere i read of the freedom of the press. somewhere i read that the greatness of america is the right to protest for right. so just as i say, we aren t going to let any dogs or water hoses turn us around, we aren t going to let any injunction turn us around. we are going on. dr. king also used the speech to call for economic justice, calling on black memphis to boycott coca-cola and other companies who refused to hire black workers. he said, we ve come here we ve come by here to ask you to make the first item on your agenda, fair treatment. where god s children are concerned. now, if you are not prepared to do that, we have an agenda that we must follow and our agenda calls for withdrawing economic support from you. and he stood up for the more than 1,000 sanitation workers
Nothing more, the working class folks will pay a hell of a lot more and it goes further than that. this extreme republican agenda calls for congress, this is, i m not making this up either. you ve got to really think about this, it requires a vote, if it were to pass. every five years, a congress would have to vote to reinstate or eliminate social security, medicare, and medicaid. social security, paid in for the whole life, and has to be reauthorized, has to be reauthorized every five years. it s hard to make this up, and then again, it s a mega agenda. you know, meanwhile, millionaires and billionaires with the corporations skate by. imagine that.
Billionaires will pay nothing more, the working class folks will pay a hell of a lot more. it goes further than that. this extreme republican agenda calls for congress i m not making this up, either. you have to think about this. requires a vote if it were to pass every five years congress would have to vote to reinstate or eliminate social security, medicare, and medicaid. social security is something seniors have paid in for their whole life. and it has to be reauthorized? has to be reauthorized every five years? look, again, it s hard to make this up but then again it is a maga agenda. you know, meanwhile millionaires and billionaires and corporations skate by. imagine that. just imagine that. i think it is truly outrageous. i have offered a different plan.
Are going to pay a hell of a lot more. it goes further than that. this extreme republican agenda calls for congress i m not making this up either. you have to think about this. requires a vote, if it were to pass, every five years congress would have to vote to reinstate or eliminate social security, medicare and medicaid. social security, something seniors have paid in for their whole life and it has to be reauthorized? has to be reauthorized every five years? look, again, it s hard to make this up, but then again it s a mega agenda. meanwhile, millionaires and billionaires and corporations skate by. imagine that. just imagine that. it s truly outrageous. i offered a different plan that is rooted in the values of