role black women play in democracy. you can t think about georgia without thinking about latosha and without thinking about stacey and the one prosecutor that s going after that family is a black woman in georgia. when you look at who s going after that family in new york, it s a black woman, right? so there s a bigger story that i think is brewing, and that is that black women have consistently fought for our democracy on every single level, whether it was in the streets, whether it was in the halls of capitols, whether they re state capitals or the u.s. capital or as it relates to being able to prosecute. and i think that black women will continue to fight for our democracy, and that s exactly what i plan to do. i don t plan to give up. i know that i wouldn t be here but for those that fought before me, so i m going to continue this fight. we can t let up. if we say we ve been defeated, then they have won. this is a war. this isn t a battle, and we absolutely will win this war. it
being a threat to the future and young people. another poll, 35% of young people identify with the democratic party and believe democrats, too, have much work to do in referencing our interests. so on the most bake basic level, the first time we bear many of our society s most systemic issues and a racial reckoning, we want to see a reckoning, that entails everything from enacting policies that protect our planet from worsening natural disasters to make sure we achieve racial justice and equality. my generation has been on the front line for those issues. we seen the impact it s had on our generation. we want to see action. i think simply put. gen z is hungry and we re committed to make sure that happens through bold, transformative solutionles. we aren t afraid to keep doing so. you know, i echo that so much.
they have interviewed 300 witnesses. they have 35,000 pages of documentation. let them do their work. i m confident they ll be able to give us results as well. we hope, we hope. especially in a midterm year. you know this very well. you ve run for congress twice. that s how we first met your first campaign trail. i echo your sentiment that young people can get involved at any level. work on a campaign, run for office. all of those things make a difference. we have to talk about freddy versus jason, and that is of course desantis v. trump in 2024. it is very frightening to see how obnoxious these two men compete with each other, and desantis is going out of his way to appeal, no, i m the bigger racist, i m the most inept, this bill would prohibit florida s public schools and private business from making white people feel discomfort or guilt. now, the white is silent, he
to hold out, not to be blamed in the midterms. it s interesting what stephanie grisham has to say, although a book to promote. she is right, if president trump does run again, it will be a second term. he won t have to worry about a reelection. that s something that you think about. if you re the democrats, you you want trump to announce now so you have the issue in 2022. and we saw that in 2020, there s nothing that galvanizes like fear. many democrats don t seem to have fear of president trump. a legitimate reason. up next, a very big change in a personnel agency critical to the covid fight. head of the agency is stepping down. and we ll balk to leana wen after the break. in our overall health. chantell was suffering, and we had to put an end to that.
topping our political radar today, for the second day in a row, justice thomas clarence asked the first questions during the oral arguments in the supreme court. the normally quiet justice comes at this time, abortion and gun rights. justice breyer says the court in his view is a big improvement over doing business virtually. the senior liberal was heckled by protesters who want the 83-year-old to retire. his response what do you say to people who argue that you should retire as soon as possible, while the democrats have the senate majority? that s the bake basic issue that those folks that s their point of view. i ve said pretty much what i have to say. andrew yang says he s, quote,