President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
Surgeon in new polls while his republican rivals cant catch up. Ill ask the lincoln product cofounder, luke wilson, about the Republican Partys current identity crisis. Later, georgia on our mind. Fulton county d. A. , fani willis, hints that indictments in the Election Interference case could drop very soon. A key witness who was just subpoenaed join us lies to explain. Hell tell the grand jury about that fake electors plot. All of that and more, it is coming up. A good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. Now we know about that dramatic ending in the United States Womens National soccer teams world cup match against sweden. Were going to get to that in just a moment. Were going to start this hour with the Clock Ticking down to a serious deadline stemming for former president s third indictment. Even before he goes before d. C. Judge, tanya chunk, and for the first time later this month, shes already dealt him a legal blow. Judge Tanya Chutkan denied more time for a trump want
And president biden neck in neck and next year s general election. the subject of trump s continued political strength was reportedly the topics of discussion between biden and former president obama in late june. according to the washington post, factors such as trump s intensely loyal following, a trump friendly conservative media and a polarized country are underlining his worry that trump could be a more formidable candidates than many democrats realize. joining me now tara setmayer, linking project senior advisor and former gop communications director and resident scholar to the uva center for politics. and sarah longwell, publisher of the former national chair of orville gantz and host of the focus group podcast. thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. tara, how concerned should democrats be with trump s that he is to be gaining momentum?
When you hear that we need to have a revolutionary approach to ending poverty, taking big steps like we did in the city of flint in this project. with an r s kid s program. providing for the first time ever in a nation. 500 expectant mother is in a community for his child s birthday s. leading to poor health outcomes in the city of flint. that s had such big challenges. these are the kind of bets that me and governor whitmer are making on people. michigan other folks in communities across the country will take notes. and the minute that we have, last-minute switch gears to the 2024 presidential race. emerson college poll of registered michigan voters showed president biden and trump tie-dye head to head matchup. when you throw in green party candidate cornell west in the mix, trump leads 43 to 41. what do you think of this? it just means that there is an opportunity to tell the story of progress and success.
Have delivering the state of michigan. whether states like bringing supplies, chains homes to the chips and science acts. we re creating jobs in the semiconductor. industry expanding electric vehicle production. which is lead some of the biggest operation projects in the history of this in michigan. this administration has delivered us on higher job participation rates as well as the lowest unemployment rate in 23 years. this is due to coordination with our federal partners, vice president harris, president biden, the. delegation will tell that story across america. lieutenant governor, michigan lieutenant governor gilchrist, thank you so much for coming back to the sunday show. up, next special elections in ohio. and how it could impact abortion rights battle. we ll explain after the break. explain after the break. i use secret aluminum free. just swipe and it lasts all day. secret helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. and hours later, i still smell fresh.