Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
joining. this is big tonight. they have long argued this institution is broken, that right wingers broke it and that you can t even pretend to tackle america s tough problems if you won t clean up the system. today newly elected georgia senator raphael warnock used his first floor speech to invoke the pitched battle over americans right to vote arguing senators right to vote should not be vetoed by republican minority abuse of the filibuster tactic. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crowe era. it is a contradiction to say we must protect minority rights in the senate while refusing to protect minority rights in the society. colleagues, those senate rules should overrule the integrity of our democracy. this is jim crowe in new clothes. this was a powerful way to begin his senate career. warnock looking like the rookie and the vet willing to offer new ideas with the experience of a
Brian kemp. republican candidate for governor of georgia running against what could be the state s first black woman govern governor. it is just straight racism. the local naacp branch president. we fought very hard to have the opportunity to vote, and now the opportunity comes to they can vote and their rights are being taken away. there is nothing further from the fact. there is no disenfranchisement. there is no disen franchisement for african-americans or caucasian communities. now they re writing in an e-mail that voter suppression is alive and well in georgia and it
Intention though? i think it s hard to say for sure. when the courts look at this, they look at legislative purpose. what one legislator does might be different than what another does. to the promise of your question, there s no doubt that some republicans have spoken openly about this. one of the terms they use is caging which is to say let s take the current voters that are against us and cage them in. that s a piece of gerrymandering, dilute the vote. the other thing is who gets in and who gets to become a part of voting. a third piece is felly disen franchisement. all these are of a piece of frustration that s out there. the reason i m not pes mickity is the american public is awake to this. they re hearing that the congress isn t democratic, not in how it operates, not in how the filibuster operates and not in the voting booth and it makes people angry. we know political movements are not just built on idealism, but also built on this anger. if you re watching at home saying wha