governor reynolds during her reelection campaign last year. she put out a racially-charged ad, rallying against defunding the police. the black woman featured in the ad wasn t her opponent, wasn t even from her state. her opponent was deidre tidier. she used missouri congresswoman cory booker. cory butch, i m sorry, senator booker, senator butch. even i was once stellar representation for easy voter access has been talked. republicans have shrunk polling times, and made absentee voting more difficult. while the caucus system has failed to keep pace with the times in terms of organization, convenience, and technology. i will republicans clearly hope to turn a happy coincidence into a bit of political posturing. meant to make it look like they
justice and fairness in this country for those that were denied. and for me personally he s known me since i was 12, and just two months ago, he did one, probably his last cable last politicsnation, this show, live from selma alabama. in which he was there to commemorate the 65 march that he went to as a student. and in jackson lake spirit, against the advisers, the advice of his handlers, he got him a wheelchair, in march with us across the bridge with joe biden, the president, and other civil rights leaders and myself. as we went to commemorate bloody sunday that led to voting. i talked to his son, congresswoman, former congressman jesse jackson jr. this morning. and i told him you and i have been privileged to be students
mr. harper, thank you for joining us. i have known and work with you for a long time, as international action network. i ve appreciated every time you joined our annual summit and convention. you ve cast yourself in this race, as the most progressive candidate in the democratic field. currently dominated by three turn congresswoman lisa slotkin, a moderate democrat in a state that voted for donald trump in 2016, and then joe biden four years later. you are running on expanding social security, and affordable housing, reducing income inequality, and student debt. why do those issues make you the right candidate to represent michigan, right now? we ll look, thank you for this. and i ve traveled all over this state for the last three or four months, meeting with folks, meeting with farmers, who are up in the middle east, upper peninsula, meeting with folks in the city in flint, saginaw,
republican and democratic definitions. those comments did not end the questions, he no. and they only put his fellow republicans in not an awkward spot with eventually senator mitch mcconnell coming out and saying this. white supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole country. about half an hour after that, not in front of the cameras i should note, senator tuberville was asked again and he told reporters, and i m quoting him now, white nationalists are racist. as to whether republican leaders had pressured him to say that and to reverse the comments that he made here last night, senator tuberville told my colleague manu raju, i m quoting, i don t listen to them anyway. and joining me now is a member of the house armed services committee, representative elisa slotkin, democrat from michigan, who is also running for a senate seat there. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us tonight. when you hear senator tuberville s latest answer today, you know, f
Former Republican State Senator Tom Barrett is officially making a second congressional bid for a vital blue seat in Michigan in 2024. Barrett filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission Friday, launching his campaign for Michigan's 7th Congressional District after months of speculation he was eyeing another bid. The Republican candidate lost to Rep. Elisa