Choice act, a bill that would have cemented the right to choice as law of the land, was important to him. how important? have a listen. what would you do, at the federal level, not only to ensure access to abortion, but to make sure that the judicial nominees our true to roe v. wade? the first thing i would do as president s son the freedom of choice act. [applause] guess what, it wasn t the first thing he signed into law, but it was still a top priority, right? freedom of choice act is not my highest legislative priority. oh. we ll, if there was ever a time to codify roe, the start of the obama administration was that time. president obama won the white house by 8 million vote margin. he came to office with hopes and dreams. in fact, upon his inauguration january 2009, democrats held the white house for the first time since 1993.
Melvin. thank you for watching. coming up on the median show, big news, the 16 committee goes after key witnesses to the capitol riot, including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. finally. plus, well a sign of freedom of choice act. you mean, we could ve codify d roe v. wade more than a decade ago? we ll discuss why that didn t happen with former senator barbara also, amid rising crime, l.a. county prosecutor joins me to talk about the effort to remove him from office. activist and actor, wendell
That we were about to lose this. i always say last point i promised, to very last point. i think it s about complexion. i don t agree with the last gentleman who tweeted. we need more democrats, and democrats who are going to say, no to the filibuster. let me bring in terry, former president of now, the national organization of women. usc became president during obama s first year in office, when he decided not to pursue the freedom of choice act anymore. and some of the other contacts of that time. do you believe, looking, back that was a major missed opportunity? you know, i do. let me just say and, barbara is one of my heroes. i had the luxury, as president of now, to be advocating for women, and anyone who can get pregnant, transgender individuals, not gender,
Is quite as simple as democrats just showing up. you know, there is kind of a double bind for democrats at this point. i agree with governor newsom. where are the democrats right now? where is the serious counteroffensive? we know that it is evil what these people have been doing. but it s also true that the democrats have had opportunities, over the last few years, to codify women s reproductive rights. president obama as that he was going to make it part of his legislative authorities to pass the freedom of choice act, and then he chose not to. so, i think the democrats will put people in such a double bind. if you say to people you re going to do things and then you don t, and then all you say about for us again, i think the democrats, the president and congress, need to do a lot over the next few months to make sure that democrats will show up. not just say that we should and put the burden on us. we need to arouse people, around more than just this issue. democrats need to prove p