Which is ridiculous that we are even talking about that when we have enough to produce here in the states. dana: i wanted the play this for you. this is linda thomas-greenfield has the job you used to have at the u.n. here is what she said yesterday. some of them according to credible reports, including by the mariupol city council, have been taken to so-called filtration camps. several security agents are confiscating passports, i.d.s, taking away cell phones and separating families from one another. i do not need to spell out what these so-called filtration camps are reminiscent of. dana: one of the things the biden administration has done well is tell you all the terrible things vladimir putin is doing. right. dana: i don t understand what we re willing to do to defend it. i don t think it has been very clear from the administration yet. if they would tell putin on the front end what we re going to do if there is an escalation.
Nullification, so i don t understand the confusion here. they have put it in your face. they ve said what they re going to do and in 17 states, they have already done it. we re not talking about what could happen after new years. these things are already in place. only passing federal laws will stop this and preserve the union if we are, in fact, going to have a country where the standards for voting is for one and for all the same standards. errin, republicans targeted mail-in voting, which in the midst of a pandemic, was in some places made more accessible. it s been one of the things targeted. it is, i think, some reporters would argue, a more secure way to vote. you have to show more i.d.s, there are signature verifications, there s no evidence of fraud, but it was targeted by republicans. i don t need to tell any of you we are heading into our highest covid numbers of the pandemic. the pandemic isn t over. and the majority of the bills that carry over, this is also
That helps give people confidence in the process. it is about confidence, accessibility, and security. there s a tension there, i understand that, and i think georgia struck the proper balance. we now have 17 days of early voting. that s more than anything they have in new york, new jersey, or delaware. you re talking about minnesota. you re also talking about my home state as well. there s many things across the country that have been looking at these issues, and the problem for voter i.d. laws i want you to address this people s criticism of voter i.d. is not on the concept that they are somehow against the idea of those who are supposed to be voting or you are who you say you are. it s about the devil being in the details, about the availability of having access to the actual i.d., the type of i.d.s that are permitted versus those that are taken away, the idea of which counts and which do not. and your book is called integrity counts . i do wonder for all those things, there
Senate is in the midst of intense debate as the democratic caucus tries to pass a combined voting rights legislation package that s already been passed by the house s two separate bills. this combined legislation is known as the freedom to vote john r. lewis act. for voters it would make election day a national holiday. states would be required to keep voting lines at a wait time of 30 minutes or less. there would be a minimum number of early voting days and access to no excuse absentee voting. it would create standards for acceptable i.d.s for states that enact voter i.d. laws and restore voter rights to felons ofrp their prison time ends. it would require neutral redistrictst districting, making harassing or coercing election officials a crime and as well as
Have in new york, new jersey, or delaware. you re talking about minnesota. you re also talking about my home state as well. there s many things across the country that have been looking at these issues, and the problem for voter i.d. laws i want you to address this people s criticism of voter i.d. is not on the concept that they are somehow against the idea of those who are supposed to be voting or you are who you say you are. it s about thele devil being in the details, about the availability of having access to the actual i.d., the type of i.d.s that are prermtd versus those that are taken away, the idea of which counts and which do not. i do wonder for all those things, there s an element happening in georgia right now where the power is being removed from officials like yourself in the ability to oversee fully these elections. do you see a problem with that based on the issues that you have raised? if you believe truly, genuinely, that these are indeed problems, do you think