Exclusively as he can afford to, about how to protect the franchise, because it is apparent to me and many in the Civil Rights Community that he will have to, since Senate Democrats cannot get their act together. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party only has variations on one goal, set the table for donald trump or one of his prototypes in 2024, while retaking the u. S. House and senate in this novembers midterm elections, and brand new numbers from nbc news contend that democratic voters may not have the enthusiasm to stop them. 72 of Americans Say the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to the poll, and thats just one percentage point higher than three months ago. 76 of Americans Say our democracy is in existential peril. I reiterate my charge, in solidarity with the Civil Rights Community, calling on President Biden to issue what Executive Orders he can to protect and, frankly, enhance our Voting Rights. My next guest, a civil rights champion, now a congressman, ca
Way too early on this Martin Luther kings day. Morning joe starts now. We got some difficult days here, it does not matter to me now because i have been through the mountain tops. I dont mind like anybody i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. I am not concerned about that now. I want to do gods will and he allowed me to go up to the mountain and i have looked over and i have seen the promise land. I mean i would get there with you. I want you to know the night that we ever, the people will get the the promise land so i am happy and i am not worried about anything. I am not feeling anything, my life have seen the glory of the coming of the law. What an extraordinary extraordinary speech of Martin Luther king jr. I have been to the mountain top speech, april 1968. It was delivered the day before he was assassinated. I remember seeing that very long time ago in church, not knowing the background of it. The fact is king didnt want to deliver that speech that night. He
On the right of American Politics and a wave of by residence is targeting minorities in america. A march today led by kings family to rally support for federal Voting Rights legislation that would shore up the right to vote which is under assault in states all across this country by a Republican Party in the grips of the disgraced Expresident Who incited a deadly insurrection. And he was fuelling baseless Election Fraud conspiracies. A new analysis in the Washington Post lays out a direct link between the lie about a stolen election and racial resentment today and the battles during civil rights during kings time. Quote, although a majority of americans recognize that white people enjoy racial advantages and are angry about racism in the u. S. A substantial fraction disagreeings, people who deny white racial advantages and the prevalence of racial inequities also doubt the results of the 2020 pregz election. And Absolve Former President Donald Trump of blame for the riot. These pattern
Cornerstone of American Democracy, and, yet, republican governors and State Legislatures across the country have spent the last year curbing it, from limiting how you can register to vote and where and when you can vote, to instituting changes that could result in your vote either not being counted or the will of the people being overruled. Compounding the precarious state of our democracy is that fewer Americans Trust the electoral system, and a sizeable majority believes the nations democracy is in danger of collapse. With Voting Rights on the line, President Biden laid out in stark words the choice facing the senate in a fiery speech in atlanta. What we choose, democracy over autocracy, light over shadows, justice over injustice. I know where i stand. I will not yield, i will not flinch, i will defend the right to vote our democracy against all enemies, foreign and, yes, domestic. [ applause ] do you want to be on the side of dr. King or George Wallace . Do you want to be on the sid
Moving backwards to the time donald trump has conjured for years now at his rallies, evoking without shame, the period before dr. King and thousands of others were able to prevail upon america to live up to its creed. Last night, i heard him the most powerful republican in the nation, invoke racist lies while exploiting the pandemic to hold on to his party ahead of the 2024 election, and its working. The left is now rationing Life Saving Therapeutics based on race, discriminating against and denegrading white people to determine who live and see who dies. If youre white, you dont get the vaccine. It must be said that racism has always been the central appeal of maga and it should never, never should have been tolerated to begin with. But i would feel better if i knew that President Biden and the democrats would be able to counter all those narratives. To be fair, they have to contend with not one, but two insurrections taking place. One of growing propensity on the right to embrace vio