the most used day, the civil rights and elimination of poverty and especially voting rights soberly repeat the one partial quote they memorized in high school. it was martin luther king that told us and taught us that we should be judged base on the content character and not the color of our skin. that we should be judged on the content of our character and not color of our skin. in the words of dr. martin luther king that we must judge one another by the constant of our character, not the color of our skin. yeah, that one. and of course, if you went on twitter, you d see the same people applauding dr. king without noticing the irony of their remarks. for instance, you have senator rand paul tweeting that we should commemorate the life of mlk by uniting two americas into one that includes justice for one and justice for all. he pretty much tweets that every year. of course, rand paul is the same person that said he would have opposed the civil rights act of 1964 and t
rallying cry. quote, no celebration without legislation. king s eldest son calling for action. holiday should be a day on, not a day off. today we re not here to celebrate, we are here to be on. we re here to call on president biden and the senate to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act, and to warn that our democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years, students will read about what happens tomorrow and know whether our leaders had the integrity to do the right thing. that is the larger call at the higher altitude. now, down in the weeds of governing, democratic leaders are rallying for action against an obstruction that s green-lit mostly by republicans in two democratic holdouts, which has this scene starting the week where democratic leaders claim they re continuing to try to apply pressure, but it already feels like they ve hit a bri
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Going to be a big day in america and for the biden legal agenda facing confirmation hearings. we ll cover this and balance the war coverage on air which means there is another way to join me monday. take a look, a live youtube discuss of judge jackson s hearings. i ll be joined by melissa murray youtube.com/msnbc. or to my twitter page @arimelbur, it sets a reminder. even if the world is doing other things on air. that s it for me. the reidout with joy reid starts right now. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with the humanitarian disaster in ukraine.