21st century jim Crow Assault is real. Its unrelenting. Were going to challenge it vigorously. [ applause ] while this broad assault against Voting Right s not unprecedented, its taking on new forms. Its no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. Its about who gets to count the vote. Who gets the count whether or not your Vote Counted at all. To me, this is simple. Its Election Subversion. Its the most dangerous threat to voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. Never before decided who gets to count, count what votes count. Some want to make it harder to vote. If you vote, they want to tell you your vote doesnt count for any reason they make up. They want the ability to reject the final count and ignore the will of the people if their preferred candidate lose sz. A simple target, who did not vote for them. Thats the target. Its unconsciousable. Its hard to its hard to clear just how critical this is. Its unconscious
In areas with low vaccination rates. Im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. Let us begin tonight with two stories that say a lot about who we are as a country and where we might be going. In charlottesville, virginia, crews removed three statues today. Among them were monuments to Confederate Generals robert e. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Charlottesville had planned to remove them nearly four years ago. White supremacists and neonazis marched in protest and that led to violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills.
To violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills. More than 380 bills in all across the country. This is largely driven by the former president s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Those Claims Led to another outburst of Extremist Violence at the capitol on january 6th. The bills under Consideration Tonight in texas are House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1. Theyre similar to legislation that got blocked in may. Democrats staged a Latenight Walkout forcing the legislature to adjourn before the bills could pass. Am
The interurban Crime Wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. Step out, mr. Bundy. Ill plead not guilty right now. There has been a disturbing growth in Cult Phenomenon in this country. I shall be god. And beside me there shall be no other. All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness. But not so with the manson case. It was the biggest Publicity Case the d. A. s office had ever had. The Manson Trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve
So far, theres been deafening silence from the likes of aoc and black Lives Matter. Apparently aoc is too busy endorsing new York City mayoral candidate my wily who wants to Defund The Police that has private security regarding her block. Wiley says her partner is the one for it. Americans are fighting against defunding police. Residents in minneapolis are suing the city in the mirror for cutting Police Budget and failing to keep them safe. The parents in atlanta are suing City Leaders after their 8yearold daughter was shot and killed during violent protests last year. So, greg, you read these stories about these Defund The Police people and it turns out they are big private security people. What say you a Question Mark Greg its kind of a relief that we are doing these stories because we have been doing them. Consistently. For quite a while. When the Crime Rate spiked in the riots in the summertime, we were the ones talking about this stuff when the Legacy Media and the democrats didnt