act. what we know in georgia, senator warnock has been a champion of voting rights. we expect him to be a champion. we need a champion. third thing, we need to understand the implications. and while we had a record turnout in the state of georgia, ultimately what we had is espy 202. there was a voting suppression law that was in place. it did have an impact on the election. i am so glad that you pulled me back from that impulse to say this is all about, it s all about control the senate. it s about what is really important. how things move through committee. it s important. to re-center this in terms of the needs of the people of georgia, as you know, these voters have done this before. warnock is asking them to show up one more time. walker is asking them to show up one more time. can you walk us through the mechanics of what getting out the vote, what it looks like over the next three weeks?
most conservative group in the whole nation in more than 48 states, they move in some voting suppression law. they know that states have a right to do it. doesn t it diminish the meaning and what it requires to become a full citizen? i don t think so. i think that we are expanding the voting rights. we are showing not only in new york city this, the state and the nation, but in the whole world, like 100 years from now, i used to be a social study teacher for 15 years. i know 100 years from now they will be saying to themselves, how did it happen? how did we have a society where people were equal, that the only difference was some have a citizenship or they have green cards let me ask you about a colleague of yours, laurie cumbo. we will roll the tape and watch together. where do african american voters fit in? because we are all black and brown, because we are all black and brown and other races doesn t mean we share the same values and principles and we are all going to vote
italians, jewish, latino, who were black. what we re saying now, let s revise it. in the last couple of years the most conservative group in the whole nation in more than 48 states, they move in some voting suppression law. they know that states have a right to do it. doesn t it diminish the meaning and what it requires to become a full citizen? i don t think so. i think that we are expanding the voting rights. we are showing not only in new york city this, the state and the nation, but in the whole world, like 100 years from now, i used to be a social study teacher for 15 years. i know 100 years from now they will be saying to themselves, how did it happen? how did we have a society where people were equal, that the only difference was some have a citizenship or they have green cards let me ask you about a colleague of yours, laurie
the senate have been unwilling to set aside a tradition, it s not a rule, it s not the constitution, to stop 412 proposed voting restrictions racing through 48 states, 22 of them already signed into law, the latest in texas, not coincidentally, what is the hope that expanding the court is viable in today s democratic party. well, i think you re right to pose the question in terms of referencing both the assault that s happening on abortion rights and voting rights. literally governor abbott in texas signed a voting suppression law this week, one week after the restrictive abortion law went into effect. these two issues are paired, i think, in the sense that today s republican party is the political minority so they are taking steps to entrench their power despite their minority status in the country and be able to enact an agenda that would never prevail at the ballot box. they re able to do that, because they have a 6-3 supreme court that they know will uphold these
i m glad the justice department is moving forward in texas. i want them to do that in north carolina and any other state that has put in place these laws that are really going to be damaging to people s right to vote. and that s the real point. people have been voting for years with their i.d. there s been no widespread fraud. yet you come in with a new program. it is a solution looking for a problem rather than a problem in need of a solution. and one of the people who just filed a lawsuit other in north carolina s voting suppression law is 92-year-old rosenel eaton who has compared to the literacy test she faced during the crowe era. listen to this 92-year-old. here i am at 92 years old doing the same battling. we need more, not less, access