WEBVTT - Tennessee’s Redistricting is RACIST | NLP Replay 

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<v Speaker 1>Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership

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<v Speaker 1>with Reason Choice Media Welcome Home to the Natives.

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<v Speaker 2>On Tuesday, Tennessee was called into special session to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the sole black district, majority minority district. Unfortunately

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<v Speaker 2>that's represented by Steve Coin right now, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>a majority minority district, and Justin Pearson was said to

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<v Speaker 2>challenge Steve Coin in this district that Justin Pearson, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>is the state representative there. The voices, the very voices

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<v Speaker 2>that Elliotts are describing, are those that were protesting. Let

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<v Speaker 2>us please roll this clip of State Senator London Lamar

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<v Speaker 2>protesting against the Republican redistricting efforts in Tennessee just on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 3>Colonel Lamar, thank you, missus, speaker, but I'm not thankful

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<v Speaker 3>to be here. I never thought in my lifetime did

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<v Speaker 3>I be standing in a body surrounded by my colleagues

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<v Speaker 3>who are going to erase the vote of my city

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<v Speaker 3>and black people in Memphis. My constituents are angry right now,

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<v Speaker 3>and just forty eight hours after this Supreme Court decision,

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<v Speaker 3>you all decided that you're gonna slice black voters in Memphis.

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<v Speaker 3>I need you to know this will be one of

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<v Speaker 3>the most racist actions taken in the history of modern

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<v Speaker 3>history of this legislature that you are participating in this week.

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<v Speaker 3>Intentionally breaking state law to take my community's vote is

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<v Speaker 3>downright disgusting and offensive. My grandmother, who's sinning watching of

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<v Speaker 3>meet right now, still alive to this day, live with

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<v Speaker 3>a moment where she could not vote, and I remember

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<v Speaker 3>the smile on her face when her grand baby got

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<v Speaker 3>elected in made history. And I know some of you

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<v Speaker 3>sending in this body Ashley, don't agree with this. I

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<v Speaker 3>know you don't, but this is an opportunity for you

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<v Speaker 3>to have some courage, show some courage. Y'all know this

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<v Speaker 3>is wrong. You know it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have to do it. I'm calling on the

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<v Speaker 3>soul of you to do.

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<v Speaker 1>The right thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's not carve out Memphis because you can't fairly win

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<v Speaker 3>in a ballot box or to favor one member in

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<v Speaker 3>this body's path to Congress. If you do this, this

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<v Speaker 3>is racist in its intent and there's no reason for

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<v Speaker 3>us to cut through it. Let's call it what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Call it what it is, show some courage. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 3>mister speaker, potential yourself with modern history right.

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<v Speaker 4>The crazy part about these men as though, like and

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<v Speaker 4>this is like, my experiences is kind of unique when

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<v Speaker 4>it comes to this stuff because I was on our

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<v Speaker 4>I was one of the five people who drew actually

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<v Speaker 4>drew the lines in South Carolina in twenty ten, and

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<v Speaker 4>so I was able to travel around and do the

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<v Speaker 4>town hall meetings and go in the rooms and actually

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<v Speaker 4>take the maps out and go precinct by precinct with

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<v Speaker 4>the guidelines of the Voting Rights Act and making sure

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<v Speaker 4>we weren't going over bodies of water and splitting you know, streets,

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<v Speaker 4>and trying to do that to the best of our ability,

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<v Speaker 4>and getting that in South Carolina it was like thirty

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<v Speaker 4>three thy seven hundred and one. That was like the

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<v Speaker 4>number you were looking for. And then I had to

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<v Speaker 4>testify in district court and then testify and then it

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<v Speaker 4>went all the way up to the Supreme Court, and

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<v Speaker 4>they wrote about it and all of these things. So

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<v Speaker 4>I was able to see it from a really interesting perspective.

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<v Speaker 4>And all of these maps stick out for one thing,

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<v Speaker 4>they're patently legally absurd. The map that they're talking about

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<v Speaker 4>doing in Tennessee. Take someone from downtown Memphis to be

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<v Speaker 4>represented by the same person who represents a city two

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<v Speaker 4>hundred miles away, Like it's patently absurd. When you look

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<v Speaker 4>at the potential maps in South Carolina, they go from

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<v Speaker 4>the top of the state of South Carolina, the border

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<v Speaker 4>of Georgia and North Carolina all the way down to Buford,

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<v Speaker 4>Like they cover hours of ground. Because what people don't

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<v Speaker 4>understand is that black people ain't going nowhere. It's not

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<v Speaker 4>like we're moving with the district, like the black centers

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<v Speaker 4>in Memphis are going to be the black centers in Memphis.

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<v Speaker 4>And so to do this, I think you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 4>a hard time still passing the muster, even set forth

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<v Speaker 4>by this bullshit Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 1>We got, well, we won't know because it's an imaginary one, right.

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<v Speaker 1>The muster now is how they use so we're supposed to.

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<v Speaker 1>We thought we had a guidepost when they said we

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<v Speaker 1>still have Section two after they destroyed Section five. But

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<v Speaker 1>then their justification here is so long as you can

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<v Speaker 1>come up with a reasonable argument that you are removing

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<v Speaker 1>or splitting, slicing and dicing this not because these people

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<v Speaker 1>are black, but because you're trying to create a Republican majority,

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<v Speaker 1>which they have created as constitutional Jerry mandering for the

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<v Speaker 1>purpose of political advantage. And so since in the South,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think probably all over the country, but definitely

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<v Speaker 1>in the South, the correlation between race and political party,

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<v Speaker 1>they're almost one and the same. Black people are Democrats,

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<v Speaker 1>white people are Republicans. And so if you're drawing a

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<v Speaker 1>district for political advantage, you can slice, dice, split black

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<v Speaker 1>folks up into many subgroups, say we never recognize the

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<v Speaker 1>power of our whole so that you can accomplish the

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<v Speaker 1>goal of creating a Republican seat. And the member in

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee was simply saying, let's call this thing what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>While the Constitution may have been plastered over by this

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<v Speaker 1>current Republican majority in the United S of Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 1>giving you the s roud of dignity that you're building

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<v Speaker 1>this for political advantage, we know you're building this to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy black representative voice. But Cary, I thought that part

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<v Speaker 1>of our conversation was about the fact that there are

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<v Speaker 1>now black people in great areas in southwest Atlanta and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Tallahassee and the North Side and all these

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<v Speaker 1>other places where they have argued with themselves to say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we can still elect a black person because we've done

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<v Speaker 1>it in this case, and in this case, and in

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<v Speaker 1>this case, and Ellie, I think did better than I could.

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<v Speaker 1>I was attempting to make sure I guarded myself while

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<v Speaker 1>I made the comment. But it's not that you're getting

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<v Speaker 1>a poorer quality of black elected I'm not suggesting that.

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<v Speaker 1>I am saying. However, all elected officials are not created equal,

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<v Speaker 1>and different ones of us can do different things and

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<v Speaker 1>show up in different ways for our community and be

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<v Speaker 1>as effective as you can possibly imagine. But when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to the will, the realm of your authority that

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<v Speaker 1>requires the public will, people have to give you your authority.

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<v Speaker 1>They can limit it or they can expand it based

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<v Speaker 1>on how they feel. And if you don't hear your

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<v Speaker 1>voice being spoken the way you speak it, the way

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<v Speaker 1>you do it, saying a thing that needs to be

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<v Speaker 1>said the way it needs to be done, you risk

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<v Speaker 1>losing out on a whole constituency of people who never

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<v Speaker 1>rally on that issue because they never heard you talking

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<v Speaker 1>about them. You may have been, but you were referring

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<v Speaker 1>to boundaries and districts, and this person was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the grocery store and food on my table. So what

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<v Speaker 1>we are being raped of, we're being just completely script

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<v Speaker 1>of it's our ability to even in Tennessee, where they

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<v Speaker 1>chose a white man to be their voice, the choice

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<v Speaker 1>was still theirs as a community that could be made

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<v Speaker 1>as a community because y'all had the we were and

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<v Speaker 1>we weren't a single We were us and not one individual.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now they have decided that we're so well

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<v Speaker 1>healed we can win white votes and so we no

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<v Speaker 1>longer need the concentrated fist to bring down its power

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<v Speaker 1>whenever it needed to bring it down because the leader

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<v Speaker 1>said so. And we're in compromise place, y'all, And I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't be more despaired by it, because I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what the road map looks like to overcome it. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>go vote, yes, organize.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, ag to this point, like I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>glad you said, like you don't know where to go

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<v Speaker 2>from here. I think that we have to understand what

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom is and we still really don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom is. And just for example, you all know

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<v Speaker 2>we record our show Wednesday morning. Right before our show started,

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<v Speaker 2>we got word that Louise Lucas, Senator Lucas out of Virginia,

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<v Speaker 2>her office has been rated. This was proposed by Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's foe district attorney in Virginia that didn't have the credentials,

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<v Speaker 2>that kept going after people like Tiss James, and who

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<v Speaker 2>else did she go after in Virginia? I missing somebody

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<v Speaker 2>Tis James and one other person. They had to throw

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<v Speaker 2>the oh it's James, comey. They had to throw the

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<v Speaker 2>cases out because she wasn't air tight on her way out.

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<v Speaker 2>She suggests that it would be good for Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>in midterms, energizing their base for the midterms by going

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<v Speaker 2>after a powerhouse like Senator Lucas, who is the one

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<v Speaker 2>of the people who championed Virginia's redistricting process to make

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<v Speaker 2>the maps fair again, to make the electoral process fair again,

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<v Speaker 2>by discounting what Donald Trump and his minions are doing

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<v Speaker 2>in other Southern states. So they go after Louise Lucas today.

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<v Speaker 3>God only knows for what.

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<v Speaker 2>But the spectacle of an FBI raided her office of

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<v Speaker 2>a cannabis dispensary across the lot of several other entities,

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<v Speaker 2>dragging people out a swat tea going in. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that is what we're dealing with. So anybody that.

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<v Speaker 4>Has you missed, you miss the most important.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me just say this, anyone who has the

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<v Speaker 2>courage to do the right thing in the face of

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<v Speaker 2>this terrorist, this is what they're going to do back.

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<v Speaker 2>They're trying to send a signal, a damn foghorn that

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<v Speaker 2>if you do right, if you try to pursue, if

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<v Speaker 2>you dare to pursue justice, and with this administration, these

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<v Speaker 2>are the repercussions you will lose your freedom.

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<v Speaker 1>Angelau, you're helping to draw the through line of.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's important because Angela was Angela was correct, but

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<v Speaker 4>she forgot one major point in her articulation of the

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<v Speaker 4>facts arounding Louise Lucas. Fox News apparently had to wherewithal

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<v Speaker 4>to stake it out, so they got the news first.

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<v Speaker 4>So if there was any doubt or question, I wanted

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<v Speaker 4>our viewers to and listeners to have the full context

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<v Speaker 4>of what weaponization really looks like. Because the only news

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<v Speaker 4>station that was there during the FBI raid, which, by

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<v Speaker 4>the way, Elie, tell me if I'm wrong, but don't

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<v Speaker 4>they usually happen right before Don or right around Don,

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<v Speaker 4>but having it having it around lunchtime is just weird.

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<v Speaker 4>But anyway, the only people who were there to record

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<v Speaker 4>this was Fox News. I'm sorry, and everything else I

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<v Speaker 4>want to say, I want to kudos, everything else, Angela.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, I just that the through line is for me.

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<v Speaker 1>We started talking about the election outcomes and Republicans solidifying

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<v Speaker 1>their support behind Trump and Indiana. I am now trying

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<v Speaker 1>to say there is no distinguishable difference between the people

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<v Speaker 1>taking these actions and those who are empowering them to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do this by voting for their Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>who are on the ballot, who are simply rubber stamps.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all are all the same. If you if if you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted accountability on a runaway government, you have an easy

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<v Speaker 1>way to do that. But but, but but this is

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<v Speaker 1>the this is the beauty of understanding them, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>is to see that they are in common cause despite

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<v Speaker 1>the areas of disagreement that surface. The war may be

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<v Speaker 1>an area of disagreements, and inconvenience, the price of gas

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<v Speaker 1>might be an inconvenience right now, maybe a big one

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<v Speaker 1>for some people if you are strained at every corner

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<v Speaker 1>of your wallet. But where we still come home is

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<v Speaker 1>that The New York Times is being sued by Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>Equal Opportunity Office because a white man was denied a job,

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<v Speaker 1>and a person who was non white got the job

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<v Speaker 1>they were applying for. It is because her meat is

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<v Speaker 1>going around advertising on online markers on the internet to

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<v Speaker 1>white men to come and bring your case to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump's a hired hand to go after those people

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<v Speaker 1>who have been taking from you, white men, what you

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<v Speaker 1>so richly deserve. So the common cause the through for

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<v Speaker 1>me is that I don't care how mad they get

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<v Speaker 1>with Donald Trump. I don't care how many sound bites

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<v Speaker 1>they offer of disagreement about his thing he did today, yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>or the day before, because they are still making common

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<v Speaker 1>cause and they are still at peace with him when

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<v Speaker 1>he is taking us out the picture, swiping us completely

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<v Speaker 1>out the frame. So I don't have high hopes. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess for me, if I had to go action, which

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<v Speaker 1>is what we'll get to next. And I know we

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<v Speaker 1>got another topic but we're gonna have to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>after the show. But my ass would be to really

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<v Speaker 1>come to terms people that we are not gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>saved by anybody else. There is no gallivanting a group

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<v Speaker 1>of Republican white folks that are going to surface this

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<v Speaker 1>November and get us free. I don't believe it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care what the polls show. I think they would

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<v Speaker 1>may be mad today, but they gonna make common cause

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<v Speaker 1>with the strand that runs beneath all of them. And

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<v Speaker 1>so when you talk, we just have to do our part.

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<v Speaker 5>When you talk about the road forward, I mean I

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<v Speaker 5>go back to history. I go back to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>Bakari was saying eighteen ninety six plus E v. Ferguson

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<v Speaker 5>nineteen fifty four, Brown be boarded that what changed? What's

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<v Speaker 5>the difference between eighteen ninety six and nineteen fifty four?

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<v Speaker 5>And I have two answers for that. We had different

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<v Speaker 5>Supreme Court justices and in nineteen fifty four.

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<v Speaker 4>We had one that we had one that was that

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<v Speaker 4>that literally transformed the court. Though Earl Warren was just

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<v Speaker 4>a whole different beast.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what.

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<v Speaker 5>Katanji Brown Jackson got that dog in her right.

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<v Speaker 3>She got thow dogs in us.

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<v Speaker 4>But Earl Warren was a white man though, so it

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<v Speaker 4>was a little different.

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<v Speaker 5>Something we can, we can. We have the people that

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<v Speaker 5>we need to have, they're just not on the court.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, right.

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<v Speaker 5>And so when I always come back to Supreme Court expansion,

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<v Speaker 5>when I always come back to the Supreme Court reform,

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<v Speaker 5>this is why The thing that changed between eighteen ninety

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<v Speaker 5>six and nineteen fifty four is that we had a

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<v Speaker 5>completely different Supreme Court by nineteen fifty four, and we

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<v Speaker 5>have to have a completely different Supreme Court than the

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<v Speaker 5>Roberts Court in twenty twenty six. We have to like you.

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<v Speaker 5>There is nothing you can do if you don't change

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<v Speaker 5>the Supreme Court, because the Supreme Court will always exist

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<v Speaker 5>as the stop, as the retardation on progress. That is

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<v Speaker 5>their function. They understand their function. They understand that they

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<v Speaker 5>are there four whites, including the black one. They understand

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<v Speaker 5>that they're there for whites. And until you change the

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<v Speaker 5>math on the Supreme Court, you change nothing. Can so

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<v Speaker 5>I always can I do my call to action phone? No? No?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait wait wait is that a call? That's the call

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<v Speaker 2>to action? I have a question?

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<v Speaker 1>You got it? Go ahead?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Sorry, Well I thought Ellie went off on a tangent,

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<v Speaker 2>but I like that tangent and call to action. But

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<v Speaker 2>I have a quick question for Ellie. I'm sorry, ag,

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<v Speaker 2>but is there can you quickly like in thirty seconds

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm not in too much trouble, my co host,

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<v Speaker 2>can you forecast for us what you think is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>happen in the birthright citizenship case.

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<v Speaker 5>I think Trump is gonna lose that one based on

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<v Speaker 5>oral arguments. I thought that was gonna be the bridge

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<v Speaker 5>too far, and I think that they're gonna use that

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<v Speaker 5>is to see we're not totally racist. We stared up

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<v Speaker 5>to Trump' stuff, Like, I think that's gonna be how

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<v Speaker 5>they go. I think they're gonna lose it seven to two.

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<v Speaker 5>I could even make a case for eight to one,

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<v Speaker 5>depending on what Clarence Thomas thinks I made. I made

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<v Speaker 5>the argument that literally Thomas was not as down to

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<v Speaker 5>get rid of birthright citizenship as I expected him to.

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<v Speaker 5>I still think he'll I still think it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 5>seven to two with Alito and Thomas dissenting. But I

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<v Speaker 5>could even make a case for eight to one. But

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<v Speaker 5>like Barrett just wasn't going for it. Neil Gorsich, I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't think was going for it. I think he'll lose

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<v Speaker 5>that one. Yeah, So you know, I'll come back here

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<v Speaker 5>when we don't, when they win and e Crow.

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