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1 | 00:00:23,087 | 00:00:28,087 | Subtitles by explosiveskull | Subtitles by explosiveskull |
2 | 00:00:33,935 | 00:00:35,562 | It might be a race | It might be a race |
3 | 00:00:35,645 | 00:00:37,522 | for the Governor's Mansion in Georgia, | for the Governor's Mansion in Georgia, |
4 | 00:00:37,605 | 00:00:40,650 | but this is one that the entire country is watching. | but this is one that the entire country is watching. |
5 | 00:00:40,734 | 00:00:42,694 | And if ever one vote counted, | And if ever one vote counted, |
6 | 00:00:42,777 | 00:00:45,613 | it certainly is going to count in this particular race. | it certainly is going to count in this particular race. |
7 | 00:00:52,037 | 00:00:54,789 | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! |
8 | 00:00:54,873 | 00:00:57,417 | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! |
9 | 00:00:57,500 | 00:00:59,711 | The controversy surrounding | The controversy surrounding |
10 | 00:00:59,794 | 00:01:02,005 | Georgia's governor's race is not dying down. | Georgia's governor's race is not dying down. |
11 | 00:01:02,088 | 00:01:03,798 | Both candidates dug in today. | Both candidates dug in today. |
12 | 00:01:03,882 | 00:01:05,383 | Republican Brian Kemp | Republican Brian Kemp |
13 | 00:01:05,467 | 00:01:10,305 | and Democrat Stacey Abrams are locked in a virtual dead heat. | and Democrat Stacey Abrams are locked in a virtual dead heat. |
14 | 00:01:10,388 | 00:01:11,389 | Everybody wants to know | Everybody wants to know |
15 | 00:01:11,473 | 00:01:12,474 | what's happening in Georgia. | what's happening in Georgia. |
16 | 00:01:12,557 | 00:01:13,725 | Still a toss-up there, as we're waiting | Still a toss-up there, as we're waiting |
17 | 00:01:13,808 | 00:01:15,351 | for a number of votes to come in. | for a number of votes to come in. |
18 | 00:01:15,435 | 00:01:18,396 | They believe there are tens of thousands of absentee ballots | They believe there are tens of thousands of absentee ballots |
19 | 00:01:18,480 | 00:01:20,440 | that have not yet been counted. | that have not yet been counted. |
20 | 00:01:20,523 | 00:01:22,650 | Voter suppression has become | Voter suppression has become |
21 | 00:01:22,734 | 00:01:24,110 | a national talking point, | a national talking point, |
22 | 00:01:24,194 | 00:01:27,280 | and Brian Kemp has become a focal point. | and Brian Kemp has become a focal point. |
23 | 00:01:27,363 | 00:01:30,867 | All of the votes in this race have not been counted. | All of the votes in this race have not been counted. |
24 | 00:01:30,950 | 00:01:33,453 | On Tuesday, as you know, we earned | On Tuesday, as you know, we earned |
25 | 00:01:33,536 | 00:01:36,247 | a clear and convincing victory at the ballot box, | a clear and convincing victory at the ballot box, |
26 | 00:01:36,331 | 00:01:39,292 | and today we're beginning the transition process. | and today we're beginning the transition process. |
27 | 00:01:40,085 | 00:01:41,628 | Kemp was leading | Kemp was leading |
28 | 00:01:41,711 | 00:01:42,962 | Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams | Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams |
29 | 00:01:43,046 | 00:01:46,049 | by a narrow margin, and it grew more and more narrow | by a narrow margin, and it grew more and more narrow |
30 | 00:01:46,132 | 00:01:48,009 | in the days following the election. | in the days following the election. |
31 | 00:01:48,093 | 00:01:49,886 | Abrams filed multiple lawsuits | Abrams filed multiple lawsuits |
32 | 00:01:49,969 | 00:01:52,388 | but ultimately dropped out of the race. | but ultimately dropped out of the race. |
33 | 00:01:52,472 | 00:01:53,890 | I acknowledge | I acknowledge |
34 | 00:01:53,973 | 00:01:56,768 | that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp | that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp |
35 | 00:01:56,851 | 00:01:58,436 | will be certified as the victor | will be certified as the victor |
36 | 00:01:58,520 | 00:02:01,064 | in the 2018 gubernatorial election. | in the 2018 gubernatorial election. |
37 | 00:02:01,147 | 00:02:03,441 | But to watch an elected official | But to watch an elected official |
38 | 00:02:03,525 | 00:02:06,361 | who claims to represent the people and the state | who claims to represent the people and the state |
39 | 00:02:06,444 | 00:02:09,364 | baldly pin his hopes for election on the suppression | baldly pin his hopes for election on the suppression |
40 | 00:02:09,447 | 00:02:11,783 | of the people's democratic right to vote | of the people's democratic right to vote |
41 | 00:02:11,866 | 00:02:13,785 | has been truly appalling. | has been truly appalling. |
42 | 00:02:13,868 | 00:02:15,328 | So, let's be clear. | So, let's be clear. |
43 | 00:02:15,411 | 00:02:18,039 | This is not a speech of concession. | This is not a speech of concession. |
44 | 00:02:18,123 | 00:02:19,999 | Because concession means to acknowledge | Because concession means to acknowledge |
45 | 00:02:20,083 | 00:02:23,419 | an action is right, true or proper. | an action is right, true or proper. |
46 | 00:02:23,503 | 00:02:25,547 | As a woman of conscience and faith, | As a woman of conscience and faith, |
47 | 00:02:25,630 | 00:02:28,591 | I cannot concede that. | I cannot concede that. |
48 | 00:02:57,328 | 00:02:59,372 | The fundamental power of democracy | The fundamental power of democracy |
49 | 00:02:59,455 | 00:03:01,374 | lies in the right to vote. | lies in the right to vote. |
50 | 00:03:01,457 | 00:03:03,042 | If you protect that right, | If you protect that right, |
51 | 00:03:03,126 | 00:03:05,712 | you create possibilities for everything else. | you create possibilities for everything else. |
52 | 00:03:08,381 | 00:03:11,843 | Too many Americans take for granted the right to vote | Too many Americans take for granted the right to vote |
53 | 00:03:11,926 | 00:03:13,678 | and don't understand that | and don't understand that |
54 | 00:03:13,761 | 00:03:16,055 | unless we fight for the right to vote, | unless we fight for the right to vote, |
55 | 00:03:16,139 | 00:03:19,601 | unless we try to include as many people as possible, | unless we try to include as many people as possible, |
56 | 00:03:19,684 | 00:03:23,688 | our democracy is put at risk. | our democracy is put at risk. |
57 | 00:03:23,771 | 00:03:27,275 | This right to vote is bloody. | This right to vote is bloody. |
58 | 00:03:27,358 | 00:03:29,152 | It is contested. | It is contested. |
59 | 00:03:29,235 | 00:03:33,948 | And the reason it is contested is because the vote matters. | And the reason it is contested is because the vote matters. |
60 | 00:03:41,915 | 00:03:44,209 | ♪ Register, inform yourself and vote ♪ | ♪ Register, inform yourself and vote ♪ |
61 | 00:03:44,292 | 00:03:47,837 | ♪ Register, inform yourself and vote ♪ | ♪ Register, inform yourself and vote ♪ |
62 | 00:03:47,921 | 00:03:49,714 | ♪ A country doesn't run itself ♪ | ♪ A country doesn't run itself ♪ |
63 | 00:03:49,797 | 00:03:51,341 | ♪ Every voter is a help... ♪ | ♪ Every voter is a help... ♪ |
64 | 00:03:51,424 | 00:03:52,800 | There are those who argue | There are those who argue |
65 | 00:03:52,884 | 00:03:55,386 | that America is not a democracy or a republic. | that America is not a democracy or a republic. |
66 | 00:03:55,470 | 00:03:57,138 | We are a democratic republic | We are a democratic republic |
67 | 00:03:57,222 | 00:04:00,934 | because we use democracy to elect our representatives. | because we use democracy to elect our representatives. |
68 | 00:04:03,436 | 00:04:04,896 | What is democracy? | What is democracy? |
69 | 00:04:04,979 | 00:04:08,191 | Democracy is a system in which the voters | Democracy is a system in which the voters |
70 | 00:04:08,274 | 00:04:10,985 | choose the people that govern them. | choose the people that govern them. |
71 | 00:04:11,069 | 00:04:13,613 | I vote for every, every election. | I vote for every, every election. |
72 | 00:04:13,696 | 00:04:15,156 | I don't care what it is. | I don't care what it is. |
73 | 00:04:15,240 | 00:04:16,741 | I don't miss voting. | I don't miss voting. |
74 | 00:04:16,824 | 00:04:19,911 | And my voice, I want to be heard. | And my voice, I want to be heard. |
75 | 00:04:19,994 | 00:04:21,871 | That's what it's supposed to be. | That's what it's supposed to be. |
76 | 00:04:21,955 | 00:04:24,874 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is determined | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is determined |
77 | 00:04:24,958 | 00:04:28,169 | to push for mail-in voting across the country | to push for mail-in voting across the country |
78 | 00:04:28,253 | 00:04:30,255 | in the next relief bill. | in the next relief bill. |
79 | 00:04:30,338 | 00:04:32,882 | The things they had in there were crazy. | The things they had in there were crazy. |
80 | 00:04:32,966 | 00:04:34,509 | Uh, they had things, uh, | Uh, they had things, uh, |
81 | 00:04:34,592 | 00:04:36,844 | levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to it, | levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to it, |
82 | 00:04:36,928 | 00:04:40,265 | you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again. | you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again. |
83 | 00:04:40,348 | 00:04:42,350 | When elected officials feel like they may not have | When elected officials feel like they may not have |
84 | 00:04:42,433 | 00:04:44,560 | the power anymore, they have two choices. | the power anymore, they have two choices. |
85 | 00:04:44,644 | 00:04:47,522 | They can either be more responsive to those they lead, | They can either be more responsive to those they lead, |
86 | 00:04:47,605 | 00:04:49,148 | or they can eliminate the people | or they can eliminate the people |
87 | 00:04:49,232 | 00:04:50,692 | they have to answer to. | they have to answer to. |
88 | 00:04:50,775 | 00:04:53,278 | I registered to vote at DMV about nine months ago. | I registered to vote at DMV about nine months ago. |
89 | 00:04:53,361 | 00:04:56,030 | I found out three weeks ago that I wasn't registered. | I found out three weeks ago that I wasn't registered. |
90 | 00:04:56,114 | 00:04:57,156 | Progress doesn't only | Progress doesn't only |
91 | 00:04:57,240 | 00:04:58,700 | go in one direction. | go in one direction. |
92 | 00:04:58,783 | 00:05:01,327 | We've had expansions of American democracy, | We've had expansions of American democracy, |
93 | 00:05:01,411 | 00:05:03,454 | but we've also had times when things have moved backwards, | but we've also had times when things have moved backwards, |
94 | 00:05:03,538 | 00:05:05,206 | where people have lost the right to vote. | where people have lost the right to vote. |
95 | 00:05:05,290 | 00:05:09,168 | A monumental decision by the Supreme Court, | A monumental decision by the Supreme Court, |
96 | 00:05:09,252 | 00:05:11,462 | changing the Voting Rights Act, | changing the Voting Rights Act, |
97 | 00:05:11,546 | 00:05:13,881 | the law of the land for 48 years. | the law of the land for 48 years. |
98 | 00:05:13,965 | 00:05:15,842 | History is never a straight line. | History is never a straight line. |
99 | 00:05:15,925 | 00:05:17,969 | It's always a fight. | It's always a fight. |
100 | 00:05:18,052 | 00:05:19,721 | If everybody's vote | If everybody's vote |
101 | 00:05:19,804 | 00:05:21,264 | was important and equal, | was important and equal, |
102 | 00:05:21,347 | 00:05:23,933 | then why are certain people | then why are certain people |
103 | 00:05:24,017 | 00:05:26,477 | in certain areas, of certain backgrounds, | in certain areas, of certain backgrounds, |
104 | 00:05:26,561 | 00:05:28,438 | why is their vote being limited? | why is their vote being limited? |
105 | 00:05:28,521 | 00:05:30,440 | - We're here to stay! - Now, some call it | - We're here to stay! - Now, some call it |
106 | 00:05:30,523 | 00:05:32,859 | a safeguard for the integrity of New Hampshire elections. | a safeguard for the integrity of New Hampshire elections. |
107 | 00:05:32,942 | 00:05:34,444 | Others see it as a political ploy | Others see it as a political ploy |
108 | 00:05:34,527 | 00:05:36,195 | to try and keep voters away from the polls. | to try and keep voters away from the polls. |
109 | 00:05:36,279 | 00:05:37,780 | I just think it should be | I just think it should be |
110 | 00:05:37,864 | 00:05:39,157 | a little more difficult to vote. | a little more difficult to vote. |
111 | 00:05:39,240 | 00:05:40,241 | There's nothing unconstitutional | There's nothing unconstitutional |
112 | 00:05:40,325 | 00:05:42,410 | about-about literacy tests. | about-about literacy tests. |
113 | 00:05:42,493 | 00:05:45,204 | The fight over voting rights is ultimately about power. | The fight over voting rights is ultimately about power. |
114 | 00:05:45,288 | 00:05:46,622 | Districts have been scrambled | Districts have been scrambled |
115 | 00:05:46,706 | 00:05:48,666 | all over the state of Texas in the past, | all over the state of Texas in the past, |
116 | 00:05:48,750 | 00:05:51,252 | and they elected white people and nobody questioned it. | and they elected white people and nobody questioned it. |
117 | 00:05:51,336 | 00:05:52,628 | Do you believe that | Do you believe that |
118 | 00:05:52,712 | 00:05:54,547 | democracy exists in America? | democracy exists in America? |
119 | 00:05:54,630 | 00:05:56,632 | Well, I've lived in America all my life, | Well, I've lived in America all my life, |
120 | 00:05:56,716 | 00:05:58,217 | and I've never seen democracy yet, | and I've never seen democracy yet, |
121 | 00:05:58,301 | 00:06:00,261 | so I don't know what the hell you're talking about. | so I don't know what the hell you're talking about. |
122 | 00:06:00,345 | 00:06:03,264 | People in Washington know nothing about reality. | People in Washington know nothing about reality. |
123 | 00:06:03,348 | 00:06:05,266 | They know nothing about what's happening | They know nothing about what's happening |
124 | 00:06:05,350 | 00:06:07,101 | to little people in the community. | to little people in the community. |
125 | 00:06:07,185 | 00:06:08,603 | But you add it all up, and all of a sudden, | But you add it all up, and all of a sudden, |
126 | 00:06:08,686 | 00:06:09,687 | p-people look at their government, | p-people look at their government, |
127 | 00:06:09,771 | 00:06:10,772 | think, "It doesn't represent me." | think, "It doesn't represent me." |
128 | 00:06:10,855 | 00:06:12,565 | And in many cases these days, uh, | And in many cases these days, uh, |
129 | 00:06:12,648 | 00:06:14,359 | for a lot of reasons, it really doesn't. | for a lot of reasons, it really doesn't. |
130 | 00:06:14,442 | 00:06:16,069 | In Wisconsin, voters headed | In Wisconsin, voters headed |
131 | 00:06:16,152 | 00:06:18,363 | to the polls today, the first state | to the polls today, the first state |
132 | 00:06:18,446 | 00:06:21,532 | to hold a major election with in-person voting | to hold a major election with in-person voting |
133 | 00:06:21,616 | 00:06:23,368 | in the midst of a stay-at-home order. | in the midst of a stay-at-home order. |
134 | 00:06:23,451 | 00:06:27,705 | Do they expect us to go against public safety? | Do they expect us to go against public safety? |
135 | 00:06:27,789 | 00:06:29,457 | The United States is the only country | The United States is the only country |
136 | 00:06:29,540 | 00:06:33,002 | that makes it so difficult for communities to own their power | that makes it so difficult for communities to own their power |
137 | 00:06:33,086 | 00:06:35,213 | by requiring them to jump through hoops | by requiring them to jump through hoops |
138 | 00:06:35,296 | 00:06:38,299 | to simply participate in basic elections. | to simply participate in basic elections. |
139 | 00:06:38,383 | 00:06:41,052 | It's pernicious because it convinces you | It's pernicious because it convinces you |
140 | 00:06:41,135 | 00:06:43,012 | that maybe it's not worth trying again. | that maybe it's not worth trying again. |
141 | 00:06:43,096 | 00:06:46,808 | And when entire communities become convinced | And when entire communities become convinced |
142 | 00:06:46,891 | 00:06:48,976 | that the process is not for them, | that the process is not for them, |
143 | 00:06:49,060 | 00:06:51,270 | we lose their participation in our nation's future, | we lose their participation in our nation's future, |
144 | 00:06:51,354 | 00:06:53,189 | and that's dangerous to everyone. | and that's dangerous to everyone. |
145 | 00:07:05,618 | 00:07:09,372 | You cannot understand where we are right now | You cannot understand where we are right now |
146 | 00:07:09,455 | 00:07:12,291 | unless you understand the history of voting rights | unless you understand the history of voting rights |
147 | 00:07:12,375 | 00:07:14,585 | and the struggle for voting rights. | and the struggle for voting rights. |
148 | 00:07:18,089 | 00:07:20,591 | Past is prologue. | Past is prologue. |
149 | 00:07:20,675 | 00:07:25,138 | Those forces that are systematically determined | Those forces that are systematically determined |
150 | 00:07:25,221 | 00:07:28,975 | to keep American citizens from voting, | to keep American citizens from voting, |
151 | 00:07:29,058 | 00:07:33,104 | they have been laying the seeds over time. | they have been laying the seeds over time. |
152 | 00:07:34,605 | 00:07:37,567 | When we started as a country, it wasn't really anything | When we started as a country, it wasn't really anything |
153 | 00:07:37,650 | 00:07:39,694 | like what we would consider a democracy. | like what we would consider a democracy. |
154 | 00:07:39,777 | 00:07:41,821 | Only white men who owned property | Only white men who owned property |
155 | 00:07:41,904 | 00:07:43,406 | had the right to vote. | had the right to vote. |
156 | 00:07:43,489 | 00:07:47,869 | That was a very small segment of the country even then. | That was a very small segment of the country even then. |
157 | 00:07:47,952 | 00:07:50,788 | The Constitution begins with the words, "We the people." | The Constitution begins with the words, "We the people." |
158 | 00:07:50,872 | 00:07:54,041 | And yet, who were the people? | And yet, who were the people? |
159 | 00:07:54,125 | 00:07:58,754 | It doesn't include slaves. It doesn't include women. | It doesn't include slaves. It doesn't include women. |
160 | 00:07:58,838 | 00:08:01,632 | Doesn't include Native Americans. | Doesn't include Native Americans. |
161 | 00:08:01,716 | 00:08:03,509 | Doesn't include young people. | Doesn't include young people. |
162 | 00:08:03,593 | 00:08:06,929 | So, the notion of "the people" is very restricted. | So, the notion of "the people" is very restricted. |
163 | 00:08:07,013 | 00:08:08,973 | You won't find sitting anywhere | You won't find sitting anywhere |
164 | 00:08:09,056 | 00:08:12,393 | in the articles of the Constitution where it says, | in the articles of the Constitution where it says, |
165 | 00:08:12,477 | 00:08:15,146 | "American citizens have the right to vote." | "American citizens have the right to vote." |
166 | 00:08:16,189 | 00:08:18,149 | When you have the-the founders | When you have the-the founders |
167 | 00:08:18,232 | 00:08:20,151 | writing in the language of Enlightenment, | writing in the language of Enlightenment, |
168 | 00:08:20,234 | 00:08:22,570 | dealing with getting rid of monarchy | dealing with getting rid of monarchy |
169 | 00:08:22,653 | 00:08:24,238 | and getting rid of kings | and getting rid of kings |
170 | 00:08:24,322 | 00:08:28,242 | and-and having this wonderful, beautiful republic, | and-and having this wonderful, beautiful republic, |
171 | 00:08:28,326 | 00:08:33,414 | and then you have six percent who are eligible to vote. | and then you have six percent who are eligible to vote. |
172 | 00:08:35,249 | 00:08:38,377 | White male property owners. | White male property owners. |
173 | 00:08:42,173 | 00:08:45,885 | It tells you we had a lot of work to do. | It tells you we had a lot of work to do. |
174 | 00:08:55,478 | 00:08:58,147 | I grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi. | I grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi. |
175 | 00:08:58,231 | 00:09:00,191 | My dad was a shipyard worker. | My dad was a shipyard worker. |
176 | 00:09:00,274 | 00:09:04,195 | My mom was the head librarian at William Carey College. | My mom was the head librarian at William Carey College. |
177 | 00:09:04,278 | 00:09:06,864 | Both of my parents were first in their family. | Both of my parents were first in their family. |
178 | 00:09:06,948 | 00:09:09,200 | My mom's the only one of her siblings | My mom's the only one of her siblings |
179 | 00:09:09,283 | 00:09:12,119 | to finish high school and, let alone, go to grad school. | to finish high school and, let alone, go to grad school. |
180 | 00:09:12,203 | 00:09:15,039 | My dad was the first man in his family to go to college. | My dad was the first man in his family to go to college. |
181 | 00:09:18,626 | 00:09:21,087 | My mom and dad were very prolific. | My mom and dad were very prolific. |
182 | 00:09:21,170 | 00:09:24,924 | I am the second of six children. | I am the second of six children. |
183 | 00:09:25,007 | 00:09:27,176 | My parents were very intentional with us. | My parents were very intentional with us. |
184 | 00:09:27,260 | 00:09:28,511 | And we had three jobs. | And we had three jobs. |
185 | 00:09:28,594 | 00:09:30,054 | You had to go to church. | You had to go to church. |
186 | 00:09:30,137 | 00:09:31,138 | Had to go to church. | Had to go to church. |
187 | 00:09:31,222 | 00:09:32,765 | And you had to go to school. | And you had to go to school. |
188 | 00:09:32,848 | 00:09:34,392 | Go to school and take care of each other. | Go to school and take care of each other. |
189 | 00:09:34,475 | 00:09:36,727 | And in the meantime, you had to do something | And in the meantime, you had to do something |
190 | 00:09:36,811 | 00:09:38,771 | - to help someone else. - Help somebody else. | - to help someone else. - Help somebody else. |
191 | 00:09:38,854 | 00:09:40,523 | We would volunteer | We would volunteer |
192 | 00:09:40,606 | 00:09:42,942 | at soup kitchens and homeless shelters. | at soup kitchens and homeless shelters. |
193 | 00:09:43,025 | 00:09:45,361 | If there was someone in need, my parents found a way | If there was someone in need, my parents found a way |
194 | 00:09:45,444 | 00:09:47,196 | to make sure we were there to help. | to make sure we were there to help. |
195 | 00:09:47,280 | 00:09:48,573 | Which was odd to us because, | Which was odd to us because, |
196 | 00:09:48,656 | 00:09:50,449 | we would point out, we were poor, too. | we would point out, we were poor, too. |
197 | 00:09:50,533 | 00:09:52,451 | Why are we serving other people? | Why are we serving other people? |
198 | 00:09:53,703 | 00:09:55,121 | They would say, "Having nothing | They would say, "Having nothing |
199 | 00:09:55,204 | 00:09:57,123 | is not an excuse for doing nothing." | is not an excuse for doing nothing." |
200 | 00:09:57,206 | 00:09:58,791 | And I'll tell you what, | And I'll tell you what, |
201 | 00:09:58,874 | 00:10:00,960 | when those kids were growing up, | when those kids were growing up, |
202 | 00:10:01,043 | 00:10:04,255 | every time we voted, we took them with us, | every time we voted, we took them with us, |
203 | 00:10:04,338 | 00:10:07,216 | and they saw us cast our ballot. | and they saw us cast our ballot. |
204 | 00:10:07,300 | 00:10:09,552 | And we'd sort of trail out of the voting booth | And we'd sort of trail out of the voting booth |
205 | 00:10:09,635 | 00:10:10,761 | like Make Way for Ducklings | like Make Way for Ducklings |
206 | 00:10:10,845 | 00:10:12,638 | because there were so many of us. | because there were so many of us. |
207 | 00:10:12,722 | 00:10:16,225 | But they wanted us to see them in the act of casting a vote. | But they wanted us to see them in the act of casting a vote. |
208 | 00:10:21,480 | 00:10:25,401 | My parents were admitted to Emory University in 1989 | My parents were admitted to Emory University in 1989 |
209 | 00:10:25,484 | 00:10:28,738 | to become United Methodist ministers. | to become United Methodist ministers. |
210 | 00:10:28,821 | 00:10:32,450 | I was 15, so I was unhappy with the world around me, | I was 15, so I was unhappy with the world around me, |
211 | 00:10:32,533 | 00:10:36,203 | so I was very excited about moving to Atlanta. | so I was very excited about moving to Atlanta. |
212 | 00:10:36,287 | 00:10:38,539 | I attended Avondale High School, | I attended Avondale High School, |
213 | 00:10:38,623 | 00:10:42,376 | and I became the valedictorian of my high school. | and I became the valedictorian of my high school. |
214 | 00:10:44,337 | 00:10:46,422 | When you're valedictorian in Georgia, | When you're valedictorian in Georgia, |
215 | 00:10:46,505 | 00:10:50,468 | you get invited to meet the governor of Georgia. | you get invited to meet the governor of Georgia. |
216 | 00:10:57,350 | 00:10:59,018 | It was a Sunday morning. | It was a Sunday morning. |
217 | 00:10:59,101 | 00:11:02,480 | We got dressed, put on our best clothes | We got dressed, put on our best clothes |
218 | 00:11:02,563 | 00:11:07,401 | and got on the bus because we didn't have a car. | and got on the bus because we didn't have a car. |
219 | 00:11:10,071 | 00:11:12,698 | We get to the guard gate, and the guard looks at me, | We get to the guard gate, and the guard looks at me, |
220 | 00:11:12,782 | 00:11:14,825 | and he looks at my parents, and he says, | and he looks at my parents, and he says, |
221 | 00:11:14,909 | 00:11:17,703 | "This is a private event. You don't belong here." | "This is a private event. You don't belong here." |
222 | 00:11:17,787 | 00:11:19,747 | My dad says, "No, no, this is my daughter Stacey. | My dad says, "No, no, this is my daughter Stacey. |
223 | 00:11:19,830 | 00:11:21,290 | She's one of the valedictorians." | She's one of the valedictorians." |
224 | 00:11:21,374 | 00:11:24,210 | But the guard doesn't check his checklist. | But the guard doesn't check his checklist. |
225 | 00:11:24,293 | 00:11:26,879 | He instead... I remember very clearly | He instead... I remember very clearly |
226 | 00:11:26,962 | 00:11:31,050 | him looking over our shoulders at the bus that's pulling away, | him looking over our shoulders at the bus that's pulling away, |
227 | 00:11:31,133 | 00:11:33,094 | and he looks back at us, and he basically says, | and he looks back at us, and he basically says, |
228 | 00:11:33,177 | 00:11:36,681 | he's like, "No," like, "you don't belong here." | he's like, "No," like, "you don't belong here." |
229 | 00:11:41,060 | 00:11:43,145 | The story he told himself was that | The story he told himself was that |
230 | 00:11:43,229 | 00:11:45,981 | these three Black people getting off a bus, | these three Black people getting off a bus, |
231 | 00:11:46,065 | 00:11:50,027 | they can't possibly belong in the Governor's Mansion | they can't possibly belong in the Governor's Mansion |
232 | 00:11:50,111 | 00:11:53,072 | on this day that's celebrating success and opportunity. | on this day that's celebrating success and opportunity. |
233 | 00:11:53,155 | 00:11:55,491 | - ♪ Let 'em know ♪ - ♪ Uh, yeah, we winnin' now ♪ | - ♪ Let 'em know ♪ - ♪ Uh, yeah, we winnin' now ♪ |
234 | 00:11:55,574 | 00:11:57,910 | ♪ Yeah, we risin' to the top, new beginning now ♪ | ♪ Yeah, we risin' to the top, new beginning now ♪ |
235 | 00:11:57,993 | 00:11:59,453 | - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ And we never gonna stop ♪ | - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ And we never gonna stop ♪ |
236 | 00:11:59,537 | 00:12:00,996 | ♪ Yeah, we grinnin' now ♪ | ♪ Yeah, we grinnin' now ♪ |
237 | 00:12:01,080 | 00:12:02,373 | ♪ Never been here, wow ♪ | ♪ Never been here, wow ♪ |
238 | 00:12:02,456 | 00:12:04,542 | ♪ But we in here now, holla black, yeah... ♪ | ♪ But we in here now, holla black, yeah... ♪ |
239 | 00:12:04,625 | 00:12:07,002 | My parents had a very engaged | My parents had a very engaged |
240 | 00:12:07,086 | 00:12:08,754 | and spirited discussion with this gentleman | and spirited discussion with this gentleman |
241 | 00:12:08,838 | 00:12:10,214 | about his decision-making skills, | about his decision-making skills, |
242 | 00:12:10,297 | 00:12:11,757 | about his reading comprehension. | about his reading comprehension. |
243 | 00:12:11,841 | 00:12:13,259 | Robert had to have a few choice words. | Robert had to have a few choice words. |
244 | 00:12:13,342 | 00:12:15,886 | It was explained to him in a certain way that, | It was explained to him in a certain way that, |
245 | 00:12:15,970 | 00:12:17,430 | if you want to stay healthy... | if you want to stay healthy... |
246 | 00:12:17,513 | 00:12:19,098 | - Well... - ...you look at the list. | - Well... - ...you look at the list. |
247 | 00:12:19,181 | 00:12:21,267 | I won't go no further than that. | I won't go no further than that. |
248 | 00:12:21,350 | 00:12:23,144 | ♪ Yeah, we're here now, uh, uh ♪ | ♪ Yeah, we're here now, uh, uh ♪ |
249 | 00:12:23,227 | 00:12:24,562 | ♪ Yeah, we're here now... ♪ | ♪ Yeah, we're here now... ♪ |
250 | 00:12:24,645 | 00:12:26,188 | What I remember about that day | What I remember about that day |
251 | 00:12:26,272 | 00:12:28,274 | is not meeting the governor. | is not meeting the governor. |
252 | 00:12:28,357 | 00:12:31,068 | Don't remember meeting my fellow valedictorians. | Don't remember meeting my fellow valedictorians. |
253 | 00:12:32,278 | 00:12:34,363 | All I remember is this man standing in front | All I remember is this man standing in front |
254 | 00:12:34,447 | 00:12:36,323 | of the most powerful place in Georgia, | of the most powerful place in Georgia, |
255 | 00:12:36,407 | 00:12:38,451 | telling me I don't belong inside. | telling me I don't belong inside. |
256 | 00:12:38,534 | 00:12:41,746 | And that was my first encounter with the governor of Georgia. | And that was my first encounter with the governor of Georgia. |
257 | 00:12:41,829 | 00:12:44,415 | ♪ Stand up, stand up, stand up ♪ | ♪ Stand up, stand up, stand up ♪ |
258 | 00:12:44,498 | 00:12:48,252 | ♪ No time to hide, we can't be denied, nah. ♪ | ♪ No time to hide, we can't be denied, nah. ♪ |
259 | 00:12:48,335 | 00:12:52,757 | It never occurred to me to think I could be governor. | It never occurred to me to think I could be governor. |
260 | 00:12:52,840 | 00:12:55,301 | I had simply never seen it. | I had simply never seen it. |
261 | 00:12:55,384 | 00:12:56,886 | When I started running, | When I started running, |
262 | 00:12:56,969 | 00:12:59,972 | that story for me was an important narrative | that story for me was an important narrative |
263 | 00:13:00,055 | 00:13:01,849 | because it reminded people that, | because it reminded people that, |
264 | 00:13:01,932 | 00:13:03,934 | just as I was told I don't belong here, | just as I was told I don't belong here, |
265 | 00:13:04,018 | 00:13:08,355 | so much of what voting is about is whether you belong, | so much of what voting is about is whether you belong, |
266 | 00:13:08,439 | 00:13:09,982 | whether you have value. | whether you have value. |
267 | 00:13:12,985 | 00:13:16,238 | James Baldwin said that "people are trapped in history | James Baldwin said that "people are trapped in history |
268 | 00:13:16,322 | 00:13:18,574 | and history is trapped in people." | and history is trapped in people." |
269 | 00:13:18,657 | 00:13:21,619 | We can't escape where we come from, | We can't escape where we come from, |
270 | 00:13:21,702 | 00:13:23,204 | but it's our responsibility | but it's our responsibility |
271 | 00:13:23,287 | 00:13:25,956 | to reshape what that story looks like. | to reshape what that story looks like. |
272 | 00:13:29,543 | 00:13:31,212 | After the Civil War, | After the Civil War, |
273 | 00:13:31,295 | 00:13:36,258 | the number-one question was: What is gonna replace slavery? | the number-one question was: What is gonna replace slavery? |
274 | 00:13:36,342 | 00:13:38,636 | What system of labor? What system of politics? | What system of labor? What system of politics? |
275 | 00:13:38,719 | 00:13:41,222 | What system of race relations? | What system of race relations? |
276 | 00:13:41,305 | 00:13:43,933 | Reconstruction is the nation's effort | Reconstruction is the nation's effort |
277 | 00:13:44,016 | 00:13:48,354 | to come to terms with the abolition of slavery. | to come to terms with the abolition of slavery. |
278 | 00:13:50,731 | 00:13:52,441 | They were trying to figure out, | They were trying to figure out, |
279 | 00:13:52,525 | 00:13:54,276 | "How do we heal this nation? | "How do we heal this nation? |
280 | 00:13:54,360 | 00:13:55,986 | How do we stitch it back together?" | How do we stitch it back together?" |
281 | 00:13:56,070 | 00:13:59,114 | And then you've got four million freed people. | And then you've got four million freed people. |
282 | 00:13:59,198 | 00:14:00,825 | "How do we do this?" | "How do we do this?" |
283 | 00:14:04,870 | 00:14:08,165 | The three amendments... the 13th, 14th and 15th... | The three amendments... the 13th, 14th and 15th... |
284 | 00:14:08,249 | 00:14:10,417 | were not just small-scale changes | were not just small-scale changes |
285 | 00:14:10,501 | 00:14:12,670 | in an existing structure. | in an existing structure. |
286 | 00:14:14,630 | 00:14:17,550 | They made the Constitution, for the first time, | They made the Constitution, for the first time, |
287 | 00:14:17,633 | 00:14:22,054 | a vehicle through which people could claim greater equality. | a vehicle through which people could claim greater equality. |
288 | 00:14:22,137 | 00:14:24,807 | They actually transformed the Constitution | They actually transformed the Constitution |
289 | 00:14:24,890 | 00:14:27,393 | into something new and different. | into something new and different. |
290 | 00:14:29,979 | 00:14:32,606 | They took slavery out of the Constitution, | They took slavery out of the Constitution, |
291 | 00:14:32,690 | 00:14:34,859 | where it had been embedded. | where it had been embedded. |
292 | 00:14:37,903 | 00:14:39,363 | They created for the first time | They created for the first time |
293 | 00:14:39,446 | 00:14:41,699 | a national definition of citizenship | a national definition of citizenship |
294 | 00:14:41,782 | 00:14:43,993 | and insisted that all those citizens | and insisted that all those citizens |
295 | 00:14:44,076 | 00:14:45,828 | and other persons in the country | and other persons in the country |
296 | 00:14:45,911 | 00:14:48,289 | had to be treated equally. | had to be treated equally. |
297 | 00:14:50,875 | 00:14:53,961 | And they mandated that African American men | And they mandated that African American men |
298 | 00:14:54,044 | 00:14:55,880 | must have the right to vote. | must have the right to vote. |
299 | 00:14:55,963 | 00:14:58,549 | That amendment in 1870 said | That amendment in 1870 said |
300 | 00:14:58,632 | 00:15:01,093 | the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged" | the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged" |
301 | 00:15:01,176 | 00:15:03,012 | on the basis "of race, color | on the basis "of race, color |
302 | 00:15:03,095 | 00:15:04,889 | or previous condition of servitude." | or previous condition of servitude." |
303 | 00:15:04,972 | 00:15:09,393 | The state shall not abridge the right to vote | The state shall not abridge the right to vote |
304 | 00:15:09,476 | 00:15:12,313 | "on account of race, color | "on account of race, color |
305 | 00:15:12,396 | 00:15:15,399 | or previous condition of servitude." | or previous condition of servitude." |
306 | 00:15:15,482 | 00:15:17,902 | The idea of a national standard for voting | The idea of a national standard for voting |
307 | 00:15:17,985 | 00:15:19,695 | was very controversial. | was very controversial. |
308 | 00:15:19,778 | 00:15:22,573 | During the debates on the 15th Amendment, | During the debates on the 15th Amendment, |
309 | 00:15:22,656 | 00:15:25,451 | even Northern states wanted to keep control | even Northern states wanted to keep control |
310 | 00:15:25,534 | 00:15:27,286 | of the voting qualifications, because there were | of the voting qualifications, because there were |
311 | 00:15:27,369 | 00:15:29,038 | people in their state they didn't want voting. | people in their state they didn't want voting. |
312 | 00:15:29,121 | 00:15:30,539 | And it's not about blacks. | And it's not about blacks. |
313 | 00:15:32,249 | 00:15:36,045 | California and Oregon did not ratify the 15th Amendment, | California and Oregon did not ratify the 15th Amendment, |
314 | 00:15:36,128 | 00:15:38,172 | because they were afraid that | because they were afraid that |
315 | 00:15:38,255 | 00:15:40,841 | it might let Chinese people vote. | it might let Chinese people vote. |
316 | 00:15:44,595 | 00:15:48,515 | But by 1870, when the 15th Amendment was ratified, | But by 1870, when the 15th Amendment was ratified, |
317 | 00:15:48,599 | 00:15:51,101 | Black men now had the right to vote | Black men now had the right to vote |
318 | 00:15:51,185 | 00:15:54,021 | in every state in the union for the first time. | in every state in the union for the first time. |
319 | 00:15:54,104 | 00:15:56,565 | And indeed, also to hold office. | And indeed, also to hold office. |
320 | 00:15:59,860 | 00:16:02,237 | What Reconstruction offered | What Reconstruction offered |
321 | 00:16:02,321 | 00:16:04,573 | was a fresh start for America. | was a fresh start for America. |
322 | 00:16:05,908 | 00:16:08,035 | You had this moment where | You had this moment where |
323 | 00:16:08,118 | 00:16:11,622 | Black citizens enjoyed citizenship. | Black citizens enjoyed citizenship. |
324 | 00:16:13,415 | 00:16:17,002 | That was evidenced by Black men going to the U.S. Senate. | That was evidenced by Black men going to the U.S. Senate. |
325 | 00:16:22,007 | 00:16:25,177 | You start having Black elected officials | You start having Black elected officials |
326 | 00:16:25,260 | 00:16:28,430 | in these amazingly high spaces | in these amazingly high spaces |
327 | 00:16:28,514 | 00:16:31,767 | where you would not have imagined them | where you would not have imagined them |
328 | 00:16:31,850 | 00:16:33,394 | 20 years earlier. | 20 years earlier. |
329 | 00:16:33,477 | 00:16:35,479 | That was the power of Reconstruction, | That was the power of Reconstruction, |
330 | 00:16:35,562 | 00:16:37,982 | and that was the power of the vote. | and that was the power of the vote. |
331 | 00:16:49,159 | 00:16:53,163 | Please welcome the first lady of our movement, | Please welcome the first lady of our movement, |
332 | 00:16:53,247 | 00:16:56,875 | Mrs. Coretta Scott King. | Mrs. Coretta Scott King. |
333 | 00:17:02,756 | 00:17:06,802 | Hi. Welcome, all of you, my brothers and sisters, | Hi. Welcome, all of you, my brothers and sisters, |
334 | 00:17:06,885 | 00:17:10,973 | to this 30th-anniversary March on Washington. | to this 30th-anniversary March on Washington. |
335 | 00:17:11,890 | 00:17:14,476 | Dr. King's spirit is with us. | Dr. King's spirit is with us. |
336 | 00:17:14,560 | 00:17:17,604 | When I spoke at the March on Washington, I was 19. | When I spoke at the March on Washington, I was 19. |
337 | 00:17:17,688 | 00:17:21,316 | I was terrified, and I do not recall to this day | I was terrified, and I do not recall to this day |
338 | 00:17:21,400 | 00:17:23,152 | actually giving that speech. | actually giving that speech. |
339 | 00:17:24,820 | 00:17:27,114 | I'm delighted now to introduce | I'm delighted now to introduce |
340 | 00:17:27,197 | 00:17:30,868 | our next speaker, Stacey Abrams, | our next speaker, Stacey Abrams, |
341 | 00:17:30,951 | 00:17:34,538 | who is a junior at Spelman College in Atlanta. | who is a junior at Spelman College in Atlanta. |
342 | 00:17:34,621 | 00:17:38,792 | She has helped mobilize students to be here today, | She has helped mobilize students to be here today, |
343 | 00:17:38,876 | 00:17:44,548 | and we are very, very proud of our sister, Stacey Abrams. | and we are very, very proud of our sister, Stacey Abrams. |
344 | 00:17:44,631 | 00:17:45,716 | Stacey. | Stacey. |
345 | 00:17:45,799 | 00:17:48,427 | There was a guy with a clock | There was a guy with a clock |
346 | 00:17:48,510 | 00:17:51,555 | who told me, "You only have X amount of time to speak." | who told me, "You only have X amount of time to speak." |
347 | 00:17:51,638 | 00:17:53,891 | And I remember him saying, "Start." | And I remember him saying, "Start." |
348 | 00:17:53,974 | 00:17:57,061 | Jobs, justice, peace. | Jobs, justice, peace. |
349 | 00:17:57,144 | 00:17:59,021 | This is a theme that we've been hearing today | This is a theme that we've been hearing today |
350 | 00:17:59,104 | 00:18:00,814 | over and over again. | over and over again. |
351 | 00:18:00,898 | 00:18:01,940 | This is a theme... | This is a theme... |
352 | 00:18:02,024 | 00:18:03,942 | When you walk onto the stage | When you walk onto the stage |
353 | 00:18:04,026 | 00:18:06,779 | and you look out over the Reflecting Pool, | and you look out over the Reflecting Pool, |
354 | 00:18:06,862 | 00:18:11,408 | I'd never seen that many people in one place in my entire life. | I'd never seen that many people in one place in my entire life. |
355 | 00:18:11,492 | 00:18:15,537 | Today we come before you, walking on the road to jobs, | Today we come before you, walking on the road to jobs, |
356 | 00:18:15,621 | 00:18:18,499 | the road to peace, the road to justice. | the road to peace, the road to justice. |
357 | 00:18:19,458 | 00:18:20,793 | When I was in college, | When I was in college, |
358 | 00:18:20,876 | 00:18:24,463 | I was very involved in voter registration. | I was very involved in voter registration. |
359 | 00:18:24,546 | 00:18:27,549 | What I was concerned about as a young person was | What I was concerned about as a young person was |
360 | 00:18:27,633 | 00:18:29,843 | how many people weren't taking advantage | how many people weren't taking advantage |
361 | 00:18:29,927 | 00:18:31,970 | of this right, of this power. | of this right, of this power. |
362 | 00:18:32,054 | 00:18:34,515 | I set up voter registration opportunities, | I set up voter registration opportunities, |
363 | 00:18:34,598 | 00:18:37,851 | and I would annoy my friends, and they did not care. | and I would annoy my friends, and they did not care. |
364 | 00:18:37,935 | 00:18:41,313 | But I knew how important it was to have this right to vote, | But I knew how important it was to have this right to vote, |
365 | 00:18:41,396 | 00:18:44,316 | because I'd remembered my parents teaching me about this. | because I'd remembered my parents teaching me about this. |
366 | 00:18:44,399 | 00:18:46,193 | I'd seen what it meant. | I'd seen what it meant. |
367 | 00:18:46,276 | 00:18:50,697 | At Spelman, I used to go to city council meetings. | At Spelman, I used to go to city council meetings. |
368 | 00:18:50,781 | 00:18:53,575 | I was starting to understand how government worked, | I was starting to understand how government worked, |
369 | 00:18:53,659 | 00:18:57,079 | but I was also becoming very aware of how it didn't work. | but I was also becoming very aware of how it didn't work. |
370 | 00:18:59,957 | 00:19:02,042 | I was protesting. | I was protesting. |
371 | 00:19:02,126 | 00:19:04,628 | I burned the Georgia state flag | I burned the Georgia state flag |
372 | 00:19:04,711 | 00:19:07,214 | because it had a Confederate emblem on it. | because it had a Confederate emblem on it. |
373 | 00:19:08,966 | 00:19:11,135 | We first tried to get a meeting with the governor | We first tried to get a meeting with the governor |
374 | 00:19:11,218 | 00:19:13,220 | to talk about it, and when that wasn't fruitful, | to talk about it, and when that wasn't fruitful, |
375 | 00:19:13,303 | 00:19:17,266 | we decided to bring attention to it by setting it on fire. | we decided to bring attention to it by setting it on fire. |
376 | 00:19:17,349 | 00:19:19,268 | Now, I got a burn permit for it, | Now, I got a burn permit for it, |
377 | 00:19:19,351 | 00:19:21,061 | so everyone knew I was doing it. | so everyone knew I was doing it. |
378 | 00:19:21,145 | 00:19:22,688 | I'm like, "I don't have to break the law | I'm like, "I don't have to break the law |
379 | 00:19:22,771 | 00:19:23,856 | to make my point." | to make my point." |
380 | 00:19:23,939 | 00:19:27,776 | Stacey Yvonne Abrams, magna cum laude. | Stacey Yvonne Abrams, magna cum laude. |
381 | 00:19:27,860 | 00:19:30,279 | I learned at Spelman College | I learned at Spelman College |
382 | 00:19:30,362 | 00:19:33,115 | I didn't have to limit my goals | I didn't have to limit my goals |
383 | 00:19:33,198 | 00:19:35,951 | to what I'd seen other people do. | to what I'd seen other people do. |
384 | 00:19:37,452 | 00:19:40,080 | Today, I come to you as a young person, | Today, I come to you as a young person, |
385 | 00:19:40,164 | 00:19:43,333 | as a young woman, as a young Black woman, | as a young woman, as a young Black woman, |
386 | 00:19:43,417 | 00:19:45,419 | to ask you to use us. | to ask you to use us. |
387 | 00:19:45,502 | 00:19:48,547 | Use the young people of the United States of America | Use the young people of the United States of America |
388 | 00:19:48,630 | 00:19:51,175 | to pave a road that will last forever. | to pave a road that will last forever. |
389 | 00:20:06,815 | 00:20:08,650 | The first great protest march | The first great protest march |
390 | 00:20:08,734 | 00:20:10,152 | on the nation's capital ever | on the nation's capital ever |
391 | 00:20:10,235 | 00:20:12,654 | was for the right to vote for women. | was for the right to vote for women. |
392 | 00:20:14,031 | 00:20:18,869 | In 1913, the day before the presidential inauguration, | In 1913, the day before the presidential inauguration, |
393 | 00:20:18,952 | 00:20:21,872 | 5,000 women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. | 5,000 women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. |
394 | 00:20:25,876 | 00:20:28,212 | It took pushing and pushing and pushing. | It took pushing and pushing and pushing. |
395 | 00:20:28,295 | 00:20:30,756 | It took hunger strikes, | It took hunger strikes, |
396 | 00:20:30,839 | 00:20:33,258 | picketing in front of the White House. | picketing in front of the White House. |
397 | 00:20:34,551 | 00:20:36,678 | All these creative, nonviolent protests... | All these creative, nonviolent protests... |
398 | 00:20:36,762 | 00:20:38,305 | that was new to this country. | that was new to this country. |
399 | 00:20:38,388 | 00:20:41,433 | This was before Gandhi had done a lot of these things. | This was before Gandhi had done a lot of these things. |
400 | 00:20:41,516 | 00:20:44,186 | But the women's movement and the fight for women's suffrage | But the women's movement and the fight for women's suffrage |
401 | 00:20:44,269 | 00:20:46,647 | introduced them to the United States. | introduced them to the United States. |
402 | 00:20:46,730 | 00:20:49,816 | We get to the 19th Amendment | We get to the 19th Amendment |
403 | 00:20:49,900 | 00:20:53,820 | that guarantees women the right to vote. | that guarantees women the right to vote. |
404 | 00:20:58,283 | 00:21:00,202 | When you look back at how long | When you look back at how long |
405 | 00:21:00,285 | 00:21:02,913 | women fought for the right to vote... | women fought for the right to vote... |
406 | 00:21:04,289 | 00:21:06,124 | We're used to movements now... | We're used to movements now... |
407 | 00:21:06,208 | 00:21:08,752 | ten or 20 years, and the change happens. | ten or 20 years, and the change happens. |
408 | 00:21:08,835 | 00:21:10,671 | Women spent their entire lifetimes | Women spent their entire lifetimes |
409 | 00:21:10,754 | 00:21:12,798 | fighting for the 19th Amendment. | fighting for the 19th Amendment. |
410 | 00:21:15,467 | 00:21:16,969 | Black women were instrumental | Black women were instrumental |
411 | 00:21:17,052 | 00:21:19,846 | in the passage of the 19th Amendment, | in the passage of the 19th Amendment, |
412 | 00:21:19,930 | 00:21:22,057 | and they had been part of this conversation | and they had been part of this conversation |
413 | 00:21:22,140 | 00:21:23,976 | from its beginning. | from its beginning. |
414 | 00:21:24,059 | 00:21:25,811 | Women who were helping | Women who were helping |
415 | 00:21:25,894 | 00:21:30,065 | shape opportunity for white women and for Black men, | shape opportunity for white women and for Black men, |
416 | 00:21:30,148 | 00:21:32,818 | and yet, in each of these conversations, | and yet, in each of these conversations, |
417 | 00:21:32,901 | 00:21:35,445 | Black women were left out of the narrative. | Black women were left out of the narrative. |
418 | 00:21:36,488 | 00:21:38,573 | And then, post-Reconstruction, | And then, post-Reconstruction, |
419 | 00:21:38,657 | 00:21:43,120 | Black men, who had suddenly become part of the body politic, | Black men, who had suddenly become part of the body politic, |
420 | 00:21:43,203 | 00:21:45,455 | were once again disenfranchised. | were once again disenfranchised. |
421 | 00:21:57,467 | 00:22:00,554 | The greatest moments of progress | The greatest moments of progress |
422 | 00:22:00,637 | 00:22:04,182 | are followed by the most intense periods | are followed by the most intense periods |
423 | 00:22:04,266 | 00:22:06,018 | of retrenchment. | of retrenchment. |
424 | 00:22:06,101 | 00:22:08,437 | That's what happened after the Civil War. | That's what happened after the Civil War. |
425 | 00:22:08,520 | 00:22:11,064 | Reconstruction was a high point for voting rights, | Reconstruction was a high point for voting rights, |
426 | 00:22:11,148 | 00:22:14,234 | and it was followed by nearly a hundred years of Jim Crow. | and it was followed by nearly a hundred years of Jim Crow. |
427 | 00:22:16,194 | 00:22:18,238 | The decision to remove | The decision to remove |
428 | 00:22:18,322 | 00:22:20,032 | the troops from the South | the troops from the South |
429 | 00:22:20,115 | 00:22:23,994 | was a decision made by one vote in the Congress. | was a decision made by one vote in the Congress. |
430 | 00:22:24,077 | 00:22:29,166 | One vote put an end to Reconstruction | One vote put an end to Reconstruction |
431 | 00:22:29,249 | 00:22:33,045 | and started the era of violence | and started the era of violence |
432 | 00:22:33,128 | 00:22:38,759 | and bloodshed and Klan-led catastrophes. | and bloodshed and Klan-led catastrophes. |
433 | 00:22:41,553 | 00:22:44,097 | The South was trying to figure out, | The South was trying to figure out, |
434 | 00:22:44,181 | 00:22:47,934 | "How do we stop all of these Black folk from voting? | "How do we stop all of these Black folk from voting? |
435 | 00:22:48,018 | 00:22:52,731 | If they continue to vote, we're in trouble." | If they continue to vote, we're in trouble." |
436 | 00:22:52,814 | 00:22:55,108 | How do you say, "We don't want Black folks to vote," | How do you say, "We don't want Black folks to vote," |
437 | 00:22:55,192 | 00:22:56,401 | without writing a law saying, | without writing a law saying, |
438 | 00:22:56,485 | 00:22:58,278 | "We don't want Black folks to vote"? | "We don't want Black folks to vote"? |
439 | 00:22:59,654 | 00:23:01,782 | Mississippi said, "Oh, we've got this. | Mississippi said, "Oh, we've got this. |
440 | 00:23:01,865 | 00:23:05,952 | "We have figured out how to get around the 15th Amendment, | "We have figured out how to get around the 15th Amendment, |
441 | 00:23:06,036 | 00:23:11,083 | while systematically denying the vote to African Americans." | while systematically denying the vote to African Americans." |
442 | 00:23:11,166 | 00:23:13,877 | And that was the Mississippi Plan of 1890. | And that was the Mississippi Plan of 1890. |
443 | 00:23:19,716 | 00:23:21,927 | What Mississippi came up with was: | What Mississippi came up with was: |
444 | 00:23:22,010 | 00:23:25,597 | We are going to use the societally imposed conditions | We are going to use the societally imposed conditions |
445 | 00:23:25,680 | 00:23:27,599 | on African Americans | on African Americans |
446 | 00:23:27,682 | 00:23:32,771 | and make those conditions the access to the ballot box. | and make those conditions the access to the ballot box. |
447 | 00:23:33,939 | 00:23:36,775 | What you say is: Democracy is expensive. | What you say is: Democracy is expensive. |
448 | 00:23:36,858 | 00:23:38,944 | Elections are expensive. | Elections are expensive. |
449 | 00:23:39,820 | 00:23:41,279 | And if you're really invested, | And if you're really invested, |
450 | 00:23:41,363 | 00:23:43,740 | you should be willing to pay a small fee. | you should be willing to pay a small fee. |
451 | 00:23:45,367 | 00:23:47,327 | A poll tax. | A poll tax. |
452 | 00:23:47,411 | 00:23:49,371 | It's not too much. | It's not too much. |
453 | 00:23:49,454 | 00:23:50,956 | It sounds so reasonable. | It sounds so reasonable. |
454 | 00:23:51,039 | 00:23:55,669 | But when you begin to think about what that means... | But when you begin to think about what that means... |
455 | 00:23:55,752 | 00:23:59,965 | You can pay for food, or you can vote. | You can pay for food, or you can vote. |
456 | 00:24:00,048 | 00:24:03,385 | You can pay for some clothes for your children, | You can pay for some clothes for your children, |
457 | 00:24:03,468 | 00:24:05,429 | or you can vote. | or you can vote. |
458 | 00:24:14,062 | 00:24:17,107 | And then the literacy test. | And then the literacy test. |
459 | 00:24:21,278 | 00:24:22,904 | The literacy tests | The literacy tests |
460 | 00:24:22,988 | 00:24:24,448 | are misnamed, in a sense, | are misnamed, in a sense, |
461 | 00:24:24,531 | 00:24:27,409 | because they weren't really tests of one's literacy. | because they weren't really tests of one's literacy. |
462 | 00:24:27,492 | 00:24:28,952 | They were traps. | They were traps. |
463 | 00:24:29,035 | 00:24:31,246 | They were designed to never let you | They were designed to never let you |
464 | 00:24:31,329 | 00:24:33,582 | be able to answer them correctly. | be able to answer them correctly. |
465 | 00:24:35,459 | 00:24:37,002 | I actually took out | I actually took out |
466 | 00:24:37,085 | 00:24:39,504 | one of the old literacy tests from Alabama. | one of the old literacy tests from Alabama. |
467 | 00:24:39,588 | 00:24:42,299 | My class of second- and third-year law students | My class of second- and third-year law students |
468 | 00:24:42,382 | 00:24:46,386 | could not pass the literacy test. | could not pass the literacy test. |
469 | 00:24:46,470 | 00:24:48,513 | There were literacy tests, poll taxes. | There were literacy tests, poll taxes. |
470 | 00:24:48,597 | 00:24:49,848 | Grandfather clauses, | Grandfather clauses, |
471 | 00:24:49,931 | 00:24:51,725 | all-white primaries, property clauses. | all-white primaries, property clauses. |
472 | 00:24:51,808 | 00:24:53,935 | If this one doesn't get you, this one will. | If this one doesn't get you, this one will. |
473 | 00:24:54,019 | 00:24:55,979 | If this one doesn't get you, this one will. | If this one doesn't get you, this one will. |
474 | 00:24:58,106 | 00:25:01,109 | There were this raft of different laws | There were this raft of different laws |
475 | 00:25:01,193 | 00:25:03,403 | that were called the Black Codes. | that were called the Black Codes. |
476 | 00:25:03,487 | 00:25:06,490 | And those laws criminalized basic normal behavior. | And those laws criminalized basic normal behavior. |
477 | 00:25:06,573 | 00:25:09,910 | It was a crime to be on a city street | It was a crime to be on a city street |
478 | 00:25:09,993 | 00:25:12,037 | without having a place to go. | without having a place to go. |
479 | 00:25:12,120 | 00:25:13,955 | It was a crime not to have a job | It was a crime not to have a job |
480 | 00:25:14,039 | 00:25:16,458 | even if what you were doing was looking for work. | even if what you were doing was looking for work. |
481 | 00:25:16,541 | 00:25:18,502 | If you were caught loitering, | If you were caught loitering, |
482 | 00:25:18,585 | 00:25:20,921 | meaning you were waiting for your wife in a store, | meaning you were waiting for your wife in a store, |
483 | 00:25:21,004 | 00:25:23,548 | that could be a pretext for arresting you, | that could be a pretext for arresting you, |
484 | 00:25:23,632 | 00:25:24,758 | incarcerating you | incarcerating you |
485 | 00:25:24,841 | 00:25:26,760 | and permanently disenfranchising you. | and permanently disenfranchising you. |
486 | 00:25:34,809 | 00:25:37,437 | That felony disfranchisement | That felony disfranchisement |
487 | 00:25:37,521 | 00:25:41,066 | coming out of Florida in 1868... | coming out of Florida in 1868... |
488 | 00:25:41,149 | 00:25:46,404 | what that does is it strips you of your right to vote. | what that does is it strips you of your right to vote. |
489 | 00:25:46,488 | 00:25:51,243 | It is a way to-to neutralize the 15th Amendment. | It is a way to-to neutralize the 15th Amendment. |
490 | 00:26:03,838 | 00:26:05,882 | Virtually overnight, | Virtually overnight, |
491 | 00:26:05,966 | 00:26:08,009 | African Americans are eliminated | African Americans are eliminated |
492 | 00:26:08,093 | 00:26:10,387 | from the electorate in the South. | from the electorate in the South. |
493 | 00:26:10,470 | 00:26:14,140 | So, you go from having Black governors and senators | So, you go from having Black governors and senators |
494 | 00:26:14,224 | 00:26:17,644 | to having almost no... if not any... Black voters | to having almost no... if not any... Black voters |
495 | 00:26:17,727 | 00:26:19,896 | that were able to participate in elections. | that were able to participate in elections. |
496 | 00:26:19,980 | 00:26:22,732 | In Mississippi, during Reconstruction, | In Mississippi, during Reconstruction, |
497 | 00:26:22,816 | 00:26:27,988 | African American voter registration was almost 67%. | African American voter registration was almost 67%. |
498 | 00:26:29,114 | 00:26:31,533 | By the time we have fought the Nazis | By the time we have fought the Nazis |
499 | 00:26:31,616 | 00:26:33,285 | and we are moving into the Cold War | and we are moving into the Cold War |
500 | 00:26:33,368 | 00:26:35,328 | where the U.S. is really holding up | where the U.S. is really holding up |
501 | 00:26:35,412 | 00:26:37,956 | as the leader of the free world, | as the leader of the free world, |
502 | 00:26:38,039 | 00:26:41,918 | only three percent of age-eligible African Americans | only three percent of age-eligible African Americans |
503 | 00:26:42,002 | 00:26:44,838 | were registered to vote in the South. | were registered to vote in the South. |
504 | 00:26:44,921 | 00:26:47,424 | Three percent. | Three percent. |
505 | 00:26:51,720 | 00:26:54,180 | The word says, "Great is the Lord | The word says, "Great is the Lord |
506 | 00:26:54,264 | 00:26:56,474 | and greatly to be praised." | and greatly to be praised." |
507 | 00:26:56,558 | 00:26:59,769 | ♪ I'm gonna praise him, I got to get it out... ♪ | ♪ I'm gonna praise him, I got to get it out... ♪ |
508 | 00:27:04,482 | 00:27:08,111 | My name is Desmond Meade. | My name is Desmond Meade. |
509 | 00:27:08,194 | 00:27:10,905 | I grew up in Miami, Florida. | I grew up in Miami, Florida. |
510 | 00:27:10,989 | 00:27:13,241 | I am what we call a returning citizen. | I am what we call a returning citizen. |
511 | 00:27:14,951 | 00:27:16,870 | Returning citizens are people | Returning citizens are people |
512 | 00:27:16,953 | 00:27:18,872 | with previous felony convictions. | with previous felony convictions. |
513 | 00:27:18,955 | 00:27:21,708 | You know, I used to tell people that my story | You know, I used to tell people that my story |
514 | 00:27:21,791 | 00:27:25,295 | didn't have a happy ending because I lived in Florida, | didn't have a happy ending because I lived in Florida, |
515 | 00:27:25,378 | 00:27:27,422 | where over 1.68 million people | where over 1.68 million people |
516 | 00:27:27,505 | 00:27:31,134 | had a lifetime ban from voting and other things. | had a lifetime ban from voting and other things. |
517 | 00:27:31,217 | 00:27:33,428 | After graduating high school, | After graduating high school, |
518 | 00:27:33,511 | 00:27:36,222 | I went into the service. | I went into the service. |
519 | 00:27:36,306 | 00:27:41,144 | When I returned home, I was addicted to drugs, | When I returned home, I was addicted to drugs, |
520 | 00:27:41,227 | 00:27:44,230 | and I was in and out of jail, | and I was in and out of jail, |
521 | 00:27:44,314 | 00:27:47,442 | and I ended up checking myself into drug treatment. | and I ended up checking myself into drug treatment. |
522 | 00:27:47,525 | 00:27:49,861 | I experienced a transformation. | I experienced a transformation. |
523 | 00:27:49,944 | 00:27:53,406 | What have I done with my life, uh, to make a difference? | What have I done with my life, uh, to make a difference? |
524 | 00:27:55,492 | 00:27:57,077 | Florida leads the nation | Florida leads the nation |
525 | 00:27:57,160 | 00:28:00,664 | in denying the right to vote to one specific group: felons. | in denying the right to vote to one specific group: felons. |
526 | 00:28:02,791 | 00:28:06,544 | For years, we have lobbied politicians | For years, we have lobbied politicians |
527 | 00:28:06,628 | 00:28:09,130 | to change these old Jim Crow laws, | to change these old Jim Crow laws, |
528 | 00:28:09,214 | 00:28:11,508 | and we were not able to accomplish anything. | and we were not able to accomplish anything. |
529 | 00:28:11,591 | 00:28:13,927 | If there's a million and a half | If there's a million and a half |
530 | 00:28:14,010 | 00:28:15,220 | convicted felons in Florida | convicted felons in Florida |
531 | 00:28:15,303 | 00:28:19,391 | and they're suddenly all qualified to vote, | and they're suddenly all qualified to vote, |
532 | 00:28:19,474 | 00:28:22,018 | that universe of people are probably gonna be | that universe of people are probably gonna be |
533 | 00:28:22,102 | 00:28:25,230 | more inclined to favor the Democratic Party. | more inclined to favor the Democratic Party. |
534 | 00:28:25,313 | 00:28:27,315 | What data is there to support that? | What data is there to support that? |
535 | 00:28:27,399 | 00:28:29,067 | - None. - Mm. | - None. - Mm. |
536 | 00:28:29,150 | 00:28:31,486 | So, if the politicians did not have | So, if the politicians did not have |
537 | 00:28:31,569 | 00:28:33,822 | the political strength or courage | the political strength or courage |
538 | 00:28:33,905 | 00:28:36,116 | to actually change the policies, | to actually change the policies, |
539 | 00:28:36,199 | 00:28:38,785 | then the next best thing was to let the citizens, | then the next best thing was to let the citizens, |
540 | 00:28:38,868 | 00:28:40,870 | uh, take it into their own hands. | uh, take it into their own hands. |
541 | 00:28:40,954 | 00:28:45,542 | Let my people vote! Let my people vote! | Let my people vote! Let my people vote! |
542 | 00:28:46,459 | 00:28:49,838 | In October of 2014, | In October of 2014, |
543 | 00:28:49,921 | 00:28:52,716 | we launched the ballot initiative. | we launched the ballot initiative. |
544 | 00:28:53,758 | 00:28:55,218 | All of the experts thought | All of the experts thought |
545 | 00:28:55,301 | 00:28:58,513 | that it was impossible to even get it on the ballot. | that it was impossible to even get it on the ballot. |
546 | 00:28:58,596 | 00:29:02,016 | But this was an organic grassroots movement. | But this was an organic grassroots movement. |
547 | 00:29:02,100 | 00:29:03,977 | We knocked on a lot of doors. | We knocked on a lot of doors. |
548 | 00:29:04,060 | 00:29:05,895 | - We're gonna change the history. - All right. | - We're gonna change the history. - All right. |
549 | 00:29:05,979 | 00:29:07,230 | We made a ton of phone calls. | We made a ton of phone calls. |
550 | 00:29:07,313 | 00:29:08,815 | We're talking to voters about Amendment 4, | We're talking to voters about Amendment 4, |
551 | 00:29:08,898 | 00:29:09,899 | the voting restoration amendment | the voting restoration amendment |
552 | 00:29:09,983 | 00:29:11,317 | on the ballot this November. | on the ballot this November. |
553 | 00:29:11,401 | 00:29:12,610 | Have you heard about it? | Have you heard about it? |
554 | 00:29:12,694 | 00:29:14,195 | And our message was very simple. | And our message was very simple. |
555 | 00:29:14,279 | 00:29:16,156 | When the debt is paid, it's paid. | When the debt is paid, it's paid. |
556 | 00:29:16,239 | 00:29:19,200 | Uh, and that this was an all-American issue | Uh, and that this was an all-American issue |
557 | 00:29:19,284 | 00:29:21,536 | that impacted people from all walks of life. | that impacted people from all walks of life. |
558 | 00:29:21,619 | 00:29:24,164 | I'm a 20-plus-year conservative Republican. | I'm a 20-plus-year conservative Republican. |
559 | 00:29:24,247 | 00:29:26,624 | I bring that up not to make an issue of it | I bring that up not to make an issue of it |
560 | 00:29:26,708 | 00:29:28,877 | but to actually not make an issue of it. | but to actually not make an issue of it. |
561 | 00:29:28,960 | 00:29:30,378 | This issue isn't about politics. | This issue isn't about politics. |
562 | 00:29:30,462 | 00:29:31,629 | It's about people. | It's about people. |
563 | 00:29:31,713 | 00:29:33,506 | Out of all the civil rights, | Out of all the civil rights, |
564 | 00:29:33,590 | 00:29:36,050 | nothing speaks more to citizenship | nothing speaks more to citizenship |
565 | 00:29:36,134 | 00:29:37,761 | than being able to vote. | than being able to vote. |
566 | 00:29:37,844 | 00:29:40,346 | Today is midterm Election Day. | Today is midterm Election Day. |
567 | 00:29:40,430 | 00:29:42,640 | Voting's gonna be in full swing here in just a few hours. | Voting's gonna be in full swing here in just a few hours. |
568 | 00:29:42,724 | 00:29:45,268 | Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure | Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure |
569 | 00:29:45,351 | 00:29:46,936 | that would restore voting rights | that would restore voting rights |
570 | 00:29:47,020 | 00:29:49,272 | to 1.4 million people, | to 1.4 million people, |
571 | 00:29:49,355 | 00:29:52,233 | one in five African Americans in Florida | one in five African Americans in Florida |
572 | 00:29:52,317 | 00:29:55,111 | and ten percent of the state's adult population. | and ten percent of the state's adult population. |
573 | 00:29:55,195 | 00:29:57,781 | Amendment 4, if it passes, is expected to | Amendment 4, if it passes, is expected to |
574 | 00:29:57,864 | 00:30:00,366 | change the shape of Florida's electorate for decades to come. | change the shape of Florida's electorate for decades to come. |
575 | 00:30:00,450 | 00:30:02,160 | Millions of votes already cast here in Florida, | Millions of votes already cast here in Florida, |
576 | 00:30:02,243 | 00:30:04,412 | but millions more will vote today. | but millions more will vote today. |
577 | 00:30:04,496 | 00:30:06,289 | It looks like Amendment 4 will pass. | It looks like Amendment 4 will pass. |
578 | 00:30:06,372 | 00:30:08,291 | Amendment 4 passing by a wide margin. | Amendment 4 passing by a wide margin. |
579 | 00:30:08,374 | 00:30:09,918 | 64% there. | 64% there. |
580 | 00:30:11,461 | 00:30:12,837 | Get the vote! | Get the vote! |
581 | 00:30:12,921 | 00:30:15,799 | Get the vote! Get the vote! | Get the vote! Get the vote! |
582 | 00:30:15,882 | 00:30:18,802 | I need every returning citizen here on this stage. | I need every returning citizen here on this stage. |
583 | 00:30:18,885 | 00:30:20,136 | That's right. | That's right. |
584 | 00:30:20,220 | 00:30:22,180 | When Amendment 4 passed, | When Amendment 4 passed, |
585 | 00:30:22,263 | 00:30:26,017 | there was a feeling of joy and appreciation | there was a feeling of joy and appreciation |
586 | 00:30:26,100 | 00:30:27,811 | for folks to be able to... | for folks to be able to... |
587 | 00:30:27,894 | 00:30:29,729 | to participate in our democracy. | to participate in our democracy. |
588 | 00:30:29,813 | 00:30:31,189 | We did it! | We did it! |
589 | 00:30:31,272 | 00:30:34,818 | Oh, my God, I am... I am feeling, like, | Oh, my God, I am... I am feeling, like, |
590 | 00:30:34,901 | 00:30:37,445 | on cloud nine right now. | on cloud nine right now. |
591 | 00:30:37,529 | 00:30:38,947 | That population in Florida | That population in Florida |
592 | 00:30:39,030 | 00:30:40,281 | and around the country, | and around the country, |
593 | 00:30:40,365 | 00:30:42,033 | they are the legacy of the Black Codes. | they are the legacy of the Black Codes. |
594 | 00:30:42,116 | 00:30:44,202 | They are the legacy of the Mississippi Plan. | They are the legacy of the Mississippi Plan. |
595 | 00:30:44,285 | 00:30:45,912 | They are the legacy of attempts | They are the legacy of attempts |
596 | 00:30:45,995 | 00:30:48,414 | to permanently disenfranchise African Americans | to permanently disenfranchise African Americans |
597 | 00:30:48,498 | 00:30:51,000 | and to block their participation in society. | and to block their participation in society. |
598 | 00:31:17,026 | 00:31:19,279 | Birth of a Nation... it's based | Birth of a Nation... it's based |
599 | 00:31:19,362 | 00:31:21,364 | on a novel called The Clansman, | on a novel called The Clansman, |
600 | 00:31:21,447 | 00:31:24,117 | which is a glorification of the Ku Klux Klan. | which is a glorification of the Ku Klux Klan. |
601 | 00:31:25,118 | 00:31:26,870 | Why is the Ku Klux Klan glorified? | Why is the Ku Klux Klan glorified? |
602 | 00:31:26,953 | 00:31:29,372 | Because it saved the South from the horrors | Because it saved the South from the horrors |
603 | 00:31:29,455 | 00:31:33,209 | of Black men holding office and, uh, being corrupt. | of Black men holding office and, uh, being corrupt. |
604 | 00:31:36,963 | 00:31:39,674 | You get to the early 1900s, | You get to the early 1900s, |
605 | 00:31:39,757 | 00:31:44,512 | and you have the reign of terror from the Ku Klux Klan. | and you have the reign of terror from the Ku Klux Klan. |
606 | 00:31:45,722 | 00:31:49,100 | And what you see is almost a total purge | And what you see is almost a total purge |
607 | 00:31:49,183 | 00:31:52,186 | in lots of the former states of the Confederacy | in lots of the former states of the Confederacy |
608 | 00:31:52,270 | 00:31:55,064 | of Black political participation... | of Black political participation... |
609 | 00:31:56,524 | 00:31:57,942 | ...at the butt of a gun, | ...at the butt of a gun, |
610 | 00:31:58,026 | 00:32:00,403 | at the butt of threats of violence, | at the butt of threats of violence, |
611 | 00:32:00,486 | 00:32:02,739 | through lynching and chaos. | through lynching and chaos. |
612 | 00:32:03,781 | 00:32:05,658 | There was terrorist violence | There was terrorist violence |
613 | 00:32:05,742 | 00:32:08,411 | on a massive scale in the South. | on a massive scale in the South. |
614 | 00:32:09,329 | 00:32:12,165 | Between 1880 and 1950, | Between 1880 and 1950, |
615 | 00:32:12,248 | 00:32:14,542 | somewhere around 4,000 Americans are lynched... | somewhere around 4,000 Americans are lynched... |
616 | 00:32:14,626 | 00:32:17,503 | and almost all of them African Americans. | and almost all of them African Americans. |
617 | 00:32:19,005 | 00:32:22,926 | So, let me tell you a story about Maceo Snipes. | So, let me tell you a story about Maceo Snipes. |
618 | 00:32:23,009 | 00:32:26,429 | Maceo Snipes was a World War II veteran. | Maceo Snipes was a World War II veteran. |
619 | 00:32:26,512 | 00:32:28,765 | When you have fought fascists | When you have fought fascists |
620 | 00:32:28,848 | 00:32:31,976 | and you have fought for democracy, | and you have fought for democracy, |
621 | 00:32:32,060 | 00:32:34,979 | you want some of that democracy for yourself. | you want some of that democracy for yourself. |
622 | 00:32:36,481 | 00:32:38,274 | He came home to Georgia, | He came home to Georgia, |
623 | 00:32:38,358 | 00:32:41,569 | and Maceo was determined to vote. | and Maceo was determined to vote. |
624 | 00:32:42,654 | 00:32:44,656 | There was an election going on, | There was an election going on, |
625 | 00:32:44,739 | 00:32:47,450 | and Eugene Talmadge was running for governor. | and Eugene Talmadge was running for governor. |
626 | 00:32:49,494 | 00:32:51,955 | The federal government is working consistently | The federal government is working consistently |
627 | 00:32:52,038 | 00:32:53,873 | to tear down states' rights. | to tear down states' rights. |
628 | 00:32:53,957 | 00:32:56,459 | And Talmadge was running on the platform | And Talmadge was running on the platform |
629 | 00:32:56,542 | 00:33:00,630 | to, as he said, keep the Negroes where they belong. | to, as he said, keep the Negroes where they belong. |
630 | 00:33:00,713 | 00:33:03,758 | And so Maceo goes down, and there's a sign | And so Maceo goes down, and there's a sign |
631 | 00:33:03,841 | 00:33:06,135 | that says something to the effect of: | that says something to the effect of: |
632 | 00:33:06,219 | 00:33:07,845 | "First Negro that votes, | "First Negro that votes, |
633 | 00:33:07,929 | 00:33:10,598 | that'll be the last thing he ever does." | that'll be the last thing he ever does." |
634 | 00:33:10,682 | 00:33:13,559 | Maceo was like, "I fought fascists. | Maceo was like, "I fought fascists. |
635 | 00:33:13,643 | 00:33:15,061 | What you got?" | What you got?" |
636 | 00:33:15,144 | 00:33:17,063 | And so Maceo went in there, | And so Maceo went in there, |
637 | 00:33:17,146 | 00:33:19,315 | and he cast his ballot. | and he cast his ballot. |
638 | 00:33:20,817 | 00:33:24,570 | He was the only Black person in Taylor County, Georgia, | He was the only Black person in Taylor County, Georgia, |
639 | 00:33:24,654 | 00:33:28,199 | that voted in 1946. | that voted in 1946. |
640 | 00:33:28,282 | 00:33:30,284 | Maceo goes home. | Maceo goes home. |
641 | 00:33:30,368 | 00:33:33,246 | Nothing happens for a few days. | Nothing happens for a few days. |
642 | 00:33:33,329 | 00:33:35,039 | And then... | And then... |
643 | 00:33:36,541 | 00:33:38,626 | He goes to his door. | He goes to his door. |
644 | 00:33:38,710 | 00:33:41,170 | White man says, "Could you step out on the porch?" | White man says, "Could you step out on the porch?" |
645 | 00:33:41,254 | 00:33:43,256 | Maceo's like, "Sure." | Maceo's like, "Sure." |
646 | 00:33:43,339 | 00:33:45,258 | And then he sees three additional white men. | And then he sees three additional white men. |
647 | 00:33:45,341 | 00:33:47,343 | And then he hears... | And then he hears... |
648 | 00:33:47,427 | 00:33:50,763 | And it was a firing squad, | And it was a firing squad, |
649 | 00:33:50,847 | 00:33:55,143 | and they laid Maceo out. | and they laid Maceo out. |
650 | 00:33:56,477 | 00:33:58,855 | The message was really clear. | The message was really clear. |
651 | 00:33:58,938 | 00:34:01,566 | You vote, you die. | You vote, you die. |
652 | 00:34:10,950 | 00:34:14,996 | Election Day terrorism was designed | Election Day terrorism was designed |
653 | 00:34:15,079 | 00:34:19,000 | to provide the kind of intimidation | to provide the kind of intimidation |
654 | 00:34:19,083 | 00:34:21,377 | that said, "If all of the pieces | that said, "If all of the pieces |
655 | 00:34:21,461 | 00:34:24,630 | "of the Mississippi Plan can't stop you, | "of the Mississippi Plan can't stop you, |
656 | 00:34:24,714 | 00:34:28,426 | we've got some bullets and a rope that will." | we've got some bullets and a rope that will." |
657 | 00:34:28,509 | 00:34:33,264 | And this is why you see the kind of insurgency | And this is why you see the kind of insurgency |
658 | 00:34:33,347 | 00:34:35,600 | happening in the Black community | happening in the Black community |
659 | 00:34:35,683 | 00:34:38,770 | that leads into the civil rights movement. | that leads into the civil rights movement. |
660 | 00:34:38,853 | 00:34:40,980 | This kind of... | This kind of... |
661 | 00:34:41,064 | 00:34:43,232 | "I shall not be moved." | "I shall not be moved." |
662 | 00:34:43,316 | 00:34:49,197 | ♪ Soon it will be done ♪ | ♪ Soon it will be done ♪ |
663 | 00:34:49,280 | 00:34:54,368 | ♪ Trouble of the world... ♪ | ♪ Trouble of the world... ♪ |
664 | 00:34:54,452 | 00:34:56,329 | My name is Roosevelt Lee. | My name is Roosevelt Lee. |
665 | 00:34:56,412 | 00:34:58,998 | I went out to Liberty to try to register, | I went out to Liberty to try to register, |
666 | 00:34:59,082 | 00:35:01,417 | and the next day, when I went back to my job, | and the next day, when I went back to my job, |
667 | 00:35:01,501 | 00:35:02,668 | the man fired me. | the man fired me. |
668 | 00:35:05,630 | 00:35:08,925 | After being questioned, I was carried into a room | After being questioned, I was carried into a room |
669 | 00:35:09,008 | 00:35:13,221 | where a police officer came in and got a rope and said, | where a police officer came in and got a rope and said, |
670 | 00:35:13,304 | 00:35:15,681 | "Okay, nigger, get up in here and let's go. | "Okay, nigger, get up in here and let's go. |
671 | 00:35:15,765 | 00:35:17,767 | "We're going to have a hanging here tonight, | "We're going to have a hanging here tonight, |
672 | 00:35:17,850 | 00:35:19,352 | and you're going to be first." | and you're going to be first." |
673 | 00:35:19,435 | 00:35:24,398 | ♪ No more ♪ | ♪ No more ♪ |
674 | 00:35:26,317 | 00:35:29,779 | ♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪ | ♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪ |
675 | 00:35:31,656 | 00:35:37,203 | ♪ No more ♪ | ♪ No more ♪ |
676 | 00:35:37,286 | 00:35:42,416 | ♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪ | ♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪ |
677 | 00:35:42,500 | 00:35:45,878 | ♪ Going home ♪ | ♪ Going home ♪ |
678 | 00:35:45,962 | 00:35:48,714 | ♪ To live ♪ | ♪ To live ♪ |
679 | 00:35:48,798 | 00:35:51,300 | ♪ With my Lord ♪ | ♪ With my Lord ♪ |
680 | 00:35:55,805 | 00:36:01,185 | ♪ Soon it will be done ♪ | ♪ Soon it will be done ♪ |
681 | 00:36:01,269 | 00:36:03,020 | ♪ Trouble of the world... ♪ | ♪ Trouble of the world... ♪ |
682 | 00:36:03,104 | 00:36:05,148 | In my life, I never would've imagined | In my life, I never would've imagined |
683 | 00:36:05,231 | 00:36:07,066 | I would have the honor to stand here. | I would have the honor to stand here. |
684 | 00:36:07,150 | 00:36:10,278 | And when I got the request, | And when I got the request, |
685 | 00:36:10,361 | 00:36:13,447 | my very next moment was to call my mom and my dad. | my very next moment was to call my mom and my dad. |
686 | 00:36:14,949 | 00:36:17,493 | My parents, Reverend Robert Abrams | My parents, Reverend Robert Abrams |
687 | 00:36:17,577 | 00:36:19,370 | and Reverend Carolyn Abrams. | and Reverend Carolyn Abrams. |
688 | 00:36:21,914 | 00:36:24,584 | You see, my father was arrested at the age of 14 | You see, my father was arrested at the age of 14 |
689 | 00:36:24,667 | 00:36:27,211 | in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. | in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
690 | 00:36:27,295 | 00:36:31,382 | He was arrested for helping to register Black people to vote. | He was arrested for helping to register Black people to vote. |
691 | 00:36:31,465 | 00:36:32,758 | My mother was doing the same work. | My mother was doing the same work. |
692 | 00:36:32,842 | 00:36:34,677 | She was just smart enough not to get caught, but... | She was just smart enough not to get caught, but... |
693 | 00:36:36,053 | 00:36:38,764 | All of that started here in Selma. | All of that started here in Selma. |
694 | 00:36:38,848 | 00:36:44,103 | ♪ No more... ♪ | ♪ No more... ♪ |
695 | 00:36:44,187 | 00:36:47,356 | Selma, Alabama, is located in Dallas County. | Selma, Alabama, is located in Dallas County. |
696 | 00:36:47,440 | 00:36:50,818 | 17,000 of the county's residents are Negroes. | 17,000 of the county's residents are Negroes. |
697 | 00:36:50,902 | 00:36:55,531 | However, only 1.7% of these are registered voters. | However, only 1.7% of these are registered voters. |
698 | 00:36:55,615 | 00:36:58,951 | The Negroes of Selma, Alabama, want to vote. | The Negroes of Selma, Alabama, want to vote. |
699 | 00:36:59,035 | 00:37:01,662 | We're willing to be beaten for democracy, | We're willing to be beaten for democracy, |
700 | 00:37:01,746 | 00:37:04,498 | and you misuse democracy in the street. | and you misuse democracy in the street. |
701 | 00:37:04,582 | 00:37:07,210 | You beat people bloody in order that they will not | You beat people bloody in order that they will not |
702 | 00:37:07,293 | 00:37:09,003 | have the privilege to vote. | have the privilege to vote. |
703 | 00:37:09,086 | 00:37:10,338 | You can turn your back now, | You can turn your back now, |
704 | 00:37:10,421 | 00:37:12,298 | and you can keep the club in your hand, | and you can keep the club in your hand, |
705 | 00:37:12,381 | 00:37:14,425 | but you cannot beat down justice. | but you cannot beat down justice. |
706 | 00:37:14,508 | 00:37:16,344 | And we will register to vote | And we will register to vote |
707 | 00:37:16,427 | 00:37:18,012 | because, as citizens of these United States, | because, as citizens of these United States, |
708 | 00:37:18,095 | 00:37:19,555 | we have the right to do it. | we have the right to do it. |
709 | 00:37:19,639 | 00:37:22,850 | You're under arrest for contempt of court. | You're under arrest for contempt of court. |
710 | 00:37:30,775 | 00:37:34,445 | Selma really awakened the nation. | Selma really awakened the nation. |
711 | 00:37:35,363 | 00:37:38,574 | In Selma, Sheriff Jim Clark | In Selma, Sheriff Jim Clark |
712 | 00:37:38,658 | 00:37:42,286 | was refusing to let them register to vote. | was refusing to let them register to vote. |
713 | 00:37:43,996 | 00:37:47,083 | They wouldn't even pretend to go through the motions. | They wouldn't even pretend to go through the motions. |
714 | 00:37:47,166 | 00:37:49,835 | I want to start out | I want to start out |
715 | 00:37:49,919 | 00:37:54,882 | by commending you, the Negro citizens of Selma, | by commending you, the Negro citizens of Selma, |
716 | 00:37:54,966 | 00:37:57,677 | for standing up. | for standing up. |
717 | 00:37:57,760 | 00:38:00,721 | Sooner or later, Sheriff Clark will understand | Sooner or later, Sheriff Clark will understand |
718 | 00:38:00,805 | 00:38:05,893 | that he's dealing with a people that will not stop | that he's dealing with a people that will not stop |
719 | 00:38:05,977 | 00:38:09,021 | until they have full freedom and human dignity. | until they have full freedom and human dignity. |
720 | 00:38:12,024 | 00:38:15,403 | Dr. King and a large number of Selma Negroes marched | Dr. King and a large number of Selma Negroes marched |
721 | 00:38:15,486 | 00:38:17,405 | through the city streets in small groups | through the city streets in small groups |
722 | 00:38:17,488 | 00:38:19,407 | to the county courthouse. | to the county courthouse. |
723 | 00:38:21,033 | 00:38:23,035 | One woman, Mrs. Amelia Boynton, | One woman, Mrs. Amelia Boynton, |
724 | 00:38:23,119 | 00:38:26,080 | was grabbed by the sheriff and hustled along the sidewalk | was grabbed by the sheriff and hustled along the sidewalk |
725 | 00:38:26,163 | 00:38:28,624 | into the custody of deputies. | into the custody of deputies. |
726 | 00:38:33,462 | 00:38:37,341 | Dr. King and I, we had been working together | Dr. King and I, we had been working together |
727 | 00:38:37,425 | 00:38:40,052 | to get a civil rights bill passed. | to get a civil rights bill passed. |
728 | 00:38:40,136 | 00:38:44,307 | We went back, and we met with President Johnson, | We went back, and we met with President Johnson, |
729 | 00:38:44,390 | 00:38:48,060 | and he said, "Well, I know you need voting rights, | and he said, "Well, I know you need voting rights, |
730 | 00:38:48,144 | 00:38:51,188 | "but we just had a civil rights bill passed. | "but we just had a civil rights bill passed. |
731 | 00:38:51,272 | 00:38:53,232 | "I just don't have the power | "I just don't have the power |
732 | 00:38:53,316 | 00:38:56,861 | "to go back to Congress for another civil rights bill. | "to go back to Congress for another civil rights bill. |
733 | 00:38:56,944 | 00:39:00,531 | I know it's needed, but, uh, I don't have the power." | I know it's needed, but, uh, I don't have the power." |
734 | 00:39:00,614 | 00:39:03,659 | And he must have said, "I don't have the power," | And he must have said, "I don't have the power," |
735 | 00:39:03,743 | 00:39:05,703 | half a dozen times. | half a dozen times. |
736 | 00:39:07,580 | 00:39:12,752 | When we left, I asked Dr. King, "Well, what are you gonna do?" | When we left, I asked Dr. King, "Well, what are you gonna do?" |
737 | 00:39:12,835 | 00:39:15,546 | He said, "We're gonna get the president some power." | He said, "We're gonna get the president some power." |
738 | 00:39:23,554 | 00:39:25,222 | Uh, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | Uh, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
739 | 00:39:25,306 | 00:39:26,891 | has a statement. | has a statement. |
740 | 00:39:26,974 | 00:39:29,727 | We, the Negro citizens of Dallas County | We, the Negro citizens of Dallas County |
741 | 00:39:29,810 | 00:39:32,313 | and other Alabama Black Belt counties, | and other Alabama Black Belt counties, |
742 | 00:39:32,396 | 00:39:35,274 | are marching today from Selma to Montgomery. | are marching today from Selma to Montgomery. |
743 | 00:39:36,525 | 00:39:38,819 | A couple of hundred people showed up. | A couple of hundred people showed up. |
744 | 00:39:40,279 | 00:39:43,366 | John Lewis led the march. | John Lewis led the march. |
745 | 00:39:43,449 | 00:39:47,078 | We're marching today to dramatize to the nation, | We're marching today to dramatize to the nation, |
746 | 00:39:47,161 | 00:39:48,704 | dramatize to the world | dramatize to the world |
747 | 00:39:48,788 | 00:39:51,957 | the hundreds and thousands of Negro citizens of Alabama, | the hundreds and thousands of Negro citizens of Alabama, |
748 | 00:39:52,041 | 00:39:54,293 | but particularly here in the Black Belt area, | but particularly here in the Black Belt area, |
749 | 00:39:54,377 | 00:39:56,462 | denied the right to vote. | denied the right to vote. |
750 | 00:40:00,383 | 00:40:03,010 | Then they get to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. | Then they get to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. |
751 | 00:40:04,220 | 00:40:06,263 | It's real quiet. | It's real quiet. |
752 | 00:40:06,347 | 00:40:09,308 | They're like, "Where is everybody?" | They're like, "Where is everybody?" |
753 | 00:40:15,106 | 00:40:18,984 | The Alabama state patrol and Sheriff Jim Clark | The Alabama state patrol and Sheriff Jim Clark |
754 | 00:40:19,068 | 00:40:22,571 | were on the other side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. | were on the other side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. |
755 | 00:40:22,655 | 00:40:25,116 | It'll be detrimental to your safety | It'll be detrimental to your safety |
756 | 00:40:25,199 | 00:40:27,243 | to continue this march, and I'm saying | to continue this march, and I'm saying |
757 | 00:40:27,326 | 00:40:29,537 | that this is an unlawful assembly. | that this is an unlawful assembly. |
758 | 00:40:29,620 | 00:40:31,664 | You are ordered to disperse. | You are ordered to disperse. |
759 | 00:40:31,747 | 00:40:34,333 | Go home or go to your church. | Go home or go to your church. |
760 | 00:40:34,417 | 00:40:37,586 | This march will not continue. | This march will not continue. |
761 | 00:40:37,670 | 00:40:40,423 | You've got two minutes to turn around | You've got two minutes to turn around |
762 | 00:40:40,506 | 00:40:42,800 | and go back to your church. | and go back to your church. |
763 | 00:40:42,883 | 00:40:45,761 | Is that clear to you? | Is that clear to you? |
764 | 00:40:45,845 | 00:40:48,180 | Major, may I have a word? | Major, may I have a word? |
765 | 00:40:48,264 | 00:40:51,225 | I've got nothing further to say to you. | I've got nothing further to say to you. |
766 | 00:40:51,308 | 00:40:56,230 | Troopers here, advance toward the group. | Troopers here, advance toward the group. |
767 | 00:40:56,313 | 00:41:00,693 | See that they turn around and disperse. | See that they turn around and disperse. |
768 | 00:41:19,670 | 00:41:21,964 | You see people just stumbling. | You see people just stumbling. |
769 | 00:41:22,047 | 00:41:23,924 | You see them being trampled. | You see them being trampled. |
770 | 00:41:24,008 | 00:41:26,552 | And the cameras are rolling. | And the cameras are rolling. |
771 | 00:41:44,069 | 00:41:46,947 | That Sunday, everybody was watching | That Sunday, everybody was watching |
772 | 00:41:47,031 | 00:41:49,742 | the movie Judgment at Nuremberg, | the movie Judgment at Nuremberg, |
773 | 00:41:49,825 | 00:41:52,786 | which was about Hitler's slaughter of the Jews. | which was about Hitler's slaughter of the Jews. |
774 | 00:41:54,955 | 00:41:57,541 | They cut into their movie of the week | They cut into their movie of the week |
775 | 00:41:57,625 | 00:42:00,753 | to show the footage of Bloody Sunday. | to show the footage of Bloody Sunday. |
776 | 00:42:00,836 | 00:42:04,256 | The nation was appalled because one of the ways | The nation was appalled because one of the ways |
777 | 00:42:04,340 | 00:42:07,927 | that Jim Crow worked so smoothly and so effectively | that Jim Crow worked so smoothly and so effectively |
778 | 00:42:08,010 | 00:42:09,803 | is that you didn't have to see it. | is that you didn't have to see it. |
779 | 00:42:09,887 | 00:42:14,391 | But when you see the violence raining down on people | But when you see the violence raining down on people |
780 | 00:42:14,475 | 00:42:18,020 | who are just fighting for the right to vote, | who are just fighting for the right to vote, |
781 | 00:42:18,103 | 00:42:20,314 | it tells you that something is systemically, | it tells you that something is systemically, |
782 | 00:42:20,397 | 00:42:23,234 | fundamentally wrong in this democracy. | fundamentally wrong in this democracy. |
783 | 00:42:24,276 | 00:42:26,904 | It-it was just... | It-it was just... |
784 | 00:42:26,987 | 00:42:31,492 | it was ruthless and brutal and... | it was ruthless and brutal and... |
785 | 00:42:31,575 | 00:42:34,078 | and criminal. | and criminal. |
786 | 00:42:34,161 | 00:42:36,997 | But it was what... | But it was what... |
787 | 00:42:38,958 | 00:42:43,087 | It was what changed the South on voting rights. | It was what changed the South on voting rights. |
788 | 00:42:46,590 | 00:42:48,425 | A nationwide movement | A nationwide movement |
789 | 00:42:48,509 | 00:42:51,053 | for voting rights erupted that week. | for voting rights erupted that week. |
790 | 00:42:51,136 | 00:42:52,846 | All over the country, there were protests, | All over the country, there were protests, |
791 | 00:42:52,930 | 00:42:54,348 | there were sit-ins. | there were sit-ins. |
792 | 00:42:56,850 | 00:42:58,435 | My father saw it | My father saw it |
793 | 00:42:58,519 | 00:43:02,898 | as a pivotal moment to seize upon America's angst | as a pivotal moment to seize upon America's angst |
794 | 00:43:02,982 | 00:43:04,525 | so that Americans would come and say, | so that Americans would come and say, |
795 | 00:43:04,608 | 00:43:08,070 | "Yes, the cause is just. The time is now." | "Yes, the cause is just. The time is now." |
796 | 00:43:15,786 | 00:43:18,163 | Many of the issues of civil rights | Many of the issues of civil rights |
797 | 00:43:18,247 | 00:43:21,875 | are very complex and most difficult. | are very complex and most difficult. |
798 | 00:43:21,959 | 00:43:27,798 | But about this, there can and should be no argument. | But about this, there can and should be no argument. |
799 | 00:43:27,881 | 00:43:31,302 | Every American citizen | Every American citizen |
800 | 00:43:31,385 | 00:43:35,306 | must have an equal right to vote. | must have an equal right to vote. |
801 | 00:43:38,642 | 00:43:42,187 | What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement | What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement |
802 | 00:43:42,271 | 00:43:44,982 | which reaches into every section | which reaches into every section |
803 | 00:43:45,065 | 00:43:46,942 | and state of America. | and state of America. |
804 | 00:43:47,026 | 00:43:49,695 | Because it's not just Negroes, | Because it's not just Negroes, |
805 | 00:43:49,778 | 00:43:55,367 | but really, it's all of us who must overcome | but really, it's all of us who must overcome |
806 | 00:43:55,451 | 00:43:59,580 | the crippling legacy of bigotry | the crippling legacy of bigotry |
807 | 00:43:59,663 | 00:44:01,999 | and injustice. | and injustice. |
808 | 00:44:02,082 | 00:44:05,044 | And we shall overcome. | And we shall overcome. |
809 | 00:44:17,806 | 00:44:19,850 | He ended his speech with: | He ended his speech with: |
810 | 00:44:19,933 | 00:44:22,686 | "And we shall overcome." | "And we shall overcome." |
811 | 00:44:22,770 | 00:44:25,230 | That's the only time I saw Martin Luther King, | That's the only time I saw Martin Luther King, |
812 | 00:44:25,314 | 00:44:27,232 | uh, shed a tear. | uh, shed a tear. |
813 | 00:44:28,859 | 00:44:31,987 | We gave him the power. | We gave him the power. |
814 | 00:44:32,780 | 00:44:36,367 | All of us working together | All of us working together |
815 | 00:44:36,450 | 00:44:38,869 | got the Voting Rights Act passed. | got the Voting Rights Act passed. |
816 | 00:44:38,952 | 00:44:41,830 | Lyndon Johnson understood that, | Lyndon Johnson understood that, |
817 | 00:44:41,914 | 00:44:46,085 | while he had been an impediment to civil rights for decades, | while he had been an impediment to civil rights for decades, |
818 | 00:44:46,168 | 00:44:49,505 | the time had changed and it was time for him to change. | the time had changed and it was time for him to change. |
819 | 00:44:49,588 | 00:44:51,298 | But more importantly, he understood that if | But more importantly, he understood that if |
820 | 00:44:51,382 | 00:44:55,260 | the power of the right to vote was truly made available, | the power of the right to vote was truly made available, |
821 | 00:44:55,344 | 00:44:57,096 | it would change the future of this nation. | it would change the future of this nation. |
822 | 00:45:25,165 | 00:45:28,377 | I'm the product of the Voting Rights Act. | I'm the product of the Voting Rights Act. |
823 | 00:45:29,753 | 00:45:31,338 | An act that was bought and paid for | An act that was bought and paid for |
824 | 00:45:31,422 | 00:45:33,882 | on Edmund Pettus Bridge. | on Edmund Pettus Bridge. |
825 | 00:45:33,966 | 00:45:35,467 | With foot soldiers who believed | With foot soldiers who believed |
826 | 00:45:35,551 | 00:45:37,761 | that they had the right to be there. | that they had the right to be there. |
827 | 00:45:37,845 | 00:45:40,264 | Because when you stood up and went across that bridge, | Because when you stood up and went across that bridge, |
828 | 00:45:40,347 | 00:45:42,474 | those were the wings of the eagles | those were the wings of the eagles |
829 | 00:45:42,558 | 00:45:44,393 | - that Isaiah talked about. - Yes. | - that Isaiah talked about. - Yes. |
830 | 00:45:44,476 | 00:45:46,979 | It may have looked like feet marching across the bridge, | It may have looked like feet marching across the bridge, |
831 | 00:45:47,062 | 00:45:48,522 | but that was flight. | but that was flight. |
832 | 00:45:53,402 | 00:45:56,905 | Days after the Voting Rights Act was passed, | Days after the Voting Rights Act was passed, |
833 | 00:45:56,989 | 00:45:59,032 | there were federal officials in the South | there were federal officials in the South |
834 | 00:45:59,116 | 00:46:02,369 | registering African Americans to vote for the first time | registering African Americans to vote for the first time |
835 | 00:46:02,453 | 00:46:03,954 | in counties where Black people | in counties where Black people |
836 | 00:46:04,037 | 00:46:06,290 | hadn't been able to register for decades. | hadn't been able to register for decades. |
837 | 00:46:06,373 | 00:46:08,625 | This was truly revolutionary. | This was truly revolutionary. |
838 | 00:46:12,337 | 00:46:17,301 | By 1967, two years after the Voting Rights Act, | By 1967, two years after the Voting Rights Act, |
839 | 00:46:17,384 | 00:46:21,555 | almost 60% of Black adults in Mississippi | almost 60% of Black adults in Mississippi |
840 | 00:46:21,638 | 00:46:23,807 | registered to vote. | registered to vote. |
841 | 00:46:25,017 | 00:46:26,810 | Game changer. | Game changer. |
842 | 00:46:45,746 | 00:46:47,581 | September of 2018, | September of 2018, |
843 | 00:46:47,664 | 00:46:50,334 | I went home to visit my grandmother. | I went home to visit my grandmother. |
844 | 00:46:56,715 | 00:47:01,053 | And Grandma had a recliner that sat right next to her bed. | And Grandma had a recliner that sat right next to her bed. |
845 | 00:47:03,263 | 00:47:05,516 | When you go to visit my grandma, you sat down | When you go to visit my grandma, you sat down |
846 | 00:47:05,599 | 00:47:07,226 | because you did not want to interrupt | because you did not want to interrupt |
847 | 00:47:07,309 | 00:47:09,520 | whatever it was she was watching. | whatever it was she was watching. |
848 | 00:47:11,230 | 00:47:14,274 | And so, I sat on the bedside waiting for her attention, | And so, I sat on the bedside waiting for her attention, |
849 | 00:47:14,358 | 00:47:18,403 | and, uh, she turned to me. | and, uh, she turned to me. |
850 | 00:47:18,487 | 00:47:20,447 | And unprompted, my grandmother reached for my hand, | And unprompted, my grandmother reached for my hand, |
851 | 00:47:20,531 | 00:47:24,201 | and she started telling me about the first time she voted. | and she started telling me about the first time she voted. |
852 | 00:47:25,619 | 00:47:26,954 | It was three years after | It was three years after |
853 | 00:47:27,037 | 00:47:29,498 | the adoption of the Voting Rights Act. | the adoption of the Voting Rights Act. |
854 | 00:47:29,581 | 00:47:31,917 | But it was the first time for most African Americans | But it was the first time for most African Americans |
855 | 00:47:32,000 | 00:47:33,669 | that they really would have a chance | that they really would have a chance |
856 | 00:47:33,752 | 00:47:35,337 | to participate in an election. | to participate in an election. |
857 | 00:47:37,339 | 00:47:38,632 | And this was during a time | And this was during a time |
858 | 00:47:38,715 | 00:47:40,175 | where you put on your Sunday best | where you put on your Sunday best |
859 | 00:47:40,259 | 00:47:43,470 | and you would make an event out of going to vote. | and you would make an event out of going to vote. |
860 | 00:47:44,805 | 00:47:46,974 | My grandfather called for her from the front room. | My grandfather called for her from the front room. |
861 | 00:47:47,057 | 00:47:48,141 | Her name was Wilter. | Her name was Wilter. |
862 | 00:47:48,225 | 00:47:49,476 | And he's like, "Wilter, come on!" | And he's like, "Wilter, come on!" |
863 | 00:47:49,560 | 00:47:51,061 | She didn't respond. | She didn't respond. |
864 | 00:47:51,144 | 00:47:52,521 | Her nickname was Bill. | Her nickname was Bill. |
865 | 00:47:52,604 | 00:47:55,065 | And so then he yelled out, "Bill, it's time to go." | And so then he yelled out, "Bill, it's time to go." |
866 | 00:47:55,148 | 00:47:58,569 | And my grandmother said... she still didn't say anything. | And my grandmother said... she still didn't say anything. |
867 | 00:47:58,652 | 00:48:02,865 | So he came back to find out why she hadn't responded. | So he came back to find out why she hadn't responded. |
868 | 00:48:02,948 | 00:48:07,077 | And she was frozen. She was afraid to go. | And she was frozen. She was afraid to go. |
869 | 00:48:08,787 | 00:48:10,539 | I remember her squeezing my hand | I remember her squeezing my hand |
870 | 00:48:10,622 | 00:48:14,251 | and the feel of that paper-thin skin | and the feel of that paper-thin skin |
871 | 00:48:14,334 | 00:48:16,253 | and the fragile bones | and the fragile bones |
872 | 00:48:16,336 | 00:48:18,297 | but this grip that she had on my hand | but this grip that she had on my hand |
873 | 00:48:18,380 | 00:48:21,300 | where she said that it wasn't that she didn't want to vote; | where she said that it wasn't that she didn't want to vote; |
874 | 00:48:21,383 | 00:48:22,843 | she was afraid of it. | she was afraid of it. |
875 | 00:48:24,970 | 00:48:27,598 | She was afraid of the billy clubs | She was afraid of the billy clubs |
876 | 00:48:27,681 | 00:48:30,893 | and the hoses and the dogs, and she did not believe | and the hoses and the dogs, and she did not believe |
877 | 00:48:30,976 | 00:48:33,312 | that this time would be any different. | that this time would be any different. |
878 | 00:48:33,395 | 00:48:36,732 | She didn't believe that the power of democracy | She didn't believe that the power of democracy |
879 | 00:48:36,815 | 00:48:38,734 | was finally hers. | was finally hers. |
880 | 00:48:40,360 | 00:48:43,363 | And my grandfather told her that she had to get up, | And my grandfather told her that she had to get up, |
881 | 00:48:43,447 | 00:48:45,282 | that her children had been in trouble | that her children had been in trouble |
882 | 00:48:45,365 | 00:48:46,867 | trying to guarantee this right | trying to guarantee this right |
883 | 00:48:46,950 | 00:48:49,369 | and that she owed it to them, if not to herself, | and that she owed it to them, if not to herself, |
884 | 00:48:49,453 | 00:48:50,913 | to get up and vote. | to get up and vote. |
885 | 00:48:50,996 | 00:48:52,623 | And she said she was still terrified, | And she said she was still terrified, |
886 | 00:48:52,706 | 00:48:55,292 | she was still deeply afraid of this moment, | she was still deeply afraid of this moment, |
887 | 00:48:55,375 | 00:48:57,336 | but she was also ashamed of herself. | but she was also ashamed of herself. |
888 | 00:48:57,419 | 00:49:00,589 | She was ashamed that she didn't want to reach for this power. | She was ashamed that she didn't want to reach for this power. |
889 | 00:49:04,468 | 00:49:06,470 | She got up, she finished getting dressed, | She got up, she finished getting dressed, |
890 | 00:49:06,553 | 00:49:08,722 | and they went to vote. | and they went to vote. |
891 | 00:49:12,017 | 00:49:13,810 | And as squeezed my hand, she said, "But, Stacey, | And as squeezed my hand, she said, "But, Stacey, |
892 | 00:49:13,894 | 00:49:15,520 | I've never missed another election." | I've never missed another election." |
893 | 00:49:31,745 | 00:49:33,497 | Mississippi and the other | Mississippi and the other |
894 | 00:49:33,580 | 00:49:38,293 | Southern states are engaged in a life-and-death fight | Southern states are engaged in a life-and-death fight |
895 | 00:49:38,377 | 00:49:40,504 | with the federal government. | with the federal government. |
896 | 00:49:40,587 | 00:49:43,382 | What is this fight all about? | What is this fight all about? |
897 | 00:49:43,465 | 00:49:47,219 | The Voting Rights Act of 1965. | The Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
898 | 00:49:47,302 | 00:49:51,139 | Insofar as the Negro is concerned, | Insofar as the Negro is concerned, |
899 | 00:49:51,223 | 00:49:56,103 | it will suspend all literacy requirements | it will suspend all literacy requirements |
900 | 00:49:56,186 | 00:49:58,313 | of the Mississippi law. | of the Mississippi law. |
901 | 00:49:58,397 | 00:50:00,691 | Georgia has no problem | Georgia has no problem |
902 | 00:50:00,774 | 00:50:03,402 | with reference to voter registration. | with reference to voter registration. |
903 | 00:50:03,485 | 00:50:07,197 | We do not need federal registrars in this state. | We do not need federal registrars in this state. |
904 | 00:50:07,280 | 00:50:10,993 | I am unalterably opposed and will fight to the end | I am unalterably opposed and will fight to the end |
905 | 00:50:11,076 | 00:50:13,453 | any attempts to reshape or mold our state | any attempts to reshape or mold our state |
906 | 00:50:13,537 | 00:50:15,831 | to conform to the prescription written | to conform to the prescription written |
907 | 00:50:15,914 | 00:50:19,001 | by dictatorial left-wing integrationist social planners | by dictatorial left-wing integrationist social planners |
908 | 00:50:19,084 | 00:50:21,753 | daydreaming on the bank of the Potomac. | daydreaming on the bank of the Potomac. |
909 | 00:50:21,837 | 00:50:23,714 | The Southern states challenged | The Southern states challenged |
910 | 00:50:23,797 | 00:50:25,799 | the Voting Rights Act immediately | the Voting Rights Act immediately |
911 | 00:50:25,882 | 00:50:28,260 | in the courts as unconstitutional. | in the courts as unconstitutional. |
912 | 00:50:28,343 | 00:50:29,553 | But they fail. | But they fail. |
913 | 00:50:29,636 | 00:50:32,347 | The Supreme Court upholds the law eight-to-one. | The Supreme Court upholds the law eight-to-one. |
914 | 00:50:37,310 | 00:50:39,312 | If you frame the argument, | If you frame the argument, |
915 | 00:50:39,396 | 00:50:40,772 | "Who doesn't believe that people | "Who doesn't believe that people |
916 | 00:50:40,856 | 00:50:42,399 | should be allowed to vote?" | should be allowed to vote?" |
917 | 00:50:42,482 | 00:50:45,235 | while there will be some people that will raise their hand, | while there will be some people that will raise their hand, |
918 | 00:50:45,318 | 00:50:46,862 | most Americans believe | most Americans believe |
919 | 00:50:46,945 | 00:50:49,406 | that citizens should be allowed to vote. | that citizens should be allowed to vote. |
920 | 00:50:51,992 | 00:50:54,786 | The bill that I will sign today | The bill that I will sign today |
921 | 00:50:54,870 | 00:50:57,330 | extends the temporary provisions of the act | extends the temporary provisions of the act |
922 | 00:50:57,414 | 00:51:01,626 | for seven more years and broadens the provisions | for seven more years and broadens the provisions |
923 | 00:51:01,710 | 00:51:05,756 | to bar discrimination against Spanish-speaking Americans, | to bar discrimination against Spanish-speaking Americans, |
924 | 00:51:05,839 | 00:51:09,051 | American Indians, Alaskan Natives | American Indians, Alaskan Natives |
925 | 00:51:09,134 | 00:51:11,803 | and Asian Americans. | and Asian Americans. |
926 | 00:51:11,887 | 00:51:14,264 | The Voting Rights Act began | The Voting Rights Act began |
927 | 00:51:14,347 | 00:51:16,224 | with the former Confederate states, | with the former Confederate states, |
928 | 00:51:16,308 | 00:51:18,727 | but this was a law that understood | but this was a law that understood |
929 | 00:51:18,810 | 00:51:21,855 | that discrimination could crop up anywhere. | that discrimination could crop up anywhere. |
930 | 00:51:21,938 | 00:51:23,815 | The state of Arizona was such a bad actor | The state of Arizona was such a bad actor |
931 | 00:51:23,899 | 00:51:26,401 | that in 1975 the U.S. Justice Department | that in 1975 the U.S. Justice Department |
932 | 00:51:26,485 | 00:51:30,530 | added Arizona to the process because of their long history | added Arizona to the process because of their long history |
933 | 00:51:30,614 | 00:51:33,575 | of discrimination against Latinos and Native Americans. | of discrimination against Latinos and Native Americans. |
934 | 00:51:37,162 | 00:51:40,582 | Hispanics were facing some of the same kind of things | Hispanics were facing some of the same kind of things |
935 | 00:51:40,665 | 00:51:43,919 | in Arizona, in Texas, across the Southwest, | in Arizona, in Texas, across the Southwest, |
936 | 00:51:44,002 | 00:51:47,506 | that African Americans faced in the segregated South. | that African Americans faced in the segregated South. |
937 | 00:51:49,925 | 00:51:54,012 | Things like literacy tests, voter intimidation. | Things like literacy tests, voter intimidation. |
938 | 00:51:54,888 | 00:51:57,099 | They said, "We need protection | They said, "We need protection |
939 | 00:51:57,182 | 00:51:59,810 | in the Voting Rights Act as well." | in the Voting Rights Act as well." |
940 | 00:52:00,685 | 00:52:02,270 | Maricopa County is the largest | Maricopa County is the largest |
941 | 00:52:02,354 | 00:52:05,148 | and most important county in Arizona. | and most important county in Arizona. |
942 | 00:52:06,358 | 00:52:09,528 | From 1960 to 1964, | From 1960 to 1964, |
943 | 00:52:09,611 | 00:52:14,699 | William Rehnquist was in charge of ballot security operations | William Rehnquist was in charge of ballot security operations |
944 | 00:52:14,783 | 00:52:17,452 | for the Republican Party of Maricopa County. | for the Republican Party of Maricopa County. |
945 | 00:52:17,536 | 00:52:20,080 | This was called Operation Eagle Eye. | This was called Operation Eagle Eye. |
946 | 00:52:21,248 | 00:52:23,416 | And what Rehnquist and others did | And what Rehnquist and others did |
947 | 00:52:23,500 | 00:52:26,878 | was they went to Democratic parts of Phoenix | was they went to Democratic parts of Phoenix |
948 | 00:52:26,962 | 00:52:30,257 | and they asked Latino and African American voters | and they asked Latino and African American voters |
949 | 00:52:30,340 | 00:52:32,342 | if they could read the Constitution. | if they could read the Constitution. |
950 | 00:52:32,425 | 00:52:35,595 | So, this was a de facto literacy test. | So, this was a de facto literacy test. |
951 | 00:52:35,679 | 00:52:37,305 | And if people could not read it | And if people could not read it |
952 | 00:52:37,389 | 00:52:39,724 | to the satisfaction of Rehnquist and others, | to the satisfaction of Rehnquist and others, |
953 | 00:52:39,808 | 00:52:42,644 | Rehnquist challenged their eligibility to vote. | Rehnquist challenged their eligibility to vote. |
954 | 00:52:44,938 | 00:52:46,356 | William Rehnquist, the future | William Rehnquist, the future |
955 | 00:52:46,439 | 00:52:48,567 | chief justice of the Supreme Court, | chief justice of the Supreme Court, |
956 | 00:52:48,650 | 00:52:51,778 | was on the front lines of voter suppression | was on the front lines of voter suppression |
957 | 00:52:51,862 | 00:52:56,658 | in Maricopa County, Arizona, all the way back in the 1960s. | in Maricopa County, Arizona, all the way back in the 1960s. |
958 | 00:52:59,911 | 00:53:03,290 | America's most unwelcoming prison regime | America's most unwelcoming prison regime |
959 | 00:53:03,373 | 00:53:05,667 | likes to advertise it always has vacancies. | likes to advertise it always has vacancies. |
960 | 00:53:05,750 | 00:53:09,963 | It shows I will always have room for illegals. | It shows I will always have room for illegals. |
961 | 00:53:10,046 | 00:53:11,965 | The man who calls himself | The man who calls himself |
962 | 00:53:12,048 | 00:53:13,425 | America's toughest sheriff | America's toughest sheriff |
963 | 00:53:13,508 | 00:53:16,219 | makes his prison as unpleasant as possible. | makes his prison as unpleasant as possible. |
964 | 00:53:16,303 | 00:53:18,597 | Arpaio became | Arpaio became |
965 | 00:53:18,680 | 00:53:22,434 | the face of terror for our community. | the face of terror for our community. |
966 | 00:53:24,519 | 00:53:27,856 | We would see posses going to neighborhoods | We would see posses going to neighborhoods |
967 | 00:53:27,939 | 00:53:29,608 | to do roundups. | to do roundups. |
968 | 00:53:29,691 | 00:53:34,779 | There were checkpoints to ask people for their papers. | There were checkpoints to ask people for their papers. |
969 | 00:53:36,281 | 00:53:39,284 | It created a righteous anger, saying that we deserve more | It created a righteous anger, saying that we deserve more |
970 | 00:53:39,367 | 00:53:44,122 | and we do not deserve to live under this. | and we do not deserve to live under this. |
971 | 00:53:45,457 | 00:53:48,376 | We gotta tell the whole world! | We gotta tell the whole world! |
972 | 00:53:48,460 | 00:53:50,670 | This is ACE territory! | This is ACE territory! |
973 | 00:53:50,754 | 00:53:52,464 | I said, my people! | I said, my people! |
974 | 00:53:52,547 | 00:53:53,632 | Yeah! | Yeah! |
975 | 00:53:53,715 | 00:53:55,759 | - We got a story! - Yeah! | - We got a story! - Yeah! |
976 | 00:53:55,842 | 00:53:58,595 | We gotta tell the whole world! | We gotta tell the whole world! |
977 | 00:53:58,678 | 00:54:00,972 | This is ACE territory! | This is ACE territory! |
978 | 00:54:01,056 | 00:54:03,183 | All right. How's everybody doing? | All right. How's everybody doing? |
979 | 00:54:03,266 | 00:54:04,559 | - Good. - Good? | - Good. - Good? |
980 | 00:54:04,643 | 00:54:06,353 | How's everybody doing, y'all? | How's everybody doing, y'all? |
981 | 00:54:06,436 | 00:54:08,521 | - Good. - All right, dope. | - Good. - All right, dope. |
982 | 00:54:08,605 | 00:54:12,025 | About almost three years ago, it was my first day at LUCHA. | About almost three years ago, it was my first day at LUCHA. |
983 | 00:54:12,108 | 00:54:13,652 | And Stephanie was up here at the front, | And Stephanie was up here at the front, |
984 | 00:54:13,735 | 00:54:14,819 | and she was talking about | and she was talking about |
985 | 00:54:14,903 | 00:54:16,529 | how we're gonna register a lot of people to vote. | how we're gonna register a lot of people to vote. |
986 | 00:54:16,613 | 00:54:18,365 | And I remember her giving me the clipboard, right? | And I remember her giving me the clipboard, right? |
987 | 00:54:18,448 | 00:54:20,742 | And she was like, "All right, we're gonna go to Walmart." | And she was like, "All right, we're gonna go to Walmart." |
988 | 00:54:20,825 | 00:54:23,370 | And I was so scared. | And I was so scared. |
989 | 00:54:23,453 | 00:54:25,163 | ♪ I'm still hopin' for the tours wide open... ♪ | ♪ I'm still hopin' for the tours wide open... ♪ |
990 | 00:54:25,247 | 00:54:27,374 | Our volunteers are standing on the shoulders | Our volunteers are standing on the shoulders |
991 | 00:54:27,457 | 00:54:30,919 | of folks that have paved the way for us to be able | of folks that have paved the way for us to be able |
992 | 00:54:31,002 | 00:54:34,631 | to cast that ballot and become part of | to cast that ballot and become part of |
993 | 00:54:34,714 | 00:54:39,594 | a power community that is now impacting policies. | a power community that is now impacting policies. |
994 | 00:54:39,678 | 00:54:41,638 | Hi. | Hi. |
995 | 00:54:41,721 | 00:54:43,515 | Are you a registered voter? | Are you a registered voter? |
996 | 00:54:43,598 | 00:54:45,225 | No? How come? | No? How come? |
997 | 00:54:45,308 | 00:54:46,851 | Are you a citizen? | Are you a citizen? |
998 | 00:54:46,935 | 00:54:48,228 | Hola. | Hola. |
999 | 00:54:53,483 | 00:54:56,069 | There is always a debate on: | There is always a debate on: |
1000 | 00:54:56,152 | 00:54:58,905 | Why aren't our communities participating? | Why aren't our communities participating? |
1001 | 00:54:58,989 | 00:55:01,574 | - I'm already registered. - Oh, you are? What about y'all? | - I'm already registered. - Oh, you are? What about y'all? |
1002 | 00:55:01,658 | 00:55:02,909 | No, I'm not. | No, I'm not. |
1003 | 00:55:02,993 | 00:55:04,703 | No? How come? | No? How come? |
1004 | 00:55:04,786 | 00:55:06,121 | I don't know. I don't... | I don't know. I don't... |
1005 | 00:55:06,204 | 00:55:08,665 | I don't trust poli... politicians. | I don't trust poli... politicians. |
1006 | 00:55:08,748 | 00:55:10,041 | No, you're right. | No, you're right. |
1007 | 00:55:10,125 | 00:55:11,835 | And so it's like, I'm out here doing my thing. | And so it's like, I'm out here doing my thing. |
1008 | 00:55:11,918 | 00:55:13,420 | No, heck yeah. I feel like... | No, heck yeah. I feel like... |
1009 | 00:55:13,503 | 00:55:15,046 | I-I mean, that's how I thought, too, right? | I-I mean, that's how I thought, too, right? |
1010 | 00:55:15,130 | 00:55:18,216 | The most important part of voter registration | The most important part of voter registration |
1011 | 00:55:18,300 | 00:55:20,343 | is that human connection | is that human connection |
1012 | 00:55:20,427 | 00:55:24,347 | and being able to understand why that person | and being able to understand why that person |
1013 | 00:55:24,431 | 00:55:26,182 | does not trust. | does not trust. |
1014 | 00:55:30,145 | 00:55:34,190 | Intimidation from the government is real. | Intimidation from the government is real. |
1015 | 00:55:34,274 | 00:55:36,693 | It is powerful. | It is powerful. |
1016 | 00:55:36,776 | 00:55:39,362 | And it is because of the changing demographics | And it is because of the changing demographics |
1017 | 00:55:39,446 | 00:55:40,780 | in the nation. | in the nation. |
1018 | 00:55:40,864 | 00:55:46,328 | It is the fear of what this larger vote can mean. | It is the fear of what this larger vote can mean. |
1019 | 00:55:54,210 | 00:55:58,006 | ♪ It's a beautiful day ♪ | ♪ It's a beautiful day ♪ |
1020 | 00:55:58,089 | 00:56:02,093 | ♪ Don't let it get away ♪ | ♪ Don't let it get away ♪ |
1021 | 00:56:02,177 | 00:56:06,056 | ♪ Beautiful day ♪ | ♪ Beautiful day ♪ |
1022 | 00:56:09,851 | 00:56:11,728 | ♪ Touch me... ♪ | ♪ Touch me... ♪ |
1023 | 00:56:11,811 | 00:56:14,647 | If there is anyone out there | If there is anyone out there |
1024 | 00:56:14,731 | 00:56:18,360 | who still doubts that America is a place | who still doubts that America is a place |
1025 | 00:56:18,443 | 00:56:21,738 | where all things are possible, | where all things are possible, |
1026 | 00:56:21,821 | 00:56:23,865 | who still wonders | who still wonders |
1027 | 00:56:23,948 | 00:56:28,453 | if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, | if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, |
1028 | 00:56:28,536 | 00:56:32,874 | who still questions the power of our democracy, | who still questions the power of our democracy, |
1029 | 00:56:32,957 | 00:56:36,044 | tonight is your answer. | tonight is your answer. |
1030 | 00:56:43,343 | 00:56:45,470 | Opponents of the Voting Rights Act | Opponents of the Voting Rights Act |
1031 | 00:56:45,553 | 00:56:47,597 | seized on Barack Obama's election | seized on Barack Obama's election |
1032 | 00:56:47,680 | 00:56:49,391 | as a reason why the Voting Rights Act | as a reason why the Voting Rights Act |
1033 | 00:56:49,474 | 00:56:51,518 | was no longer necessary. | was no longer necessary. |
1034 | 00:56:52,852 | 00:56:56,898 | At the very moment that you see the ultimate progress, | At the very moment that you see the ultimate progress, |
1035 | 00:56:56,981 | 00:57:00,318 | you see conservatives embracing that progress | you see conservatives embracing that progress |
1036 | 00:57:00,402 | 00:57:02,779 | as a reason to try to get rid of the law | as a reason to try to get rid of the law |
1037 | 00:57:02,862 | 00:57:05,323 | that made Obama's election possible. | that made Obama's election possible. |
1038 | 00:57:06,783 | 00:57:09,744 | Barack Obama scared the bejeebers out of them. | Barack Obama scared the bejeebers out of them. |
1039 | 00:57:11,246 | 00:57:16,209 | He brought 15 million new voters to the polls. | He brought 15 million new voters to the polls. |
1040 | 00:57:18,253 | 00:57:21,297 | This is what we should be celebrating: | This is what we should be celebrating: |
1041 | 00:57:21,381 | 00:57:24,759 | bringing 15 million new people | bringing 15 million new people |
1042 | 00:57:24,843 | 00:57:28,763 | into this incredible civic society, | into this incredible civic society, |
1043 | 00:57:28,847 | 00:57:30,473 | engaged in this democracy, | engaged in this democracy, |
1044 | 00:57:30,557 | 00:57:33,476 | believing that they have a stake in this democracy | believing that they have a stake in this democracy |
1045 | 00:57:33,560 | 00:57:36,563 | and getting out to vote. | and getting out to vote. |
1046 | 00:57:36,646 | 00:57:40,608 | Instead, that Obama coalition | Instead, that Obama coalition |
1047 | 00:57:40,692 | 00:57:44,821 | becomes the hit list for voter suppression. | becomes the hit list for voter suppression. |
1048 | 00:57:44,904 | 00:57:48,450 | How do we stop African Americans, | How do we stop African Americans, |
1049 | 00:57:48,533 | 00:57:51,202 | Hispanics, Asian Americans, | Hispanics, Asian Americans, |
1050 | 00:57:51,286 | 00:57:55,415 | the young and the poor from voting? | the young and the poor from voting? |
1051 | 00:57:56,875 | 00:58:01,921 | The Supreme Court decision, Shelby County v. Holder, | The Supreme Court decision, Shelby County v. Holder, |
1052 | 00:58:02,005 | 00:58:04,257 | allowed that to happen. | allowed that to happen. |
1053 | 00:58:11,014 | 00:58:13,683 | Shelby County, Alabama... | Shelby County, Alabama... |
1054 | 00:58:13,766 | 00:58:15,852 | there was an election there | there was an election there |
1055 | 00:58:15,935 | 00:58:18,521 | in which the districts were redrawn... | in which the districts were redrawn... |
1056 | 00:58:21,774 | 00:58:25,445 | ...so that the only African American | ...so that the only African American |
1057 | 00:58:25,528 | 00:58:28,823 | city council member lost his race. | city council member lost his race. |
1058 | 00:58:28,907 | 00:58:31,034 | Voter suppression and gerrymandering | Voter suppression and gerrymandering |
1059 | 00:58:31,117 | 00:58:33,745 | are two sides of the same coin: | are two sides of the same coin: |
1060 | 00:58:33,828 | 00:58:36,456 | efforts by politicians in power | efforts by politicians in power |
1061 | 00:58:36,539 | 00:58:38,458 | to try to manipulate the process | to try to manipulate the process |
1062 | 00:58:38,541 | 00:58:41,461 | to benefit themselves at the expense of others. | to benefit themselves at the expense of others. |
1063 | 00:58:41,544 | 00:58:43,213 | Gerrymandering is a real problem. | Gerrymandering is a real problem. |
1064 | 00:58:43,296 | 00:58:45,757 | It's the practice of drawing voting districts | It's the practice of drawing voting districts |
1065 | 00:58:45,840 | 00:58:47,634 | in a way that creates unfair advantages | in a way that creates unfair advantages |
1066 | 00:58:47,717 | 00:58:49,594 | for whoever happens to be drawing the lines. | for whoever happens to be drawing the lines. |
1067 | 00:58:49,677 | 00:58:52,055 | In the age of computers, | In the age of computers, |
1068 | 00:58:52,138 | 00:58:54,098 | you can gerrymander with scientific precision. | you can gerrymander with scientific precision. |
1069 | 00:58:54,182 | 00:58:55,892 | You can run in and out of alleys | You can run in and out of alleys |
1070 | 00:58:55,975 | 00:58:57,393 | and up and down streets | and up and down streets |
1071 | 00:58:57,477 | 00:59:00,396 | and carefully include and exclude whichever voters | and carefully include and exclude whichever voters |
1072 | 00:59:00,480 | 00:59:03,107 | you want in one district and not in another. | you want in one district and not in another. |
1073 | 00:59:03,191 | 00:59:05,610 | Shouldn't all of this be illegal? | Shouldn't all of this be illegal? |
1074 | 00:59:05,693 | 00:59:06,986 | Well, that's complicated. | Well, that's complicated. |
1075 | 00:59:07,070 | 00:59:08,446 | Because if you are gerrymandering | Because if you are gerrymandering |
1076 | 00:59:08,530 | 00:59:10,156 | to disadvantage minorities, | to disadvantage minorities, |
1077 | 00:59:10,240 | 00:59:13,576 | yes, that is illegal under the Voting Rights Act, | yes, that is illegal under the Voting Rights Act, |
1078 | 00:59:13,660 | 00:59:15,828 | but if you are gerrymandering to disadvantage | but if you are gerrymandering to disadvantage |
1079 | 00:59:15,912 | 00:59:17,664 | voters of an opposing party, | voters of an opposing party, |
1080 | 00:59:17,747 | 00:59:19,958 | that has generally been allowed. | that has generally been allowed. |
1081 | 00:59:28,800 | 00:59:34,389 | Shelby County willfully violated federal law. | Shelby County willfully violated federal law. |
1082 | 00:59:34,472 | 00:59:36,933 | They didn't bother to go up to the Department of Justice | They didn't bother to go up to the Department of Justice |
1083 | 00:59:37,016 | 00:59:38,643 | to check on whether it was okay | to check on whether it was okay |
1084 | 00:59:38,726 | 00:59:41,354 | as they were changing the voting boundaries | as they were changing the voting boundaries |
1085 | 00:59:41,437 | 00:59:43,648 | as the Voting Rights Act required. | as the Voting Rights Act required. |
1086 | 00:59:43,731 | 00:59:47,235 | When they got called on it, when they got sued, | When they got called on it, when they got sued, |
1087 | 00:59:47,318 | 00:59:49,445 | they said, "We didn't do anything wrong. | they said, "We didn't do anything wrong. |
1088 | 00:59:49,529 | 00:59:51,406 | The era of racism is over." | The era of racism is over." |
1089 | 00:59:53,908 | 00:59:56,578 | What had been bipartisan before | What had been bipartisan before |
1090 | 00:59:56,661 | 01:00:02,125 | became extremely partisan after the election of Barack Obama. | became extremely partisan after the election of Barack Obama. |
1091 | 01:00:02,208 | 01:00:06,462 | You know, people tend to forget that Republicans supported it. | You know, people tend to forget that Republicans supported it. |
1092 | 01:00:06,546 | 01:00:08,756 | Every reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act | Every reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act |
1093 | 01:00:08,840 | 01:00:10,800 | was signed by a Republican president. | was signed by a Republican president. |
1094 | 01:00:10,883 | 01:00:12,760 | I think that democracy, if it's to work, | I think that democracy, if it's to work, |
1095 | 01:00:12,844 | 01:00:14,929 | then everybody that's eligible to be a voter | then everybody that's eligible to be a voter |
1096 | 01:00:15,013 | 01:00:17,056 | should be registered, and they should vote. | should be registered, and they should vote. |
1097 | 01:00:17,140 | 01:00:20,184 | I am proud to sign the Voting Rights Act | I am proud to sign the Voting Rights Act |
1098 | 01:00:20,268 | 01:00:24,272 | Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. | Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. |
1099 | 01:00:24,355 | 01:00:26,232 | Ronald Reagan called it | Ronald Reagan called it |
1100 | 01:00:26,316 | 01:00:29,068 | the crown jewel of American democracy, | the crown jewel of American democracy, |
1101 | 01:00:29,152 | 01:00:31,904 | but with every subsequent reauthorization, | but with every subsequent reauthorization, |
1102 | 01:00:31,988 | 01:00:34,198 | there's a legal challenge brought. | there's a legal challenge brought. |
1103 | 01:00:40,163 | 01:00:42,915 | It's a seemingly coordinated strategy | It's a seemingly coordinated strategy |
1104 | 01:00:42,999 | 01:00:45,585 | that we have seen waged by opponents | that we have seen waged by opponents |
1105 | 01:00:45,668 | 01:00:49,380 | to rip out the heart of the Voting Rights Act. | to rip out the heart of the Voting Rights Act. |
1106 | 01:00:49,464 | 01:00:51,007 | It was almost a strategy of, | It was almost a strategy of, |
1107 | 01:00:51,090 | 01:00:53,343 | "Let's throw spaghetti against the wall | "Let's throw spaghetti against the wall |
1108 | 01:00:53,426 | 01:00:55,345 | and see which one sticks." | and see which one sticks." |
1109 | 01:00:58,973 | 01:01:01,809 | The Shelby County case is the one | The Shelby County case is the one |
1110 | 01:01:01,893 | 01:01:05,271 | that survived the lower courts | that survived the lower courts |
1111 | 01:01:05,355 | 01:01:10,360 | and winded its way up to the Supreme Court. | and winded its way up to the Supreme Court. |
1112 | 01:01:11,944 | 01:01:13,655 | The Supreme Court hears a challenge | The Supreme Court hears a challenge |
1113 | 01:01:13,738 | 01:01:16,824 | to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. | to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. |
1114 | 01:01:16,908 | 01:01:17,992 | Its detractors say | Its detractors say |
1115 | 01:01:18,076 | 01:01:20,203 | the Voting Rights Act is out of date. | the Voting Rights Act is out of date. |
1116 | 01:01:20,286 | 01:01:23,581 | Its defenders consider it a needed bulwark for justice. | Its defenders consider it a needed bulwark for justice. |
1117 | 01:01:23,665 | 01:01:25,792 | The Voting Rights Act requires nine states | The Voting Rights Act requires nine states |
1118 | 01:01:25,875 | 01:01:29,128 | to get federal approval of changes to their election laws. | to get federal approval of changes to their election laws. |
1119 | 01:01:29,212 | 01:01:31,047 | From a lawyer's point of view, | From a lawyer's point of view, |
1120 | 01:01:31,130 | 01:01:35,218 | this is a valid legal case and it could be honorably argued. | this is a valid legal case and it could be honorably argued. |
1121 | 01:01:35,301 | 01:01:39,263 | And that's the business we're in, so we took the case. | And that's the business we're in, so we took the case. |
1122 | 01:01:39,347 | 01:01:40,848 | We'll hear argument first | We'll hear argument first |
1123 | 01:01:40,932 | 01:01:43,643 | this morning in case Shelby County v. Holder. | this morning in case Shelby County v. Holder. |
1124 | 01:01:43,726 | 01:01:45,311 | Mr. Rein? | Mr. Rein? |
1125 | 01:01:45,395 | 01:01:47,980 | Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court... | Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court... |
1126 | 01:01:48,064 | 01:01:49,607 | We argued that the Voting Rights Act | We argued that the Voting Rights Act |
1127 | 01:01:49,691 | 01:01:52,485 | was probably one of the deepest intrusions | was probably one of the deepest intrusions |
1128 | 01:01:52,568 | 01:01:54,696 | of the federal government into areas | of the federal government into areas |
1129 | 01:01:54,779 | 01:01:57,198 | that states traditionally administered. | that states traditionally administered. |
1130 | 01:01:57,281 | 01:01:59,826 | Think that that really doesn't mask the need | Think that that really doesn't mask the need |
1131 | 01:01:59,909 | 01:02:02,829 | for equal treatment of the sovereign states. | for equal treatment of the sovereign states. |
1132 | 01:02:02,912 | 01:02:04,914 | I'm gonna have a hard time with that. | I'm gonna have a hard time with that. |
1133 | 01:02:04,997 | 01:02:06,624 | You can't treat states the same, | You can't treat states the same, |
1134 | 01:02:06,708 | 01:02:08,084 | because their problems are different, | because their problems are different, |
1135 | 01:02:08,167 | 01:02:09,460 | their populations are different, | their populations are different, |
1136 | 01:02:09,544 | 01:02:10,712 | their needs are different. | their needs are different. |
1137 | 01:02:10,795 | 01:02:11,879 | Everything's different. | Everything's different. |
1138 | 01:02:11,963 | 01:02:13,464 | All of the noncovered states | All of the noncovered states |
1139 | 01:02:13,548 | 01:02:16,676 | are worse in that regard than the nine covered states. | are worse in that regard than the nine covered states. |
1140 | 01:02:16,759 | 01:02:18,511 | - Is that correct? - J-Justice Scalia... | - Is that correct? - J-Justice Scalia... |
1141 | 01:02:18,594 | 01:02:20,138 | Every-every one of them is worse? | Every-every one of them is worse? |
1142 | 01:02:20,221 | 01:02:21,806 | Justice Scalia, it's-it's a fair question. | Justice Scalia, it's-it's a fair question. |
1143 | 01:02:21,889 | 01:02:23,474 | - It... - Not just a fair one. | - It... - Not just a fair one. |
1144 | 01:02:23,558 | 01:02:25,059 | It's the crucial question. | It's the crucial question. |
1145 | 01:02:25,143 | 01:02:26,853 | The South has changed and made progress, | The South has changed and made progress, |
1146 | 01:02:26,936 | 01:02:29,147 | but some things remain stubbornly the same, | but some things remain stubbornly the same, |
1147 | 01:02:29,230 | 01:02:31,065 | and the trained effort | and the trained effort |
1148 | 01:02:31,149 | 01:02:33,776 | to deny African American voters the franchise | to deny African American voters the franchise |
1149 | 01:02:33,860 | 01:02:37,071 | is part of Alabama's history to this very day. | is part of Alabama's history to this very day. |
1150 | 01:02:37,155 | 01:02:39,365 | Have there been episodes... egregious episodes... | Have there been episodes... egregious episodes... |
1151 | 01:02:39,449 | 01:02:41,200 | of the kind you're talking about | of the kind you're talking about |
1152 | 01:02:41,284 | 01:02:42,869 | in states that are not covered? | in states that are not covered? |
1153 | 01:02:42,952 | 01:02:44,662 | Absolutely, Chief Justice Roberts. | Absolutely, Chief Justice Roberts. |
1154 | 01:02:44,746 | 01:02:47,290 | Well, then it doesn't seem to help you make the point | Well, then it doesn't seem to help you make the point |
1155 | 01:02:47,373 | 01:02:50,209 | that the differential treatment continues to be justified. | that the differential treatment continues to be justified. |
1156 | 01:02:50,293 | 01:02:53,129 | John Roberts had it out for the Voting Rights Act | John Roberts had it out for the Voting Rights Act |
1157 | 01:02:53,212 | 01:02:55,840 | as far back as 1982. | as far back as 1982. |
1158 | 01:02:55,923 | 01:02:59,761 | Early in his political career, it was John Roberts's job | Early in his political career, it was John Roberts's job |
1159 | 01:02:59,844 | 01:03:01,971 | to try to prevent the Congress | to try to prevent the Congress |
1160 | 01:03:02,054 | 01:03:04,599 | from reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act. | from reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act. |
1161 | 01:03:05,516 | 01:03:06,726 | John Roberts, | John Roberts, |
1162 | 01:03:06,809 | 01:03:09,645 | his mentor was William Rehnquist. | his mentor was William Rehnquist. |
1163 | 01:03:09,729 | 01:03:12,899 | This is why this lineage is so important. | This is why this lineage is so important. |
1164 | 01:03:12,982 | 01:03:16,569 | Because he hated the Voting Rights Act. | Because he hated the Voting Rights Act. |
1165 | 01:03:17,862 | 01:03:20,239 | I knew that this was an important act. | I knew that this was an important act. |
1166 | 01:03:20,323 | 01:03:22,366 | I knew that it was doing important work, | I knew that it was doing important work, |
1167 | 01:03:22,450 | 01:03:24,285 | and I knew that it would be a disaster | and I knew that it would be a disaster |
1168 | 01:03:24,368 | 01:03:26,537 | for the court to strike it down. | for the court to strike it down. |
1169 | 01:03:30,750 | 01:03:33,753 | A controversial ruling today by the Supreme Court. | A controversial ruling today by the Supreme Court. |
1170 | 01:03:33,836 | 01:03:35,671 | Five-to-four, the U.S. Supreme Court | Five-to-four, the U.S. Supreme Court |
1171 | 01:03:35,755 | 01:03:39,008 | took the teeth out of a law enacted nearly 50 years ago. | took the teeth out of a law enacted nearly 50 years ago. |
1172 | 01:03:39,091 | 01:03:42,178 | It invalidated a key part of the Voting Rights Act. | It invalidated a key part of the Voting Rights Act. |
1173 | 01:03:42,261 | 01:03:43,763 | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, |
1174 | 01:03:43,846 | 01:03:46,849 | joined by the three other liberal justices, said... | joined by the three other liberal justices, said... |
1175 | 01:04:01,906 | 01:04:05,034 | I am deeply disappointed... deeply disappointed | I am deeply disappointed... deeply disappointed |
1176 | 01:04:05,117 | 01:04:07,912 | with the court's decision in this matter. | with the court's decision in this matter. |
1177 | 01:04:07,995 | 01:04:09,205 | This decision represents | This decision represents |
1178 | 01:04:09,288 | 01:04:11,332 | a serious setback for voting rights | a serious setback for voting rights |
1179 | 01:04:11,415 | 01:04:14,210 | and has the potential to negatively affect | and has the potential to negatively affect |
1180 | 01:04:14,293 | 01:04:16,838 | millions of Americans across the country. | millions of Americans across the country. |
1181 | 01:04:16,921 | 01:04:18,464 | I don't know if it's appropriate to say... | I don't know if it's appropriate to say... |
1182 | 01:04:18,548 | 01:04:20,174 | I was pissed off by what the, uh... | I was pissed off by what the, uh... |
1183 | 01:04:20,258 | 01:04:21,384 | by what the court did. | by what the court did. |
1184 | 01:04:21,467 | 01:04:23,761 | - Thank you. - It really struck home | - Thank you. - It really struck home |
1185 | 01:04:23,845 | 01:04:25,763 | that this was a political decision | that this was a political decision |
1186 | 01:04:25,847 | 01:04:27,640 | that the court was making. | that the court was making. |
1187 | 01:04:27,723 | 01:04:30,184 | Justice Ginsburg was correct. | Justice Ginsburg was correct. |
1188 | 01:04:30,268 | 01:04:31,686 | If you have an umbrella | If you have an umbrella |
1189 | 01:04:31,769 | 01:04:34,188 | that keeps you dry in the middle of a thunderstorm, | that keeps you dry in the middle of a thunderstorm, |
1190 | 01:04:34,272 | 01:04:35,898 | the fact that you are dry doesn't mean | the fact that you are dry doesn't mean |
1191 | 01:04:35,982 | 01:04:37,525 | that you don't need the umbrella. | that you don't need the umbrella. |
1192 | 01:04:37,608 | 01:04:39,777 | Every single one of those states | Every single one of those states |
1193 | 01:04:39,861 | 01:04:43,656 | that was covered previously by the Voting Rights Act was told, | that was covered previously by the Voting Rights Act was told, |
1194 | 01:04:43,739 | 01:04:46,075 | "Never mind. We think you're good now. Go forth." | "Never mind. We think you're good now. Go forth." |
1195 | 01:04:46,158 | 01:04:49,620 | The floodgates literally opened in 2013 | The floodgates literally opened in 2013 |
1196 | 01:04:49,704 | 01:04:52,999 | when the Supreme Court issued its ruling. | when the Supreme Court issued its ruling. |
1197 | 01:04:53,082 | 01:04:55,042 | The ink on Tuesday's ruling wasn't even dry | The ink on Tuesday's ruling wasn't even dry |
1198 | 01:04:55,126 | 01:04:57,295 | when Texas's Republican attorney general declared | when Texas's Republican attorney general declared |
1199 | 01:04:57,378 | 01:04:59,672 | that his state's controversial voter I.D. law | that his state's controversial voter I.D. law |
1200 | 01:04:59,755 | 01:05:02,508 | will take effect, quote, "immediately." | will take effect, quote, "immediately." |
1201 | 01:05:04,552 | 01:05:07,638 | Just hours after the decision came down, | Just hours after the decision came down, |
1202 | 01:05:07,722 | 01:05:10,725 | states began to implement voter suppression laws | states began to implement voter suppression laws |
1203 | 01:05:10,808 | 01:05:12,476 | all across the country. | all across the country. |
1204 | 01:05:14,604 | 01:05:17,899 | Texas took the lead on this one. | Texas took the lead on this one. |
1205 | 01:05:17,982 | 01:05:21,193 | It spread like wildfire. | It spread like wildfire. |
1206 | 01:05:21,277 | 01:05:23,362 | So, you're seeing them in Pennsylvania. | So, you're seeing them in Pennsylvania. |
1207 | 01:05:23,446 | 01:05:25,990 | You're seeing them in Kansas. | You're seeing them in Kansas. |
1208 | 01:05:26,073 | 01:05:28,910 | You're seeing them in Wisconsin. | You're seeing them in Wisconsin. |
1209 | 01:05:28,993 | 01:05:30,828 | You're seeing them in Ohio. | You're seeing them in Ohio. |
1210 | 01:05:30,912 | 01:05:33,205 | Nine more states are enforcing new laws | Nine more states are enforcing new laws |
1211 | 01:05:33,289 | 01:05:36,542 | requiring eligible voters to present a government-issued | requiring eligible voters to present a government-issued |
1212 | 01:05:36,626 | 01:05:38,169 | photo I.D. at the polls. | photo I.D. at the polls. |
1213 | 01:05:38,252 | 01:05:40,421 | Overwhelming majority | Overwhelming majority |
1214 | 01:05:40,504 | 01:05:44,467 | of Americans, regardless of their political views | of Americans, regardless of their political views |
1215 | 01:05:44,550 | 01:05:46,594 | and regardless of their race or ethnicity, | and regardless of their race or ethnicity, |
1216 | 01:05:46,677 | 01:05:48,220 | support voter I.D. laws. | support voter I.D. laws. |
1217 | 01:05:48,304 | 01:05:50,181 | This is not Jim Crow. | This is not Jim Crow. |
1218 | 01:05:50,264 | 01:05:52,266 | This is not a police dog. | This is not a police dog. |
1219 | 01:05:52,350 | 01:05:53,976 | This is not a fire hose. | This is not a fire hose. |
1220 | 01:05:54,060 | 01:05:56,395 | When you restrict access to the right to vote | When you restrict access to the right to vote |
1221 | 01:05:56,479 | 01:06:00,775 | by creating a narrow set of I.D.'s that can be used, | by creating a narrow set of I.D.'s that can be used, |
1222 | 01:06:00,858 | 01:06:03,736 | it's creating blocks to people being able to participate. | it's creating blocks to people being able to participate. |
1223 | 01:06:03,819 | 01:06:06,781 | They try to make it seem rational | They try to make it seem rational |
1224 | 01:06:06,864 | 01:06:10,576 | and facially neutral, racially neutral, but it's not. | and facially neutral, racially neutral, but it's not. |
1225 | 01:06:10,660 | 01:06:13,704 | We had voters who were born in the Jim Crow South | We had voters who were born in the Jim Crow South |
1226 | 01:06:13,788 | 01:06:15,790 | who had no birth certificates | who had no birth certificates |
1227 | 01:06:15,873 | 01:06:18,376 | because white hospitals would not allow them | because white hospitals would not allow them |
1228 | 01:06:18,459 | 01:06:20,836 | to give birth in their facilities. | to give birth in their facilities. |
1229 | 01:06:20,920 | 01:06:23,673 | I had my Social Security card, my To Go Pass. | I had my Social Security card, my To Go Pass. |
1230 | 01:06:23,756 | 01:06:27,385 | I had my UnitedHealthcare. | I had my UnitedHealthcare. |
1231 | 01:06:27,468 | 01:06:29,679 | I had my red, white and blue card. | I had my red, white and blue card. |
1232 | 01:06:29,762 | 01:06:31,847 | And I had my Ford card. | And I had my Ford card. |
1233 | 01:06:31,931 | 01:06:34,892 | And that still wasn't enough to vote. | And that still wasn't enough to vote. |
1234 | 01:06:34,976 | 01:06:39,063 | About 21 million Americans don't have strict forms | About 21 million Americans don't have strict forms |
1235 | 01:06:39,146 | 01:06:41,190 | of government-issued I.D. | of government-issued I.D. |
1236 | 01:06:41,273 | 01:06:45,361 | That works out to about ten percent of the electorate. | That works out to about ten percent of the electorate. |
1237 | 01:06:58,666 | 01:07:00,126 | You know, you look at Texas. | You know, you look at Texas. |
1238 | 01:07:00,209 | 01:07:02,169 | If you have a state-issued photo I.D. | If you have a state-issued photo I.D. |
1239 | 01:07:02,253 | 01:07:04,463 | that says you're allowed to carry a concealed weapon, | that says you're allowed to carry a concealed weapon, |
1240 | 01:07:04,547 | 01:07:06,882 | that's sufficient to allow you to vote. | that's sufficient to allow you to vote. |
1241 | 01:07:06,966 | 01:07:09,176 | If, however, you have a state-issued photo I.D. | If, however, you have a state-issued photo I.D. |
1242 | 01:07:09,260 | 01:07:11,554 | that says you're a student at the University of Texas, | that says you're a student at the University of Texas, |
1243 | 01:07:11,637 | 01:07:13,347 | that's insufficient. | that's insufficient. |
1244 | 01:07:14,557 | 01:07:16,267 | Young people in America, | Young people in America, |
1245 | 01:07:16,350 | 01:07:18,894 | they could have the most power | they could have the most power |
1246 | 01:07:18,978 | 01:07:22,440 | of any electoral bloc in the country. | of any electoral bloc in the country. |
1247 | 01:07:31,699 | 01:07:34,368 | If you take out one or two campuses, | If you take out one or two campuses, |
1248 | 01:07:34,452 | 01:07:36,328 | you can swing an election. | you can swing an election. |
1249 | 01:07:36,412 | 01:07:38,622 | So, that's exactly what New Hampshire Republicans | So, that's exactly what New Hampshire Republicans |
1250 | 01:07:38,706 | 01:07:40,291 | decided to do. | decided to do. |
1251 | 01:07:40,374 | 01:07:43,794 | Studies will show that if you can get young adults | Studies will show that if you can get young adults |
1252 | 01:07:43,878 | 01:07:46,297 | to vote between the ages of 18 and 24, | to vote between the ages of 18 and 24, |
1253 | 01:07:46,380 | 01:07:47,757 | they're more likely to vote | they're more likely to vote |
1254 | 01:07:47,840 | 01:07:50,051 | going further into their adulthood. | going further into their adulthood. |
1255 | 01:07:53,304 | 01:07:57,558 | Once you strip someone their access of being able to vote, | Once you strip someone their access of being able to vote, |
1256 | 01:07:57,641 | 01:08:02,313 | it takes away their role within our democracy. | it takes away their role within our democracy. |
1257 | 01:08:03,773 | 01:08:06,067 | Voter suppression has often targeted communities | Voter suppression has often targeted communities |
1258 | 01:08:06,150 | 01:08:07,735 | that are seen as nonnormative. | that are seen as nonnormative. |
1259 | 01:08:07,818 | 01:08:10,696 | And we saw this come into sharp relief in North Dakota, | And we saw this come into sharp relief in North Dakota, |
1260 | 01:08:10,780 | 01:08:15,326 | where a law that required a residential address | where a law that required a residential address |
1261 | 01:08:15,409 | 01:08:18,496 | on driver's licenses seemed benign. | on driver's licenses seemed benign. |
1262 | 01:08:18,579 | 01:08:20,790 | But the reality was that, for those communities, | But the reality was that, for those communities, |
1263 | 01:08:20,873 | 01:08:22,792 | getting a residential address on a reservation | getting a residential address on a reservation |
1264 | 01:08:22,875 | 01:08:24,752 | required that the state or local government | required that the state or local government |
1265 | 01:08:24,835 | 01:08:27,546 | grant that to you, and it didn't happen. | grant that to you, and it didn't happen. |
1266 | 01:08:30,925 | 01:08:34,345 | A majority of Indian country | A majority of Indian country |
1267 | 01:08:34,428 | 01:08:36,972 | does not have physical addresses. | does not have physical addresses. |
1268 | 01:08:37,056 | 01:08:39,558 | They use post office boxes. | They use post office boxes. |
1269 | 01:08:48,609 | 01:08:53,155 | It became very evident that the law was created | It became very evident that the law was created |
1270 | 01:08:53,239 | 01:08:56,575 | to suppress the Native American vote. | to suppress the Native American vote. |
1271 | 01:08:56,659 | 01:09:00,371 | The only way to get recognition is to vote. | The only way to get recognition is to vote. |
1272 | 01:09:00,454 | 01:09:04,500 | And that's what it is... a matter of survival. | And that's what it is... a matter of survival. |
1273 | 01:09:07,419 | 01:09:10,673 | In Wisconsin, they put a new voter I.D. law in effect | In Wisconsin, they put a new voter I.D. law in effect |
1274 | 01:09:10,756 | 01:09:13,092 | in the run-up to the 2016 election. | in the run-up to the 2016 election. |
1275 | 01:09:13,175 | 01:09:15,845 | Lot of Republicans, since 1984, in the presidential races, | Lot of Republicans, since 1984, in the presidential races, |
1276 | 01:09:15,928 | 01:09:17,805 | have not been able to win in Wisconsin. | have not been able to win in Wisconsin. |
1277 | 01:09:17,888 | 01:09:20,182 | Why would it be any different for a Ted Cruz | Why would it be any different for a Ted Cruz |
1278 | 01:09:20,266 | 01:09:21,809 | or a Donald Trump? | or a Donald Trump? |
1279 | 01:09:21,892 | 01:09:23,894 | Well, I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate | Well, I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate |
1280 | 01:09:23,978 | 01:09:26,647 | the Democrats have ever put up, and now we have photo I.D., | the Democrats have ever put up, and now we have photo I.D., |
1281 | 01:09:26,730 | 01:09:28,524 | and I think photo I.D. is gonna make | and I think photo I.D. is gonna make |
1282 | 01:09:28,607 | 01:09:30,192 | a little bit of a difference as well. | a little bit of a difference as well. |
1283 | 01:09:30,276 | 01:09:34,989 | Up to 23,000 people | Up to 23,000 people |
1284 | 01:09:35,072 | 01:09:37,908 | were blocked or deterred from voting, | were blocked or deterred from voting, |
1285 | 01:09:37,992 | 01:09:40,953 | and Donald Trump only won the state of Wisconsin | and Donald Trump only won the state of Wisconsin |
1286 | 01:09:41,036 | 01:09:43,914 | by just over 22,000 votes. | by just over 22,000 votes. |
1287 | 01:09:43,998 | 01:09:47,918 | So, this one restriction in Wisconsin alone | So, this one restriction in Wisconsin alone |
1288 | 01:09:48,002 | 01:09:50,337 | had a huge impact on Donald Trump | had a huge impact on Donald Trump |
1289 | 01:09:50,421 | 01:09:53,174 | becoming the next president of the United States. | becoming the next president of the United States. |
1290 | 01:09:58,012 | 01:10:01,098 | Ohio has become, sadly, the leader in creating | Ohio has become, sadly, the leader in creating |
1291 | 01:10:01,182 | 01:10:03,559 | certain types of-of voter suppression | certain types of-of voter suppression |
1292 | 01:10:03,642 | 01:10:05,436 | that other states have followed. | that other states have followed. |
1293 | 01:10:05,519 | 01:10:08,731 | And there's no bigger example of that than purging. | And there's no bigger example of that than purging. |
1294 | 01:10:12,651 | 01:10:15,905 | There is certainly need to update your voting rolls. | There is certainly need to update your voting rolls. |
1295 | 01:10:15,988 | 01:10:18,407 | People pass away. People move. | People pass away. People move. |
1296 | 01:10:18,490 | 01:10:21,535 | There also are some states that are really smart about this. | There also are some states that are really smart about this. |
1297 | 01:10:21,619 | 01:10:23,787 | Things like automatic voter registration. | Things like automatic voter registration. |
1298 | 01:10:23,871 | 01:10:25,497 | But Ohio does the exact opposite. | But Ohio does the exact opposite. |
1299 | 01:10:25,581 | 01:10:27,333 | Ohio's had a purging process | Ohio's had a purging process |
1300 | 01:10:27,416 | 01:10:30,920 | where, if you don't vote in several elections | where, if you don't vote in several elections |
1301 | 01:10:31,003 | 01:10:33,005 | and you don't respond to a postcard, | and you don't respond to a postcard, |
1302 | 01:10:33,088 | 01:10:34,882 | you're knocked off the rolls. | you're knocked off the rolls. |
1303 | 01:10:34,965 | 01:10:37,051 | When it comes to the right to vote, | When it comes to the right to vote, |
1304 | 01:10:37,134 | 01:10:39,678 | Ohio is a "use it or lose it" state. | Ohio is a "use it or lose it" state. |
1305 | 01:10:39,762 | 01:10:41,847 | In a split five-to-four decision, | In a split five-to-four decision, |
1306 | 01:10:41,931 | 01:10:44,225 | the Supreme Court ruled that in Ohio | the Supreme Court ruled that in Ohio |
1307 | 01:10:44,308 | 01:10:46,393 | you can be dropped from the voter rolls | you can be dropped from the voter rolls |
1308 | 01:10:46,477 | 01:10:49,438 | if you do not vote for about six years | if you do not vote for about six years |
1309 | 01:10:49,521 | 01:10:51,482 | and do not respond to a card | and do not respond to a card |
1310 | 01:10:51,565 | 01:10:53,108 | the state sends you in the mail. | the state sends you in the mail. |
1311 | 01:10:53,192 | 01:10:55,236 | They send you a postcard to your house. | They send you a postcard to your house. |
1312 | 01:10:55,319 | 01:10:58,322 | It really does look like a piece of junk mail. | It really does look like a piece of junk mail. |
1313 | 01:10:58,405 | 01:11:01,325 | If you don't send it back, they assume you're not there. | If you don't send it back, they assume you're not there. |
1314 | 01:11:01,408 | 01:11:02,576 | Then they purge you from the roll. | Then they purge you from the roll. |
1315 | 01:11:02,660 | 01:11:04,161 | They say, "Oh, this person didn't send it back. | They say, "Oh, this person didn't send it back. |
1316 | 01:11:04,245 | 01:11:05,454 | We're gonna drop them." | We're gonna drop them." |
1317 | 01:11:05,537 | 01:11:07,581 | They're not notified that they have been purged, | They're not notified that they have been purged, |
1318 | 01:11:07,665 | 01:11:08,749 | and that-that's a problem. | and that-that's a problem. |
1319 | 01:11:08,832 | 01:11:11,543 | In a state of less than 12 million, | In a state of less than 12 million, |
1320 | 01:11:11,627 | 01:11:13,879 | two million have been purged. | two million have been purged. |
1321 | 01:11:13,963 | 01:11:15,589 | A lot of people are on that list | A lot of people are on that list |
1322 | 01:11:15,673 | 01:11:17,549 | 'cause they move every year; they're poor. | 'cause they move every year; they're poor. |
1323 | 01:11:17,633 | 01:11:20,844 | They're going from one place to the next to the next. | They're going from one place to the next to the next. |
1324 | 01:11:20,928 | 01:11:22,805 | But also, it turns out | But also, it turns out |
1325 | 01:11:22,888 | 01:11:24,306 | there are thousands and thousands | there are thousands and thousands |
1326 | 01:11:24,390 | 01:11:27,309 | of people on this list who had voted recently, | of people on this list who had voted recently, |
1327 | 01:11:27,393 | 01:11:30,187 | who were not supposed to be on the purge list. | who were not supposed to be on the purge list. |
1328 | 01:11:30,271 | 01:11:35,693 | 20% of those people were on in error... government error. | 20% of those people were on in error... government error. |
1329 | 01:11:35,776 | 01:11:37,403 | And in the United States, | And in the United States, |
1330 | 01:11:37,486 | 01:11:39,863 | the right to vote is the only right you can lose | the right to vote is the only right you can lose |
1331 | 01:11:39,947 | 01:11:41,240 | for not using it. | for not using it. |
1332 | 01:11:41,323 | 01:11:43,617 | You can decide not to go hunting on a Saturday, | You can decide not to go hunting on a Saturday, |
1333 | 01:11:43,701 | 01:11:45,786 | and you don't lose your 2nd Amendment rights. | and you don't lose your 2nd Amendment rights. |
1334 | 01:11:45,869 | 01:11:48,497 | But in nine states, it is the law of the land | But in nine states, it is the law of the land |
1335 | 01:11:48,580 | 01:11:50,040 | that you can lose your right to vote | that you can lose your right to vote |
1336 | 01:11:50,124 | 01:11:51,375 | simply for not using it. | simply for not using it. |
1337 | 01:11:54,878 | 01:11:56,714 | After the Shelby decision, | After the Shelby decision, |
1338 | 01:11:56,797 | 01:12:00,968 | we saw over 1,600 precincts close in the states | we saw over 1,600 precincts close in the states |
1339 | 01:12:01,051 | 01:12:03,721 | that were once covered by the Voting Rights Act. | that were once covered by the Voting Rights Act. |
1340 | 01:12:03,804 | 01:12:05,681 | And when you shut down a polling place | And when you shut down a polling place |
1341 | 01:12:05,764 | 01:12:07,474 | where someone can go a mile to vote, | where someone can go a mile to vote, |
1342 | 01:12:07,558 | 01:12:09,184 | and suddenly they have to go ten miles | and suddenly they have to go ten miles |
1343 | 01:12:09,268 | 01:12:12,104 | and they don't have a car, they will not vote. | and they don't have a car, they will not vote. |
1344 | 01:12:13,814 | 01:12:16,734 | Under Brian Kemp, 214 polling places | Under Brian Kemp, 214 polling places |
1345 | 01:12:16,817 | 01:12:19,278 | shut down in the state of Georgia. | shut down in the state of Georgia. |
1346 | 01:12:19,361 | 01:12:22,156 | He used the gutting of the Voting Rights Act | He used the gutting of the Voting Rights Act |
1347 | 01:12:22,239 | 01:12:23,907 | almost immediately. | almost immediately. |
1348 | 01:12:24,825 | 01:12:26,785 | Jim Crow 2.0. | Jim Crow 2.0. |
1349 | 01:12:26,869 | 01:12:28,579 | That's what we're seeing. | That's what we're seeing. |
1350 | 01:12:28,662 | 01:12:32,708 | When you look at Georgia in 2018, | When you look at Georgia in 2018, |
1351 | 01:12:32,791 | 01:12:36,045 | it is the rise of Jim Crow again. | it is the rise of Jim Crow again. |
1352 | 01:12:41,884 | 01:12:43,552 | The Shelby decision, | The Shelby decision, |
1353 | 01:12:43,635 | 01:12:45,596 | what it did was give carte blanche | what it did was give carte blanche |
1354 | 01:12:45,679 | 01:12:47,598 | to states like Georgia | to states like Georgia |
1355 | 01:12:47,681 | 01:12:51,435 | to restore every racist trope they had. | to restore every racist trope they had. |
1356 | 01:12:51,518 | 01:12:53,729 | Had I run for governor in 2012, | Had I run for governor in 2012, |
1357 | 01:12:53,812 | 01:12:56,440 | it would have empirically been an easier election. | it would have empirically been an easier election. |
1358 | 01:12:58,859 | 01:13:01,278 | By the time I was running for governor, | By the time I was running for governor, |
1359 | 01:13:01,362 | 01:13:03,781 | I had had eight years of watching | I had had eight years of watching |
1360 | 01:13:03,864 | 01:13:06,575 | the Secretary of State Brian Kemp | the Secretary of State Brian Kemp |
1361 | 01:13:06,658 | 01:13:10,412 | build a national reputation for voter suppression. | build a national reputation for voter suppression. |
1362 | 01:13:10,496 | 01:13:12,414 | We anticipated that voter suppression | We anticipated that voter suppression |
1363 | 01:13:12,498 | 01:13:14,792 | was part of Brian Kemp's behavior. | was part of Brian Kemp's behavior. |
1364 | 01:13:14,875 | 01:13:16,710 | What we couldn't anticipate was that | What we couldn't anticipate was that |
1365 | 01:13:16,794 | 01:13:19,171 | I was going to be in a fight | I was going to be in a fight |
1366 | 01:13:19,254 | 01:13:22,341 | with the very person who controlled the system. | with the very person who controlled the system. |
1367 | 01:13:25,010 | 01:13:26,595 | I got a big truck | I got a big truck |
1368 | 01:13:26,678 | 01:13:29,139 | just in case I need to round up criminal illegals | just in case I need to round up criminal illegals |
1369 | 01:13:29,223 | 01:13:30,432 | and take 'em home myself. | and take 'em home myself. |
1370 | 01:13:30,516 | 01:13:33,936 | Yep, I just said that. | Yep, I just said that. |
1371 | 01:13:34,019 | 01:13:35,229 | Yeah, he just said that, | Yeah, he just said that, |
1372 | 01:13:35,312 | 01:13:37,398 | and he's joining us now, the candidate who calls himself | and he's joining us now, the candidate who calls himself |
1373 | 01:13:37,481 | 01:13:40,192 | "a politically incorrect conservative," | "a politically incorrect conservative," |
1374 | 01:13:40,275 | 01:13:42,361 | current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. | current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. |
1375 | 01:13:42,444 | 01:13:44,029 | Good morning, sir. | Good morning, sir. |
1376 | 01:13:44,113 | 01:13:46,073 | Morning, guys. Great to be on with you. | Morning, guys. Great to be on with you. |
1377 | 01:13:48,700 | 01:13:52,746 | Brian Kemp had the ability to not only be | Brian Kemp had the ability to not only be |
1378 | 01:13:52,830 | 01:13:54,289 | the candidate in the race, | the candidate in the race, |
1379 | 01:13:54,373 | 01:13:56,583 | but he was also running the election. | but he was also running the election. |
1380 | 01:13:56,667 | 01:14:00,337 | He was the constitutionally authorized election supervisor. | He was the constitutionally authorized election supervisor. |
1381 | 01:14:00,421 | 01:14:04,007 | That would have been illegal in virtually every other | That would have been illegal in virtually every other |
1382 | 01:14:04,091 | 01:14:07,803 | advanced democracy in the entire world. | advanced democracy in the entire world. |
1383 | 01:14:09,596 | 01:14:13,434 | We sued Brian Kemp multiple times | We sued Brian Kemp multiple times |
1384 | 01:14:13,517 | 01:14:17,896 | over his efforts to lock people out of the ballot box. | over his efforts to lock people out of the ballot box. |
1385 | 01:14:17,980 | 01:14:21,275 | One of his most nefarious schemes | One of his most nefarious schemes |
1386 | 01:14:21,358 | 01:14:23,402 | was called "exact match." | was called "exact match." |
1387 | 01:14:23,485 | 01:14:25,320 | More than 53,000 Georgia residents | More than 53,000 Georgia residents |
1388 | 01:14:25,404 | 01:14:27,656 | have had their registrations put on hold | have had their registrations put on hold |
1389 | 01:14:27,739 | 01:14:30,200 | thanks to a policy that requires their applications | thanks to a policy that requires their applications |
1390 | 01:14:30,284 | 01:14:33,370 | to precisely match information from other state agencies. | to precisely match information from other state agencies. |
1391 | 01:14:33,454 | 01:14:36,623 | Georgia's population is approximately 32% Black, | Georgia's population is approximately 32% Black, |
1392 | 01:14:36,707 | 01:14:38,959 | but the list of voter registrations on hold | but the list of voter registrations on hold |
1393 | 01:14:39,042 | 01:14:41,170 | is nearly 70% Black. | is nearly 70% Black. |
1394 | 01:14:42,713 | 01:14:45,716 | Well, well, well. | Well, well, well. |
1395 | 01:14:45,799 | 01:14:49,052 | My old friend racism. | My old friend racism. |
1396 | 01:14:49,136 | 01:14:51,388 | I've been expecting you. | I've been expecting you. |
1397 | 01:14:52,723 | 01:14:54,725 | The ACLU filed a lawsuit | The ACLU filed a lawsuit |
1398 | 01:14:54,808 | 01:14:58,270 | because absentee ballots were being rejected | because absentee ballots were being rejected |
1399 | 01:14:58,353 | 01:15:00,397 | because the signature on the absentee ballot | because the signature on the absentee ballot |
1400 | 01:15:00,481 | 01:15:04,026 | purportedly did not match the signature that was on file. | purportedly did not match the signature that was on file. |
1401 | 01:15:04,109 | 01:15:06,195 | The problem is signatures change. | The problem is signatures change. |
1402 | 01:15:06,278 | 01:15:08,697 | It's one of the worst metrics to use. | It's one of the worst metrics to use. |
1403 | 01:15:08,780 | 01:15:10,574 | A lot of people for whom English | A lot of people for whom English |
1404 | 01:15:10,657 | 01:15:12,576 | was not their first language | was not their first language |
1405 | 01:15:12,659 | 01:15:14,828 | will have an inconsistent signature | will have an inconsistent signature |
1406 | 01:15:14,912 | 01:15:18,832 | because they have to write and sign their American name. | because they have to write and sign their American name. |
1407 | 01:15:18,916 | 01:15:22,252 | Asian voters, when they immigrated here, | Asian voters, when they immigrated here, |
1408 | 01:15:22,336 | 01:15:24,713 | they adopted an American name. | they adopted an American name. |
1409 | 01:15:24,796 | 01:15:28,967 | My grandmother had an American signature, | My grandmother had an American signature, |
1410 | 01:15:29,051 | 01:15:34,139 | and she has not been able to sign that name consistently. | and she has not been able to sign that name consistently. |
1411 | 01:15:34,223 | 01:15:37,351 | The argument for many of these voter suppression laws | The argument for many of these voter suppression laws |
1412 | 01:15:37,434 | 01:15:39,311 | is this very fallacious argument | is this very fallacious argument |
1413 | 01:15:39,394 | 01:15:41,605 | that it's necessary to stop voter fraud. | that it's necessary to stop voter fraud. |
1414 | 01:15:41,688 | 01:15:44,107 | The voter fraud is real. It must be stopped. | The voter fraud is real. It must be stopped. |
1415 | 01:15:44,191 | 01:15:46,193 | We need every tool to go after it. | We need every tool to go after it. |
1416 | 01:15:46,276 | 01:15:48,946 | Voter I.D. laws stop voter fraud. | Voter I.D. laws stop voter fraud. |
1417 | 01:15:49,029 | 01:15:51,365 | I've dedicated my career to fighting voter fraud | I've dedicated my career to fighting voter fraud |
1418 | 01:15:51,448 | 01:15:53,742 | by doing things like having photo I.D. | by doing things like having photo I.D. |
1419 | 01:15:53,825 | 01:15:56,828 | Every time voter fraud occurs, it cancels out the vote | Every time voter fraud occurs, it cancels out the vote |
1420 | 01:15:56,912 | 01:16:00,874 | of a lawful citizen and undermines democracy. | of a lawful citizen and undermines democracy. |
1421 | 01:16:00,958 | 01:16:02,793 | We can't let that happen. | We can't let that happen. |
1422 | 01:16:02,876 | 01:16:04,920 | When Donald Trump lost the popular vote, | When Donald Trump lost the popular vote, |
1423 | 01:16:05,003 | 01:16:06,964 | he lost it by 2.9 million votes, | he lost it by 2.9 million votes, |
1424 | 01:16:07,047 | 01:16:09,883 | and he said three million people voted illegally. | and he said three million people voted illegally. |
1425 | 01:16:09,967 | 01:16:12,803 | And there was no evidence to back this up, | And there was no evidence to back this up, |
1426 | 01:16:12,886 | 01:16:15,514 | but this was a dramatic assertion | but this was a dramatic assertion |
1427 | 01:16:15,597 | 01:16:19,226 | of voter fraud on a really unprecedented scale. | of voter fraud on a really unprecedented scale. |
1428 | 01:16:25,065 | 01:16:28,151 | Trump employed this rhetoric to create his own, | Trump employed this rhetoric to create his own, |
1429 | 01:16:28,235 | 01:16:31,029 | quote, unquote, "Commission on Election Integrity." | quote, unquote, "Commission on Election Integrity." |
1430 | 01:16:33,991 | 01:16:37,661 | There was really an all-star cast of some of the biggest | There was really an all-star cast of some of the biggest |
1431 | 01:16:37,744 | 01:16:40,706 | vote suppressors in the Republican Party today. | vote suppressors in the Republican Party today. |
1432 | 01:16:40,789 | 01:16:44,042 | People like Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation | People like Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation |
1433 | 01:16:44,126 | 01:16:47,170 | that had built the case for voter I.D. laws | that had built the case for voter I.D. laws |
1434 | 01:16:47,254 | 01:16:49,548 | and similar restrictions on voting. | and similar restrictions on voting. |
1435 | 01:16:50,882 | 01:16:53,218 | The president's Advisory Commission | The president's Advisory Commission |
1436 | 01:16:53,302 | 01:16:57,264 | wanted to get the voter registration list | wanted to get the voter registration list |
1437 | 01:16:57,347 | 01:17:00,100 | from all the states so they could start doing comparisons | from all the states so they could start doing comparisons |
1438 | 01:17:00,183 | 01:17:02,436 | and find people who were still on the list | and find people who were still on the list |
1439 | 01:17:02,519 | 01:17:04,730 | who were deceased, to find individuals | who were deceased, to find individuals |
1440 | 01:17:04,813 | 01:17:07,232 | who were, uh, voting in more than one state. | who were, uh, voting in more than one state. |
1441 | 01:17:07,316 | 01:17:09,651 | Yesterday, the vice chair of that commission | Yesterday, the vice chair of that commission |
1442 | 01:17:09,735 | 01:17:13,530 | sent a letter to all 50 states, asking for voter data | sent a letter to all 50 states, asking for voter data |
1443 | 01:17:13,614 | 01:17:16,867 | that includes addresses, party I.D., | that includes addresses, party I.D., |
1444 | 01:17:16,950 | 01:17:20,370 | voter history and Social Security information. | voter history and Social Security information. |
1445 | 01:17:20,454 | 01:17:23,874 | This was like a Big Brother data request. | This was like a Big Brother data request. |
1446 | 01:17:23,957 | 01:17:28,045 | There was no evidence that the administration would insure | There was no evidence that the administration would insure |
1447 | 01:17:28,128 | 01:17:31,465 | the privacy and security of this data. | the privacy and security of this data. |
1448 | 01:17:31,548 | 01:17:35,260 | And moreover, why did they need to know party affiliation? | And moreover, why did they need to know party affiliation? |
1449 | 01:17:35,344 | 01:17:36,970 | Many states resisted that. | Many states resisted that. |
1450 | 01:17:37,054 | 01:17:39,222 | They refused to provide that data. | They refused to provide that data. |
1451 | 01:17:39,306 | 01:17:41,475 | Opposition to this is bipartisan, | Opposition to this is bipartisan, |
1452 | 01:17:41,558 | 01:17:42,643 | to some degree. | to some degree. |
1453 | 01:17:42,726 | 01:17:44,353 | Mississippi's Secretary of State, | Mississippi's Secretary of State, |
1454 | 01:17:44,436 | 01:17:48,273 | a Republican, has called it a violation of voters' privacy | a Republican, has called it a violation of voters' privacy |
1455 | 01:17:48,357 | 01:17:50,484 | and said that the commission can, quote, | and said that the commission can, quote, |
1456 | 01:17:50,567 | 01:17:53,487 | "go jump in the Gulf of Mexico." | "go jump in the Gulf of Mexico." |
1457 | 01:17:53,570 | 01:17:55,656 | The Commission on Election Integrity | The Commission on Election Integrity |
1458 | 01:17:55,739 | 01:17:57,115 | that Donald Trump formed | that Donald Trump formed |
1459 | 01:17:57,199 | 01:17:59,242 | was a complete and utter disaster. | was a complete and utter disaster. |
1460 | 01:17:59,326 | 01:18:02,329 | It disbanded without issuing any findings, | It disbanded without issuing any findings, |
1461 | 01:18:02,412 | 01:18:05,374 | and it found no evidence of voter fraud | and it found no evidence of voter fraud |
1462 | 01:18:05,457 | 01:18:08,126 | during its entire investigative process. | during its entire investigative process. |
1463 | 01:18:14,841 | 01:18:17,552 | We have a database at the Heritage Foundation | We have a database at the Heritage Foundation |
1464 | 01:18:17,636 | 01:18:19,054 | that we're constantly adding to. | that we're constantly adding to. |
1465 | 01:18:19,137 | 01:18:22,182 | It has a sampling of proven voter fraud cases, | It has a sampling of proven voter fraud cases, |
1466 | 01:18:22,265 | 01:18:24,059 | uh, from across the country. | uh, from across the country. |
1467 | 01:18:24,142 | 01:18:27,979 | Um, it's got almost 1,300 cases in it. | Um, it's got almost 1,300 cases in it. |
1468 | 01:18:28,063 | 01:18:29,356 | Here's what they truly found, | Here's what they truly found, |
1469 | 01:18:29,439 | 01:18:31,108 | and let's put it up again for people. | and let's put it up again for people. |
1470 | 01:18:31,191 | 01:18:34,695 | 146 million total registered voters. | 146 million total registered voters. |
1471 | 01:18:34,778 | 01:18:40,242 | Out of those, there were 2,068 alleged voter fraud cases. | Out of those, there were 2,068 alleged voter fraud cases. |
1472 | 01:18:40,325 | 01:18:42,202 | Okay? So it does happen, | Okay? So it does happen, |
1473 | 01:18:42,285 | 01:18:44,830 | but it doesn't happen on a national scale... | but it doesn't happen on a national scale... |
1474 | 01:18:44,913 | 01:18:45,997 | Doesn't affect the outcome. | Doesn't affect the outcome. |
1475 | 01:18:46,081 | 01:18:47,374 | ...that would affect the outcome. | ...that would affect the outcome. |
1476 | 01:18:47,457 | 01:18:48,959 | So, then you ask yourself, | So, then you ask yourself, |
1477 | 01:18:49,042 | 01:18:50,961 | why do we have this architecture | why do we have this architecture |
1478 | 01:18:51,044 | 01:18:53,004 | of all of these obstacles? | of all of these obstacles? |
1479 | 01:18:53,088 | 01:18:56,007 | Voter I.D., gerrymandering, | Voter I.D., gerrymandering, |
1480 | 01:18:56,091 | 01:18:59,219 | purging, poll closures. | purging, poll closures. |
1481 | 01:18:59,302 | 01:19:01,513 | Why do we have all of this | Why do we have all of this |
1482 | 01:19:01,596 | 01:19:05,726 | if voter fraud is virtually nonexistent? | if voter fraud is virtually nonexistent? |
1483 | 01:19:05,809 | 01:19:10,188 | When you ask that question that way, | When you ask that question that way, |
1484 | 01:19:10,272 | 01:19:13,442 | then it leads you down a path | then it leads you down a path |
1485 | 01:19:13,525 | 01:19:15,944 | where America must look at itself again | where America must look at itself again |
1486 | 01:19:16,027 | 01:19:17,779 | the way that it looked at itself | the way that it looked at itself |
1487 | 01:19:17,863 | 01:19:21,616 | when it saw the cataclysm on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. | when it saw the cataclysm on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. |
1488 | 01:19:39,801 | 01:19:41,678 | Running for governor | Running for governor |
1489 | 01:19:41,762 | 01:19:44,931 | was about changing what it meant | was about changing what it meant |
1490 | 01:19:45,015 | 01:19:47,267 | to be a leader in Georgia. | to be a leader in Georgia. |
1491 | 01:19:49,102 | 01:19:50,729 | And there's nothing more transformative | And there's nothing more transformative |
1492 | 01:19:50,812 | 01:19:53,857 | in the Deep South than a Black woman from poverty | in the Deep South than a Black woman from poverty |
1493 | 01:19:53,940 | 01:19:56,109 | having opportunity. | having opportunity. |
1494 | 01:20:00,405 | 01:20:02,574 | It hadn't been done before, so I thought | It hadn't been done before, so I thought |
1495 | 01:20:02,657 | 01:20:04,534 | I would take advantage of the freedom | I would take advantage of the freedom |
1496 | 01:20:04,618 | 01:20:07,078 | to try the things no one else tried. | to try the things no one else tried. |
1497 | 01:20:08,580 | 01:20:10,624 | We know that voter turnout | We know that voter turnout |
1498 | 01:20:10,707 | 01:20:14,127 | is the best remedy to voter suppression. | is the best remedy to voter suppression. |
1499 | 01:20:14,211 | 01:20:16,963 | We decided to go after everyone who could vote. | We decided to go after everyone who could vote. |
1500 | 01:20:17,047 | 01:20:18,548 | Y'all already been out to vote? | Y'all already been out to vote? |
1501 | 01:20:18,632 | 01:20:20,801 | We need everybody out there in droves. | We need everybody out there in droves. |
1502 | 01:20:20,884 | 01:20:21,927 | I'll make sure they vote. | I'll make sure they vote. |
1503 | 01:20:22,010 | 01:20:23,094 | Matter of fact, they ain't gonna | Matter of fact, they ain't gonna |
1504 | 01:20:23,178 | 01:20:24,262 | work tomorrow if they don't vote. | work tomorrow if they don't vote. |
1505 | 01:20:24,346 | 01:20:25,514 | - Ooh, give me some! - There you go. | - Ooh, give me some! - There you go. |
1506 | 01:20:25,597 | 01:20:26,932 | That's what you got to do. | That's what you got to do. |
1507 | 01:20:27,015 | 01:20:28,391 | - You got to put it out there like that. - That's right. | - You got to put it out there like that. - That's right. |
1508 | 01:20:28,475 | 01:20:31,853 | I've been out here talking to people who are... | I've been out here talking to people who are... |
1509 | 01:20:31,937 | 01:20:33,146 | "Yeah, I've never voted before." | "Yeah, I've never voted before." |
1510 | 01:20:33,230 | 01:20:35,065 | "Oh, I've never had someone come to my door before." | "Oh, I've never had someone come to my door before." |
1511 | 01:20:35,148 | 01:20:38,985 | Too often, politicians only go to the people they know, | Too often, politicians only go to the people they know, |
1512 | 01:20:39,069 | 01:20:43,031 | and they only engage the people they can rely on. | and they only engage the people they can rely on. |
1513 | 01:20:43,114 | 01:20:44,783 | But go out there, man. We're trying to make history. | But go out there, man. We're trying to make history. |
1514 | 01:20:44,866 | 01:20:46,618 | - You know what I'm saying? - Yeah, I'm gonna vote. | - You know what I'm saying? - Yeah, I'm gonna vote. |
1515 | 01:20:46,701 | 01:20:48,203 | All right, that's what I want to hear. | All right, that's what I want to hear. |
1516 | 01:20:48,286 | 01:20:49,538 | Which means you don't adapt | Which means you don't adapt |
1517 | 01:20:49,621 | 01:20:50,914 | to the changing needs of community. | to the changing needs of community. |
1518 | 01:20:50,997 | 01:20:52,707 | Thank you so much for your time. | Thank you so much for your time. |
1519 | 01:20:53,792 | 01:20:56,169 | Among democratic countries, | Among democratic countries, |
1520 | 01:20:56,253 | 01:20:58,964 | the United States stands out | the United States stands out |
1521 | 01:20:59,047 | 01:21:03,009 | for having very low voter turnout. | for having very low voter turnout. |
1522 | 01:21:03,093 | 01:21:06,972 | Politicians produced the system | Politicians produced the system |
1523 | 01:21:07,055 | 01:21:11,059 | because elections are easier to manage | because elections are easier to manage |
1524 | 01:21:11,142 | 01:21:13,687 | if the electorate is smaller. | if the electorate is smaller. |
1525 | 01:21:15,313 | 01:21:17,732 | Hello, Georgia! | Hello, Georgia! |
1526 | 01:21:19,901 | 01:21:21,987 | I was asking everybody, "You know Stacey Abrams? | I was asking everybody, "You know Stacey Abrams? |
1527 | 01:21:22,070 | 01:21:23,655 | "You know Stacey Abrams? | "You know Stacey Abrams? |
1528 | 01:21:23,738 | 01:21:24,990 | You know Stacey Abrams?" | You know Stacey Abrams?" |
1529 | 01:21:25,073 | 01:21:26,825 | Finally, somebody said, "I know Stacey Abrams." | Finally, somebody said, "I know Stacey Abrams." |
1530 | 01:21:26,908 | 01:21:28,827 | And they said, "I have her cell number." | And they said, "I have her cell number." |
1531 | 01:21:28,910 | 01:21:30,453 | I go, "Give it to me." | I go, "Give it to me." |
1532 | 01:21:31,872 | 01:21:33,498 | "I will call her up right now." | "I will call her up right now." |
1533 | 01:21:33,582 | 01:21:37,085 | So I called Stacey Abrams, and I said, | So I called Stacey Abrams, and I said, |
1534 | 01:21:37,168 | 01:21:39,671 | "Stacey, this is Oprah." | "Stacey, this is Oprah." |
1535 | 01:21:42,340 | 01:21:43,925 | You know what she said? | You know what she said? |
1536 | 01:21:44,009 | 01:21:46,761 | She said, "Girl, let me pull over to the side of the road." | She said, "Girl, let me pull over to the side of the road." |
1537 | 01:21:48,388 | 01:21:50,765 | Ladies and gentlemen, Stacey Abrams! | Ladies and gentlemen, Stacey Abrams! |
1538 | 01:21:54,019 | 01:21:56,563 | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! |
1539 | 01:21:56,646 | 01:21:58,857 | My name is Stacey Abrams, and I am running to be | My name is Stacey Abrams, and I am running to be |
1540 | 01:21:58,940 | 01:22:00,901 | the next governor of the great state of Georgia. | the next governor of the great state of Georgia. |
1541 | 01:22:02,360 | 01:22:04,112 | We talked to people. | We talked to people. |
1542 | 01:22:04,195 | 01:22:05,655 | We met them at their doors. | We met them at their doors. |
1543 | 01:22:05,739 | 01:22:07,741 | We met them at their churches, their mosques, | We met them at their churches, their mosques, |
1544 | 01:22:07,824 | 01:22:10,035 | their temples, their shrines, their synagogues. | their temples, their shrines, their synagogues. |
1545 | 01:22:10,118 | 01:22:13,830 | I went to Dragon Con and ONE Musicfest. | I went to Dragon Con and ONE Musicfest. |
1546 | 01:22:13,914 | 01:22:16,124 | I also talked about real issues. | I also talked about real issues. |
1547 | 01:22:16,207 | 01:22:18,126 | I talked about my brother and his fight | I talked about my brother and his fight |
1548 | 01:22:18,209 | 01:22:20,170 | with drug addiction and incarceration. | with drug addiction and incarceration. |
1549 | 01:22:20,253 | 01:22:21,546 | There are thousands of Walters | There are thousands of Walters |
1550 | 01:22:21,630 | 01:22:23,006 | throughout the state of Georgia... | throughout the state of Georgia... |
1551 | 01:22:23,089 | 01:22:24,341 | - Yeah! - ...who only get | - Yeah! - ...who only get |
1552 | 01:22:24,424 | 01:22:26,217 | the help they need when they go to prison. | the help they need when they go to prison. |
1553 | 01:22:26,301 | 01:22:27,802 | - Yeah! - I'm running for governor | - Yeah! - I'm running for governor |
1554 | 01:22:27,886 | 01:22:29,054 | because I don't believe Georgia's | because I don't believe Georgia's |
1555 | 01:22:29,137 | 01:22:30,388 | just a state of retribution. | just a state of retribution. |
1556 | 01:22:30,472 | 01:22:32,349 | I want to see a state of redemption! | I want to see a state of redemption! |
1557 | 01:22:32,432 | 01:22:33,850 | Yeah! | Yeah! |
1558 | 01:22:33,934 | 01:22:36,102 | Let's get it done! | Let's get it done! |
1559 | 01:22:36,186 | 01:22:38,980 | Let's get it done! Let's get it done! | Let's get it done! Let's get it done! |
1560 | 01:22:39,064 | 01:22:42,275 | But I also had solutions, and I talked about the things | But I also had solutions, and I talked about the things |
1561 | 01:22:42,359 | 01:22:44,361 | that people care about every single day. | that people care about every single day. |
1562 | 01:22:44,444 | 01:22:46,696 | Georgia, we need you to show up and show out. | Georgia, we need you to show up and show out. |
1563 | 01:22:47,989 | 01:22:51,368 | - ...Stacey Abrams... - ...Stacey Abrams... | - ...Stacey Abrams... - ...Stacey Abrams... |
1564 | 01:22:51,451 | 01:22:53,995 | We wanted everybody who could vote to vote | We wanted everybody who could vote to vote |
1565 | 01:22:54,079 | 01:22:55,163 | and to vote for me. | and to vote for me. |
1566 | 01:22:56,331 | 01:22:59,709 | It is in our hands | It is in our hands |
1567 | 01:22:59,793 | 01:23:02,545 | to make Stacey Abrams the next governor | to make Stacey Abrams the next governor |
1568 | 01:23:02,629 | 01:23:04,881 | of the state of Georgia! | of the state of Georgia! |
1569 | 01:23:04,965 | 01:23:08,259 | And give it up for your next governor, | And give it up for your next governor, |
1570 | 01:23:08,343 | 01:23:10,011 | Stacey Abrams. | Stacey Abrams. |
1571 | 01:23:10,095 | 01:23:12,305 | Stacey! Stacey! | Stacey! Stacey! |
1572 | 01:23:12,389 | 01:23:16,184 | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! | Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! Stacey! |
1573 | 01:23:16,267 | 01:23:18,687 | Thank you, Georgia. | Thank you, Georgia. |
1574 | 01:23:21,856 | 01:23:24,359 | One of our missions in our campaign | One of our missions in our campaign |
1575 | 01:23:24,442 | 01:23:27,737 | was to focus attention on early voting. | was to focus attention on early voting. |
1576 | 01:23:27,821 | 01:23:30,782 | And so, by way of example, I went to vote early. | And so, by way of example, I went to vote early. |
1577 | 01:23:30,865 | 01:23:35,245 | I came to my precinct armed with my I.D., | I came to my precinct armed with my I.D., |
1578 | 01:23:35,328 | 01:23:37,205 | ready to cast my ballot. | ready to cast my ballot. |
1579 | 01:23:37,288 | 01:23:39,541 | I also had a bunch of television cameras with me | I also had a bunch of television cameras with me |
1580 | 01:23:39,624 | 01:23:41,960 | because we wanted to publicize how important this was. | because we wanted to publicize how important this was. |
1581 | 01:23:43,461 | 01:23:46,047 | I hand my information over, and the young woman, | I hand my information over, and the young woman, |
1582 | 01:23:46,131 | 01:23:49,175 | with great trepidation, tells me that I cannot vote | with great trepidation, tells me that I cannot vote |
1583 | 01:23:49,259 | 01:23:52,095 | because I've applied for an absentee ballot. | because I've applied for an absentee ballot. |
1584 | 01:23:53,513 | 01:23:56,808 | And I lean in quietly, and I say, "No, I didn't." | And I lean in quietly, and I say, "No, I didn't." |
1585 | 01:23:56,891 | 01:23:59,811 | I've voted in the state of Georgia since 1992. | I've voted in the state of Georgia since 1992. |
1586 | 01:23:59,894 | 01:24:02,981 | I've never applied for an absentee ballot. | I've never applied for an absentee ballot. |
1587 | 01:24:03,064 | 01:24:05,692 | She desperately wants to be helpful, | She desperately wants to be helpful, |
1588 | 01:24:05,775 | 01:24:07,235 | but something had happened, | but something had happened, |
1589 | 01:24:07,318 | 01:24:08,862 | and she did not have good information. | and she did not have good information. |
1590 | 01:24:08,945 | 01:24:10,655 | Her manager came over, we talked, | Her manager came over, we talked, |
1591 | 01:24:10,739 | 01:24:13,742 | and we were able to figure out what needed to be done. | and we were able to figure out what needed to be done. |
1592 | 01:24:18,371 | 01:24:20,290 | What worries me | What worries me |
1593 | 01:24:20,373 | 01:24:23,334 | are the thousands of people in Georgia who tried to vote | are the thousands of people in Georgia who tried to vote |
1594 | 01:24:23,418 | 01:24:28,381 | that didn't have CNN and MSNBC standing over their shoulders | that didn't have CNN and MSNBC standing over their shoulders |
1595 | 01:24:28,465 | 01:24:31,468 | who were told no and who believed that no was the answer | who were told no and who believed that no was the answer |
1596 | 01:24:31,551 | 01:24:33,887 | because they didn't have the authority | because they didn't have the authority |
1597 | 01:24:33,970 | 01:24:36,264 | or the knowledge to demand better. | or the knowledge to demand better. |
1598 | 01:24:36,347 | 01:24:38,600 | We really knew by the last week of early vote | We really knew by the last week of early vote |
1599 | 01:24:38,683 | 01:24:41,603 | that we were seeing extraordinary turnout, | that we were seeing extraordinary turnout, |
1600 | 01:24:41,686 | 01:24:43,938 | um, beyond our projections, | um, beyond our projections, |
1601 | 01:24:44,022 | 01:24:47,400 | and we also knew that we were seeing an extraordinary | and we also knew that we were seeing an extraordinary |
1602 | 01:24:47,484 | 01:24:48,985 | inability of the election system | inability of the election system |
1603 | 01:24:49,069 | 01:24:50,904 | to process the folks. | to process the folks. |
1604 | 01:24:50,987 | 01:24:54,032 | It was the very big warning bell that | It was the very big warning bell that |
1605 | 01:24:54,115 | 01:24:56,659 | Election Day was gonna be a problem. | Election Day was gonna be a problem. |
1606 | 01:25:05,126 | 01:25:07,295 | We were with Brian Kemp and his family | We were with Brian Kemp and his family |
1607 | 01:25:07,378 | 01:25:08,546 | as they showed up to vote. | as they showed up to vote. |
1608 | 01:25:08,630 | 01:25:10,173 | It said this was an invalid card. | It said this was an invalid card. |
1609 | 01:25:10,256 | 01:25:12,592 | - Okay. You go back in there. I'll redo it for you. - Yeah. | - Okay. You go back in there. I'll redo it for you. - Yeah. |
1610 | 01:25:12,675 | 01:25:14,677 | And Kemp had some voting issues. | And Kemp had some voting issues. |
1611 | 01:25:14,761 | 01:25:17,347 | His voter card said "invalid." | His voter card said "invalid." |
1612 | 01:25:19,724 | 01:25:21,059 | You just went and cast your ballot there. | You just went and cast your ballot there. |
1613 | 01:25:21,142 | 01:25:22,727 | - Yeah. - During your tenure as Secretary of State here, | - Yeah. - During your tenure as Secretary of State here, |
1614 | 01:25:22,811 | 01:25:23,937 | you've made it harder for | you've made it harder for |
1615 | 01:25:24,020 | 01:25:25,313 | tens of thousands of people in Georgia... | tens of thousands of people in Georgia... |
1616 | 01:25:25,396 | 01:25:26,606 | I would disagree with that question completely. | I would disagree with that question completely. |
1617 | 01:25:26,689 | 01:25:27,982 | ...to cast their ballots across the state. | ...to cast their ballots across the state. |
1618 | 01:25:28,066 | 01:25:29,359 | Because you have no factual basis | Because you have no factual basis |
1619 | 01:25:29,442 | 01:25:31,194 | on making it harder for people to vote. | on making it harder for people to vote. |
1620 | 01:25:31,277 | 01:25:34,114 | It has never been easier for people to vote in the... | It has never been easier for people to vote in the... |
1621 | 01:25:34,197 | 01:25:36,199 | in the state of Georgia than it is right now. | in the state of Georgia than it is right now. |
1622 | 01:25:36,282 | 01:25:37,951 | One of the races | One of the races |
1623 | 01:25:38,034 | 01:25:39,661 | that we've been watching really closely | that we've been watching really closely |
1624 | 01:25:39,744 | 01:25:43,665 | is the governor's race in the state of Georgia. | is the governor's race in the state of Georgia. |
1625 | 01:25:43,748 | 01:25:45,166 | From Midtown to Marietta, | From Midtown to Marietta, |
1626 | 01:25:45,250 | 01:25:49,546 | we're seeing long lines at polling places across the area. | we're seeing long lines at polling places across the area. |
1627 | 01:25:49,629 | 01:25:52,966 | This morning, we got here at... when the polls opened at 7:00. | This morning, we got here at... when the polls opened at 7:00. |
1628 | 01:25:53,049 | 01:25:56,010 | We were told that the machines weren't working. | We were told that the machines weren't working. |
1629 | 01:25:56,094 | 01:26:00,223 | Finally, at 11:00, they got machines that were working, | Finally, at 11:00, they got machines that were working, |
1630 | 01:26:00,306 | 01:26:02,517 | so we've been in line for five hours. | so we've been in line for five hours. |
1631 | 01:26:02,600 | 01:26:04,269 | How long have you waited | How long have you waited |
1632 | 01:26:04,352 | 01:26:06,729 | - in line here this morning? - About three and a half hours. | - in line here this morning? - About three and a half hours. |
1633 | 01:26:06,813 | 01:26:08,606 | - You gonna go home? Come back? - I'm-I'm hurting. | - You gonna go home? Come back? - I'm-I'm hurting. |
1634 | 01:26:08,690 | 01:26:10,859 | I-I'll be back. I got to go take some medicine. | I-I'll be back. I got to go take some medicine. |
1635 | 01:26:10,942 | 01:26:12,318 | These lines are insane. | These lines are insane. |
1636 | 01:26:12,402 | 01:26:14,571 | We had a big fucking problem. | We had a big fucking problem. |
1637 | 01:26:14,654 | 01:26:17,073 | Um, people are leaving lines all over. | Um, people are leaving lines all over. |
1638 | 01:26:17,157 | 01:26:18,408 | I'm getting the reports. | I'm getting the reports. |
1639 | 01:26:18,491 | 01:26:20,869 | My parents are U.S. citizens. | My parents are U.S. citizens. |
1640 | 01:26:20,952 | 01:26:22,203 | They've voted in the past, but today, | They've voted in the past, but today, |
1641 | 01:26:22,287 | 01:26:23,746 | when they showed up to vote, they were told | when they showed up to vote, they were told |
1642 | 01:26:23,830 | 01:26:25,456 | that they were purged from the voter rolls. | that they were purged from the voter rolls. |
1643 | 01:26:25,540 | 01:26:28,042 | We'd received thousands of calls | We'd received thousands of calls |
1644 | 01:26:28,126 | 01:26:30,044 | to our Voter Protection Hotline. | to our Voter Protection Hotline. |
1645 | 01:26:30,128 | 01:26:31,379 | Conversations about people | Conversations about people |
1646 | 01:26:31,462 | 01:26:33,131 | being turned away from the polls. | being turned away from the polls. |
1647 | 01:26:33,214 | 01:26:35,300 | I can't find this one. | I can't find this one. |
1648 | 01:26:35,383 | 01:26:37,302 | - This is where you would normally vote? - Yes. | - This is where you would normally vote? - Yes. |
1649 | 01:26:37,385 | 01:26:38,761 | The name didn't come up, in your case. | The name didn't come up, in your case. |
1650 | 01:26:38,845 | 01:26:40,180 | It didn't come up even when I search. | It didn't come up even when I search. |
1651 | 01:26:40,263 | 01:26:43,391 | Those stories were coming to me at every moment. | Those stories were coming to me at every moment. |
1652 | 01:26:43,474 | 01:26:45,727 | Some were here for three hours, | Some were here for three hours, |
1653 | 01:26:45,810 | 01:26:47,270 | others here for much longer, | others here for much longer, |
1654 | 01:26:47,353 | 01:26:50,356 | after the Express poll machines stopped working | after the Express poll machines stopped working |
1655 | 01:26:50,440 | 01:26:53,651 | inside the Annistown Elementary polling place Tuesday morning. | inside the Annistown Elementary polling place Tuesday morning. |
1656 | 01:26:53,735 | 01:26:55,403 | We knew who we were up against. | We knew who we were up against. |
1657 | 01:26:55,486 | 01:26:57,614 | We had been fighting this guy for years. | We had been fighting this guy for years. |
1658 | 01:26:57,697 | 01:27:01,075 | And then to see what the result was of | And then to see what the result was of |
1659 | 01:27:01,159 | 01:27:03,244 | intentional underfunding of elections, | intentional underfunding of elections, |
1660 | 01:27:03,328 | 01:27:06,497 | intentional non-training of local elections officials. | intentional non-training of local elections officials. |
1661 | 01:27:06,581 | 01:27:07,707 | He says he went | He says he went |
1662 | 01:27:07,790 | 01:27:09,250 | to cast his ballot Tuesday morning, | to cast his ballot Tuesday morning, |
1663 | 01:27:09,334 | 01:27:11,961 | he handed the poll worker his I.D., and then she... | he handed the poll worker his I.D., and then she... |
1664 | 01:27:12,045 | 01:27:14,756 | Says, "Mr. Whitten, wait. Stop. You've already voted." | Says, "Mr. Whitten, wait. Stop. You've already voted." |
1665 | 01:27:14,839 | 01:27:16,257 | I said, "No, I-I think I would've remembered that." | I said, "No, I-I think I would've remembered that." |
1666 | 01:27:16,341 | 01:27:18,509 | She says, "No, I see here that you voted, | She says, "No, I see here that you voted, |
1667 | 01:27:18,593 | 01:27:20,470 | and, uh, it looks like several days ago." | and, uh, it looks like several days ago." |
1668 | 01:27:20,553 | 01:27:23,973 | Intentional purges, intentional precinct consolidation. | Intentional purges, intentional precinct consolidation. |
1669 | 01:27:24,057 | 01:27:27,352 | They combined two locations, gave us three machines. | They combined two locations, gave us three machines. |
1670 | 01:27:27,435 | 01:27:30,063 | Last election, I had 12. I don't know why. | Last election, I had 12. I don't know why. |
1671 | 01:27:30,146 | 01:27:31,272 | Intentional lack of training | Intentional lack of training |
1672 | 01:27:31,356 | 01:27:32,941 | around absentee and provisional ballots. | around absentee and provisional ballots. |
1673 | 01:27:33,024 | 01:27:35,610 | All the compendium coming together. | All the compendium coming together. |
1674 | 01:27:35,693 | 01:27:38,238 | Students were showing up, and their names were not | Students were showing up, and their names were not |
1675 | 01:27:38,321 | 01:27:39,614 | on the actual roll. | on the actual roll. |
1676 | 01:27:39,697 | 01:27:41,741 | Um, and so they were casting provisional ballots, | Um, and so they were casting provisional ballots, |
1677 | 01:27:41,824 | 01:27:45,078 | so much so that they actually ran out of provisional ballots. | so much so that they actually ran out of provisional ballots. |
1678 | 01:27:45,161 | 01:27:48,498 | It was just out of control. | It was just out of control. |
1679 | 01:27:48,581 | 01:27:52,794 | We knew people were trying to be heard, | We knew people were trying to be heard, |
1680 | 01:27:52,877 | 01:27:55,964 | but I also knew they weren't being listened to. | but I also knew they weren't being listened to. |
1681 | 01:28:01,219 | 01:28:03,304 | Election night... | Election night... |
1682 | 01:28:03,388 | 01:28:07,308 | I knew something had gone horribly wrong. | I knew something had gone horribly wrong. |
1683 | 01:28:09,102 | 01:28:10,895 | Take a look at where the numbers stand right now. | Take a look at where the numbers stand right now. |
1684 | 01:28:10,979 | 01:28:12,981 | As you can see, the numbers are now tightening. | As you can see, the numbers are now tightening. |
1685 | 01:28:13,064 | 01:28:14,482 | The spread is only some 60,000. | The spread is only some 60,000. |
1686 | 01:28:14,565 | 01:28:16,359 | Several counties have yet to process | Several counties have yet to process |
1687 | 01:28:16,442 | 01:28:18,528 | their provisional and emergency ballots, | their provisional and emergency ballots, |
1688 | 01:28:18,611 | 01:28:22,490 | leaving an estimated 22,000 ballots outstanding. | leaving an estimated 22,000 ballots outstanding. |
1689 | 01:28:24,826 | 01:28:27,704 | By 1:00 a.m., what we knew | By 1:00 a.m., what we knew |
1690 | 01:28:27,787 | 01:28:31,040 | was that the race was too close to call. | was that the race was too close to call. |
1691 | 01:28:32,709 | 01:28:35,962 | I'm here tonight to tell you votes remain to be counted. | I'm here tonight to tell you votes remain to be counted. |
1692 | 01:28:36,045 | 01:28:38,798 | There are voices that were waiting to be heard. | There are voices that were waiting to be heard. |
1693 | 01:28:38,881 | 01:28:41,426 | Across our state, folks are opening up | Across our state, folks are opening up |
1694 | 01:28:41,509 | 01:28:44,304 | the dreams of voters in absentee ballots, | the dreams of voters in absentee ballots, |
1695 | 01:28:44,387 | 01:28:46,848 | and we believe our chance for a stronger Georgia | and we believe our chance for a stronger Georgia |
1696 | 01:28:46,931 | 01:28:48,683 | is just within reach. | is just within reach. |
1697 | 01:28:50,143 | 01:28:54,939 | But we cannot seize it until all voices are heard. | But we cannot seize it until all voices are heard. |
1698 | 01:28:55,023 | 01:28:57,233 | And I promise you tonight, we are gonna make sure | And I promise you tonight, we are gonna make sure |
1699 | 01:28:57,317 | 01:29:00,111 | that every vote is counted. | that every vote is counted. |
1700 | 01:29:00,194 | 01:29:02,113 | Every single vote. | Every single vote. |
1701 | 01:29:05,074 | 01:29:06,534 | We've heard from | We've heard from |
1702 | 01:29:06,617 | 01:29:09,245 | 40,000 Georgians and counting | 40,000 Georgians and counting |
1703 | 01:29:09,329 | 01:29:11,664 | who have told us story after story | who have told us story after story |
1704 | 01:29:11,748 | 01:29:14,208 | about the concerns and problems they have, | about the concerns and problems they have, |
1705 | 01:29:14,292 | 01:29:16,544 | uh, with our system across Georgia. | uh, with our system across Georgia. |
1706 | 01:29:16,627 | 01:29:18,379 | Our staff was, | Our staff was, |
1707 | 01:29:18,463 | 01:29:20,006 | you know, running around the state | you know, running around the state |
1708 | 01:29:20,089 | 01:29:22,091 | and collecting all of these stories, | and collecting all of these stories, |
1709 | 01:29:22,175 | 01:29:24,135 | and we're in the federal courts | and we're in the federal courts |
1710 | 01:29:24,218 | 01:29:26,054 | fighting for each of these votes. | fighting for each of these votes. |
1711 | 01:29:26,137 | 01:29:28,389 | Every day, there were votes that were found, | Every day, there were votes that were found, |
1712 | 01:29:28,473 | 01:29:30,433 | and there were lawsuits that were settled | and there were lawsuits that were settled |
1713 | 01:29:30,516 | 01:29:32,352 | that then added to the total. | that then added to the total. |
1714 | 01:29:32,435 | 01:29:36,439 | And it was just a devastating, | And it was just a devastating, |
1715 | 01:29:36,522 | 01:29:39,859 | obvious thing what happened. | obvious thing what happened. |
1716 | 01:29:39,942 | 01:29:42,028 | You couldn't swing a bat | You couldn't swing a bat |
1717 | 01:29:42,111 | 01:29:45,365 | and not hit 14 people who had problems voting. | and not hit 14 people who had problems voting. |
1718 | 01:29:45,448 | 01:29:46,699 | Governor Nathan Deal rolled out | Governor Nathan Deal rolled out |
1719 | 01:29:46,783 | 01:29:49,118 | the gubernatorial red carpet Thursday for Brian Kemp, | the gubernatorial red carpet Thursday for Brian Kemp, |
1720 | 01:29:49,202 | 01:29:51,204 | declaring him governor-elect, though the state | declaring him governor-elect, though the state |
1721 | 01:29:51,287 | 01:29:52,872 | has yet officially to certify the election. | has yet officially to certify the election. |
1722 | 01:29:52,955 | 01:29:56,376 | Even if she got 100% of those votes, | Even if she got 100% of those votes, |
1723 | 01:29:56,459 | 01:30:01,631 | we still win with, um, a 50%-plus-one-vote majority. | we still win with, um, a 50%-plus-one-vote majority. |
1724 | 01:30:01,714 | 01:30:03,591 | Actually, it's much more than that. | Actually, it's much more than that. |
1725 | 01:30:03,674 | 01:30:06,010 | Uh, so we're moving forward with the transition. | Uh, so we're moving forward with the transition. |
1726 | 01:30:06,094 | 01:30:09,138 | Brian Kemp is | Brian Kemp is |
1727 | 01:30:09,222 | 01:30:15,436 | 25,622 votes | 25,622 votes |
1728 | 01:30:15,520 | 01:30:20,274 | above the threshold for a runoff election. | above the threshold for a runoff election. |
1729 | 01:30:21,901 | 01:30:24,904 | 25,000 votes | 25,000 votes |
1730 | 01:30:24,987 | 01:30:28,282 | of nearly four million cast | of nearly four million cast |
1731 | 01:30:28,366 | 01:30:31,869 | are at issue in this race. | are at issue in this race. |
1732 | 01:30:31,953 | 01:30:34,288 | By his own admission, | By his own admission, |
1733 | 01:30:34,372 | 01:30:37,625 | there are at least 25,000 outstanding votes | there are at least 25,000 outstanding votes |
1734 | 01:30:37,708 | 01:30:40,753 | and hundreds, if not thousands, of more | and hundreds, if not thousands, of more |
1735 | 01:30:40,837 | 01:30:45,091 | that we are learning about and discovering every day. | that we are learning about and discovering every day. |
1736 | 01:30:45,174 | 01:30:48,052 | Georgians deserve to have their votes counted. | Georgians deserve to have their votes counted. |
1737 | 01:30:48,136 | 01:30:50,805 | And some Abrams supporters protested peacefully | And some Abrams supporters protested peacefully |
1738 | 01:30:50,888 | 01:30:52,890 | outside the governor's office during Kemp's news conference, | outside the governor's office during Kemp's news conference, |
1739 | 01:30:52,974 | 01:30:54,267 | believing there are enough | believing there are enough |
1740 | 01:30:54,350 | 01:30:56,978 | uncounted votes to force a runoff. | uncounted votes to force a runoff. |
1741 | 01:30:57,061 | 01:30:58,688 | They're arresting me because I refused | They're arresting me because I refused |
1742 | 01:30:58,771 | 01:31:00,690 | to leave the rotunda of the capitol... | to leave the rotunda of the capitol... |
1743 | 01:31:00,773 | 01:31:02,400 | Well, I was taken out | Well, I was taken out |
1744 | 01:31:02,483 | 01:31:04,152 | in handcuffs and jailed | in handcuffs and jailed |
1745 | 01:31:04,235 | 01:31:06,237 | because I stood with my constituents | because I stood with my constituents |
1746 | 01:31:06,320 | 01:31:08,197 | to voice their concerns | to voice their concerns |
1747 | 01:31:08,281 | 01:31:10,533 | and make sure that every vote is counted. | and make sure that every vote is counted. |
1748 | 01:31:14,370 | 01:31:19,083 | By the end, we were still 17,000 votes shy of the runoff. | By the end, we were still 17,000 votes shy of the runoff. |
1749 | 01:31:19,167 | 01:31:20,626 | The ballot battle | The ballot battle |
1750 | 01:31:20,710 | 01:31:23,254 | in Georgia's governor's race is over. | in Georgia's governor's race is over. |
1751 | 01:31:23,337 | 01:31:26,424 | Brian Kemp will be certified the winner. | Brian Kemp will be certified the winner. |
1752 | 01:31:30,261 | 01:31:31,762 | I was very angry. | I was very angry. |
1753 | 01:31:31,846 | 01:31:33,931 | I'm still very angry. | I'm still very angry. |
1754 | 01:31:34,015 | 01:31:35,516 | Um... | Um... |
1755 | 01:31:37,518 | 01:31:39,770 | ...very angry. | ...very angry. |
1756 | 01:31:39,854 | 01:31:41,647 | Make no mistake. | Make no mistake. |
1757 | 01:31:41,731 | 01:31:43,649 | The former Secretary of State | The former Secretary of State |
1758 | 01:31:43,733 | 01:31:46,861 | was deliberate and intentional in his actions. | was deliberate and intentional in his actions. |
1759 | 01:31:46,944 | 01:31:50,031 | Pundits and hyper-partisans will hear my words | Pundits and hyper-partisans will hear my words |
1760 | 01:31:50,114 | 01:31:52,158 | as a rejection of the normal order. | as a rejection of the normal order. |
1761 | 01:31:52,241 | 01:31:55,703 | You see, I'm supposed to say nice things and accept my fate. | You see, I'm supposed to say nice things and accept my fate. |
1762 | 01:31:55,786 | 01:31:58,414 | They will complain that I should not use this moment | They will complain that I should not use this moment |
1763 | 01:31:58,498 | 01:32:02,210 | to recap what was done wrong or to demand a remedy. | to recap what was done wrong or to demand a remedy. |
1764 | 01:32:02,293 | 01:32:05,713 | You see, as a leader, I should be stoic in my outrage | You see, as a leader, I should be stoic in my outrage |
1765 | 01:32:05,796 | 01:32:08,216 | and silent in my rebuke. | and silent in my rebuke. |
1766 | 01:32:08,299 | 01:32:10,426 | But stoicism is a luxury, | But stoicism is a luxury, |
1767 | 01:32:10,510 | 01:32:12,261 | and silence is a weapon | and silence is a weapon |
1768 | 01:32:12,345 | 01:32:14,847 | for those who would quiet the voices of the people. | for those who would quiet the voices of the people. |
1769 | 01:32:14,931 | 01:32:16,349 | And I will not concede, | And I will not concede, |
1770 | 01:32:16,432 | 01:32:19,560 | because the erosion of our democracy is not right. | because the erosion of our democracy is not right. |
1771 | 01:32:21,229 | 01:32:23,064 | Last night, as you all know, | Last night, as you all know, |
1772 | 01:32:23,147 | 01:32:25,358 | my opponent ended her campaign. | my opponent ended her campaign. |
1773 | 01:32:25,441 | 01:32:26,859 | The election is over, | The election is over, |
1774 | 01:32:26,943 | 01:32:30,238 | and I'm honored to be Georgia's governor-elect. | and I'm honored to be Georgia's governor-elect. |
1775 | 01:32:43,543 | 01:32:45,628 | My responsibility as the daughter | My responsibility as the daughter |
1776 | 01:32:45,711 | 01:32:48,214 | of Robert and Carolyn Abrams, | of Robert and Carolyn Abrams, |
1777 | 01:32:48,297 | 01:32:50,841 | as the granddaughter of people | as the granddaughter of people |
1778 | 01:32:50,925 | 01:32:52,843 | who had been denied the right to vote, | who had been denied the right to vote, |
1779 | 01:32:52,927 | 01:32:55,721 | as the great-great- granddaughter of slaves, | as the great-great- granddaughter of slaves, |
1780 | 01:32:55,805 | 01:32:58,474 | my job was to use this election | my job was to use this election |
1781 | 01:32:58,558 | 01:33:01,310 | to talk about the system that let this be. | to talk about the system that let this be. |
1782 | 01:33:02,311 | 01:33:04,689 | And so, we decided on that night | And so, we decided on that night |
1783 | 01:33:04,772 | 01:33:07,108 | that we were going to demand | that we were going to demand |
1784 | 01:33:07,191 | 01:33:09,527 | that the system itself be fixed. | that the system itself be fixed. |
1785 | 01:33:09,610 | 01:33:11,904 | Because, when you concede, what you're saying | Because, when you concede, what you're saying |
1786 | 01:33:11,988 | 01:33:14,782 | is that the system worked the way it was supposed to. | is that the system worked the way it was supposed to. |
1787 | 01:33:14,865 | 01:33:17,243 | And I refuse to believe that a system | And I refuse to believe that a system |
1788 | 01:33:17,326 | 01:33:19,745 | that is supposed to protect our democracy | that is supposed to protect our democracy |
1789 | 01:33:19,829 | 01:33:22,582 | worked the way it was supposed to. | worked the way it was supposed to. |
1790 | 01:33:28,462 | 01:33:30,172 | In 2020 and beyond, | In 2020 and beyond, |
1791 | 01:33:30,256 | 01:33:31,632 | the way we fight voter suppression | the way we fight voter suppression |
1792 | 01:33:31,716 | 01:33:33,301 | is by meeting it where it is. | is by meeting it where it is. |
1793 | 01:33:33,384 | 01:33:34,844 | That means, first and foremost, | That means, first and foremost, |
1794 | 01:33:34,927 | 01:33:37,179 | volunteer to help people get registered to vote. | volunteer to help people get registered to vote. |
1795 | 01:33:37,263 | 01:33:39,473 | Hi, Nina, darling. My name is Stacey Abrams. | Hi, Nina, darling. My name is Stacey Abrams. |
1796 | 01:33:39,557 | 01:33:42,268 | I wanted to thank you for all the work you're doing | I wanted to thank you for all the work you're doing |
1797 | 01:33:42,351 | 01:33:43,394 | to reach out to voters | to reach out to voters |
1798 | 01:33:43,477 | 01:33:45,187 | and making sure they stay on the rolls. | and making sure they stay on the rolls. |
1799 | 01:33:45,271 | 01:33:47,898 | If you believe in "one person, one vote," | If you believe in "one person, one vote," |
1800 | 01:33:47,982 | 01:33:50,192 | if you believe in representative government, | if you believe in representative government, |
1801 | 01:33:50,276 | 01:33:52,612 | then you will fight for this democracy. | then you will fight for this democracy. |
1802 | 01:33:52,695 | 01:33:54,322 | So, if you, um, fill it out right now, | So, if you, um, fill it out right now, |
1803 | 01:33:54,405 | 01:33:56,490 | we can mail it out for you. | we can mail it out for you. |
1804 | 01:33:56,574 | 01:33:58,659 | Our power is in our vote. | Our power is in our vote. |
1805 | 01:33:58,743 | 01:34:01,495 | Our power is in our voice. | Our power is in our voice. |
1806 | 01:34:01,579 | 01:34:04,206 | And if we willingly choose to remain silent, | And if we willingly choose to remain silent, |
1807 | 01:34:04,290 | 01:34:06,125 | we give up that power. | we give up that power. |
1808 | 01:34:06,208 | 01:34:07,460 | The day that we celebrate | The day that we celebrate |
1809 | 01:34:07,543 | 01:34:09,253 | what it means to be an American. | what it means to be an American. |
1810 | 01:34:09,337 | 01:34:10,504 | Today, our returning citizens | Today, our returning citizens |
1811 | 01:34:10,588 | 01:34:13,215 | have their right to vote restored. | have their right to vote restored. |
1812 | 01:34:14,717 | 01:34:17,386 | Plan out what you're going to do | Plan out what you're going to do |
1813 | 01:34:17,470 | 01:34:19,305 | to make sure your ballot is cast and counted, | to make sure your ballot is cast and counted, |
1814 | 01:34:19,388 | 01:34:21,349 | and then ask your friends and family | and then ask your friends and family |
1815 | 01:34:21,432 | 01:34:22,892 | whether they have a plan. | whether they have a plan. |
1816 | 01:34:22,975 | 01:34:24,518 | Even if you've done everything right, | Even if you've done everything right, |
1817 | 01:34:24,602 | 01:34:26,062 | do not assume you're registered. | do not assume you're registered. |
1818 | 01:34:26,145 | 01:34:28,898 | Check to make sure that you haven't been purged | Check to make sure that you haven't been purged |
1819 | 01:34:28,981 | 01:34:30,941 | or that your polling place has moved. | or that your polling place has moved. |
1820 | 01:34:31,025 | 01:34:32,443 | Vote as early as possible. | Vote as early as possible. |
1821 | 01:34:32,526 | 01:34:34,445 | Take your friends with you to the polls. | Take your friends with you to the polls. |
1822 | 01:34:34,528 | 01:34:36,322 | Talk to your neighbors about voting. | Talk to your neighbors about voting. |
1823 | 01:34:36,405 | 01:34:37,865 | Call your parents and ask them if they've voted. | Call your parents and ask them if they've voted. |
1824 | 01:34:37,948 | 01:34:39,325 | Call your grandparents. | Call your grandparents. |
1825 | 01:34:39,408 | 01:34:42,203 | And make sure that people know what precinct they're in, | And make sure that people know what precinct they're in, |
1826 | 01:34:42,286 | 01:34:43,829 | where their polling location is. | where their polling location is. |
1827 | 01:34:43,913 | 01:34:46,082 | And then you turn up at the polls, | And then you turn up at the polls, |
1828 | 01:34:46,165 | 01:34:48,751 | and you don't leave until you cast your ballot. | and you don't leave until you cast your ballot. |
1829 | 01:34:48,834 | 01:34:50,920 | They told voters to anticipate long lines. | They told voters to anticipate long lines. |
1830 | 01:34:51,003 | 01:34:53,381 | Is two and a half hours, three hours, four hours... | Is two and a half hours, three hours, four hours... |
1831 | 01:34:53,464 | 01:34:55,466 | is that reasonable, though, in your mind, David? | is that reasonable, though, in your mind, David? |
1832 | 01:34:55,549 | 01:34:57,301 | It's worth the wait. It's worth the wait. | It's worth the wait. It's worth the wait. |
1833 | 01:34:57,385 | 01:34:59,553 | Folks died for this right that... I mean, you know, | Folks died for this right that... I mean, you know, |
1834 | 01:34:59,637 | 01:35:01,639 | so I would never take advantage of it, you know, so... | so I would never take advantage of it, you know, so... |
1835 | 01:35:01,722 | 01:35:02,723 | I'm here for the long haul. | I'm here for the long haul. |
1836 | 01:35:02,807 | 01:35:04,642 | It's a life-and-death matter. | It's a life-and-death matter. |
1837 | 01:35:04,725 | 01:35:06,394 | It really is. | It really is. |
1838 | 01:35:06,477 | 01:35:08,020 | It's not gonna be the courts that save us. | It's not gonna be the courts that save us. |
1839 | 01:35:08,104 | 01:35:09,897 | It's not gonna be the justices in their robes. | It's not gonna be the justices in their robes. |
1840 | 01:35:09,980 | 01:35:11,023 | It's got to be the people. | It's got to be the people. |
1841 | 01:35:11,107 | 01:35:12,900 | If you were to come out to vote, | If you were to come out to vote, |
1842 | 01:35:12,983 | 01:35:14,735 | we could elect who we wanted to, | we could elect who we wanted to, |
1843 | 01:35:14,819 | 01:35:16,737 | we could get done what we wanted to, | we could get done what we wanted to, |
1844 | 01:35:16,821 | 01:35:19,031 | and we could make sure that our voice was heard. | and we could make sure that our voice was heard. |
1845 | 01:35:19,115 | 01:35:20,616 | The fight for voting rights | The fight for voting rights |
1846 | 01:35:20,700 | 01:35:23,744 | needs to be a defining civil rights issue today. | needs to be a defining civil rights issue today. |
1847 | 01:35:23,828 | 01:35:26,038 | The desire to keep certain people | The desire to keep certain people |
1848 | 01:35:26,122 | 01:35:27,373 | away from the polls, | away from the polls, |
1849 | 01:35:27,456 | 01:35:30,334 | it's a reality that we have to be prepared to confront. | it's a reality that we have to be prepared to confront. |
1850 | 01:35:30,418 | 01:35:32,503 | But unless we confront that reality | But unless we confront that reality |
1851 | 01:35:32,586 | 01:35:34,714 | and base actions on that reality, | and base actions on that reality, |
1852 | 01:35:34,797 | 01:35:35,965 | we won't make the progress | we won't make the progress |
1853 | 01:35:36,048 | 01:35:38,884 | that we all want to make in this country. | that we all want to make in this country. |
1854 | 01:35:40,845 | 01:35:42,221 | I believe in our democracy. | I believe in our democracy. |
1855 | 01:35:42,304 | 01:35:43,764 | I believe in our nation. | I believe in our nation. |
1856 | 01:35:43,848 | 01:35:45,349 | And I think our strongest patriotism | And I think our strongest patriotism |
1857 | 01:35:45,433 | 01:35:48,269 | is a patriotism that says that every voice matters | is a patriotism that says that every voice matters |
1858 | 01:35:48,352 | 01:35:49,895 | and that every vote counts | and that every vote counts |
1859 | 01:35:49,979 | 01:35:52,773 | and that we will do everything in our power to make it so. | and that we will do everything in our power to make it so. |
1860 | 01:35:56,444 | 01:35:58,654 | Let's stop thinking that our voice don't matter... | Let's stop thinking that our voice don't matter... |
1861 | 01:35:58,738 | 01:36:00,281 | - That's right. - ...and vote! | - That's right. - ...and vote! |
1862 | 01:36:00,364 | 01:36:04,160 | Educate yourself and know who you're voting for. | Educate yourself and know who you're voting for. |
1863 | 01:36:05,745 | 01:36:08,539 | Because it's a lot of us. | Because it's a lot of us. |
1864 | 01:36:08,622 | 01:36:11,417 | - It's a lot of us. - That's right. | - It's a lot of us. - That's right. |
1865 | 01:36:11,500 | 01:36:12,918 | It's a lot of us! | It's a lot of us! |
1866 | 01:36:13,002 | 01:36:14,670 | It's a lot of us! | It's a lot of us! |
1867 | 01:37:32,081 | 01:37:33,582 | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ |
1868 | 01:37:38,254 | 01:37:40,089 | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ |
1869 | 01:37:44,927 | 01:37:46,345 | Register to vote. | Register to vote. |
1870 | 01:37:46,428 | 01:37:48,264 | Even if you think you're already registered, | Even if you think you're already registered, |
1871 | 01:37:48,347 | 01:37:49,974 | check your registration status. | check your registration status. |
1872 | 01:37:50,057 | 01:37:53,185 | Seriously, check to see if you're registered to vote | Seriously, check to see if you're registered to vote |
1873 | 01:37:53,269 | 01:37:55,729 | at AllInTheFilm.com. | at AllInTheFilm.com. |
1874 | 01:37:55,813 | 01:37:57,940 | Don't be a victim of voter purge. | Don't be a victim of voter purge. |
1875 | 01:37:58,023 | 01:38:01,861 | If you're registered, make sure the information is correct. | If you're registered, make sure the information is correct. |
1876 | 01:38:01,944 | 01:38:03,904 | If not, update it. | If not, update it. |
1877 | 01:38:03,988 | 01:38:06,198 | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ | ♪ The table 'bout to turn ♪ |
1878 | 01:38:08,576 | 01:38:11,412 | Oh, and make sure to keep your receipts. | Oh, and make sure to keep your receipts. |
1879 | 01:38:11,495 | 01:38:12,746 | Take a screenshot | Take a screenshot |
1880 | 01:38:12,830 | 01:38:15,749 | so that no one can deny your registration. | so that no one can deny your registration. |
1881 | 01:38:15,833 | 01:38:17,459 | Get informed. | Get informed. |
1882 | 01:38:17,543 | 01:38:20,254 | Find out what documents or I.D. | Find out what documents or I.D. |
1883 | 01:38:20,337 | 01:38:22,756 | are required for you to vote in your state | are required for you to vote in your state |
1884 | 01:38:22,840 | 01:38:25,634 | so that you will have time to prepare to vote. | so that you will have time to prepare to vote. |
1885 | 01:38:25,718 | 01:38:26,969 | Make a plan. | Make a plan. |
1886 | 01:38:27,052 | 01:38:30,264 | Look up your polling place and the time it's open | Look up your polling place and the time it's open |
1887 | 01:38:30,347 | 01:38:31,932 | and how you're getting there | and how you're getting there |
1888 | 01:38:32,016 | 01:38:35,686 | and what you can do to stay safe if you're casting | and what you can do to stay safe if you're casting |
1889 | 01:38:35,769 | 01:38:39,481 | your socially distanced vote in person. | your socially distanced vote in person. |
1890 | 01:38:39,565 | 01:38:42,234 | Some states allow any voter to vote absentee. | Some states allow any voter to vote absentee. |
1891 | 01:38:42,318 | 01:38:44,653 | Other states have stricter requirements. | Other states have stricter requirements. |
1892 | 01:38:44,737 | 01:38:47,323 | Head to AllInTheFilm.com to find out | Head to AllInTheFilm.com to find out |
1893 | 01:38:47,406 | 01:38:50,367 | details about your state and how to request a ballot. | details about your state and how to request a ballot. |
1894 | 01:38:50,451 | 01:38:54,371 | Go to 2020Census. gov and complete your census form. | Go to 2020Census. gov and complete your census form. |
1895 | 01:38:54,455 | 01:38:56,749 | Ensure that your community is counted | Ensure that your community is counted |
1896 | 01:38:56,832 | 01:38:58,667 | and help combat gerrymandering. | and help combat gerrymandering. |
1897 | 01:38:58,751 | 01:39:02,796 | And most importantly, know your rights. | And most importantly, know your rights. |
1898 | 01:39:02,880 | 01:39:05,299 | If the polls close and you're in the line, man, | If the polls close and you're in the line, man, |
1899 | 01:39:05,382 | 01:39:08,594 | stay in the line because you got the right to vote. | stay in the line because you got the right to vote. |
1900 | 01:39:08,677 | 01:39:11,055 | If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one. | If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one. |
1901 | 01:39:11,138 | 01:39:13,307 | If the machines are down at your polling place, | If the machines are down at your polling place, |
1902 | 01:39:13,390 | 01:39:14,808 | ask for a paper ballot. | ask for a paper ballot. |
1903 | 01:39:14,892 | 01:39:16,936 | If they can't find your name on the voter rolls, | If they can't find your name on the voter rolls, |
1904 | 01:39:17,019 | 01:39:18,646 | then ask for a provisional ballot. | then ask for a provisional ballot. |
1905 | 01:39:18,729 | 01:39:20,439 | And if you run into any problems | And if you run into any problems |
1906 | 01:39:20,522 | 01:39:22,942 | or have any questions on Election Day, | or have any questions on Election Day, |
1907 | 01:39:23,025 | 01:39:25,611 | call the Election Protection Hotline: | call the Election Protection Hotline: |
1908 | 01:39:25,694 | 01:39:27,988 | 866-OUR-VOTE. | 866-OUR-VOTE. |
1909 | 01:39:28,072 | 01:39:29,949 | - Think you got all that? - Are you all in? | - Think you got all that? - Are you all in? |
1910 | 01:39:30,032 | 01:39:31,367 | Perfect. Now... | Perfect. Now... |
1911 | 01:39:31,450 | 01:39:33,202 | Go and tell literally everyone... | Go and tell literally everyone... |
1912 | 01:39:33,285 | 01:39:34,536 | - Everyone. - Everyone. | - Everyone. - Everyone. |
1913 | 01:39:34,620 | 01:39:36,121 | Everyone you know. | Everyone you know. |
1914 | 01:39:36,205 | 01:39:39,041 | Literally everyone you know. | Literally everyone you know. |
1915 | 01:39:40,209 | 01:39:41,835 | ♪ Yeah, uh ♪ | ♪ Yeah, uh ♪ |
1916 | 01:39:41,919 | 01:39:45,005 | ♪ I been flipping through my timeline ♪ | ♪ I been flipping through my timeline ♪ |
1917 | 01:39:45,089 | 01:39:47,925 | ♪ Trying to get my mind right ♪ | ♪ Trying to get my mind right ♪ |
1918 | 01:39:48,008 | 01:39:49,802 | ♪ My city cried out ♪ | ♪ My city cried out ♪ |
1919 | 01:39:49,885 | 01:39:52,972 | ♪ I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure ♪ | ♪ I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure ♪ |
1920 | 01:39:53,055 | 01:39:55,599 | ♪ Cooking with my Crisco ♪ | ♪ Cooking with my Crisco ♪ |
1921 | 01:39:55,683 | 01:39:57,726 | ♪ Look at where my fist go ♪ | ♪ Look at where my fist go ♪ |
1922 | 01:39:57,810 | 01:40:00,396 | ♪ A renegade when I'm in a rage ♪ | ♪ A renegade when I'm in a rage ♪ |
1923 | 01:40:00,479 | 01:40:03,190 | ♪ I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure ♪ | ♪ I got to cool down, but I'm under pressure ♪ |
1924 | 01:40:03,273 | 01:40:05,901 | ♪ I keep my hands dirty, my mind clean ♪ | ♪ I keep my hands dirty, my mind clean ♪ |
1925 | 01:40:05,985 | 01:40:09,405 | ♪ Got a new agenda with a new dream, uh ♪ | ♪ Got a new agenda with a new dream, uh ♪ |
1926 | 01:40:09,488 | 01:40:11,240 | ♪ I'm kicking out the old regime ♪ | ♪ I'm kicking out the old regime ♪ |
1927 | 01:40:11,323 | 01:40:14,284 | ♪ Liberation, elevation, education ♪ | ♪ Liberation, elevation, education ♪ |
1928 | 01:40:14,368 | 01:40:16,620 | ♪ America, you a lie ♪ | ♪ America, you a lie ♪ |
1929 | 01:40:16,704 | 01:40:19,081 | ♪ But the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ | ♪ But the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ |
1930 | 01:40:19,164 | 01:40:21,792 | ♪ I said the whole world 'bout to touch the fire ♪ | ♪ I said the whole world 'bout to touch the fire ♪ |
1931 | 01:40:21,875 | 01:40:24,837 | ♪ And the tables 'bout to, t-t-tables 'bout to ♪ | ♪ And the tables 'bout to, t-t-tables 'bout to ♪ |
1932 | 01:40:24,920 | 01:40:28,465 | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ |
1933 | 01:40:28,549 | 01:40:30,175 | ♪ Ain't gon' stop until they ♪ | ♪ Ain't gon' stop until they ♪ |
1934 | 01:40:30,259 | 01:40:33,762 | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ |
1935 | 01:40:33,846 | 01:40:35,472 | ♪ Now it's time for it to ♪ | ♪ Now it's time for it to ♪ |
1936 | 01:40:35,556 | 01:40:39,059 | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ |
1937 | 01:40:39,143 | 01:40:40,811 | ♪ We can't wait for it to ♪ | ♪ We can't wait for it to ♪ |
1938 | 01:40:40,894 | 01:40:43,731 | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Yeah, the table 'bout to turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Yeah, the table 'bout to turn ♪ |
1939 | 01:40:43,814 | 01:40:45,899 | ♪ Turn ♪ | ♪ Turn ♪ |
1940 | 01:40:45,983 | 01:40:48,360 | ♪ It's a boomerang booming back, yeah ♪ | ♪ It's a boomerang booming back, yeah ♪ |
1941 | 01:40:48,444 | 01:40:50,988 | ♪ You laid a egg, now it's 'bout to hatch, yeah ♪ | ♪ You laid a egg, now it's 'bout to hatch, yeah ♪ |
1942 | 01:40:51,071 | 01:40:53,866 | ♪ You're gaslighting, 'bout to meet your match, uh ♪ | ♪ You're gaslighting, 'bout to meet your match, uh ♪ |
1943 | 01:40:53,949 | 01:40:56,994 | ♪ You fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes ♪ | ♪ You fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes ♪ |
1944 | 01:40:57,077 | 01:40:59,163 | ♪ Burning down plantations, uh ♪ | ♪ Burning down plantations, uh ♪ |
1945 | 01:40:59,246 | 01:41:01,707 | ♪ Ain't no park and I don't need no validation ♪ | ♪ Ain't no park and I don't need no validation ♪ |
1946 | 01:41:01,790 | 01:41:04,501 | ♪ I light sage when I'm in a rage, uh ♪ | ♪ I light sage when I'm in a rage, uh ♪ |
1947 | 01:41:04,585 | 01:41:07,588 | ♪ I don't need permission, I got my intuition ♪ | ♪ I don't need permission, I got my intuition ♪ |
1948 | 01:41:07,671 | 01:41:10,132 | ♪ Hands dirty, mind clean ♪ | ♪ Hands dirty, mind clean ♪ |
1949 | 01:41:10,215 | 01:41:13,385 | ♪ A different vision with a new dream, uh ♪ | ♪ A different vision with a new dream, uh ♪ |
1950 | 01:41:13,469 | 01:41:15,262 | ♪ We kicking out the old regime ♪ | ♪ We kicking out the old regime ♪ |
1951 | 01:41:15,345 | 01:41:17,765 | ♪ Liberation, elevation, education ♪ | ♪ Liberation, elevation, education ♪ |
1952 | 01:41:17,848 | 01:41:20,601 | ♪ I said, America, you's a lie ♪ | ♪ I said, America, you's a lie ♪ |
1953 | 01:41:20,684 | 01:41:23,062 | ♪ But the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ | ♪ But the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ |
1954 | 01:41:23,145 | 01:41:25,773 | ♪ I said the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ | ♪ I said the whole world 'bout to testify ♪ |
1955 | 01:41:25,856 | 01:41:28,692 | ♪ We gon' watch the table, now we gon' watch the table ♪ | ♪ We gon' watch the table, now we gon' watch the table ♪ |
1956 | 01:41:28,776 | 01:41:30,235 | - ♪ T-Turn ♪ - ♪ Turn ♪ | - ♪ T-Turn ♪ - ♪ Turn ♪ |
1957 | 01:41:30,319 | 01:41:32,821 | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ |
1958 | 01:41:32,905 | 01:41:34,364 | ♪ That's right ♪ | ♪ That's right ♪ |
1959 | 01:41:34,448 | 01:41:37,284 | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ |
1960 | 01:41:37,367 | 01:41:39,453 | ♪ We waited too long, you gotta ♪ | ♪ We waited too long, you gotta ♪ |
1961 | 01:41:39,536 | 01:41:43,123 | - ♪ Turn, just turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, just turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, turn, turn ♪ |
1962 | 01:41:43,207 | 01:41:44,917 | ♪ We see it all now ♪ | ♪ We see it all now ♪ |
1963 | 01:41:45,000 | 01:41:47,461 | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, said the table got to turn ♪ | - ♪ Turn, turn ♪ - ♪ Turn, said the table got to turn ♪ |
1964 | 01:41:47,544 | 01:41:50,255 | - ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ | - ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ |
1965 | 01:41:50,339 | 01:41:52,800 | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ |
1966 | 01:41:52,883 | 01:41:58,263 | ♪ Turn, tables, turn, turn, tables, turn ♪ | ♪ Turn, tables, turn, turn, tables, turn ♪ |
1967 | 01:41:58,347 | 01:42:00,891 | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ |
1968 | 01:42:00,974 | 01:42:06,313 | ♪ Turn, tables, turn, turn, tables, turn ♪ | ♪ Turn, tables, turn, turn, tables, turn ♪ |
1969 | 01:42:06,396 | 01:42:09,108 | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ | ♪ Turn, tables, turn ♪ |
1970 | 01:42:09,191 | 01:42:10,859 | ♪ Turn. ♪ | ♪ Turn. ♪ |