CANNON TWEETED AFTER SHE WAS
RELEASED ON BAIL --
JOINING ME NOW IS HER COLLEAGUE.
REPRESENTATIVE McLEOD, THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU CALLED THIS JIM CROW 2.0.
JUST EXPLAIN TO THOSE WHO DON’T
KNOW THE HISTORY.
>> JIM CROW WAS USED TO
RESTRICTING BLACKS FROM VOTING
FROM PROBABLY THE 1930s TO THE
’60s.
THAT’S WHY THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT TOOK EFFECT.
THAT POLICY OF HAVING BLACKS
HAVING TO JUSTIFY THEIR OWN
CITIZENSHIP AND WHY THEY SHOULD
BE ABLE TO VOTE AND ASKING THEM
TO COUNT BEANS IN A JELLY JAR,
HOW MANY BUBBLES ON A SOAP BAR,
CREATING LITERACY TESTS.
JIM CROW DID NOT WANT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO VOTE IN
THIS DAY.
>> AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT BANS
FOOD AND WATER TO PEOPLE IN
LINES.
THERE ARE LONG LINES, WE HAVE
SEEN THOSE, MOSTLY MINORITY.
HERE IS A MOTHER WHO SPOKE TO A
REPORTER IN THE POURING RAIN
BACK IN JUNE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR
HOURS.
>> I AM NOT LEAVING.
>> WHY ARE YOU INTENT ON STAYING HERE?
>> IT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME AND MY
SON.
PEOPLE WORK PAST 5:00.
WORKING FOLKS CAN’T GET THERE IN
TIME.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT’S ONE OF THE
PARTS, BUT I THINK THE MOST
EGREGIOUS PART IS THE POBLTD
POSSIBILITY OF COUNTIES AND
STATES BEING TAKEN OVER BY A
STATE ELECTION BOARD.
THAT IS DANGEROUS.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
DONALD TRUMP ASKED OUR SECRETARY
OF STATE TO DO, WAS FIND HIM
11,001 VOTES.
THAT COULD BE EASILY DONE IF HE
COULD GO STATE TO STATE.
WE ARE CALLING ON CONGRESS.
WE ARE CALLING UP ON CONGRESS TO
PASS H.R. 1, THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT.
THIS IS EITHER GOING TO BE ABOUT
OUR REPUBLIC AND OUR REPRESENTED
DEMOCRACY OR ABOUT WHITE
SUPPRESSION AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON
WHAT WE WANT.
DO WE WANT THIS COUNTRY TO BE
THE COUNTRY IT WANTS TO BE OR DO
WE WANT IT TO GO BACK IN TIME.
THAT’S THE SIMPLE QUESTION WE
HAVE TO ASK AND THE ONE THAT
CONGRESS HAS TO ANSWER.
>> AS YOU POINT OUT, ANY COUNTY
THAT DOESN’T VOTE REPUBLICAN CAN
HAVE THAT NOT CERTIFIED BY THIS
SPECIAL GROUP OF ELECTION BOARDS
BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF STATE
HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF ALL POWERS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SENATOR
MANCHIN WHO THINKS H.R. 1 GOES
TOO FAR.
HE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND HE IS PART OF
HISTORY.
I THINK HE SHOULD TAKE THE REIN
AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
I WAS NOT BORN HERE.
I ME, THIS IS -- I’M
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT VOTING IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT YOU
HAVE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, YOU
DON’T HAVE A VOICE OR A SEAT AT
A TABLE.
FOR ME, I GOT A SEAT AT THE
TABLE BECAUSE OF VOTING, BECAUSE
I WAS ABLE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE
OUT TO VOTE.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN ENDURING ALSO SOME
OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS TAKEOVER
OF LOCAL CONTROL.
NOT JUST -- THIS BILL MAGNIFIES
IT.
THIS WHOLE SESSION HAS BEEN A
SESSION OF WHERE OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES HAVE SHOWN THEIR
FEAR, FEARFUL OF CHANGE.
I LIVE IN A COUNTY THAT IS
PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR
NOW.
THAT FEAR FACTOR -- I GUESS
THEY’RE AFRAID OF THE CHANGE.
I THINK THAT IT’S TIME THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE
TO CO-EXIST TOGETHER.
I HOPE SENATOR MANCHIN REALIZES
HIS PART IN HISTORY AND MAKING
SURE OUR COUNTRY IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY WITH A
REPUBLIC THAT INVITES PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE BY VOTING.