INJECTING BLEACH INTO ONE’S BODY
TO KILL THE CORONAVIRUS.
THIS ATTACK ON VOTING RIGHTS,
THIS IS THE FRAUD.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN, BARBARA LEE OF
CALIFORNIA.
SHE’S THE CHAIR OF THE MAJORITY
LEADER’S TASK FORCE ON POVERTY
AND OPPORTUNITY.
SHE’S A MEMBER OF THE
APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND A FORMER CHAIR OF
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS.
SHE JOINS US TODAY FROM EL PASO,
TEXAS.
CONGRESSWOMAN, I HAVE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT IS
GOING ON IN GEORGIA.
THE COMPANIES THAT ARE BASED IN
GEORGIA THAT ARE APPARENTLY
TURNING A BIT OF A BLIND EYE TO
THIS, THE IDEA THAT ALL OF THESE
CHANGES ARE JUST MEANT TO MAKE
IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE AND
DO NOT HAVE ANY APPARENT TIE TO
THIS VOTER FRAUD THAT EVERYBODY
IS APPARENTLY CHASING.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ATTACK ON
DEMOCRACY THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
THIS WEEK?
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
LET ME TELL YOU, THESE ARE
FUNDAMENTAL ATTACKS ON OUR
DEMOCRACY WHICH THEY’RE
UN-AMERICAN.
WE’RE AT A VERY DEFINING MOMENT.
I MEAN, WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
TAKES PLACE UNDER DICTATORSHIPS.
I HAVE MONITORED ELECTIONS IN
MANY, MANY COUNTRIES, MAKING
SURE THAT THEY’RE FAIR AND FREE.
AND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES IS VERY
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN TERMS
OF DICTATORSHIPS, SO I AM VERY
CONCERNED THAT THESE ACTIONS ARE
TAKING PLACE IN TERMS OF VOTER
SUPPRESSION AND TARGETED TOWARDS
PEOPLE OF COLOR SPECIFICALLY.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TO PASS HR-1
WHICH INCREASES AND MAKES SURE
THERE’S VOTER ACCESS AND THE
JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT,
WHICH IS HR-4.
THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE FEDERAL
PROTECTIONS.
OTHERWISE WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK
TO BEFORE THE DAYS OF JIM CROW.
WE’LL GO BACK TO DAYS WHERE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE QUITE
FRANKLY NOT SEEN AS HUMAN
BEINGS.
SO WE ARE CONTINUALLY FIGHTING
BACK.
I’M SO PROUD OF REPRESENTATIVE
CANNON IN GEORGIA.
SHE STOOD UP.
SHE FOUGHT BACK.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT VOTER
SUPPRESSION LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS
OF HOW SHE WAS TREATED WHEN SHE
WAS JUST TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS
TO WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO.
>> LET’S JUST REMIND VIEWERS
ABOUT THAT.
I WILL ASK MY CONTROL ROOM IF
THEY HAVE THE VIDEO OF
REPRESENTATIVE CANNON.
SHE WAS TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO
THE GOVERNOR’S CHAMBERS.
THERE WAS A SIGNING IN THERE.
THE IMAGERY WAS REMARKABLE AS
SHE WAS BEING ARRESTED WHAT WAS
GOING ON INSIDE THE GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE.
A NUMBER OF WHITE MEN SIGNING
THIS BILL INTO LAW IN A BIG
HURRY.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY SIGNING IT
UNDER A PAINTING BELIEVE IT OR
NOT OF A PLANTATION, A SLAVE
PLANTATION IN GEORGIA.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW OF AS CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE, THE ARREST OF A
LEGISLATOR.
IT’S SOMETHING WE’VE SEEN IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IT’S SOMETHING WE SAW IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
IT’S SOMETHING WE’VE SEEN ALL
OVER WHERE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO
PROTEST A LAW THAT IS IN PLACE
THAT IS UNJUST. IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO BE
IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO BE
WATCHING IN 2021 IN GEORGIA.
REPRESENTATIVE?
>> YEAH.
IT’S OUTRAGEOUS.
REMEMBER THE IMAGES AND WHAT
TOOK PLACE WHEN OUR BELOVED JOHN
LEWIS AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO
GAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE MARCHING
ACROSS THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE.
REMEMBER HOW THEY WERE BEAT,
JAILED, WHAT BRUTALITY THEY
EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF
TRYING TO GAIN THEIR FULL
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, THE RIGHT TO
VOTE.
HERE WE ONCE AGAIN SEE HOW AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
REPRESENTATIVE IS BEING TREATED
BY THE POLICE, TRYING TO DENY
HER ABSOLUTE RIGHTS TO WITNESS
THE SIGNING OF A BILL.
IT IS JUST -- IT’S SCARY IN MANY
RESPECTS, BUT I TELL YOU ONE
THING, AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE NOT
GOING TO STAND FOR THAT.
WE’RE FIGHTING BACK.
WE’RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
THE VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THESE TWO BILLS.
WE HAVE GOT TO END THIS
FILIBUSTER SO WE CAN PASS HR-1
AND PASS HR-4.
THIS IS, AGAIN, A FUNDAMENTAL
MOMENT WHERE OUR DEMOCRACY IS AT
STAKE.
I HAVE SEEN DICTATORSHIPS AND I
HAVE SEEN WHAT’S HAPPENED TO
PEOPLE WHEN THEIR RIGHTS ARE
TAKEN AWAY.
THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE OF HUMAN
LIGHTS.
I’VE SERVED AS A REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
I KNOW WHAT VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS ARE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE, SPEAKING OF
HUMAN RIGHTS, YOU ARE IN EL
PASO, TEXAS BECAUSE YOU’RE
BEARING WITNESS TO THE SITUATION
AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, THE
CHARACTERIZATION IS DIFFERENT.
THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
IS TALKING ABOUT THE U.S. BEING
ON PACE TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF BORDER CROSSINGS IN 20
YEARS.
BORDER PATROL SAYS THEY
ENCOUNTERED AN AVERAGE OF 5,000
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS A DAY
OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS.
WHAT’S YOUR VIEW OF WHAT’S GOING
ON DOWN THERE AND WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN?
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
I WAS BORN HERE IN EL PASO,
TEXAS INTO AN IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHAT WE’RE
DOING, FIRST OF ALL, WE VISITED
RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE TALKED WITH MANY OF THE YOUNG
CHILDREN WHO WERE BEING HELD
THERE UNTIL THEY CAN BE
TRANSFERRED TO THEIR PARENTS OR
THEIR SPONSORS THROUGH THE
OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING
HERE FLEEING VIOLENCE, FLEEING
POVERTY AND WE HAVE ASYLUM LAWS.
THIS PAST ADMINISTRATION JUST
DESTROYED ALL OF ANY ASYLUM LAWS
THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHAT THE BIDEN/HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO
IS REPAIR THE DAMAGE OF THE LAST
FOUR YEARS IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION.
WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THESE
CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY AND THAT
THEY’RE SAFE AND THAT THEY
PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET
WITH THEIR PARENTS OR SPONSORS
IN AN EXPEDITIOUS FASHION.
NOW TODAY WE’RE IN EPS, WEL PASO
LOOKING AT THE BORDER AND MANY
OF THE WONDERFUL NON-PROFITS
HERE WHO ARE MAKING SURE THEY
ENSURE THESE CHILDREN HAVE A
SAFE AND HEALTHY PLACE TO LIVE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE LEE, IT IS
EARLY FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
WE’RE ALWAYS DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE
THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME SO MANY
MORNINGS TO JOIN US AND OUR