>>> HELLO.
HELLO?
YES.
WERE VOTING IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> YOURE VOTING?
>> OH, THAT SOUNDS --
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SORRY.
ACTORS AND ACTIVIST MANDY
PATINKIN AND CATHERINE GRODY ARE
USING THEIR PLATFORM TO GET OUT
THE VOTE.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
JOINING US NOW IS MANDY PATINKIN
AND KATHRYN GROODY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING
REMINDER.
DOESNT THAT SEEM LIKE TEN YEARS
AGO.
>> I KNOW IT.
IT WASNT THAT LONG AGO.
IM SURE YOU WERE LISTENING
DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH
TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE
JAVARRIS JOHNSON AND REVEREND
AL.
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW GIVEN THE
WORK YOURE TRYING TO DO ON
VOTING RIGHTS, WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL ON VOTING RIGHTS
>>WELL, ITS STAGGERING WATCHING
THE REPRESENTATIVE TALK ABOUT
WHAT THEYVE HAD TO DO TO
PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
YOU KNOW, WERE IN AN
ASTONISHING PLACE.
EVERY CITIZENS IN AMERICA OF ANY
PARTY SHOULD BE -- THIS SHOULD
BE A COLLECTIVE THING.
NO BRAINER!
LETS PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, WERE ALSO
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO.
WE WORK WITH SWING LEFT.ORG.
WE WORK WITH THE MOVEMENT VOTER
PROJECT.
ITS SIMPLE FACTS YOU WANT TO
HAVE.
YOU WANT TO PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRACY AND WANT EVERY SINGLE
HUMAN BEING IN THIS COUNTRY NO
MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICAL
AFFILIATION IS TO HAVE THEIR
SACRED RIGHT OF THAT VOTE!
AND TO PROTECT IT AND FIGHT FOR
IT.
IF YOU DONT, OUR COUNTRY IS IN
TERRIBLE CONDITION.
>> I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE VOTE THAN
EVER VOTED BEFORE.
RIGHT, IN THE LAST ELECTION.
>> RIGHT.
>> TO PROTECT THE SAFEST VOTE
THAT EVER HAPPENED ANDEVERY THE
COURT SAID THIS IS THEIR VOTE.
LETS HAVE CRITICAL THINKING
HERE AND PROTECT IT FOR ALL OF
US.
WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> I DONT WANT TO FORGET
SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
MY SON GIDEON TEXTED ME OFF A
QUICK NOTE AND SAID, DAD,
REMEMBER, TELL PEOPLE SINCE 2021
ALONE, REPUBLICANS HAVE
INTRODUCED MORE THAN 400 BILLS
TO RESTRICT VOTING RIGHTS IN 49
STATES, ACCORDING TO THE BROWN
CENTER, WITH 30 ACTUAL LAWS
ALREADY ENACTED ACROSS 18
STATES.
THIS IS INSANITY!
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.
OUR SACRED RIGHT.
OUR CONSTITUTION.
EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS A VOTE.
PROTECT THAT VOTE.
NOT JUST FOR DEMOCRATS BUT FOR
REPUBLICANS, FOR INDEPENDENTS,
FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING IN
AMERICA!
FOR GODS SAKE.
>> I MEAN, WE HAVE TO PROTECT
EACH OTHERS RIGHTS TO VOTES.
IF THEYRE SUPPRESSING IT FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEYLL
SUPPRESS IT FOR YOU NEXT.
>> AND I MEANT TO SAY EARLIER,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GET
CONFUSED.
THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT --
BETWEEN THE FOR THE PEOPLES ACT
AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS
ACT.
GO TO SWINGLEFT.ORG.
>> LOOK AT STACY ABRAMS FAIR
FIGHT.
SHELL EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY.
CALL YOUR SENATORS.
TELL THEM YOURE ON THEM.
THEY REPRESENT YOU!
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY WANT OUR VOTE PROTECTED
NOT DENIED.
>> WE ALSO HAVE THE INFORMATION
ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND GO
THROUGH IT.
TAKE TIME.
ITS COMPLICATED BUT IT IS YOUR
FUTURE.
SORRY.
ILL SHUT UP.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION,
TEACHER?
[ LAUGHTER ]
ALL RIGHT.
>> YOURE THE MODERATOR.
>> I KNOW.
RIGHT.
HERE IS A SERIOUS QUESTION.
BECAUSE THE PASSION THAT YOU
BOTH HAVE IS UNDENIAL.
IT IS UNDENIABLE, YOU KNOW, WHY
YOU HAVE IT.
IF YOU WERE TO GET A PHONE CALL
FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHAT WOULD
YOU DEMAND THAT HE DO ON THIS --
ON THE MATTER OF VOTING RIGHTS?
>> ILL LEAVE IT TO MY BRIDE.
>> ITS TERRIFYING.
I WOULD BEG HIM TO LISTEN TO
REVEREND AL IF WE CANT GET RID
OF THE FILIBUSTER, DO THE CARVE
OUT.
I WOULD SAY FORGET THIS WHOLE
NOTION.
THIS BIPARTISAN THING, YOU KNOW,
GET EVERY DEMOCRAT YOU CAN.
GET EVERY DECENT REPUBLICAN YOU
CAN FIND.
GET THIS LAW PASSED AND PROTECT
US!
I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO
DO.
IM NOT PRESIDENT.
>> WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL
OPPORTUNITY HERE WHERE WE HAVE
THE CONGRESS AND HAVE THE WHITE
HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK
THAT WAS DONE TO GET OUT THE
VOTE, WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
SYSTEM AT THIS MOMENT AND WE
NEED TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK OUT A CARVE OUT WITH STACY
WORKED OUT WITH MANCHIN AND
TO -- LOOK, YOU KNOW, ITD BE
LOVELY IF HE COULD BE
BIPARTISAN.
WE WISH EVERYTHING COULD BE.
WE MUST NEVER STOP WORKING FOR
THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE A
MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WHEN YOU RESTRICT THE VOTE, WHEN
YOU SUPPRESS THE VOTE, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE HUNGARY AND
CHINA AND RUSSIA AND HAPPENED IN
GERMANY AND THAT IS THE ROAD TO
THE END OF DEMOCRACY AND TO THE
WORST IMAGINARY SCENARIO.
THIS IS HOW IT STARTS.
>> I WOULD TELL BIDEN -- I
SUPPORT HIM TOTALLY BUT SMELL
THE PRESENT MOMENT.
ITS NOT LIKE IT WAS IN 1965
WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THAT.
>> AND WE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE
THIS MOMENT BE ALIVE AND EMBRACE
IT AND CHERISH IT AND USE YOUR
GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR
VOTE AND YOUR VOICE!
>> AND FACTS AND THE TRUTH,
JONATHAN.
IF FEBRUARY 6th DIDNT SCARE
EVERYBODY, IT SHOULD.
>> STACY AB ARE A HAMS HAS A
GREAT THING.
SHE TELLS YOU HOW TO CALL.
ITS VERY FUNNY TO WATCH BEING
INTERVIEWED BY THE SENATOR.
SHE TAKES YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
WATCH IT.
FIND IT.
SHELL SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO
BECAUSE SHE SAYS SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT THAT EVEN IF YOU KNOW
YOUR SENATOR ISNT GOING TO BE
FOR IT, YOU CALL HIM.
HES YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND