Jasmine Crockett
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And he's up there and he's giving the State of the Union. And who is it that is most disruptive? A man in his 70s. It's Al Green, someone who is of the civil rights era and believes in civil disobedience.
And he's up there and he's giving the State of the Union. And who is it that is most disruptive? A man in his 70s. It's Al Green, someone who is of the civil rights era and believes in civil disobedience.
Exactly. And he believes in dealing with this completely differently. And then you have those that sat there and didn't do anything. Then you had those that had the signs that everybody got drunk about. And then you had those of us that decided that we were gonna walk out, right? I think that that's the issue. I think that in our hearts, None of us like what's going on.
Exactly. And he believes in dealing with this completely differently. And then you have those that sat there and didn't do anything. Then you had those that had the signs that everybody got drunk about. And then you had those of us that decided that we were gonna walk out, right? I think that that's the issue. I think that in our hearts, None of us like what's going on.
Exactly. And he believes in dealing with this completely differently. And then you have those that sat there and didn't do anything. Then you had those that had the signs that everybody got drunk about. And then you had those of us that decided that we were gonna walk out, right? I think that that's the issue. I think that in our hearts, None of us like what's going on.
It's just a matter of we cannot get on a similar page of like, what does the response look like? What does the fight look like? And I think that's really our bigger issue. And I think that some people believe if you've been in the institution too long, that there's no way you are willing to fight back against it.
It's just a matter of we cannot get on a similar page of like, what does the response look like? What does the fight look like? And I think that's really our bigger issue. And I think that some people believe if you've been in the institution too long, that there's no way you are willing to fight back against it.
It's just a matter of we cannot get on a similar page of like, what does the response look like? What does the fight look like? And I think that's really our bigger issue. And I think that some people believe if you've been in the institution too long, that there's no way you are willing to fight back against it.
I think it's been being too nice, to be perfectly honest. I mean, I remember when I was in the state house and, you know, we fled Texas and we went to D.C. and we were trying to kind of ring the alarms about these horrific voter suppression bills that the Heritage Foundation dropped into Texas, dropped into Georgia, dropped into Florida.
I think it's been being too nice, to be perfectly honest. I mean, I remember when I was in the state house and, you know, we fled Texas and we went to D.C. and we were trying to kind of ring the alarms about these horrific voter suppression bills that the Heritage Foundation dropped into Texas, dropped into Georgia, dropped into Florida.
I think it's been being too nice, to be perfectly honest. I mean, I remember when I was in the state house and, you know, we fled Texas and we went to D.C. and we were trying to kind of ring the alarms about these horrific voter suppression bills that the Heritage Foundation dropped into Texas, dropped into Georgia, dropped into Florida.
Like they were being very strategic about making sure that they could minimize certain voices. And so, you know what? I wish that the Democrats in the Senate would have pushed half as hard and said, you know what? When it comes to something foundational, such as voting rights, which we are basically taking our authority from the Constitution, there's a carve out for that, right?
Like they were being very strategic about making sure that they could minimize certain voices. And so, you know what? I wish that the Democrats in the Senate would have pushed half as hard and said, you know what? When it comes to something foundational, such as voting rights, which we are basically taking our authority from the Constitution, there's a carve out for that, right?
Like they were being very strategic about making sure that they could minimize certain voices. And so, you know what? I wish that the Democrats in the Senate would have pushed half as hard and said, you know what? When it comes to something foundational, such as voting rights, which we are basically taking our authority from the Constitution, there's a carve out for that, right?
Like they have come up with carve outs for what they wanted to do. And I think that that could have prevented some of it. It's the same thing as it relates to the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Like they now have gone in and decimated so many of these districts because they're like, oh, well, it's like districts gone wild, right? And when you look at our margins in the House,
Like they have come up with carve outs for what they wanted to do. And I think that that could have prevented some of it. It's the same thing as it relates to the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Like they now have gone in and decimated so many of these districts because they're like, oh, well, it's like districts gone wild, right? And when you look at our margins in the House,
Like they have come up with carve outs for what they wanted to do. And I think that that could have prevented some of it. It's the same thing as it relates to the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Like they now have gone in and decimated so many of these districts because they're like, oh, well, it's like districts gone wild, right? And when you look at our margins in the House,
We lost by three seats.
We lost by three seats.
We lost by three seats.