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Historic milestone for African-American voters in 2012
Editor’s note: Cornell Belcher, a CNN contributor, was the Democratic National Committee’s pollster under Chairman Howard Dean in 2005 and worked on the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns. Follow him on Twitter: @cornellbelcher
(CNN) — “But if we know enough to be hung, we know enough to vote. If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the flag, fight for the government, he knows enough to vote … “
— Frederick Douglass (“What the Black Man Wants,” 1865)
Yet another milestone of great American historical importance has come to pass with embarrassingly little tribute. And much like the election of President Barack Obama, many of us also thought we would never live to see this racial ceiling broken.
But unlike the election and
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How Politicians Use the Civil Rights Movement to Obscure Ongoing Racism
The national civil rights fable has been political gold in the hands of conservatives and liberals alike. From Reagan to Bush, it provided a shield against criticism of their race-based policies and approaches. A story of individual scrappiness and national progress, this tale of the civil rights movement served the nation well, underlining its ability to move past its problems with race. It held particular appeal for the Obama administration, which liked the historic resonances that framed his presidency—and for the public who elected him, to mark their own accomplishment.
The birth of the Tea Party movement, the relentless questioning of the president’s birth certificate and citizenship, the scorched-earth attacks on Obama’s economic stimulus plan, and the Affordable Care Act (often referred to as Obamacare) all kept a vicious race politics front and center f
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Meet the Press - månad 11, 2022
CHUCK TODD:
This Sunday, leaving the party. Arizona medlem av senat Kyrsten Sinema says she is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an Independent.
SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA:
I'm willing to work with anyone to get things done.
CHUCK TODD:
Her decision complicates Democrats’ plans for the future and their hopes of holding control in 2024.
SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA:
My stand today fryst vatten about joining the many Americans who don’t’ believe that any political party fits them perfectly.
CHUCK TODD:
I'll talk to Democratic medlem av senat Jon Tester of Montana, who understands the challenges of being a Democrat in a red state. Plus, freed from Russia.
PRES. JOE BIDEN:
Welcome home, Brittney.
CHUCK TODD:
Basketball star Brittney Griner is freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange for a convicted arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death.”
SEN. TOM COTTON:
It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin and it will set a dangerous precedent goin