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The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Democrats Gerrymander Then Cry 'Voter Suppression' When GOP Does It
"I want to talk about Jerry Mandarin and about the profound and almost comical hypocrisy of the Democrats and of the left. About gerrymandering. Basically, that position comes down to when we do it, it's fantastic. And when anyone else does it, when the Republicans do it, it's against democracy. It's a form of voter suppression. It's horrible. It can't be allowed. And the straight faced way in which the Democrats hold to this position. This is really what is a site to behold. Now, admittedly, gerrymandering is a kind of an approach, a process that goes to the very early days of the republic. In 1812, elbridge Jerry, one of the founding fathers, by the way, a former vice president, former governor of Massachusetts, he sort of signed off on this we are district, he was a Democrat, and he was trying to benefit the Democratic Party. And the Democrats drew this very weird snake like district that resembled a salamander. In fact, that's where we get the name gerrymander. It's elbridge Jerry, plus salamander, giving you gerrymander. And so a gerrymandered district is a politically awkward district. Typically designed by the ruling party to protect and guarantee winning seats for itself. So drawing the map in a favorable way. Now, this by itself is not voter suppression. It's not voter fraud. I would say distasteful that this is done, but it is done by done by both parties. And yet when the Republicans do it, the Democrats act like this is horrific. This is something that can't be permitted. So recently, a North Carolina Supreme Court struck down some legislative districts that were drawn by the GOP in North Carolina. That would have benefited the Republican Party. And when that happened, Joe Biden comes out with, this is what he goes, he says, voters should choose that representatives, not the other way around. Acting as if a gerrymander is a subversion of democracy. And sure enough, Barack Obama calls Republican gerrymandering efforts, quote, threatening democracy, the liberal Brennan center, quote gerrymandering is deeply undemocratic.
Pod Save America
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on Pod Save America
"Which you know coming back all the way back john. This why love house races so much because those communities of interest compla- very different roles right. So we saw you have a very strong cuban influence. We all know in south florida. Iansa pad at where. You are In two districts in in orange county that republicans flipped they were. They were republican. Democrats want them in two thousand eighteen than republicans. Flip them back at twenty twenty. You have really significant korean Communities you have significant being it means communities as well as significant latino communities those members of congress have to understand and they do. If you're successful there you understand who those communities are. What is important to them. In a way that at the presidential level gets sort of glossed over. right you mentioned that. Republicans obviously still have a significant advantage over the redistricting process. Because they control in a lot of key states Do you think that republicans will be able to simply draw their way to a house majority with with the data. That's all out there and the map and everything we know. Have to ask if you're if you're looking at the number five right that's really the number. We're looking at right now. Which would which would flip control from democrat to republican. That seems very doable. To me there are two layers one is what can republicans do right. How creative. How willing are they kinda be aggressive knowing that it could come back to bite them later on or they could get that map return in court but did they want the short term gain of. Let's just get it right. Now get what we can or worry about. All the fallout later and then the second piece of it is how christopher democrats can be being has illinois. They don't have many states where they controlled the whole process. Illinois is one of them. Will they aggressively go to draw that map and again you have a governor in the state who has said publicly right. No jerry gerrymandering. We hate jerry mandarin. We want to have independent redistricting So we'll see where that goes and then in new york where democrats really could make significant problems for Democrats could make significant prompts for republicans basically acting all but a couple district Upstate for the republican party so that you can buy two things. Oh and then your state. California's independent redistricting. But that independent redistricting was actually pretty good for democrats in the twenty ten Redraw and you know in a state that is is overwhelmingly democratic as california. You may get better maps than you know. People have been thinking about. Yeah so you put you put those places together that could help offset so there's one or republicans can do and then what's the offset so Illinois new york california are there any other states You're looking to for potential surprises What are the biggest redistricting mysteries to you right now. I now so Maryland is another one democrat again. These are just on the margin but are democrats redraw to get literally in eight zero map. They did it in the last round of redistricting they created some really perverse districts so That suggested it would be willing to do it again but there are a couple of states that are really big. Question marks new york again because they've never had an independent commission so the new york legislature would have to vote to overturn the independent legislature. They didn't like it. And then go out and just create a maps that would be clearly pretty gerrymandered ohio similar question mark what can republicans do. They're given that they don't draw the initial map. An independent commission does. But will they say. Let's just play politics so it's not even pretend because both bodies would have to do is basically say. We're not even going to pretend that this is an independent process. We're going to overturn it and re draw. Our own maps and michigan is a big question mark to you know. The good news for democrats is a democratic governor. This time around. They didn't in two thousand ten and it's an independent commission. Wasn't that way at twenty pan but detroit. Is you know that was one of the cities that did not look as as robust as places like chicago or new york And so And they have to lose a seat. There are a lot of democrats. I think the statistic. If i remember but don't hold me to this but it's something like you know the five democrats who represent detroit and the meted areas outside of detroit all live within like ten miles of each other so There's it's musical chairs there. You know it's really dangerous if you are any. One of those democrats are that was a. There was big news out of michigan. Twenty eight paid with democrats picking up two seats. But it's that's going to be a really tough doa at And it's unclear exactly what that's going to look like but it could. It could be getting even though democrats theoretically are in a better spot than they would be with. Republicans in charge can be a an uncomfortable place for democrats. Okay well i'm gonna end this interview feeling a realistic about the outcome. But perhaps more cautiously optimistic than i was before. Yeah don't be notice doom that because there's so many moving parts and then you appreciate and your listeners. I'm sure appreciate more than anything. Which is this a local process. This is parochial politics. We talk about this. As if every single person who is in state legislature who on an independent commission in these states is thinking about sort of the national implication right so many of these folks are addressing these district right. It's like my buddy who sits next to me. I'm worried about his right leg. You're thinking about what you wanna do for your own. Royal interests in that state is well and so that is something that you can't and and i think national folks appreciate this but it's off the frustrating they can't control that you can't tell state legislature what to do for years california that the line drawing with done by cantankerous legislator named john burton who famously like draw the maps himself and who we liked and who he didn't like and most breath that that's what that's what a what that it's it's it's a lot less lenient than people think. Well we will be following all the coverage of the redistricting process Especially on the cook political report. Everyone should go. Check it out and subscribe as a valuable resource for this You've got amy and dave and they're brilliant team Who know more about this than most. So amy thank you so much for joining the pod and We appreciate you thanks john. We're happy to if you want to learn more about redistricting and also helped get in the fight to stop it The national democratic redistricting committee..
WTVN
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on WTVN
"Good to have you with us this morning? It's almost Friday. We're going to be hearing a lot about President Biden's speech from last night, he says he's never been more optimistic about America, laying out his agenda for child care education paid leave in his first speech to Congress last night. He ended by declaring quote We can do whatever we set our minds to. If we do it together, we'll play. The rebuttal from Senator Scott from South Carolina will break Maura that down later on this hour with Rachel Sutherland from Fox News, who took care of business last night reporting. But the entire speech around 6 35 right now, our conversation with Terry Casey does a great job is a Republican strategist on really just breaks everything down. As far as our latest census data Ohio, I'm sure you know by now is going to lose a seat in Congress between that and bite and spending and all of that mixed together. But really, the rep recut shins with the winners and losers in the whole senses and the electoral college. Well, clearly the biggest growing state was Texas, and it'll pick up two more congressional seats, even California lost. But actually, states like Ohio did increase in population, but not as fast as the national rate. And I think by about 11,000 people. Ohio missed the cut off for keeping the same number of congressional seats. Ohio's gonna shrink by 1 to 15 and even though, will be one less an electoral college. Numbers. Ohio still a big, significant state with a diverse populations. So Ohio might not be as big of a target in the next presidential is, say, a Florida or a Pennsylvania. But it's still gonna be Important state because it's got a lot of electoral votes. Republican strategist Terry Casey with us this morning, Terry so with the census we know it certainly will be a slight game changer with the electoral college, right. Well, it's a slight change. But still the big question. And this is come up in the last two presidential battles, which Republicans won both times by more than 8% points. The question is Ohio. Still the big target the big swing state in once, Woz. And maybe that's true. Maybe it's not true. We'll see a lot of what happens in the 2022 elections in Ohio. So it's a long ways off. But one of the biggest impacts in Ohio is they've got to redraw the congressional district. And there's been a lot of shifting population in Ohio, particularly shrinkage in northeastern Ohio. A lot of growth in Central Ohio and also in parts of southwestern Ohio. So their shifts and population within the state and then clearly because of the U. S Senate primary upcoming there might be one or two members of Congress who decide to run for that we've already had Him, Ryan announced he's going to run instead of going for reelection in his congressional seat, so there's a lot of moving parts a lot of changes. Terry Casey is with us this morning on the Brandon boxers show, Terry, would you mind touching a little bit on the redrawing to those maps? Specifically Ohio? There's always the scare the worry about Jerry Mandarin. Could you tell us about that a little bit? Well, the reality is in growing now, 15 Congressional district's It's always hard to make. In fact, it's almost impossible to make every one of those 15 district's Look compact, be politically competitive. Keep every community whole because in a state is diverse is Ohio and when the courts require each district Be exactly equal down to the person you're gonna have some things that look kind of weird and strange and I'll give you an example. You could start out drawing these district's Say, central Ohio But City of Columbus is almost 900,000 people, the average congressional district going to be about 780,000, so you can't even have the city of Columbus, all in one district. So you're gonna have lots of bits and pieces as you draw this and to have it makes sense and again, you might draw the first two or three districts. And they could say, Boy, those look nice and compact. Then you're gonna have all these bits and pieces left over and where do you stick And where do you put those? So it's not easy, and Ohio does have new rules. And because the Census Bureau is so late, getting the numbers out, it won't be too late September they have him. It's gonna be impossible to meet the current standards of timing. So The state's doing the Legislature's doing the budget right now. They'll have that done by the end of June, But then they've got to shift gears in the October to figure it out. When will the next primaries be? How will the district's be drawn whether be legal battles? Disputing the census numbers or how they drawing of the district's has done Republican strategist Terry Casey with us this morning. I Terry if I could ask you Hamilton County for example of Cincinnati. It is split between the 1st and 2nd district's report represented by Republicans, But I guess my question is is in this ongoing thing with the data that we have. Is it necessary to have two people representing in that district? Are they likely to probably lose one of those Well, it's hard to say because obviously you've got to Republican incumbents down there and then we've also got an important angle is there's two different Congressional district in Ohio, represented by African Americans, and the courts have said that you don't want to dilute African American strength or numbers in the district, then clearly, Joyce Beatty is an example doesn't want her district carved up or anything unusual done to it and the new rules for how you draw, the congressional district say. But it's important to have bipartisanship in drawing these district. So there's gonna be a lot of surprise politics in politics, figuring out how it all works, so Hamilton County. You can argue. Well, you could put it all on maybe one district. But then some people say, Well, if you've got two members representing and looking out for that county, maybe that's better than just one. Terry Casey, Republican strategists with this I know we got a couple of minutes left here, Terry, It seems like one of the things I've seen. That President Biden is looking to hopefully, pay for a lot of this is giving a boost and funding to the I. R s with the I. R. S can end up being Biden Secret weapon here with funding extra funding. Well, maybe if you have more I arrest agents. You get more.
NEWS 88.7
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on NEWS 88.7
"Base. Okay. Uh, let's talk a bit now about this preliminary census data that was released Monday, which suggests Uh, that may be the lone Star State's influence in Congress could could increase and certainly maybe a geographic shift in political influence. Is that a fair assessment tonight? Oh, absolutely. You know, any time you can increase your congressional delegation your state is, you know, likely to fare better in terms of resource is And, um, you know, I believe we would third and, uh, total growth. During this last 10 years. Utah was like 18%, Idaho, I believe was second, but you know, it's Idaho. So we came in third. And while I know a lot of folks who disappointed that we're training to congressional seats rather than three, um, considering everything that went on last year between you know, depend Emmick and Um, civil unrest and the changing deadlines that the senses and so forth. I think we should be happy that we gain two seats, which was the most of any state throughout the nation. So okay, We have gained those two seats Mark. How will they be established here in Texas? Well, that will occur in the state Legislature normally would occur right now, but there's been a delay in the data arriving. We are going to get the data we need for the actual redistricting until August, September, so sometime in the fall, maybe October, November. The state Legislature will draw the maps to allocate those 38 U. S House seats across the state of Texas. They're going to be constrained this time around, not by the Voting Rights Act in the same way has been in in past sessions because after the Shelby, the holder case in 2013, Texas, no longer need to pre clearance that is get approval from the Department of Justice or the Disk, Federal District Court of Colombia. In District of Columbia to for it snaps, which means that Republicans can essentially go wild as long as they just don't really crossed the line because there's not gonna be any constraint now, Of course, the maps will be challenged in court by Democrats. But it's a much different process because before Republicans if they maps didn't get approved by the Department of Justice or District Court, Columbia of the courts will decide the maps. Now the maps will likely go into force. And so really republic Republicans would have to do is decide how risk how risk averse or how aggressive they want to be in maximizing the number of seats right now, they have 23. They can decide they can protect the 23 give the two Democrats. I suspect they're going to try to protect the 23 get at least one of these seats to go up to 24 out of 38. And how would they go about doing that? That just all about how you draw the district lines and try and find creative ways. Tonto not change the numbers. To your disadvantage is playing partisan. Jerry Mandarin in the Supreme Court has said that you can engage in extreme partisan, very Mandarin, and that's not unconstitutional. And so one of the real advantage Texas Republicans will have is that they can take make all the district's tailor made. Tonto maximizing their success. They're only gonna be constrained about on how risk loving or risk averse they're going to be in terms of pushing the boundaries, because if you push too far and draw too many districts if there's a reverse wave election like we saw in 2018, where Democrats Ah blue wave swept over Texas. At least partially, You can lose a lot of those seats. Uh, but right now, Republicans are in a very good position to maximize their representation, both in the U. S House allegation but also in off 150, Texas House seats and 31 Texas Senate seats that will also be redistricted during that same time period in the fall. I can't believe how deep we are into our discussion and ran a cross. We haven't even talked about the Texas state budget. The House last week passed a budget proposal. It includes Ah, ban on school vouchers but also amendment to expand Medicaid was voted down. What happens next in this budget process? Well, uh, you know, after that bill passed in the house, it goes to the Senate and of course, then goes to a conference committee for the two chambers so they can reconcile their differences. In fact, our Houston area delegation we have two people, Dr Greg Bonnin and representative Armando Wally on that very important conference committee. Mark. Is it possible in that committee process that vouchers could return and Medicaid expansion could be revisited. Well, I don't think we're going to see Medicaid expansion. That's not going to happen this session, so I wouldn't expect anything there. I would expect vouchers. The ban on vouchers will be removed there. I don't think the Senate conferees they're going to let that go through. On even if they did, Since it's part of the budget, Governor Abbott could veto it quite easily. And there certainly isn't support put to override a gubernatorial veto, so I would not expect that ban on vouchers to survive. Mark. There's a special election Saturday in the Texas Six District wise, this significant Well, this this year we had we know in the U. S. House, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker has a very narrow majority much more narrow than she had hoped for coming out of the 2020 election. The district in sex potential sixes to replace Congressman Ron White, too, passed away back in February. This is gives Democrats their best hope of any of the special elections in 2021 of foot, Penis eat and thereby expanding their margin. Gentleman. Sanchez is lead Democratic candidates. The Republican candidates run right white widows Susan Wright and state representative Jake L. Z. There's also a Democrat song laughter. It's a jungle primary with 23 candidates. So it will go to a June runoff. What we're gonna find out on Saturdays, which two of those individuals get ticket, one of the golden ticket to the runoff. One's likely to be Susan Wright. The other could be a Democrat, in which case Democrats have a possibility of flipping the seat. But it could also be Jake. L see the Republican which case Nothing will change. Mark Jones is a political science fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Rene Crosses, senior director and researcher at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. Marc Renee, Thanks very much Excise. Thanks, Albert..
WBUR
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on WBUR
"This is here. And now the U. S. Census data is out in one of the big stories emerging from those numbers is how the country's shifting population will send a pretty seismic wave through American politics. Over the next decade. Let's bring in Derek Thompson. He's a staff writer for the Atlantic A Derek Hey, you gonna be here? Good to have you and I know you've long been thinking about the way demographic shifts are changing cities from coast to coast. But now we're getting data that's showing how those ships could actually affect political power happens once a decade. Obviously with the census, what do you seeing in those numbers? Yeah, I want to talk about both what we've known and what we learned this week. So here's what we've known for the last decade or so. The Sunbelt States, especially those with large, Metro's, like Texas and Florida and Georgia, North Carolina have been gaining population while the Northeast and the Great Lakes states talking Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York They've been losing population, so that big story has been that Americans are moving toward son and space toward the Sun Belt and the West. What we get this week is a snapshot of where Americans are now and what we've learned essentially is that as we assumed people have been leaving these states, which, frankly have been more bloom or Democratic leaning And they're moving to Florida, North Carolina, Texas. These are states that have added a congressional apportionment on big picture here is that maybe Democrats should be a little bit concerned that the electoral math the congressional map, which already I was a little bit dicey, for them, is getting even more difficult because of These tides of American migration. Okay, that is a very interesting point. And if you look at President Biden's electoral college victory in 2020, and if you were to lay over, you know the changes in the census. That we just saw this week over President Biden's Electoral College win in 2020 his narrow of victory, His margin of victory would be actually quite a bit smaller. Yeah, right. So by anyone 306 electoral votes if you had the exact same votes cast, but you changed the math. Based on what we just learned from the census. He would have only 1 300 three's. We would have lost three electoral votes. That's because Biden won New York and Pennsylvania and Michigan and Illinois. All of those states have now lost a congressional seat. Because people have been leaving those states. They've been moving mostly to the south into the West. So The upshot here is that the Electoral College, which already advantaged Republicans is now looking even worse for Democrats. The reason here isn't that anything illegal has happened. But rather the Democrats have a habit of concentrating themselves into cities they dominate in San Francisco. They dominate in New York, but they lose barely in states in suburbs and rural areas. That were people are moving to sew his result. You have the situation where Democrats are over concentrated in coastal metro's, and they're not ideally spread for their political power throughout the country. How do you think that might change the dynamics in some of the upcoming elections? The midterms next year and the presidential race in 2024? With a really important lesson here is that local elections shape national elections. Republicans control the redistricting process in Florida and Texas and other states because they tend to dominate and down ballot elections. They tend to do very well in state legislature elections, and so you have a situation where Americans are moving to states. Where Republicans control the map making process. They control the redistricting process and as result, there are fears the Republican legislatures will redraw these district's such that they will be advantaged in upcoming elections. That is adding to Democrats. Anxiety is they look at this census report. Derek. Some of the political fights over redistricting were already pretty intense in this country. What do you think they're gonna look like this time around? I think that the combination of the hyper polarization of absolutely at everything. Plus what we discovered from this census on dis congressional reapportionment is going to create quite a large fight throughout the country we already saw and I've already come on in the show to talk about, you know just how controversial George's voting rights law, Awas Well the rights of people to vote in the rights of people to have districts drawn such that they feel like they have. You know, an equal say in their elections is going to be amplified. I think by by this story, so I would expect that redistricting s so called Jerry Mandarin is absolutely going to be a story for the next 12 months. I'm thinking about the results of the 2020 election. What we saw happen in Georgia. What we saw happen in Arizona, where the demographic shifts we've been talking about may have been the main difference. Handing those states to Joe Biden to a Democrat. What do you think is in store and they don't have too much time here. But what's in store over the next decade? Do you think in terms of population ships and demographic changes? Well, I'm really interested in what's happening in some of the deepest blue states. You look a place that California, which lost a congressional seat for the first time in its history, New York now has fewer members of Congress than any year since 18 10. That's not a typo, 18 10. Last time, New York had so few members of Congress, the leader of France was Napoleon, the first So the big story here is that people are moving towards sun in space that is reshaping the political math and of Democrats want to be competitive nationwide. They have to think outside of urban cores and be competitive in the sunny Sunday lots of America. Derek Thompson, staff writer for the Atlantic. Thank.
NEWS 88.7
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on NEWS 88.7
"Aspects of his private life and some of the things that associated with his taxes. I my suspicion is that if he is Indicted and convicted There's something in the law that perp it'd convicted felons from running for Senate in certain officers, So that may be an option as well. I'm not counting on any of that. I I think that way should have not only can teach them but also convicted him in the Senate so that he would have been barred from office. I think that he has been a corrupting force in American society. I think that while he was in office, he raised the level of the invidious discrimination. She said. Things that are hunting out Currently we talked to police officers and told them they don't have to be nice when they arrest people. And when you have a person within your chair, custody and control as a police officer, I prefer German peace officer. When you have persons within your care, custody and control. You have a duty duty. Oh, treat them safely. You can't just punish them because you believed they could do the crime. You have to be a person who teach them assessed that they would receive no harm from you. And you protect him from home after another. This is Houston matters. I'm Craig Cohen. We're talking with Houston area Congressman Al Green. We do this every Tuesday with a different public official. It's your chance to speak with an ask questions of them directly. You could do so at talk at Houston matters dot org's or 713440 88 70 Roberto's in the museum district. Roberto, What's your question for Congressman Greene? Yeah, I have a comment. Actually, the perfect segue way to what you said, Um A lot of put it over and you were the 1st 1st to bring up Impeachment of Trump. The Republican legislation legislation. Legislature. I'm sorry in Texas, I think are out after you and Sheila Jackson Lee Now we were just told by before Houston matter came on that perhaps they Latin District will be created with in Houston. I think you miss Lee will be targets. Your your district will be target. Your comment. Well, thank you for the call again. Um, I was the first to bring impeachment to a vote on the floor of the house. In fact, I brought it to a vote. Three times And in so doing I believe we, who voted for impeachment three times laid the foundations for the ultimate impeachment articles that took place. Which reference to Texas and the redistricting that will take place. I believe Texas will get two seats. It is my hope that we will get three. And I believe we'll get two seats and with those two speeds I hope that we will have something that will allow us the opportunity to redistrict as opposed to Jerry Mander. Jerry Mandarin occurs when he saw the largest The political party of the benefit of party is it goes to people are benefits and classic people, as opposed to all of the people. So I'm opposed to gerrymandering as I think most people are And I think that we need to pass the John Lewis voting rights. Advancement Act up. That piece of legislation would allow us to reinstate section for the voting rights extension for was eviscerated. And, um, a lawsuit filed shall be kind of reversed its holder. Another 2013. In eviscerating it. Absolutely. Section five have been eviscerated also to a third, Nick that maybe I should say emasculated. Hope. I don't think anybody's first thing is that way, but it made sense in four impotence. Because there was no coverage area and what affection by. Did Woz provide free spirit will face like Texas before we could decide that we're going to Changed boundaries and and Jerry Mander. It would have to be very clear through the Voting Rights Act, and that would be through the Justice Department. So I'm looking forward to reinstating. Section five, which would give us Section four on opportunity to function as it should, And if that occurs, I think that we'll get there, Jerry meandering. Journey ending fairly district in Please forgive me for saying Jerry Mandarin there re districting on but we should see more personal of Latin Ex Origin, ancestry holding public office. I have no quarrel with that. Christian has a similar question, but not dealing with representation in Congress, but wants to know about your thoughts about future judicial appointments for local federal courthouse. Christian NOTES. Judge Vanessa Gilmore will retire soon. At which point our local courthouse will be without any women of color, who are District Court judges on D will continue to like a Hispanic district Court judge On Christian says our cities to divers to lack representation at the federal district Court level your thoughts. Well, thank you for being astute that it That information is known to a great many people, but generally speaking to someone as a terrorist. And I appreciate your following these things. There's a bit more to add that bench that Judge Gilmore has held for many years now. It has been moved or is being moved, I suppose from Houston, and it will be moved to another part of the state. Um and I I will have little influence over who is going tol occupy that bitch. I'll probably collaborate with investors I can with colleagues. But it won't be in the area of the state where I have Ah, a little bit more influence than I will happen. Just moved out of this area. The four of us in this area that enjoy the opportunity to have a voice when it comes to judges at the federal courthouse here in Houston, Texas. And I would only say to you that I appreciate what you said. I think that diversity has to exist on the bench. Um, it it's just not the collection of one subset of society. It's just the the benches should be a reflection of society in the main I support this and that I continually fight for that kind of representation, and we'll continue to do so. I'm with you. Um, but that bitch won't be in Houston. It will be moved to another part of ST Al Green represents the Texas ninth Congressional District. Congressman Greene Thanks so much for talking with us. Well, I economical closing comment. Please is going to keep it brief. Where we're a little short. Okay, but go ahead. Okay? I promise. I'll be very brief. First. I want to thank you for for this opportunity to speak. I see your format as a sort of the town hall format where anybody can call in, ask any question and it makes it gives me an opportunity to be accessible to people. I greatly appreciate what you've done and look forward to being on with you again at some point, the future. All right. Thanks very much, Congressman. Thank you. And there you go. You wanted the music there It is. Just.
KCRW
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on KCRW
"We have all just lived through an election in which the way many of us voted changed. A lot of Americans voted early in 2020. A lot of Americans voted by mail because of the pandemic. Now across the country, state lawmakers are weighing what our election should look like going forward. Hundreds of bills have been proposed that would restrict voting access. Hundreds of others would expand access, and this is mostly happening along party lines. Republican led states are broadly looking to add voting restrictions, while many Democratic legislatures are exploring expanding access. Well, we have got reporters. From three states with us to give us a glimpse of what is going on in there. Patch. Let me welcome Been Giles from Cage's in Phoenix. Katarina so historic from Iowa Public Radio and Anthony Brooks of W bur in Boston. Welcome all three of your primary Louise. Then I'm gonna let you start. Let's go to Arizona, which along with Georgia are maybe the state getting the most attention. Those two certainly at both swing states, both with total GOP control at the state level and all kinds of bills. That have been proposed. What what is standing out to you in Arizona? So the biggest proposed changes I see are two what's called Arizona's permanent early voting list. That's our super popular mail ballot system. That a clear majority of voters here use and have increasingly been using in years and years and years. So not new in 2020 is what you're saying. Definitely not new. No, This is a very long standing system here. You sign up for it, and you regularly get sent your ballot, So one change would make it to that. That's not permanent anymore. If you don't actually use the early ballot, you get sent before an election for two straight election cycles. You get a notice that you're getting kicked off the list, and you have to respond to that if you don't want to be removed. Democrats here say there were 126,000 voters in that situation who cast about in 2020 after not voting in 2016 or 2018, Arizona's, of course, very competitive state now so That margin. You know, 126,000 voters could matter. There's also another bill that would shrink the amount of time voters have to cast that early ballot and then new voter I d requirements when you mailed about back or being considered Catarina is any of this sounding familiar. Let's talk about what's going on in Iowa, another Republican controlled state. New restrictions have already been signed into law here. The governor did that on Monday. Ah big changes that early in person Voting and absentee voting will start 20 days before Election Day instead of 29. It was 40 days just four years ago and then deadlines for requesting a melon ballot has been moved up and those ballots have to be returned earlier, so it's really shrinking that time frame. Then in person. Polls will close at eight p.m. instead of nine PM, as they had been before for state and federal elections. Okay. And why do supporters of these changes who we should note are overwhelmingly Republican. Why did they say this is needed? Unlike in Arizona, where Democrats one big races, Republicans in Iowa one pretty much everything and retained full control of the state government. But they have said that these changes are going to help restore Iowans confidence and trust in elections. Here's representative Bobby Kaufman, speaking about the new law. This protects Iowans right to vote, and it adds certainty and security to it. This bill does not suppress one single vote. Of course, we should say that it was Republicans themselves, who created this distrust by questioning election results with false claims of widespread voter fraud. This is something these false claims have been repeated in debates in Iowa over the selection bill, and I'd also add that a lawsuit challenging these changes have already been filed. Mary Louise. I'm hearing similar claims from Republicans in Arizona, broadly speaking there, justifying these bills by arguing that voter confidence and the election must be restored. They don't acknowledge that some of them are responsible for sewing that distrust in the first place. Democrats are quick to point that out and are lining up in opposition to these bills. Here's Senator Martine Cassata, speaking about the voter. I d legislation. We hear communities tell us That this will hurt my community, my neighborhood, my vote and the people that look like me and the people that vote like me. This is going to hurt us. Okay, so a taste of the conversation under way there in Arizona and in Iowa, Anthony Brooks. Let's turn to Massachusetts, where you have got a very different story unfolding. Yeah, It's really different. Mary Louise Esso last summer. Here's a bit of background because of the pandemic, Lawmakers approved a temporary vote by mail law and as in other states, Massachusetts saw ah huge jump in voter turnout in the presidential primary and general election with with relatively few problems. So now there's a push by Democrats who control the state legislature by big numbers. To make vote by mail permanent. So here's Bill Galvin, the Democratic secretary of state, who's a big proponent of this last year test of us in many ways, it was a very challenging year. But at the same time he showed us what we could do. And I think the result was is that we had a very successful election cycle on. We want to make sure that progress is not lost. Is this controversial in Massachusetts are Republicans. They're fired up in opposition and saying similar things as we were hearing from Republicans and other states. Well, there are concerns. I mean, one concern is that any law to make mail in voting permanent will have to include significant new funding for cities in town clerks to do training and to process the big increase in mail. Balance. But in terms of pushback, Republicans have questioned why mail in voting is necessary now that it appears that the pandemic is lessening with vaccines being distributed. But even the moderate Republican governor, Charlie Baker, has said that he would favor making the law permanent. So I think chances are very good. That vote by mail is going to become permanent in Massachusetts and in the months ahead. I do want to know this debate is playing out at the national level, of course, as well. Big Fight looming in Congress over HR one. This huge bill, backed by Democrats that would expand voting access would curtail Jerry Mandarin would have something to say about some of these changes that are being proposed in at the state level and just quick lightning round for each of you. Maybe Anthony you first. How how much attention is HR one getting is this part of the conversation in Massachusetts? It's part of the conversation because our congressional delegation is all Democratic. It's very much behind HR one. But my sense is that no matter what happens in Washington, Massachusetts move toward a permanent Vote by mail legislation is coming, no matter what and Banner, Catarina, where you're so in Arizona, I think Democrats are going to make a big push for our U. S. Senators Mark Kelly and Kirsten Cinema. Get HR one through to undo a lot of what's happening at the state level. That means there's gonna be pressure on cinema to abolish the filibuster. If that's what it takes, because HR one might be the only way to get around some of this state laws that Republicans are certainly gonna pass here and are expected to be signed into law by the governor. And in Iowa Republicans are going to be more focused on this pending lawsuit that they
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Changes to voting laws across the United States
"We have all just lived through an election in which the way many of us voted changed. A lot of Americans voted early in 2020. A lot of Americans voted by mail because of the pandemic. Now across the country, state lawmakers are weighing what our election should look like going forward. Hundreds of bills have been proposed that would restrict voting access. Hundreds of others would expand access, and this is mostly happening along party lines. Republican led states are broadly looking to add voting restrictions, while many Democratic legislatures are exploring expanding access. Well, we have got reporters. From three states with us to give us a glimpse of what is going on in there. Patch. Let me welcome Been Giles from Cage's in Phoenix. Katarina so historic from Iowa Public Radio and Anthony Brooks of W bur in Boston. Welcome all three of your primary Louise. Then I'm gonna let you start. Let's go to Arizona, which along with Georgia are maybe the state getting the most attention. Those two certainly at both swing states, both with total GOP control at the state level and all kinds of bills. That have been proposed. What what is standing out to you in Arizona? So the biggest proposed changes I see are two what's called Arizona's permanent early voting list. That's our super popular mail ballot system. That a clear majority of voters here use and have increasingly been using in years and years and years. So not new in 2020 is what you're saying. Definitely not new. No, This is a very long standing system here. You sign up for it, and you regularly get sent your ballot, So one change would make it to that. That's not permanent anymore. If you don't actually use the early ballot, you get sent before an election for two straight election cycles. You get a notice that you're getting kicked off the list, and you have to respond to that if you don't want to be removed. Democrats here say there were 126,000 voters in that situation who cast about in 2020 after not voting in 2016 or 2018, Arizona's, of course, very competitive state now so That margin. You know, 126,000 voters could matter. There's also another bill that would shrink the amount of time voters have to cast that early ballot and then new voter I d requirements when you mailed about back or being considered Catarina is any of this sounding familiar. Let's talk about what's going on in Iowa, another Republican controlled state. New restrictions have already been signed into law here. The governor did that on Monday. Ah big changes that early in person Voting and absentee voting will start 20 days before Election Day instead of 29. It was 40 days just four years ago and then deadlines for requesting a melon ballot has been moved up and those ballots have to be returned earlier, so it's really shrinking that time frame. Then in person. Polls will close at eight p.m. instead of nine PM, as they had been before for state and federal elections. Okay. And why do supporters of these changes who we should note are overwhelmingly Republican. Why did they say this is needed? Unlike in Arizona, where Democrats one big races, Republicans in Iowa one pretty much everything and retained full control of the state government. But they have said that these changes are going to help restore Iowans confidence and trust in elections. Here's representative Bobby Kaufman, speaking about the new law. This protects Iowans right to vote, and it adds certainty and security to it. This bill does not suppress one single vote. Of course, we should say that it was Republicans themselves, who created this distrust by questioning election results with false claims of widespread voter fraud. This is something these false claims have been repeated in debates in Iowa over the selection bill, and I'd also add that a lawsuit challenging these changes have already been filed. Mary Louise. I'm hearing similar claims from Republicans in Arizona, broadly speaking there, justifying these bills by arguing that voter confidence and the election must be restored. They don't acknowledge that some of them are responsible for sewing that distrust in the first place. Democrats are quick to point that out and are lining up in opposition to these bills. Here's Senator Martine Cassata, speaking about the voter. I d legislation. We hear communities tell us That this will hurt my community, my neighborhood, my vote and the people that look like me and the people that vote like me. This is going to hurt us. Okay, so a taste of the conversation under way there in Arizona and in Iowa, Anthony Brooks. Let's turn to Massachusetts, where you have got a very different story unfolding. Yeah, It's really different. Mary Louise Esso last summer. Here's a bit of background because of the pandemic, Lawmakers approved a temporary vote by mail law and as in other states, Massachusetts saw ah huge jump in voter turnout in the presidential primary and general election with with relatively few problems. So now there's a push by Democrats who control the state legislature by big numbers. To make vote by mail permanent. So here's Bill Galvin, the Democratic secretary of state, who's a big proponent of this last year test of us in many ways, it was a very challenging year. But at the same time he showed us what we could do. And I think the result was is that we had a very successful election cycle on. We want to make sure that progress is not lost. Is this controversial in Massachusetts are Republicans. They're fired up in opposition and saying similar things as we were hearing from Republicans and other states. Well, there are concerns. I mean, one concern is that any law to make mail in voting permanent will have to include significant new funding for cities in town clerks to do training and to process the big increase in mail. Balance. But in terms of pushback, Republicans have questioned why mail in voting is necessary now that it appears that the pandemic is lessening with vaccines being distributed. But even the moderate Republican governor, Charlie Baker, has said that he would favor making the law permanent. So I think chances are very good. That vote by mail is going to become permanent in Massachusetts and in the months ahead. I do want to know this debate is playing out at the national level, of course, as well. Big Fight looming in Congress over HR one. This huge bill, backed by Democrats that would expand voting access would curtail Jerry Mandarin would have something to say about some of these changes that are being proposed in at the state level and just quick lightning round for each of you. Maybe Anthony you first. How how much attention is HR one getting is this part of the conversation in Massachusetts? It's part of the conversation because our congressional delegation is all Democratic. It's very much behind HR one. But my sense is that no matter what happens in Washington, Massachusetts move toward a permanent Vote by mail legislation is coming, no matter what and Banner, Catarina, where you're so in Arizona, I think Democrats are going to make a big push for our U. S. Senators Mark Kelly and Kirsten Cinema. Get HR one through to undo a lot of what's happening at the state level. That means there's gonna be pressure on cinema to abolish the filibuster. If that's what it takes, because HR one might be the only way to get around some of this state laws that Republicans are certainly gonna pass here and are expected to be signed into law by the governor. And in Iowa Republicans are going to be more focused on this pending lawsuit that they
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House passes sweeping voting rights bill, a Senate filibuster may stand in the way
"Voting rights bill has passed in the House over Republican opposition House Democrats passed a sweeping voting and ethics bill Wednesday, sending the legislation to the Senate where it faces an uncertain fate. The bill would be the largest overhaul of U. S election law in at least a generation HR. One would restrict partisan Jerry Mandarin of congressional districts strike down hurdles to voting and require so called dark money political groups to disclose anonymous donors. The House vote was to 22 to 10 with every Republican voting against passage. Although vice president Kamila Harris holds the tie breaking vote for most legislation in the 50 50 Senate, 60 votes would be needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Mike Rossi, a Washington
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House passes sweeping elections and police reform bills
"Bill has passed in the house over GOP opposition House Democrats passed a sweeping voting and ethics bill Wednesday, sending the legislation to the Senate where it faces an uncertain fate. The bill would be the largest overhaul of U. S election law in at least a generation HR. One would restrict partisan Jerry Mandarin of congressional districts strike down hurdles to voting and require so called dark money political groups to disclose anonymous donors. The House vote was to 22 to 10 with every Republican voting against passage. Although vice president Kamila Harris holds the tie breaking vote for most legislation in the 50 50 Senate, 60 votes would be needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Mike Rossi, a
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"jerry mandarin" Discussed on KQED Radio
"To a pop to 80 uniquely device of president that really inspired the electorate, both of inspired working class wives to come out and vote for him and also, um, inspired the backlash against him, particularly the suburbs across the country. It's a little you know, I think we need another cycle to know how much those things last there certainly worrying signs. And encouraging signs. I think for both parties now Republicans just don't have a figure who could really cobble together what Donald Trump was able to do, whereas Democrats know that this is something that's easier for them to replicate in cycle after cycle. So what rolled the political mechanics like Jerry, Mandarin and Electoral College play in all of this? Because while Hillary Clinton didn't lose the electoral college vote in 2016, she won. She won the popular vote, so Explain how that place into this conversation. Yeah, that is the sort of represent representational biases. They're having an increasing effect in that you have Democrats in terms of popular vote have done very well in presidential elections over the past few decades intend to do pretty well in congressional votes. Um, but because the you know the Senate, by its design kind of over represents rural states, Azzan, a result of that the electoral college over represents rural states. And since you have this increasing Urban rural split that falls along Democratic and Republican lines. Republicans can simply win and can control a lot of levers of the federal government. Even when getting fewer votes in an election And this this bias is becoming more prominent. I mean, it's the reason that you had electoral college and popular vote splits in 2000 and 2016. It might you know that this might be getting, you know, more pronounced and that I mean, we saw Joe Biden win by more than 4% on the popular vote, but he had a very narrow electoral college win in a number of states. It's possible that you know the Democratic candidate in 2024 could win the popular vote by 45% points and still lose the electoral college. You know, this is having the effect of you know, the Republicans are increasingly governing as a minority party, which has all kinds of problems built into it, and it's it's an incredibly frustrating thing. For Democratic voters who feel like they, you know they do what they're supposed to do as good citizens. They show up, they vote. They turn out in large numbers, and and they can still lose lose control of the federal government. Instead, I think you wanted to jump in as well. Yeah, I just wanted to say I just want to say that this governs the rules of the game. And, as he said, is this the entire kind of, uh, kind of foundational question as Republicans continue to drift further and further away from the popular vote party? Um the Senate, of course, is another challenge on this kind of structural level. When you talk about the filibuster when you talk about even the population proportion throughout the country. And this is going to have a profound effect on our democracy cannot party that is not kind of majority party still have this much of a saying and kind of dictate, even when its governing for the winds of Ah, smaller percentage Is not really a question we've had to face in this way. You know, Republicans are coming out of November, saying, Hey, you know, we lost among these groups. We should reach out to them in new ways. They've doubled in triple down on that message and are frankly looking more towards the rules of the game to tilt them in their favor, rather than the kind of politics that's going to be something that we're gonna have to wrestle with, because our system is Is basically predicated on those sides having an equal good faith positioning and and that's not something that might be true. That might be something that's increasingly less true going forward. I'm Jenn White. You're listening to one, eh? We're talking to us dead Herndon from the New York Times and Political scientists set mask it. We got this email from jazz, he says. I'm a Democrat for whom Biden was not my first choice. I like him and appreciate a service. But I was ready to move on from hetero white male boomers in National office. Full disclosure on the 50 year old federal white male. I voted for Biden and I believe the party should new unify behind him publicly. But I would really appreciate it. If Democrats would absorb a little of that party discipline displayed by the GOP. Maybe we would be trusted with more continued leadership. If the party looked like it had a cohesive message and strategy, and I want a pair that with this tweet we got from J Man's Journal it, it says There's nothing truly progressive about free college universal health care. And livable wages. The writer skewed our views about what is progressive to make it look radical. When most of it is basic human decency and democracy. One on 17 coming, you first talk about Messaging and strategy that both of these things people talk about. Is there an effort being made by Biden not just to unify the messaging, but maybe to shift public perception of some of the policies. I think so. You know, I might, um, might quibble a little bit with the first comment you got in there that at least last year throughout 2020. The Democratic Party was about as unified as I've seen it on Dare, you know, And that is a party where there are real factions that the sort of, you know establishment versus progressive if those of the appropriate terms Really did have some very strong disagreements. And you know, between 2016 and 2020 about what sort of policies to embrace. And what kind of candidates to nominate Andre, you know, really, just how do you how to run elections and how to govern. But once the party had roughly settled on Biden as its nominee last spring, you know the lot of the left who had been uncomfortable with Biden. Really worked with him on day were, you know willing to say fine? This is important. We need to win this election and they made it clear with the issues that were important to them and what they expected out of him and he was willing to work with them. But there was not a lot of infighting. You saw some more of it after the election when you have kind of different factions of the party, arguing about what is the best way forward, and why exactly Democrats under performed at the congressional level? But for the most part, the party has been fairly unified. And there seems to be a lot of agreement. I think within the party at least on some of the first steps taken by the by the administration in some of the executive orders, reversing some of the things that Trump has done, you know, embracing climate change, pushing back on white supremacy. I think we will probably see a lot more quibbling going forward when it comes to congressional actions where you know, Democrats just have these very slender majorities in Congress. And there's there's going to be real limits on what you know. Progressives air pushing for And you know the most conservative Democrats in the House and the senator willing T O willing to push. But a tely east. For now, the party is looking relatively unified. We have time for.
KPCC
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on KPCC
"And then the warm black voters of you mentioned Georgia, which is certainly a success story. Ah for the kind of role that black voters come play and you also had Donald Trump made gains, particularly among black men and have AH have a big swing towards him among nonwhite communities. In some urban areas Now, obviously, that swing towards him was not enough to put him over the top. But we don't know if these are trends. Never gonna last in R R R R kind of fixed trends or this is something that is unique. To a pop to 80 uniquely device of president that really inspired the electorate, both of inspired working class whites to come out and vote for him and also, um, inspired the backlash against him, particularly in the suburbs across the country. It's a little you know, I think we need another cycle to know how much those things last there certainly worrying signs. And encouraging signs. I think for both parties now Republicans just don't have a figure who could really cobble together what Donald Trump was able to do, whereas Democrats know that this is something that's easier for them to replicate in cycle after cycle. So what role did the political mechanics like Jerry Mandarin and Electoral College play in all of this? Because while Hillary Clinton did lose the electoral college vote in 2016, she won, she won the popular vote, so Explain how that plays into this conversation. Yeah, that is the sort of Reppert representational biases. They're having an increasing effect, and that you have Democrats in terms of popular vote have done very well in presidential elections over the past few decades intend to do pretty well in congressional votes. Um, but because the you know the Senate, by its design kind of over represents rural states a zone a result of that the electoral college over represents rural states. And since you have this increasing Urban rural split that falls along Democratic and Republican lines. Republicans can simply win and can control a lot of levers of the federal government. Even when getting fewer votes in an election And this this bias is becoming more prominent. I mean, it's the reason that you had Electoral college and popular vote splits in 2000 and 2016. It might you know that this might be getting, you know, more pronounced and that I mean, we saw Joe Biden win by, I think more than 4%. On the popular vote, but he had a very narrow electoral college win in a number of states. It's possible that you know the Democratic candidate in 2024 could win. You know the popular vote by 45% points and still lose the electoral college. You know, this is having the effective you know, the Republicans are increasingly governing as a minority party. Which has all kinds of problems built into it, and it's It's an incredibly frustrating thing for Democratic voters who feel like they, you know they do what they're supposed to do as good citizens. They show up, they vote. They turn out in large numbers, and and they can still lose lose control of the federal government. Instead, I think you wanted to jump in as well. Yeah, I just wanted to. I just want to say that this governs the rules of the game and there as he said, Is this the entire kind off kind of foundational question as Republicans continue to drift further and further away from a popular vote party? Um the Senate, of course, is another challenge on this kind of structural level. When you talk about the filibuster when you talk about Even though population proportion throughout the country and this is going to have a profound effect on our democracy cannot party that is not the kind of majority party still have this much of a saying in kind of dictate, even when its governing for the winds of Ah, smaller percentage Is not really a question we've had to face in this way. You know, Republicans are coming out of November, saying, Hey, you know, we lost among these groups. We should reach out to them in new ways. They've doubled and tripled down on that message and are frankly looking more towards the rules of the game to tilt them in their favor, rather than the kind of politics That's going to be something that we're gonna have to wrestle with, because our system is is basically predicated on those sides having an equal good faith positioning and and that's not something that might be true. That might be something that's increasingly less true going forward. I'm Jenn White. You're listening to one, eh? We're talking to us dead Herndon from the New York Times and political scientists. Seth Mask it. We got this email from jazz, he says. I'm a Democrat for whom Biden was not my first choice. I like him and appreciate a service. But I was ready to move on from hetero white male boomers and national office full disclosure on the 50 year old Hedorah white male. I voted for Biden and I believe the party should new unify behind him publicly, But I would really appreciate it. If Democrats would absorb a little of that party discipline displayed by the GOP. Maybe we would be Trust it with more continued leadership. If the party looked like it had a cohesive message and strategy, and I want a pair that with this tweet we got from J Man's journal it, it says. There's nothing truly progressive about free college, universal health care and livable wages. The rightist skewed our views about what is progressive to make it look radical when most of it is basic human decency and democracy one on one Several coming. You first talk about Messaging and strategy that both of these things people talk about. Is there an effort being made by Biden not just to unify the messaging, but maybe to shift public perception off some of the policies. I think so. You know, I might. I might quibble a little bit with the first comment you got in there that at least last year throughout 2020. The Democratic Party was about as unified as I've seen it. Um and there, you know, And that is a party where there are real factions that the sort of, you know establishment versus progressive. If those of the Appropriate terms really did have some very strong disagreements. And you know, between 2016 and 2020 about what sort of policies to embrace. And what kind of candidates to nominate. Um, Andre, you know, really, just how do you how to run elections and how to govern. But once the party had roughly settled on Biden as its nominee last spring, uh, you know the lot of the left who had been uncomfortable with Biden. Really worked with him on day were, you know willing to save fine? This is important. We need to win this election and they made it clear with the issues that were important to them and what they expected out of him and he was willing to work with them. But there was not a lot of infighting. You saw some more of it after the election when you have kind of different factions of the party, arguing about what is the best way forward, and why exactly Democrats under performed at the congressional level, But for the most part, the party has been fairly unified. And there seems to be a lot of agreement. I think within the party, at least on Some of the first steps taken by the Biden administration on some of the executive orders, reversing some of the things that Trump has done, you know, embracing climate change, pushing back on white supremacy. I think we will probably see a lot more quibbling going forward when it comes to congressional actions. Where you know, Democrats just had these very slender majorities in Congress. And there's there's gonna be real limits on what you know. Progressives air pushing for And you know the most conservative Democrats in the House and the senator willing T O willing to push. But a tely east. For now, the party is looking relatively unified. We have time for just this one last message from Veronika in Detroit as far as the honeymoon period for the Biden administration. I think we need to be somewhat patient..
WMAL 630AM
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"I am one of the great All right, all right, Mark Great Peace and the American Spectator as his typical of its author David Cutrone. Use of the word democracy in HR One is a Trojan horse for Democrat control. We've talked about this. Peruse the various polls that purported to measure voter priorities. During the run up to the recent election, you'll find no mention of structural democracy reform. Nonetheless, that nebulous yet unnerve ng abstraction is the stated objective of the flagship legislation. Offered by the House Democrat majority in January. HR one, the phony for the people after 2021. Was introduced by representative John Sarbanes. You know, he's the kid of the former senator, That's how it works. Ostensibly as a response to the rampant voter suppression quote unquote experienced by Americans in 2020, did you know about that now, this seems an odd claim to make about an election that produced the highest turnout since 1900. It isn't the only problematic feature. This 800 page bill can hardly be a response to that election at all, but identical to the for the People Act of 2019. Died in the Senate. Was opposed by diverse group of people. Including the C, L U and the Republican leadership, among others. Think about how truly awful this legislation must be to get the A C. L U and Mitch McConnell to sing the same tune. Beginning with election security. It would prohibit states from enforcing voter I d laws and make it all but impossible to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls. It would require states to provide automatic registration by virtually all agencies with which their residents interact. Mandate online registration for everyone 16 years of age or older. You read that right? H R one would require states to preemptively register, 16 and 17 year olds. To get their names on voter rolls before they reach 18. It would also mandate the metastases of mail in voting by requiring states to provide prepaid postage on mail in ballots. And restrict the use of signature matching for verification. Now the A C L U doesn't have any objection to that. They vehemently object to the requirement that politically active groups, including tax exempt five A one C four groups like the A C L U, disclose the names of their donors. So in other words they want to threaten and intimidate donors. HR one went. For example, eliminate state control over reapportionment and present the Legislature's in most states dominate this process. Republicans control more than 60% of those bodies. This is why you have heard so much Democrat whining about extreme Jerry Mandarin number. Red States, including Texas and Florida, are expected to gain one or more house seats, even a multiple blues even as multiple blue states including California, Illinois. Specter to lose seats so HR one would mandate they quote. Nonpartisan unquote Redistricting Commissions Takeover reapportionment, a transparent attempt by House Democrats. To protect their razor thin, shrinking majority. They've done all of this in California. HR one, what also redesigned the six member Federal Election Commission, converting it to a five member body to Republicans, two Democrats and one independent, So obviously this would turn a structurally bipartisan entity into a rubber stamp. The president's party. FBC ADMINISTRATORS Federal campaign funding. It's no coincidence that it's to be redesigned in the bill. And this no By no means exhaust the list of bad ideas contained in the Fourth of People Act of 2021. The general just is this reforming democracy requires stripping the states of their constitutionally mandated role in determining the Times places a matter of holding elections,.
WCBM 680 AM
"jerry mandarin" Discussed on WCBM 680 AM
"It was amusing on Star Trap Primary computer. It was entertaining on Knight Rider were get think they give you a radio. What would you like to hear? What the hell was that? But now, science fiction is science Fact has no reason before increased volume and talking to your smart devices as easy as telling it. Which station you'd like to listen to. And her smart devices don't need oil changes. Ha ha ha! This His talk radio 6 80 wcbs a 30 something right now and talk radio 6 18 wcbm bit more on the story about the start. Weaver's Shawn because it's important. No, this story has been out there. About this guy for some time and the swamp media buried it over over and over again. For example, back in 2004. The Karl Rove on noted that Weaver had made a pass a young man at a state Republican function in Texas. Weaver would not reply to what the Atlantic called a smear. But those close to him told the Atlantic that their outrage at this an old lie well, it wasn't a lie. The swamp media covered it, then coded for the next couple of decades on now, finally, that it's no longer useful to have him out there attacking Trump finally. The truth is being told. Imagine if you were one of these young men that Weaver made a pass at you trying to say Hey, hello. This guy is not He's not a good guy, and I was 14. He made a pass at me. And being ignored because somehow Weaver was fitting your agenda of being the guy inside the Republican Party who's attacking the Republican Party. Well, it's the Democrat mantra. Who cares? Let's say we're it. Z Governor Andrew Cuomo, who cares? It's the media. Who cares if it's a Democrat? Who cares? Was Republican. We're gonna nail Millwall Bond. We've we've noticed that that is this typical, hypocritical double standard that we see now and the cancel culture again. There there. It's just off the charts. We have Washington Compost in an op ed. Says Trump must never be allowed to have a presidential library. Now they want to take that away from the president. There. Decider of this now? Oh, yeah. Washington Compost and Jeff Bezos. Dr John Eastman. Remember him? He was probably featured during the election. Fraud run up. He was fired from Chapman University on Friday after he spoke at the January 6 Rally in D. C. Former students are coming to his defense. Doesn't matter. Cancel culture will get you no matter where you go if you're trump associate ID, and there's a rumor now, according to CNN, the two lead lawyers Three other attorneys fired from Trump. There are not far from Trump, who left Trump's team, You know that they were the fascist thugs in the left. We're after them. And so they decided to get out of dodge, just like we saw the president election terms, but I don't want to point out that Bob Ehrlich might have been the last real Republican toe hold. The governor's mansion in the state of Maryland, and that might be for the foreseeable future. Because we have now. These are the names of Republicans were considered running in next year. Rhino, Michael Steele. Ehrlich. So lieutenant governor. Hogan's other GOP Hogan's lieutenant governor, Boyd Rutherford. Nice man, but nothing really remarkable there. Very Glassman is the Harford County. Executive. On Ben on the Democrat side. You've got Peter Franchot. The controller from the formerly from the People's Republic of Takoma Park. Fiscally not too bad but socially. You know your typical back a little radical Tom Perez. Oh, my God. And Anthony Brown was a military background. But now is a policy progressive. Jonny zero. AM and prep. Maybe the guy that on the Democrat side that wouldn't be all that bad. John Delaney The former business brain. He is completely out of step with today's Democrats know many. Many of those you just listed are. I think that the smart money is going to go on Peter Franchot, but you know, I was way wrong on the race for Baltimore County executive I didn't think was just get a chance. Frankly, I'm he's now the county is that s O. Who knows? Yeah. And you look at the number of progressives of the General Assembly. And you look at the weakening of the Republican Party. You know, for all his criticism of Donald Trump, Larry Hogan did nothing. Repeat nothing. To build The Republican Party in the state of Maryland over to grow it. He failed in the drive for five, and now the Republicans have become less conservative. Maura Center left. In our General assembly. It's Zaghloul food that's going on right now. But do you for see really the way the state is constructed and the way that you see the General Assembly now with a veto proof progressive majority? Any shot of a real Republican. No winning statewide again here in the state right now that's currently constructed known and unless there is a significant realignment and End to the brutal Jerry Mandarin we see in this state. I don't see that there's an opportunity have more than one Republican Congress person despite the fact that what that would imply is That we only have, you know, a pretty 1/7 of 1/8 of Republicans in this state that just it's not reasonable to think that That they've managed Jerry Mander a couple of district so badly that the Jew P doesn't have a chance there. No. When I first came to Baltimore, there were there were four Republican members of Congress say here Yeah, Yeah, and and two of those were largely very liberal to center left Republicans, but Again. It's we've watched it over the years dwindled down to one and yours will be with us tomorrow on the way in studio, so we'll get his latest on that in his new Competition for despite the fact that Governor Hogan was not successful in the drive for five. He has consultants from what I understand her putting together some additional Which is that you might use moving forward free s'mores for four. Um, up the tree for three. And, hey, it's you for two, So they have not settled on which they're going to go forth yet, but I just wanted. You know, Sean, they're still working away of this. They're working away a 43 right now. Traffic and weather on the threes. Chuck Baker. Hey, Alexis Moores. You like the s'mores there? Okay. I think it's in the grass and up and never mind. Okay? His mind was working that entire time that you were reading that off. He just he goes. He goes to change the camera looking at growth. That's what I was thinking about the whole time. Listen, I've been stressed out since five o'clock this morning of all this crap. Oh, yeah. Little relief time here. It's so rough for you, huh? Yeah, my dear listeners, Mark Dear listeners just pointed out. Leave the roof of your car. You know, you see this stuff and she got going that road..
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"Jerry Mandarin was nonpartisan commissions to draw it looked World District's a big job Now that the 2020 census is done, redistricting will start center. Chen at the Princeton Jerry Mandarin project analyzes voter data to show where Jerry Mandarin likely occurred. There are a couple states but particularly stand out from the last cycle because they actually created a situation of minority rule where the party that won a minority of the shape. White vote share one. A majority of the state went seats in the Legislature. She highlights north care. Lina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Virginia. Call him ST contributed reporting for Pacifica Networking Public News Service. I'm Laura Ross Perot, Tellem. President Biden sign two executive orders today to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans, which will increase food aid. Expand worker protections introduced footing for a minimum wage of $15 an hour and speed up the delivery of $2000 stimulus checks. Congress continues to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help The nation affected by the Corona virus Pandemic. Elia Hospital, Inman reports. Nearly 10 million jobs have been lost since last February, and nearly 30 million households lack secure access to food. President. Biden says that millions of Americans through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity that comes with having a job and a paycheck. Right and outlined his larger covert relief package today called the American Rescue Plan. The White House has declined to provide a timeline for its passage, saying that officials are beginning to schedule meetings with lawmakers to discuss the proposal. Most economists believe the United States can rebound with strength once people are vaccinated from the Corona virus. But the situation is still dire as the disease has closed businesses schools and continues to take lives. If we pass our American rescue plan, the economy would create 7.5 million jobs just in this year alone..
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"Of Dirty Water. The bar in Washington D. C and he's got a great way that he's helping small businesses across the country. He said. You know what? I made it through the pandemic. Okay. So far, I'm gonna help people who are struggling worse than I am. Nice thing. We'll talk to press coming up in 8058 35. We talked to the CEO of Rumble is an online video service trying to compete with YouTube, and they've got an allegation that Google is monopoly and it's hurting their business. The CEO of that company joins us today. 35. I'm Vince colonists alongside Mary Walter. Good morning. Joining us now is Maryland delegate Nick Kinky. He's the minority leader in the marital Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Kicky Thank you for joining us. Good morning. So the Maryland General Assembly session starts today. What are some of the key issues that you're looking forward to addressing? I think the most important impressing thing is to address the you know, crippled economy that we're faced with because of the pandemic because businesses have been forced to be closed. You know, there are many people in our state, many families struggling many small businesses on the edge of bankruptcy. The governor put forward a package this week of important legislation, I think will help. There's some other ideas that we're gonna evaluate. But, you know, we want to make sure that people are you know those that are struggling. I'm going to get some assistance and get a lifeline to get through this. You know, As of yesterday, I'm seeing the data suggests that of the vaccines that have been given to the state of Maryland. Just 36% of them have been distributed so far. What could be done toe up the number of vaccines that actually get out to Marylanders? We've been working with the Department of Housing as recently as yesterday, urging them to expand the folks the access to the folks who can administer the vaccine. Example. Right now it seems to be pretty limited as to who can do it. You know, there's a pharmacy on you know, in every shopping center. Most pharmacists are trained to administer, and if they have the ability Todos. We think that we need to get it out there into the communities that way Right now it's running primarily through hospital systems, you know, and that's great, because you know the folks on the front line. Many of those have contracted covert, and it puts a strain on the work force. That we need Tonto, you know, do a better job as it relates to long care, You know, long term care facilities. We're sort of handy Captain, that the federal government is controlling that through Walgreens and CVS. They're the ones in charge of, you know, taking it there. That still is not happening. So you know, we've had causes recently as yesterday toe, you know, express our dismay over that, and you know, we've been assured that it's things they're close to changing. Yeah, because people people do want to be able to to get this because I think it affect so many things, including education, you know, and and getting kids back to school. And getting our teachers back in the classroom is well, What is the timeline on that? And how dependent is that upon the vaccine? All of that should be taking place within the next 30 days. So some counties are ready to move to phase one b. They've completed phase one A and phase one. V is very important to get to get schools back open again. So We're very close toe seeing that happen. So you know that's that's one positive piece here is within the next 30 days. That should be rolling pretty pretty well throughout the state throughout our school systems. I'm gonna move to the issue of how the district's air drawn in the state of Maryland. This is Governor Larry Hogan. Yesterday is a little bit of audio of him talking about creating a commission to prevent Jerry Mandarin. Listen. Nowhere has Jerry Mannering then allowed to run more rampant than here in the state of Maryland, where decades of unfair redistricting and the drawing of legislative and congressional districts have made a mockery of the electoral system. In fact, If you look at these district's Nick kept me they look like ink blot tests like you know, like, How does that doesn't even make sense. The lines don't make sense, but they do. If you're trying to create a district for partisan political purposes, do you have any faith that that's going to be improved in this next round of redrawing? Do you know? One of the most exciting things about having Larry Hogan as their governor is he's at the helm of redistricting, both for congressional districts and for the General Assembly. You know my district I actually have to drive out of my district to get back into it. Let's take a boat to the other side. So it's the district's withdrawn just ridiculously. And you know, even if the General Assembly foolishly takes the governor's fairly drawn maps from an independent commission On. Do you know it takes the political risk to adjust them for partisan reasons. You know, we're prepared to sue and take it to Maryland's highest court. And, you know, we believe that you know, we have fair judges there and you know the governor. We're not asking for anything to be drawn our way. We're just asking for a fair shot at the map. On. I think it's gonna be a really tricky thing for the Democratic leaders. I just don't think it's popular. It's It's part of the reason that people don't have faith in their government. Is that their district? You know the politicians in charge of picking who wins basically through these maps? You can't have a you know, a congressman came and have like a town hall meeting because you know, where's the town? I mean, it stretches in ways that are just totally bizarre. The Eastern shores connected to Carroll County. I mean, it's just it's just It's totally wrong. It's immoral, and I'm very optimistic that better days are ahead when it comes to our congressional under General Assembly district's, You know, to your point. I think a lot of us have looked at at at our district's and wondered, you know, how the heck am I in the same district is this person over here? And it is so far away from me Like to your point. It takes me It takes me an hour to get to the other end of the district House is happening. What is the fair way to draw them? No, Because I've looked at that. I'm like, Do you do it? By county? How do you do that, In order to just set a rule and say that let the chips fall where they may do with county wise or or do it in some way to say that if they can't be bigger than a certain square mileage or something along those lines because I don't think anyone is ever going to be happy as long as they're so arbitrary. Yeah. I mean, I think that where contiguous is important, you know, not jumping over, you know, pounds. I mean, I think you use common sense where you use regions of the state. It's been done in other parts of America, you know? Other parts of America have independent commissions that do this, and it received very high favorability among the voters there so it can be done. Yes, the governor has laid out a framework in his executive order of what the expectations are, and it's all based on common sense, You know, blocking grouping together Communities that make sense. Yeah, no. If you ask any citizen of the state, they can readily identify what their community is..
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"You like Syriza's. We have a special place for attorney and Professor Ha Lima Quicken. How is a criminal defense attorney? You're not just like her. You love her, and her storytelling, like every defense lawyer is beyond belief. Stay with us. I'm New York City attorney and author Michael Steven Smith and I'm New York City attorney and activist Heidi Bogosian. Way go now to hear national lawyer's young leader. Attorney Jim Lafferty from Los Angeles with his guest editorial in an article in The New York Times of December. 14th appears this thought quote. The meeting of the Electoral College is an important moment in American democracy, close quote. In truth, While the meeting of the Electoral College is an important moment, it's important really lies and demonstrating that the United States of America is not a democracy. We too often forget that the founders of the United States did not create a true democracy. All compared to the countries they left behind. America was a more democratic nation, but to call that democracy is grossly unfair to the very concept of what constitutes a true democracy. And lack of truly democratic intentions by the founders goes way beyond the Electoral College is rule in the election of the president. It includes a constitutional construct, where initially on Lee property owners could vote and that while counting black people as on Lee, fractional human beings for purposes of apportioning governmental representation. Nevertheless, by counting them, it all added to the amount of representation of slave owners in the House of Representatives. We have a constitution that gives every state no matter the size of its population. Two senators As a result, the 26th least populated states have as many senators as the 20 more for most populated states, putting allied to the notion that in America it is one person, one vote. Hell, New York City has a larger population that a couple of dozen states Of course, the pact that America is not a true democracy goes way beyond the lack of true democratic intent on the part of our founders. There is the matter of Jerry Mandarin. Whereby the particular party in control of the state's legislature can draw up federal voting district so as to ensure the party in power stays in power. And has an unequal amount of congressional power. Yet another way of putting a lie to the notion of one person, one vote. Into thick of the multitude of our current Jim Crow laws, laws designed to keep people of color or people not likely to vote for the party in power. Voting at all. Think of all the repressive and discriminatory voting idea requirements. And the purging of state voter registration lists by the party in power prizewinning investigative journalists, Greg Palaces found convincing evidence of millions of would be voters. Wrongfully raced from voter registration rolls before every major election, including the one that just took place. They got the role, money plays and deciding who wins elections. Campaign funds are unlimited under the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United Case And more often than not the candidate with the biggest campaign chest, wins the election elective office and turn opens doors to all sorts of ways for elected officials to earn millions of dollars for their own. Personal campaign Treasuries. No wonder then that over 50% of the members of the U. S. Congress today are worth at least $1 million, With dozens worth many, many millions more. Given that this is and always has been a capitalist nation. It only follows naturally that it would not be a true democracy follows. Naturally, that is my only client is Britain. America is not a democracy. It is instead a quote unquote corporate oligarchy. And if the politician that a member of the corporate oligarchy buys does not perform as promised, they sell that politicians place in Congress to somebody else will The fact that our public school system keeps teaching our Children that they live in a democracy represents at a minimum mis education and should really be understood too well constitute a form of child abuse. Most respected international bodies that each year grade and rate the world's democracies now considered the United States at best, a quote unquote Flawed democracy. The BDM report an annual report from an international agency that tracks democracies around the world. Ends of the United States, and I quote the United States is the on Lee country in the western world and in North America, suffering from substantial autocratic ization. And their reasoning for this designation went far beyond the fact of the Trump presidency. 80% of countries in this status by the way. Failed to change before full autocracy takes hold of the country's so we have been mourned. And now the real question is will we hate the warning? Have no illusions. It will be a long and difficult struggle. What cause worthy of great struggle is not. We've got to be willing to accept that only profound revolutionary change in our nation's governance and economic system. Will be the answer. We must better organize and unify is a young of our nation, the majority of which already believes socialism is a better economic system for America than capitalism. Organizing unify those young Americans with that majority and is a diehard members of the Democratic Party who also believed socialism is the best way forward. Our nation's changing demographic realities On our side. Other people's and other nations have struggled and turned their countries into true democracy. So history itself is on our side. A future of economic justice can be hard, but only if we organize and fight like hell for it. And our lawyers. You're.
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"Well, then he's gonna love drinking the bite Kool Aid because inviting speech two hours ago. He praised the protesters over the summer. Well, Colleen the protesters yesterday degenerates and rioters and in doing so he actually proved a mean Late last night, There was a mean that popped up and it is Democrats on top. And then the first the top picture shows the rioters yesterday and it says this is it's just two Democrats. This is unacceptable at the bottom. It shows burning rioting, looting. Minute. Minneapolis It is, but this is acceptable. That's disappointing. Yesterday, I gave Joe Biden kudos on Twitter for his speech yesterday. I thought it was perfect in tone. It was perfect in in attitude. It was perfect in message. It was a great unifying speech. So you're telling me that he went crapped all over that today? Yes, And here's the other point for all these people who want for everybody who says Trump should be impeached or invoke the 25th amendment. Uh, you know, yesterday has not calmed down and I would suggest to those people they have never poured gasoline on a lit fire. Yep, That's kind of what I'm thinking. Two man. That's what I'm afraid of. Actually, I've got I've got friends. I've got friends in the UK who, every post they put on Facebook. They impeach Trump or 25th amendment, and I asked maybe report gasoline on a lit fire. Yeah. What do you mean And I do you really think that the people who raided the capital yesterday have calmed down? What about the ones who didn't show up in D. C. You were still fuming. Yep. And said they missed it. Yeah. I mean that the reality is there are people in this country mad that they were not there to break into the capital as well. So I have friends who were in DC yesterday who posted pictures, But they were not part of the riot. Right? One of the two of them. They didn't even know the riot act until they got back to the hotel last night saw it on the news. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. So, you know. Let's free. I mean, it's disgusting. What happened? It's disgusting. What happened? And look, I'm a Republican. I voted for Trump Place and I find it disgusting. What happened? You know, it's it's disturbing. But anybody who thinks that I was going to be the great uniter that they want him to be, and I would suggest if you did not hear you go back and listen to his speech, so I will today. Because his speech from today basically just crapped all over what he may have tried to say yesterday. Fantastic. That's good to know. Note the sarcasm in my voices, I say It's good to know George. I appreciate your incredibly depressing phone call. Thank you for that great. Let me get Nick. In Denver. Hey, Nick, you're on K away. What's on your mind? Hey, Mandy. Um, you know, I've been listening on enough and You know, I listened to you pretty much all the time. Love you dearly. I enjoy listening. Keep If there have been times recently where you kind of gotten, but then Do The Biden Kumbaya, sort of, you know, let's get together thing, and we tend to do that, because it wanted way. Want to Hope for the best with people. We want to give people the benefit of death. And I like that about you, and I'm that way, sometimes to my detriment. And You know, I've listened to people talking and how we need to come together and how we need to do this and how it the fact of the matter is Mandy. We're not. It's not going to get better. It's not if I'm not trying to. Well, I guess I am being a Debbie downer. But you know, as long as People just keep looking out for their own selfish interests. This is going to keep happening. Well, we've talked down all the things that matter in this country. We have contact. Patriotism. We've tossed out the flag. We've talked God. Hello here. We should be getting back to ourselves who are roots to, you know honesty, It's not going to happen no matter how hard you try, because look like the previous color. Stated. Frightened said all this come by off stuff yesterday and allegedly today he you know, craps all over it. So let me throw this out to you. I wanna I wanna propose something because you know, Henry Ford said once whether you believe you can, or you cannot. You are correct. Okay. And this is where my My personality type is that there are no unsolvable problems, some solutions or not the solutions I would want them to be or they're incredibly difficult to accomplish, but by saying that I want us to get past all the anger and vitriol Much rather pursue that strategy than just give in and demand Civil war. I have no desire to see our nation further ripped apart and I'd rather try to be part of the solution. So even if I fail, at least I can look back and tell my kids that I tried And that I wasn't willing to give up on the greatest nation in the world. I wasn't willing to to give up on the rule of law. I'm not not yet. You know, when they throw me the gulag, maybe I'll change my mind. And I agree with you and I and I guess probably I should have clarified. I'm not saying Let's go to war. I'm not saying Let's tear the country apart. I'm just saying that trying as we might We're just E mean, I'm not going to start being mean to people or start, you know, tearing or burn in their break some things but the people in general that do this, It's just going to get Worse. Dave and Rick were talking this morning about You know, wanting to get better, and I said I called up, you know? Remember back in the day when Tip O'Neill was speaker of the House. And granted, there is divisiveness between Democrats and Republicans. But as I recall, they could still reach across the aisle. They could still do some things together. And compromise cap. You will not see that ever Ever. Now, because too polarizing it's I mean, look at what happened to Diane. Find stand when she hugged Lindsey Graham on Lee, Man. Yeah, they know the knives were the knives were out for Dianne Feinstein for a long time, So don't don't think that that just happened because of that, Lindsay, Grandma. Your point is correct, though, that back in the day. Politicians would argue on the floor and then go have dinner together. But we've become so divided and a lot of that is Jerry Mandarin. We had a collar earlier. Jerry Mannering is a huge problem in terms of polarization. And when you add in the sort of siloed personalized news information that we're all getting from social media and search engines were all being kind of put in these boxes, and we can't see our way out of it until we do. Yeah, you're right. It's gonna get worse, but I'm not giving up, Nick. I'm not throwing in the towel by gosh, By golly, It's not happening on my watch. All right. Appreciate it, man. Not giving up yet. Let's get Patty and before the break I got three minutes. Hello, Patty. Uh, hi. Can I please talk about something beside Washington. Yes, and you have two minutes to do it in so because I gotta go to break in two minutes, So go ahead. So thank you and my grows in and Dave for reviewing Series, the Liberator on Netflix..
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"P news as we know what happened in D. C does not stay in D. C. On that note. Phyllis Randall, who chairs the Loudon County Board of Supervisors, wants her constituents to stay home, She says the situation in D C is a tender box, she tells w. T o p she's been praying about. What she could do to head off what she calls fairly dangerous protests, she points out counter protests in this case will only make matters worse. No better time than the present to push for statehood. D c delegate Eleanor Holmes. Norton did just that. On the first day of the 117th Congress. In this latest attempt, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that her statehood bill has more support than ever with a record number of original co sponsors. 200 to that broke the previous record of 155, which he said in 2019 Mayor Bowser expressed her appreciation to Norton for her leadership and continuing to grow support for the matter. Especially after 2020 saw the first ever house passage of a statehood bill for the district. She says they're carrying that momentum into 2021 with renewed hope and a president who knows D C struggle and supports the cause of granting 706,000 tax paying residents full and equal citizenship. Sandy coz l w T O P News AH woman was killed yesterday morning in the district. It's D. C s first homicide of the New year, 22 year old Kolia Rainey was shot on Wheeler Road and said. Of these D. C. At around 2 30 officers found rainy inside of a car. She was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. 2020 was the deadliest year for D. C since 4 2198 homicides up from 166 in 2019. And Randall County lawmakers want the next legislative session to be productive. They're letting their bills do the talking delegate Heather Abagnale pre filed two bills focusing on access to mental health delegate Sandi Bartlett sponsored a bill that would ban law enforcement from interrogating a child under 18 before they've had a chance to talk to an attorney and delicate. Michael Malone pre filed a bill that would take a look at how boundaries of formed in his anti Jerry Mandarin bill. Lawmakers are looking to hit the ground running on a range of legislation from racial John Justice to the pandemic. Almost 60 bills were found ahead of the first joint session of the year on January 13th Andrea Cameron w T. O P NEWS Maryland LAWMAKERS air working to require that all police officers in the state where body cameras but are facing fiscal challenges. The capital News Service reports that a bipartisan group Focused on police accountability recommended that the state mandate cameras by 2025 State Senator Justin really says that he isn't opposed to the move. But on Lee if the mandate doesn't break the bank for the state's smaller counties, it's 12 07. I am Dave Glowy. President and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau, in the aftermath of a disaster victims just want to get their lives back together, But the TV is warning There are some fraudulent contractors. You may approach you after a storm for a quick fix. They'll say anything as long as they get you to sign a contract and hand over a payment. Don't be a victim twice know who you're dealing with. And remember if you didn't request it rejected. Report fraud Call us at 1 800 Tell an I C B. This is a public service message from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Having repairs done in your apartment should never come with strings attached, like being harassed and constantly pressured for sexual favors. My landlord told me my rent would be free if I gave him something. In exchange,.
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"It's two No. Three. It's Sunday, the third day of January 2021 37 degrees outside, headed down to the lower thirties tonight. It's Sunday evening. I'm Del Walters. The top local stories we're following for you with this hour. Stay home. That's the word from DC's mayor and others. They want you to stay away from downtown on, the local church says this week. They need more police protection to historically black churches have black lives matter. Banners burned by members of the proud boys last month. One of those churches, Asbury United Methodist told wt O P that they have requested D C. Police increased their presence and surveillance during protests this week, D. C. Mayor Bowser is urging everyone to stay out of the downtown area Tuesday and Wednesday. President Trump has encouraged his supporters to protest as Congress votes to affirm Biden's victory. DZ Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Vincent Branham said in a statement that while the right to protest peacefully must be strongly defended Call for violence must be equally opposed. Gallery bonked w T O P News it's 10 04. It is rare for a shooting toe Shaka neighborhood, but this one did have another Wal Mart shopping center and Sterling, Virginia. Three people were shot at the Wal Mart in the does crossing Plaza yesterday afternoon by a man who was caught stealing. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office says the suspect was confronted by two loss prevention officers in the store. But as he was taken into custody by a deputy, he pulled out a gun and opened fire. Another deputy shot back. But despite being hit the man stole a pickup truck from outside the store and took off heading south bound on route 28. He eventually crashed and was arrested and taken to the hospital. The officers that were hit are expected to be okay, Melissa, how old w T O p news and a woman was killed this morning in D. C. It is the first homicide of the New Year in the city 22 year old Caylee, A rainy was shot on Wheeler Road in Southeast D. C around 2 30 this morning off. I just found her inside a car. She was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. 2020 was the deadliest year for D. C since 4 2198 homicides that's up from 166 in 2019. Well, no better time than the present to push for statehood. D c delegate Eleanor Holmes. Norton did just that. On the first day of the 117th Congress. In this latest attempt, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that her statehood bill has more support than ever with a record number of original co sponsors. 200 to that broke the previous record of 155, which she said in 2019 Mayor Bowser expressed her appreciation to Norton for her leadership and continuing to grow support for the matter, especially after 2020 saw the first Dever House passage of a statehood bill for the district, she says they're carrying that momentum into 2021 with renewed hope and a president who knows D C struggle and supports the cause of granting 706,000 text paying residents full and equal citizenship. Sandy coz l W T O P News. Meanwhile, Anna Rondo County lawmakers want the state's Nets legislative session to be productive. Letting their legislation do the talking delegate Heather Abagnale pre filed two bills focusing on access to mental health delicate Sandi Bartlett sponsored a bill that would ban law enforcement from interrogating a child under 18 before they've had a chance to talk to an attorney and delicate. Michael Malone pre filed a bill that would take a look at how boundaries of formed in his anti Jerry Mandarin bill, lawmakers are looking to hit the ground running on a range of legislation from racial justice. To the pandemic. Almost 60 bills were found ahead of the first joint session of the year on January 13th, Andrea Cameron. W T o P News, You know the name they're already big in South East and now in northern Virginia. If you've lived in the Southeast, you've probably shopped at a public supermarket from its ice cream cakes to its subs. The chain has many loyal fans, and if you are one, you'll only need to go to Stafford County to shop at one. Grocery in mid December, quietly opened its second location in the northern Virginia region at the Emory Mill Town Center in Stafford..
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"So they can provide you with tailored solutions powered by Intel V. Pro Platform called today 877 Ask Del gets sick. So three of Sonny the third day of January 2021 38 degrees outside under the lower thirties. Pick Sunday evening. I'm don't waters the top local stories we're following for you at this hour. It is rare for a shooting to shock a neighborhood. But this one did have another Wal Mart shopping center and Sterling, Virginia. Three people were shot at the Wal Mart in the does crossing Plaza yesterday afternoon by a man who was caught stealing. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office says the suspect was confronted by two loss prevention officers in the store. But as he was taken into custody by a deputy, he pulled out a gun and opened fire. Another deputy shot back. But despite being hit, the man stole a pickup truck from outside the store and took off heading south bound on route 28. He eventually crashed and was arrested and taken to the hospital. The officers that were hit are expected to be okay. Melissa how old w t o p. NIS. Meanwhile, a woman was killed this morning in the district. It is the city's first homicide of the new Year. 22 year old Kolia Rainey was shot on Wheeler Road in Southeast D. C around 2 30. This one Running officers found rainy inside her car. She was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. 2020 was the deadliest year on actually not a record for D. C since 4 2198 homicides that's up from 166 in 2019. And we have new information tonight on those two fires and Prince George's County New Year's Day, one of them proving fatal in a three alarm fire, an apartment building on Alice Avenue in Oxon Hill and around 8 30 in the evening, Georges County police identified and detained an adult female subject on the suspicion of arson. Michael Eurasian with Prince George's County Fire and E. M s. Says the woman who was arrested is qui on a tele pharaoh. The action of the arsonist really has made a difficult impact on a lot of people's lives. Also in Beltsville, that same day of fire at a home in Montgomery Road, just For noon left one woman dead. She's been identified as 42 year old Mir. No Renos this Reno's exited the home after being alerted to the fire by the smoke alarm. However, she then re entered the home. Moments later, an eight year old girl emerged from the house, but we're knows that never did the child into adults had serious injuries. Mike Murillo w T. O P. News. It's 605 no better time than the present to push for statehood. D C delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton did just that. On the first day of 117th Congress. In this latest attempt, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that her statehood bill has more support than ever with a record number of original co sponsors. 200 to that broke the previous record of 155, which he said in 2019 Mayor Bowser expressed her appreciation to Norton for her leadership and continuing to grow support for the matter, especially after 2020 saw the first ever house passage of a statehood bill for the district. She says they're carrying that much. Mentum into 2021 with renewed hope and the president who knows D C struggle and supports the cause of granting 706,000 tax paying residents full and equal citizenship. Sandy Coz l W T O P News and Anna Rondo County lawmakers want the next Maryland legislative session to be productive, They're letting their legislation do the talking delegate Heather Abagnale pre filed two bills focusing on access to mental health. Elegant. Sandi Bartlett sponsored a bill that would ban law enforcement from interrogating a child under 18 before they've had a chance to talk to an attorney and delicate. Michael Malone pre filed a bill that would take a look at how boundaries of formed in his anti Jerry Mandarin bill. Lawmakers are looking to hit the ground running on a range of legislation from racial justice to the pandemic. Almost 60 bills were found ahead of the first joint session of the year on January 13th. Andrea Cameron. W T O P News and coming up after traffic and weather together on the eight stay home. That's the word from some local leaders concerning those protests taking place next week in D. C. It's six or seven advanced security from Cox Panoramic.
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What Next Year's Redrawing Of Voting Districts May Look Like
"Year year is is a a once once in in a decade opportunity for all 50 states to redraw the lines of state and congressional voting District's In most places. State lawmakers are in charge of drawing those maps. So both parties poured money into state legislative races this year, and the result was a major disappointment to Democrats. Republicans won in almost all the states that will be key to redistricting. We've got three reporters with us to talk about what these fights will look like in different parts of the country. Ashley Lopez from member Station Kut in Austin, Texas, Dirk Vander Hart from Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland and Steve Harrison of member station W F A in Charlotte, North Carolina. Good to have you all here? Hey, Ari. Hi, sorry. Actually, let's start with you in Texas. The state's getting more diverse, and it's one of many places where Democrats had hoped to take over the house and didn't what happened there. Yes, so those hopes were totally dashed. Democrats are hoping to gain a majority in the Texas house. You know, at least one chamber so they could have a seat at the table this time around because they've been completely shut out for decades, but much like every other state that Democrats were hoping to flip a chamber in they were unsuccessful. In Texas, they had their sights set on flipping nine seats. That were quite frankly, just out of reach for them, largely because those districts were drawn to favor Republicans by Republicans 10 years ago. So in case you wondered if, like redistricting was important. This is a good example. Why So Republican lawmakers are again completely in charge of the process, You know, from top to bottom and because of the U. S Supreme Court decision recently that said that states can gerrymander for partisan Basie's than they really don't have any reason to hold back. That makes it sound like Democrats in Texas have no tools at all. Is there any kind of check or balance on Republican power in the state? Yeah, well, like the last time the courts are really the only check they have right so Even though partisan gerrymandering his legal, which is drawing districts that favor of party over the other, drawing maps that discriminate against people of color is definitely not. That's illegal. And because race and partisanship sometimes go hand in hand, it might be kind of impossible for Republicans. Jerry Mander, based on partisanship without running afoul of racial discrimination laws. So and in fact, Stephanie Swanson with the League of Women voters of Texas, she said that this is actually been a persistent issue in Texas. So in the past 50 years, Texas has been found to have racially discriminated or violated the Voting Rights Act and every redistricting cycle. They could very much still do the same thing on Toe. Stop it. Yes! Oh, Texas has like a pretty bad track record with this and because of so much of Texas is growth in the past few years and decades has been overwhelmingly because of growth among communities of color groups say they're looking to make sure that those political lines draw like retain that political power and population growth that has accumulated over the past few years. All right, let's turn from Texas to Oregon because Republicans next year are going to have total control of 20 state. Legislatures, with Matt making power and Democrats are only going to have total control of seven, but Oregon is one of those seven. So Dirk Vander Hart, What does that mean for redistricting in your state? Well, that's right. Democrats here have super majorities in the House and Senate along with the governor's office, and as of January, they're going to hold the secretary of state's office as well. That's really notable here because in Oregon if the Legislature and governor can't agree on how to reach our legislative maps, the secretary of state takes over the process, and actually, in the past half century, the Legislature has failed to pass. They planned much of the time. So that is one reason Republicans were really adamant about hanging on to the secretary of state's office. In this year's election, there would have been at least some path for them to have meaningful influence in redistricting. Instead, though, a progressive Democrat named Show me a Fagan won the seat. So does that mean Republicans are totally frozen out in Oregon? As the Democrats are in Texas? You know for 2021 that absolutely looks like the case Earlier this year, there was an effort to try to establish a nonpartisan redistricting commission that would take control of the process from lawmakers. That's something Republicans were pretty supportive of, but it failed to even get enough signatures to make the ballot. So show me a fake in the new secretary of State has said she would appoint an independent commission to help advise her. We have not seen a lot of what that looks like. All right, let's head east to North Carolina, which has been the site of many high profile gerrymandering cases over the last few years. What things look like now in Charlotte, Steve Harrison. Yes. So I think it's safe to say North Carolina has been one of those bitterly contested states over political Jerry Mannering after Republicans took control here in 2010. It was a North Carolina case. It was heard by the Supreme Court in the summer of 2019, in which the justices said that Jerry Mandarin based on political party was not unconstitutional. And that was a decision that Democrats across the country said was bad for democracy. In North Carolina. There was also litigation and state court that was successful enforced Republicans to redraw legislative and congressional maps before the 2020 election. And with these new maps, Democrats were really hopeful they could win at least one chamber and have a say and drawing the new maps next year. But they had to win in rural and suburban areas. And like what happened in Texas and other places those hopes really fizzled out. The GOP kept control of both the House and Senate. And so what does that mean for redrawing the maps next year? Has the GOP indicated what they plan to do so they aren't giving any clues, But first they're doing a little bit of gloating. They're saying, Look, we want in 2010 on maps the Democrats drew and we want in 2020 on maps that Democrats said you were pretty fair, so they're taking a victory lap. The question is, are they going to take a hard line approach next year and draw the maps themselves and lock Democrats out? Democrats here are pretty worried. Here's Natasha Marcus, a state senator from Mecklenburg County, home to Charlotte. What I do think is that Republicans who run the General Assembly are smart, and they're gonna certainly Take steps to make things look transparent and one more thing. There's an assumption here that Democrats are going to benefit from new maps just because so much of the population growth is in cities like rally in Charlotte, which you're very blue. But the state's top Republican Senate leader, Phil Berger, is saying not so fast. He's making this kind of interesting argument that Republican voters in these cities are disenfranchised because the GOP doesn't have any representation there. So he's saying, Look, we have 30% of the vote and no members in the Legislature. So he's saying, Hey, maybe we should draw a safe Republican seat in Charlotte. So take a step back. These votes in November have implications for political power in the U. S over the next decade. What is this likely to mean? So, Yeah, one thing going forward in North Carolina, there was hope to have an independent commission to draw maps. That's what Democrats wanted. That's not gonna happen, and I think that's been a push in a lot of places around the country, and Republicans just aren't interested in doing that. So one thing I think you can have the possibility to continue nationwide is a situation where one party may get more votes for their state House chamber or state Senate chamber. But still have fewer seats overall. That is Steve Harrison of member station W F A E in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with Ashley Lopez of member station, Kut in Austin, Texas. And Dirk Vander Hart of Oregon. Public Broadcasting in Portland. Thank you all.
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What Next Year's Redrawing Of Voting Districts May Look Like
"In a decade opportunity for all 50 states to redraw the lines of state and congressional voting District's In most places. State lawmakers are in charge of drawing those maps. So both parties poured money into state legislative races this year, and the result was a major disappointment to Democrats. Republicans won in almost all the states that will be key to redistricting. We've got three reporters with us to talk about what these fights will look like in different parts of the country. Ashley Lopez from member Station Kut in Austin, Texas, Dirk Vander Hart from Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland and Steve Harrison of member station W F A in Charlotte, North Carolina. Good to have you all here? Hey, Ari. Hi. Actually, let's start with you in Texas. The state's getting more diverse, and it's one of many places where Democrats had hoped to take over the house and didn't what happened there. Yes, so those hopes were totally dashed. Democrats were hoping to gain a majority in the Texas house. You know, at least one chamber so they could have a seat at the table this time around because they've been completely shut out for decades, but much like every other state that Democrats were hoping to flip a chamber in they were unsuccessful. In Texas, they had their sights set on flipping nine seats. That were quite frankly, just out of reach for them, largely because those districts were drawn to favor Republicans by Republicans 10 years ago. So in case you wondered if, like redistricting was important. This is a good example. Why So Republican lawmakers are again completely in charge of the process. You know, from top to bottom and because of the U. S Supreme Court decision recently that said that states can gerrymander for partisan bases than they really don't have any reason to hold back. That makes it sound like Democrats in Texas have no tools at all. Is there any kind of check or balance on Republican power in the state? Yeah, well, like the last time the courts are really the only check they have right so Even though partisan gerrymandering his legal, which is drawing districts that favor of party over the other, drawing maps that discriminate against people of color is definitely not. That's illegal. And because race and partisanship sometimes go hand in hand, it might be kind of impossible for Republicans. Jerry Mander, based on partisanship without running afoul of racial discrimination laws. So and in fact, Stephanie Swanson with the League of Women voters of Texas, she said that this is actually been a persistent issue in Texas. So in the past 50 years, Texas has been found to have racially discriminated or violated the Voting Rights Act and every redistricting cycle. They could very much still do the same thing on Texas Toe Oregon because Republicans next year are going to have total control of 20 state legislatures, with Matt making power, and Democrats are only going to have total control of seven. But Oregon is one of those seven. So Dirk Vander Hart, What does that mean for redistricting in your state? Well, that's right. Democrats here have super majorities in the House and Senate along with the governor's office, and as of January, they're going to hold the secretary of state's office as well. That's really notable here because in Oregon if the Legislature and governor can't agree and how to reach our legislative maps, the secretary of state takes over the process. And actually, in the past half century, the Legislature has failed to pass. They plan much of the time. So that is one reason Republicans were really adamant about hanging on to the secretary of state's office. In this year's election, there would have been at least some path for them to have meaningful influence in redistricting. Instead, though, a progressive Democrat named Show me a Fagan won the seat. So does that mean Republicans are totally frozen out in Oregon? As the Democrats are in Texas? You know for 2021 that absolutely looks like the case Earlier this year, there was an effort to try to establish a nonpartisan redistricting commission that would take control of the process from lawmakers. That's something Republicans were pretty supportive of, but it failed to even get enough signatures to make the ballot. So show me a fake in the new secretary of State has said she would appoint an independent commission to help advise her. We have not seen a lot of what that looks like. All right, let's head east to North Carolina, which has been the site of many high profile gerrymandering cases over the last few years. What things look like now in Charlotte, Steve Harrison. Yes. So I think it's safe to say North Carolina has been one of those bitterly contested states over political Jerry Mannering after Republicans took control here in 2010. It was a North Carolina case. It was heard by the Supreme Court in the summer of 2019, in which the justices said that Jerry Mandarin based on political party was not unconstitutional, and that was a decision that Democrats across the country said was bad for democracy. In North Carolina. There was also litigation and state court that was successful enforced Republicans to redraw legislative and congressional maps before the 2020 election. And with these new maps, Democrats were really hopeful they could win at least one chamber and have a say and drawing the new maps next year. But they had to win in rural and suburban areas. And like what happened in Texas and other places those hopes really fizzled out. The GOP kept control of both the House and Senate. And so what does that mean for redrawing the maps next year? Has the GOP indicated what they plan to do so they aren't giving any clues, But first they're doing a little bit of gloating. They're saying, Look, we want in 2010 on maps that Democrats drew and we want in 2020 on maps that Democrats said We're pretty fair, so they're taking a victory lap. The question is, are they going to take a hard line approach next year and draw the maps themselves and lock Democrats out? Democrats here are pretty worried. Here's Natasha Marcus, a state senator from Mecklenburg County, home to Charlotte. What I do think is that Republicans who run the General Assembly are smart, and they're gonna certainly Take steps to make things look transparent and one more thing. There's an assumption here that Democrats are going to benefit from new maps just because so much of the population growth is in cities like rally in Charlotte, which you're very blue. The state's top Republican Senate leader, Phil Berger, is saying not so fast. He's making this kind of interesting argument that Republican voters in these cities are disenfranchised because the GOP doesn't have any representation there. So he's saying, Look, we have 30% of the vote and no members in the Legislature. So he's saying, Hey, maybe we should draw a safe Republican seat in Charlotte. So take a step back. These votes in November have implications for political power in the U. S over the next decade. What is this likely to mean? So, Yeah, one thing going forward in North Carolina, there was hope to have an independent commission to draw maps. That's what Democrats wanted. That's not gonna happen, and I think that's been a push in a lot of places around the country. And Republicans just aren't interested in doing that. So one thing I think you can have. The possibility to continue nationwide is a situation where one party may get more votes for their state House chamber or state Senate chamber. But still have fewer seats overall.