The ReidOut with Joy Reid, July 30, 2020
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
John Lewis pens posthumous op-ed: ‘Now it is your turn to let freedom ring’
Cory Booker: Trump is ‘making his party all about constraining voting rights’
Kerry Washington calls the ACLU ‘real life superheroes’
in their fight for voting rights
Neal Katyal says John Lewis calmed him before
defending Voting Rights Act in Supreme Court
In April, Joe Biden predicted Trump would try and delay election
Discussed Today, In Detail:
John Lewis pens posthumous op-ed: ‘Now it is your turn to let freedom ring’
In an op-ed to the New York Times, the late John Lewis wrote, “Ordinary people
with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I
call good trouble, necessary trouble … Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.”
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Cory Booker: Trump is ‘making his party all about constraining voting rights’
President Barack Obama gave a powerful eulogy for the late Congressman John
Lewis, issuing a continuing fight for voting rights. Obama specifically called
out recent policies by President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken the USPS ahead
of an election in which many will use mail-in voting. Sen. Cory Booker says, "We
have a president who is trying to make his party all about constraining voting
rights."
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Kerry Washington calls the ACLU ‘real life superheroes’
in their fight for voting rights
A new documentary takes us inside the ACLU and its ongoing battles with the
Trump Administration. The film’s producer, Kerry Washingto, says "These are our
real life superheroes. They're the real Justice League."
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Neal Katyal says John Lewis calmed him before
defending Voting Rights Act in Supreme Court
Neal Katyal recalls how John Lewis called him before he had to defend the Voting
Rights Act in front of the Supreme Court. When he told the story to President
Obama and how the late congressman calmed him, the president said, “That’s John
for you.”
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In April, Joe Biden predicted Trump would try and delay election
While President Donald Trump floated trying to delay the upcoming election, Vice
President Joe Biden said back in April that Trump would try to do this: "Mark my
words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, come up
with some rationale why it can’t be held.”
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