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It's clear just the swiftness with which these southern legislatures moved, these Republicans

move to eliminate black political power.

It's clear that the Republicans see black political power as a democratizing force, which

it is. They understand that.

And this is a way to consolidate power.

And it's also a way to express white supremacy.

We went from the progress of emancipation to the backlash of Jim Crow.

The progress of the civil rights movement to the backlash of mass incarceration.

The progress of electing Barack Obama to the backlash of mass incarceration, the progress of electing Barack Obama

to the backlash that has resulted in the elevation of Donald Trump, never better of it.

You know, name me five good black elected officials in this country.

Wesley Hunt leaves office in a few months.

I mean, we might have to start scraping the bottom of the barrel and go to Tim Scott.

That's how bad things are.

Name me a couple more.

Scott Turner's not elected official.

He's in the Trump administration.

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