This is Past the Mike Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the

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of the witness very extensive bio the man the myth the legend Mr. Blue check verified

himself the two time best selling author Dr. Jamar Tisby was going on brother. Again we

are in person face to face. I don't know how you said that many what ups you said eight

what up. You said eight what ups and two seconds listen man Jamar we got to get into it

because you got you got some bars to get off July 17 2020 and icon dies in our American

culture a man by the name of John Lewis most people understand that on bloody Sunday at the

Edmund Pettis bridge John Lewis was one of the ones who marched in favor of for the right to vote

in Selma Alabama John Lewis had a skull cracked for the right to vote John Lewis who received this

state funeral who was who had all these people that applauded him gave him flowers and now we have

another attack on voting rights what he was fighting 50 60 years ago we still fighting today

tell me about this Jamar how serious is the voting rights crisis in America right now if I

could put it in a sentence or a question it would be are you ready to have your skull fractured

for democracy. That's a provocative question so a lot of people are going to be sitting back

thinking hold on what do you mean my skull fraction I can vote just fine hmm why is it that we

don't see the present danger what is the present danger Jamar. Oh brah okay so so as we record

this there was an attempt yet again to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act it failed in the

Senate by a vote of 48 to 52 with every single Republican Senator voting against it and two

Democratic Senators Kirsten Cinemagio mansion okay Cinemagio okay bet so so it failed and and

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