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JAY NIXON AND NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR PAT McCRORY.
NORTH CAROLINA WHO WE HAVE
REPRESENTED HERE HAS BECOME A
CASE STUDY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THE FAR RIGHT GRABS POWER AND
USES IT TO RAM THROUGH AN
EXTREMIST AGENDA.
IN FACT, PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS
ARE ACTUALLY TAKING TO THE
STREETS NOW IN THIS PROTEST
MOVEMENT THEY CALL MORAL
MONDAYS.
NOW WHY ARE THEY SO UPSET?
GOVERNOR McCRORY ACTUALLY
PROMISED HE WAS NOT GOING TO
RESTRICT ABORTION RIGHT, BUT HE
DIDN'T MEAN IT BECAUSE NOW IF
YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER -- UNLESS
YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER OR YOU'RE
A VICTIM OF *** OR AN ***
VICTIM, NO ABORTION FOR YOU.
HE CHANGED THE VOTING LAWS,
318,000 REGISTERED VOTERS CAN'T
VOTE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE
KIND OF I.D.s HE WANTS THEM TO
HAVE.
PLUS HE CUT THE TAXES FOR THE
RICH, WE CHECKED IT, IT'S TRUE.
SO IF REPUBLICANS SPREAD THESE
POLICIES NATIONALLY, YOU MIGHT
FIND YOURSELF MARCHING, TOO.
NOW BACK TO YOU.
>> I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT WITH THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
THE FACTS ARE JUST DEAD WRONG.
WE HAVE NOT IDEA ADDED -- BEFORE
YOU INTERRUPT ME, LET ME STATE
YOUR FACTS.
FIRST OF ALL WE'VE NOT ADDED ONE
NEW REGULATION WHICH RESTRICTS
ABORTIONS.
NOT ONE.
YOU'VE GOT TO QUIT READING THE
SIGNS FROM THE PROTESTERS.
WE DO REQUIRE VOTER I.D.
STARTING IN 2016 WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE THREE YEARS TO GET A FREE
I.D., THE EXACT SAME I.D. THAT'S
REQUIRED -- LET ME FINISH.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I GAVE YOU A CHANCE.
>> BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THAT.
>> THE EXACT SAME I.D. YOU NEED
TO GET SUDAFED.
THAT IS JUST COMMONSENSE
LEGISLATION.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY WELL OVER
70% OF THE PEOPLE BOTH
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AGREE
WITH THAT LEGISLATION.
>> DID YOU MAKE IT EASIER OR
HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE EARLY?
>> ACTUALLY, WE NOW HAVE THE --
>> DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT
RESTRICT --
>> THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF
HOURS ARE FOR VOTE EARLY AS
BEFORE.
THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF HOURS.
>> I GUESS THE REASON THEY'RE
OUT THERE PROTESTING IS YOU'RE
NOT BEING FAIR TO OUR AUDIENCE
BY TALKING ABOUT THE HOURS WHEN
YOU KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY MADE
IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE.
>> IN FACT, WE MADE IT EASIER.
NOW SOMEONE WORKS TILL 8:00 OR
9:00, WE'LL HAVE POLLS OPEN
UNTIL 8:00 OR 9:00.
THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE
TO VOTE.
DON'T YOU AGREE WITH THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK FIRST,
SECOND AND THIRD SHIFTS.
>> THAT PART IS GOOD, SIR.
>> THANK YOU.
I GOT A COMPLIMENT.
GOVERNOR, I GOT A COMPLIMENT
FROM HIM.
>> A HISTORIC MOMENT.
SIR --
>> I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW GETTING SOMETHING THAT
MAKES *** IS PART OF VOTING,
SAME THING TO GET
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE IS WHAT YOU USE
TO VOTE.
I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE OTHERS.
I DON'T THINK VOTING SHOULD BE
THAT HARD.
WE SHOULD ALL WORK TO MAKE IT
EASY.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE
SURE IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL.
>> WHY DO YOU SAY, OH, COME ON?
70% OR 80% OF THE COUNTRY
ACTUALLY THINKS WE SHOULD HAVE
SOME PROOF THAT THE PERSON WHO
IS VOTING IS LEGALLY AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN AND IS LEGALLY ALLOWED
TO VOTE.
>> AND SOME PROOF, NOBODY HAS A
PROBLEM WITH.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS YOU HAVE
318,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THEY'RE
DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE WHO