Rep. Hakeem Jeffries - Why antonin scalia is a hypocrite

joining me as congressman hakim jeffries is a democratic congressman from new york's eight district which includes brooklyn and queens congressman pleasure to speak with you i love my producer the other day was flipping through c_ span in the evening and you were in the house chamber with congressman steven horse for from nevada and you were talking about the voting rights act and i want to get into the details of that but first when you do a speech like this in the evening with almost no one in the house is that is the goal to get certain things in the record to later be referred to is the editor to reach the c_ span audience we see this is this a lot and what kind of curious what's the goal of that that the speech hello to impose that you're going to be absolutely you don't show up i heard you our country and efficient birth unaided amount of putting i am bentley convertible record related to kind of importance to the american people but i think it will be if not more importantly i hated remind members of congress an opportunity to talk directly to lead america people from applaud and i think how representatives on an issue of great dignity intimate and ben i think related to supreme court or alarmed at what they can play on the matter of whether convert properly reauthorize thanks in part born right back so let's get into that the supreme court is hearing that we we may see section five of the voting rights act struck down and we're seeing all sorts of arguments from from supreme court justices from republicans from all sorts of different groups i want to talk first about uh... supreme court justice antonin scalia is calm and that the voting rights act is a racial entitlement and what does it mean in so shortly after an election cycle where the voting rights act worked in texas in south carolina and so many other states to say that it's a racial entitlement what do you make of those comments over various shaadi surveyed certainly barbara moved up to the united supreme court the problematic compliment to get the rubble barricaded in new york city butler director first thereby overall without started renovating colorado really pumped up fundamental right important to the integrity of our democracy it the right and actually wasn't shrine in our optimization had been up united leave congress in eighteen thirty nine and there are right uh... five the stick elite india and pakistan with time in eighteen seventy inhibiting the men and elected to the following address and in bed by frequently verbatim i work with the interplay although undeterred in the area the paperback in order to bring the entire the civil rights of bull chile because so many begged and pleaded eked out engaged in lately disseminated by hope and then literacy heather grandpa quoted in order to deny it african-american and others with their right to participate in american democracy but all of the starting about comic it i think really what may be airports to mac jenna billiad hypocrisy on the question of whether overturning second fire would be the activities of activity nataliya and allow the conservative under it never got the better on banks envy are made a big deal about that would not be activated mannu they they were all activity in two thousand would be more when a halted big big electoral preceding employer and would it be elected enjoy going bust so they argue that i thought that hypocrite on requested of judicial activism well into anything uh... joan beldin unbelievable when congress real arrival here at that they want a llama wheat by-product of all the three hundred member that afternoon i remember how representative all-important there parliament chamber bolded to reauthorize it republican and democrat an opponent that we're going to be a good girl and doesn't have a by-product in uh... ball that the poetry organization antolia so if i do it to find a way so overturn beckman rental at which he should be given deference to and it hurts to the bulldozers to appropriate antonio reagan than on a regular parliament that the people of haiti he did very well even though no wholeheartedly uh... supported oracle democrat and republican iterator entitlement and congress is reluctant to get rid of racial environment antelope attic blamed and him on the reading a book strongly bipartisan support really hit begin avenue two-digit number article lonely the trial of protected by a yet that's not judicial activism i don't know what is congressman habits but what's interesting to me since the voting rights act was passed through i would say the twenty ten election we saw widespread its hands for voter suppression we we saw that ever straight through however in twenty ten and twenty twelve we started seeing allegations of voter fraud which is almost non-existent mind you and now we are seeing the attempt to possibly overturned section five of the voting rights act what happened before the twenty th how action that change the dynamic of the discussion around voting rights records is a very homeland uh... issue for many of us were student of history up to the voting rights act back then likely to be probably seeing it'd be a little several president democrat and republican richard nixon jimmy carter ronald reagan so it doesn't invoice bill clinton two other books i'd be down their development orono uh... bentley invalid network legitimate reason to be concerned above the dole coming out laura obediently full involving body of our abroad motorola a little reported in development coincidently i guess into down on me rojo volatility still no evidence of corporate along with uh... is the property of inviting your or completely way that defiantly or swept into power into valentine echostar went to that a hundred and eighty imprint purple lol lord of the president were introduced important work the american people whom you know what the judge cohen affect related to the election of iraq obama but it is furious and strengthened many of us that their concern within three years until on her credit historic election in two thousand it certainly curious you know we have limited time so in the last minute or so we have if we assume them that uh... maybe we don't know need the voting rights act anymore as some are arguing and i'm not conceding that by any means means but just following the argument that's being made where else would we make this argument for example if we didn't have many bank robberies because bank robberies were allowed and the punishment was strict would we say let's remove the laws against bank robbery 'cause nobody's really doing it where else would we apply this logic congressman arrogant interminable they've been given the horror who has actually conclu the below i have been a backpack yet in stopping un-american activity with with a knife people correctable and participate in our democracy on behalf of the color it universally acknowledgement recognize at the border and attacking pat frequent prevailing had been one of the law of becuz becky ever pat finding out they convert that would you do away with it but really given an alleged over to the president of the air appeal point is all-important so no that the voting rights act of hypocrisy layer religion every request you know whether record and stopping lawful designed to undermine the ability for people of color every american will be able to participate inherited interrupted at the minor and hello support the prisoner that activity that laura it'll remain productivity every one of the nineteen sixty five and that's why we're whole that god doesn't give them into the creek or will do the right thing that part of congress do considerable gutknecht if you're going to be looked at him only on the record demanded he remove all of you know i think of america that came to the conclusion at the bottom right back at the property plant division shouldn't be we've been speaking with democratic congressman from new york city district team jeffries congressman real pleasure to have you on thanks for doing this attitude