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the state, we will get the very latest on how things stand right now. also this hour, former president donald trump's increasingly desperate attempts to -- after the backlash over his -- white supremacy. just for republicans, silence is once again the response of choice in the reaction to outrageous behavior from donald trump. one of the only ones -- denouncing the president on the sunday show, soon to be former governor, asa hutchinson. >> i hope sunday we won't have to be responding to what former president trump has said or done. this instance is important to respond. no, i don't think it's a good idea for a leader -- and example for the country or the party to meet with a devout racist or antisemite. >> and while trump says he is in for 2024, president biden said he is still thinking about it. he is talking with his family.

a new move by potential rival may move that thinking along. all that and we are keeping a very close eye on a potentially messy final rush to return home from the holidays. millions hit the roads, the airwaves as well. right about now, the latest on all of that coming up. first up, though, nine days left to go to the rhonda -- georgia runoff. early voting is in its second day in parts of the state. voters are taking full advantage, massive lines seen in several counties. the secretary of state's office saying 70,000 people have cast their ballots on saturday. joining me to talk about this is greg, a political reporter at the atlanta constitution, and an msnbc contributor as well. greg in his car of all places. greg, we appreciate you joining us on the go. let's talk about this. you write specifically about how two very important decisions by the georgia supreme court set the stage for the landscape for this runoff election. one being on reproductive rights. the other being about ballot

access. you write this, analysts on both sides of the aisle expect the decisions to refocus the spotlight on policy debates and that have helped shaped the campaign. a veteran democratic strategist predicted tuesday that when the rulings were issued, it may be the day when the runoff was decided for warnock. expand on this for me if you will, greg. >> to georgia supreme court orders -- both landed on the same day. one that basically put back into effect george's abortion -- the other that paved the way for this saturday voting we saw voters come out in droves to support. both those refocused the spotlight on those very important issues for democrats. reproductive rights and voting ballot access. we saw tens of thousands a voters head to the polls on saturday. in major ways. in and out, not just metro atlanta, a lot of those pictures are atlanta, i was in athens, georgia, and east of atlanta, where there were long

lines before the polls opened. that shows you the enthusiasm. these are majority democratic areas. right now, democrats are very confident they've gained a significant cushion of votes in this early voting process. >> you talked about boots on the ground. i want to read this for folks as well. ralph reade, faith an freedom coalition will distribute voter guides in 5000 churches. warnock's campaign planned what old-fashioned way.impossible a painstaking but deeply personal effort to track down voters one by one encourage them to return to the ballot box. how critical is this final push? >> it is so important. there are hundreds of paid staffers, thousands of volunteers, thousands from outside groups. they are all playing a very instrumental role right now in trying to get voters to the polls. believe it or not, even though

hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on ads, a lot of georgia voters have no idea this runoff is taking place. they are tuning out all this. they don't know they can go back out to the ballot box this coming week. they are playing that role of contacting these voters directly. >> i find this fascinating as well. politico writes about this, this overlooked constituency, as they put it. both parties targeting in the runoff, the asian american voter. their turnout doubled last cycle in georgia and raphael warnock and herschel walker see the voting bloc as potentially decisive in a close race. what do you know about this, greg? >> in a close race, any voter block and be decisive. in particular, we've seen soaring turnout from asian american voters, particularly in the atlanta suburbs, that's where we are seeing more moderate or at least more mainstream republicans trying to make that message for herschel walker in areas like -- county, where a significant number of asian voters live. the warnock campaign has also

stepped up its outreach to asian american voters. we've seen republicans take a new page. and they are reaching out to african american voters, asian american voters, hispanic american voters. again, in a state like this, this closely divided, even a small number of voters can have a huge impact. >> talk about how the former president, former president obama, that is, how he is resonating with voters they are ahead of the runoff? >> there are two big visits coming this. week former president obama is coming on thursday. he's going to help raphael warnock a pale to the base, specifically to black voters, who are the most important constituency in the georgia democratic party. also dave matthews band is coming tomorrow for raphael warnock. he is coming -- he's trying to energize swing voters, suburban-ites, who grew up listening to dave matthews band in some cases. you are seeing two very different events, two very targeted events geared at

different blocks of electorate. they are crucial for senator warnock in this runoff. >> greg bluestein, atlanta journal-constitution, political reporter, we thank you so much. also the author of flipped, how georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on republican power. thanks, greg. appreciate it. joining me to talk about this, host of politicsnation, president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. great to talk to you, rev. >> good to be here. >> let's talk about early voting first. how do you think this really is going to resonate for raphael warnock? is it going to make a huge difference when we come to see the results after the runoff on december 6th? >> yes, i think it will. i think the fact that you give people more options in terms of the day they can vote, i think the fact that there has been, by all reports, a lot of on the ground mobilization, which is also an advantage when you have an on the ground operation. and those groups that are

telling people to come out and vote, whoever you are voting for. but it appears they are in democratic districts. the national action network has an atlanta office. they are telling me that people are lined up. i think that speaks to the advantage of reverend senator warnock. i think that whatever the republicans try to pull out on election day, if this continues, it will be difficult for them to overcome what is already in the bank, as people say. >> rev, i want to touch on a couple different things. first and foremost, we have to talk about the meeting between -- the dinner between former president donald trump. this notorious white supremacist, nick fuentes, brought there by victoria -- opera singer, kanye west, now known as ye. donald trump saying over and over again -- nobody buys that. now donald trump's stance on truth social, i help a

seriously troubled man who happens to be black? yay, kanye west, who has been decimated in this business -- he has been good to me by allowing his request for a meeting at mar-a-lago alone so i can give him very much needed, quote, advice. what do you make of this, rev? >> well, and there are a couple of things that just does not make sense. if he was meeting with a troubled man to do what? i don't understand how he has become a therapist, all of a sudden, or a counselor. if you thought he was troubled. and what was he helping him in what way? the other thing that doesn't pass the smell test for me, i've met with former presidents from bill clinton to bronco boma when they were out of office. they still have a secret service and that are -- they still have a smaller but contingent who usually has to be informed or who they are

having dinner with. who's coming it. it's a security question. how would they not have known the name of this guy and screened this guy? they are going to tell me that kanye west can just call up the former president and the former president tells the secret service, oh, don't worry, he can bring whoever he wants. that does not make sense. >> i'm also curious, rev, about your thoughts on ye in general. between his white lives matter t-shirts he showed at his auction show, his antisemitic remarks he has made, and now bringing along this notorious white supremacist, nick fuentes, associating with a guy like this. what's going on here? for someone -- go ahead. >> i think that, you know, all of us raised our concerns when he was sitting in the oval office in the white house. clearly, there is been reports that he's troubled.

i've been want to resist getting into a back and forth. i think a lot of it he wants attention. i think with all the issues that you have, that we face, i don't want to get into -- playing into something with someone like kanye west. i will say too those that are following this, in the words of another reverend, jay-z, i have 99 problems, kanye is not one of them. [laughter] >> all right. i got you, rat. i want to talk about your documentary, loud mouth. before we chat about it. let's play a little bit and then we will talk. >> reverend al sharpton, champion of the movement. the only thing he did wrong is he was born on the wrong side of the tracks. >> in new york city, in the 80s, what we wanted to say, people did not want to hear.

>> and go home! >> get off the street! >> you had to speak out because you are not invited to address the public. >> they don't need the -- >> this is the beginning of a civil rights movement in new york. >> rev, i'm so excited to see more of this documentary. you truly are a leader at the civil rights movement across the board. we know that. i respect you. i think of you as a colleague as well. i want to read for you -- who also interviewed you about this documentary wrote and said this. sharpton says racism on display in lab mouth is the key to understanding the racism displayed by trump decades later. he grew up watching at coach and rudy giuliani, use race to become mayor of new york and he knew how to play to the basic instincts of white racism in new york. sharpton went on to say, he did naturally what rudy did in new york. talk to us more about this, what new york was like.

what trump's new york was like in the 90s. >> you know, people associate racial acrimony with the south. and what this documentary movie does, john legend's company put it out with josh alexander, is they show the actual footage. this is not acting. this is all documented, documentary footage of archives and media. people would say, you don't belong in the neighborhood. they would kill you if you were black or of color in certain neighborhoods. that's why we watch and demand people be prosecuted. when we would march, it shows this graphically in the movie, they would come out and call us the n-word openly, knowing news cameras were there. throw watermelons at us. and this is in queens, in new york, brooklyn, new york, this

is queens where donald trump was born and raised. this is where you saw rudy giuliani run a campaign against the first black mayor using racial kinds of dog whistles. and that is what shaped the politics of donald trump. the timeliness of this documentary is to say, yes, it's about my activism when i was younger and now, it goes into george floyd and all, the issues linked between the two areas. it also says, to understand the racial dynamics we are facing in this country and the many cured northern racism of donald trump, you need to see what it was like in the environment he grew up in. he's nine years older than me. he grew up in the same general generation and time period, in the same city. and that's what we had to become loudmouths about to say they are killing us and getting away with it. >> reverend al sharpton, we look forward to seeing. that is for sure. thank you, my friend.

appreciate it. be sure to catch the documentary again, it's called loud mouth, in theaters across the country beginning on december 9th. until then, you can always tune into politics nation with the rev today and every weekend at 5 pm eastern right here on msnbc. thanks again, rev. appreciate you. still ahead, everybody, in the wake of the latest attacks on the lgbtq community, one writer is planning her own very specific act of defiance this holiday season. we will tell you what that is. plus more on the growing outrage over donald trump's dinner with a white supremacist. will there be a political price to pay for the former president or will the deafening silence from republicans continue this time around? but first, storms stretching from texas to florida, making a mess for millions of travelers. what to watch out for so you don't end up home alone. >> i don't care if i -- if it cost me everything i own, if i have to sell my soul to the devil himself. i am going to get home to my --

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there's going to be a lot of complications when it comes to returning home. it now seems things have been going pretty smoothly despite impending that weather in the pipeline. >> the last hour, things have kind of changed a little bit. we have this misery map we can update. now dca, where i am at, is the worth -- worst. laguardia is the second worst. dallas is the third worst. we are starting to see some of these delays pileup. we are now over 1000 delays which sounds like a big number, it's not necessarily a big number. the question will be what happens between now and 8 pm. people who went to the airport early today, that seems to have been the smart move. the first wave of flights here at the national airport came in early. now it seems like the weather is starting to wind out a little bit. the back story on today, it was a horrible summer for the airlines. tens of thousands of flights canceled. hundreds of thousands delayed. people had problems getting places. the airline staffed up. we saw congress even talking about this, saying the airlines

needed to improve their customer service. they made airlines put a dashboard up on the tsa website. and so airlines really started to beef up staffing. they limited the number of flights they were going to put on this weekend. they try to get everybody in service. we are starting to see the weather catch-up. it'll be interesting to see if those delays turn into cancellations or if the work those airlines have been putting in pays off, yasmin. >> that's how things change in the hour with that. i'm gonna bring in michelle grossman to the conversation. we are looking at some bad weather and that is why so many, it seems now, 1000 or so flights having to make delays. >> yeah. we have a few more hours of seeing the severe weather. we are seeing stormy weather. we have two storm systems watching right now. one in the northeast, one in the northwest. let's start with a life fixer. this sums it up of what's going on in the northeast. we are looking at a gray, gloomy day. those are low clouds. that's trouble at the airport. we are likely going to see more

delays as we go throughout the next several hours. we are looking at winds, the winds are blowing up to 35 miles in some spots. we even have a severe thunderstorm in southwestern pennsylvania. i will show you that as well. let me show you what's happening on satellite radar. because we are looking at rain and we are looking at heavy rain in some spots, especially as we look towards the northeast, parts of the great lakes, the ohio valley, into the northeast. new england, seeing heavy rain as well. when you see yellows and reds and oranges on the radar, that is showing us where heavy rain is falling. especially the reds. we are seeing that right now. we are also seeing a severe thunderstorm warning where you see those orange boxes. those are severe thunderstorm warnings. this storm has a history of producing golf ball sized hail. it also is producing winds at 60 miles per hour. this storm system is capable of producing severe weather. that's what we will be watching over the next several hours. in terms of the airports likely impacts, as cal just mentioned in boston, new york city, philly, also d.c., possible delays in chicago, salt lake city, denver, charlotte,

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we appreciate it. i want to start with a special counsel specifically here and what exactly we think he's doing at this stage, considering that first letter published on thursday we saw him coming after former president donald trump's attorneys there. >> look, all signs indicate that the special counsel, jack smith, has really taking the reins of this investigation already. in fact, he filed a notice of appearance in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that monday after he was appointed. as you say, on thanksgiving day, no less, he was busy issuing a reply to the 11th circuit saying the case will be decided by trump's lawyers as nonsense. this is an indication of the special counsel's office very quickly established his -- already gone through all of the documents it seems like and a lot of the evidence. and kind of what's left as we continue overseeing the investigations. from a procedural standpoint, yes, the higher attorneys in the way. the special counsel mueller did.

the difference with mueller and jack smith is that jack smith is inheriting an investigation that's already been active for 45 months with the mar-a-lago documents investigation, the january 6th investigation has been going on for about a year. he is taking the reins, consolidating the resources. maybe that's why you are seeing such a prompt response from him, at least in the documents case. >> hugo, a couple things i want to touch on with you while i have you. i want to mention what you wrote about trump's weekend court, his rough day in court, we should say. you put the three judge panel led by chief of elijah william pryor did not issue a ruling from the bench in atlanta, georgia. but appears kept nickel that trump should get special treatment and be able to undercut a criminal investigation because of his status as a former president. walk us through this and what could put an end to the special master review. >> pretty much, yeah. if the 11th circuit rules that

the original basis for judge tennant, a trump appointee in florida, if the original basis for appointing the special master was not sufficient, and then that would be the end of the special master. trump can appeal to the supreme court, but as we've seen in a lot of these cases with respect to -- the supreme court has declined to rule in his favor. it sounds like here -- if the 11th circuit decides what's actually going to take place. the court hearing this week for trump's lawyers and the justice department was bad for trump. there was no way about it. and they are questioning from the panel, the three judge panel was why should you, donald trump, get special treatment? this is a case where there haven't been any indictments, haven't been any charges. -- but doesn't have much access to these, the materials seized. the question from the chief appellate judge was what makes

you difference? the only argument trump's lawyers had was he's the former president. frankly, the 11th circuit did not seem particularly convinced by that argument. >> i want to end on this. something is coming to you, there's new reporting we are hearing about liz cheney, vice chair liz cheney, her focus, her fixation as staffers are putting it, within the january six committee, on former president donald trump. you write this, that fixation on trump has exposed in recent weeks a deepening rift on the panel, going on to say since the departed lawyers on the other teams including the, quote, blue team, zigzag emitting failures by the fbi anger that their findings were set to be right regulated to appendices. how could this impact the investigations potential infighting, the investigations final report, if you will? >> the report -- according to our reporting is there is an overwhelming focus

on trump. the investment team on the select committee -- a lot of that finding is what's going to drive this -- 1000-page report. the rift and infighting comes as a result of these other teams thinking, you know, we think we've done investigative work that is substantial and maybe not criminal but shows really unsavory behavior on the part of not just donald trump but also the intelligence agencies, intelligence failures. the republicans, far-right extremists. the disagreement has come from the top. the vice chair, liz cheney, basically said, look, we need to have a report that people will read. the most compelling narrative is trump. the most compelling narrative is trump's potential criminality. that is why cheney is focused on that as the main central driver of this report. it sounds like now they are going to incorporate some -- work from the fbi's intelligence on january 6th as part as of the overall narrative. >> hugo for us.

thank you, hugo. great to talk to. let's bring in my panel now, adrian elrod, democratic strategist, former senior aide on the biden harris campaign. also joe walsh, former republican congressman. welcome to you both, guys. appreciate it. just, let me start with you on this one. i want you to pick up on some of the conversation i was having with hugo. that is the complicated place in which donald trump finds himself in right now. dealing with, in particular, the special counsel heading up the doj probes along with launching his presidential bid for 2024. >> yasmin, good to be with you. trump is going to be indicted. he deserves to be indicted. probably for a few things. politically, what that means is, sadly, i think his position in the party, in the republican party will be strengthened. once he's entitled, his followers will rally behind him, tucker carlson, sean hannity

will be screaming deep state, deep state. we hardly, yasmin, that will strengthen trump within the party. it may strengthen his candidacy. but among the entire nation, it's going to make him just clearly more unelectable. >> along, adrian, with what is potentially to come in the trump camp, this rough day in court, this pr nightmare we've been talking about the last couple hours. that is this conversation he had, this dinner he had with a notorious white supremacist, along with kanye west, now known as ye. democrats responding to this in a press release. the democratic party saying trump isn't the only republican spending time with nick fuentes. in 2021, arizona congressman paul gosar attended fuentes's conference, even posed for a picture with him. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene attended this year's confidence -- glad-handing with fuentes on the main stage as gosar also spoke to attendees.

what do you make of this strategy, right? the democratic party pointing out beyond trump the relationships white supremacy must have with folks like paul gosar, marginally marjorie taylor greene, the extremists of the party? >> i think what they deem aquatic party is doing here is threading the needle and making sure it's not just donald trump, it's also white nationalists, potentially get elected or become the republican nominee or president. it's other people in the party. it's marjorie taylor greene, it's paul gosar. there are other members of congress, in the senate, who also aligned with white nationalists. also the democratic party is doing here is saying, hey, listen, some of you may think donald trump is over. we will focus on, we don't know where he is, if he's going to be the nominee. we don't know how weekend he is. we will make it clear that this is not just about trump anymore. this embrace of white nationalism goes well beyond donald trump, it goes well into

other leaders in the republican party. i think it's a smart strategy what they are doing. they are not letting this be a one day story. they are keeping it going. which is really important to educating the american people on what the republican party really stands for today. >> joe, you've been outspoken about this as of late. you called out -- on twitter and said, if you will criticize someone who died with a violent racist and antisemite, please call them out by name. say his name, come on, man. nbc has reporting of unnamed sources calling out the former president. you've got some tepid responses from the sunday shows. then you've got someone like chris christie, who's been a lot more outspoken, especially since the midterms, when it comes to donald trump and his viability for becoming the republican nominee for 2024, kristie saying this. another example of an awful lack of judgment from donald trump which combined with his past poor judgments make him an untenable general election candidate for the republican party in 2024.

is kristie the right type of republican to be calling this out? what other voices need to be speaking out here, joe? -- >> think about what we just learned last week. the former president of the united states had dinner with a black hating, jew hating, holocaust denying white supremacist. is that a surprise? no. that's who trump is. and the problem is, yasmin, republican silence. absolute republican silence. why are republicans silent? why is ron desantis silent? why is mike pence silent? why is ted cruz silent? because they know and this is no longer fringe in my former political party. this is a sizable chunk of the republican party base. they don't want to lose these people. they are going to stay silent. this problem is so much bigger

within the republican party than donald trump. >> adrian, let's pivot. i kind of teased this. we've got to talk about it. we knew donald trump was running for 2024. what we don't know is whether current president biden will run. he said he will table, it talked his family over the holidays, to make a true commitment as to whether or not he will be up there come 2024. my question is, do democrats want him up there? because he's had major successes. nobody can deny that, legislatively, the democratic party. really outperformed any expectations when it came to the midterm elections. >> yeah. yasmin, i think what the american people told us in the midterm election is more than anything they want confident and effective government. it doesn't matter the age of the president. they want government to work again. that's what joe biden has delivered for the american people. for major economic bills in the first 20 months of his presidency. the first black woman on the supreme court. we could go on and on about the

accomplishments he has delivered for the american people. that's what they are looking for. you are seeing a lot of other presidential contenders coming out and saying, hey, joe, i'm with you. -- had a story saying on election night given use and made a very clear that he's with joe biden. he told the white house. i think we will see more and more potential candidates do everything -- we haven't heard a lot of names from the democratic party because joe biden has such a good job putting the support behind him. he made a very clear he is spending time thinking about it over the holidays. i certainly hope -- as someone who's been active in democratic politics for a long time that he does run for reelection. he's done such a great job. he is the pillar that we need right now during difficult times. >> adrian elrod, joe walsh, thank you both. appreciate it. i've got to say quickly, i saw president biden in nantucket and he had this awesome selfie with these two young girls in front --

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u.s. if they want to advance in the tournament. fitzgerald is in doha, qatar for us with more on this. this is going to make it a complicated game. we remember back to the iranian national team who stayed silent during the national anthem to support the protesters back in their home country, which could very well put themselves at risk when they subsequently returned to iran. they are matching up against the united states, obviously, on tuesday. what is the feeling on the ground here ahead of that game, there, i should say, ahead of that game? >> yasmin, it's incredibly tense. you are absolutely right. it was such a bold move by the iranian national team to stand silent and not saying the national anthem. we won't know what will happen to them when they return to their country. they could be arrested, their passports could be taken from them, their families could be in jeopardy. i'm so glad that you made that point there because it really

just gives you some perspective of just how strong and courageous and the iranian national team is. we are also seeing protests by the fans in the stands as well. protesters trying to leverage this opportunity where all eyes, billions of eyes are on the world cup. they are trying to send that message to the world that they are trying to stand with the women in the country that are fighting for basic human rights, yasmin. >> yeah. it's incredible to watch. it's going to be an incredibly emotional, exciting game to see on tuesday. because of what could come from all of it. that is the brilliance of the world cup, to a certain extent. all these countries convening over a sport of soccer, or football, as they call it in some places, and why it is so incredible to watch. with that, megan, take us through some of the highlights from today. >> yeah, this has been this unexpected tournament where

anything can happen. we are seeing the underdogs stepping into the spotlight. that's exactly what we saw today. we saw morocco beating belgium 2 to 0. morocco is ranked 22nd in the world. belgium is ranked second. we saw japan being defeated by costa rica 1 to 0. canada, a little bit of good news for canada in the sense that they scored their first world cup goal in canada's history, and in world cup history, but it wasn't enough. they were defeated by croatia 4 to 1. unfortunately, canada is heading home. by next week this time, we will be looking at 16 teams that will be heading back to their countries. hopefully, yasmin, team usa is not in. that of course, they are favored to win against iran, when they take the field on tuesday. they are looking pretty good. you look at the game against england, and they are strong. they are motivated, they are ready to go. if they beat iran on tuesday and they make it to the next round, they will likely play

the netherlands, which will be a tough match. again, this is all what makes the world cup so exciting. >> i've got to be honest, my heart is going to be into places watching that game on tuesday. as an iranian american knowing what's happening in that country right now, watching the iranian team play against the united states, the country i was born in, is going to be a tough one to watch. certainly, all eyes on that game come tuesday. megan fitzgerald for us, as always, thank you. good to talk to. you after the break, everybody, -- >> people have sat through and try to kind of biden the time and make sure that they play along, play by the rules and sort of be accepted. i think people are tired. >> people are tired. the fight for acceptance has taken its toll in the lgbtq community after facing yet another tragedy. my next guest says despite this they will keep fighting and going to gay bars until they feel seen.

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formally charged in court next week. i want to bring in my next guest, lauren huff, author of leaving isn't the hardest thing. thank you for joining us on this. i really appreciate it. i know you wrote a piece for the new york times. i want to read a piece of it for folks. the piece is titled, this holiday i'm going to a gay bar. you write this, they tell us not to flaunted. they tell us not to shove it in their faces. they tell us not to talk about it. they tell us everything would be fine if we'd just keep it behind closed doors. however, as you well know, and we all know well now, this shooter launched and themselves through the closed doors and took five lives. how important is it to do what you are vowing to do? >> i don't think we have a choice. i mean, this is nothing new. we've done this before.

our gay pride started at stonewall and they came into the barr's. that's where we are now. these queer spaces are so important to us as a community. and none of us can feel safe. none of us can come out until we feel safe. -- >> go ahead. >> we don't really have a choice but to fight. >> you talk about the responsibility of the media specifically. i talked about this over the last couple hours on my show as well. the right-wing media kind of pushing and their agenda. you talk specifically about james dobson, the long-standing voice against the lgbtq community in the colorado springs area. it seems as if, as you write, his ideology has spread to the greater area of colorado springs. what is the role of and the

media in all of this? >> i think, like a lot of it, we have to start -- to sized everything. we don't have someone to come on and argue the -- after they've been delivered. we are not arguing whether or not gay people or trans people are fully human anymore. we can't pretend that's still an argument. we can't pretend that gay people don't deserve human rights. >> i want to read for folks in one more thing, lauren, if i can, while i have you. that is you trying to dispel rumors, misrepresentations of drag queens, drag shows as well. drag queens talk about sex, politicians talk about thoughts and prayers, -- everyone knows they are full of it. drag queens are in on the joke. tell me why you felt it was important to include this. >> if anyone's been to a drag

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