right now. rev, i know you have got a great show today. you have got a conversation about that oklahoma superintendent who said the tulsa race massacre wasn't actually about race. >> it is, it really is astounding. i am definitely going to talk about that, simon. how do you tell students but -- in tulsa, do not talk about race in the oklahoma mass race massacre that destroyed the black wall street. we will talk about that. and i am was excited about it as always, coming behind the great, fabulous symone. thank you very much. >> i love you, graph, all be watching, take it away. >> all right, good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, making the case. right now, president biden is

gearing up for an historic trip to europe meant to strengthen american leadership overseas. after a week spend touting the administration's command of the economic situation here at home. yesterday the labor department announced 209,000 jobs were added in july. the white house touted he number as a sign of bidenomics inaction. alongside consumer-focused efforts to reduce jump fees and health care costs. and democrats and their allies are mobilizing in the wake of last week's rulings from the conservative dominated supreme court. with race based affirmative action band, legislators and lawyers are taking aim at so-called legacy admissions. we talk to one group suing harvard university for what some call affirmative action for the rich.

in the meantime, it was a bloody-long independence weekend, as mass shootings rocked cities from coast to coast. kansas city mayor quentin -- once better law enforcement, but also tighter gun restrictions. he will join us shortly. and later you also will want to hear why one of oklahoma's top education chiefs said the states infamous -- against the black community in tulsa should be taught in his school. with just one important detail, try to guess which one. all of that tonight on politicsnation. joining me now is congresswoman maryland strickland, democrats in washington state. and whip of the congressional brought black caucus. congresswoman, i am glad to have you, but i have a lot to cover with you. but i must start with your take

on some comments from oklahoma superintendent of public instruction who, since taking office six months ago, has attacked critical race theory and recently promoted christiane 80 and western heritage in public schools. this week at a town hall, he said teachers should cover the tulsa race massacre of 1921 without suggesting that it was racially motivated. which to him would invoke critical race theory, take a listen. >> the tulsa race massacre -- your definition of crt. >> i would never tell a kid that because of your race, because of the color of your skin, or your gender, or anything like that, you are less of a person or are inherently racist. that doesn't mean you don't judge the actions of individuals. absolutely, historically you should, this was, right this was wrong. they did this for this reason. but to say it was inherent and

because of their skin is where i say that that is critical race theory. >> now i am sure i don't have to remind you an estimated 300 people were killed and a thriving black community was destroyed at the hands of a white mob that rampaged for two days. walters has synced back his comments, insisting that the mob, quote, didn't act that way because they were white. they acted that way because they were racist. and quote. i mean, what is your take on this story? >> well thanks for having me, on reverend al. the remarks made by the superintendent are just ridiculous and contradictory. there is a reason this is called the tulsa race massacre. and as you mentioned earlier it happened in the greenwood district of tulsa which was known as black wall street. 300 people were murdered. they were african american. and to deny that race was part of a calculation of doing this

is just part of the manufactured crisis that is been going on with critical race theory. you see it happening in the school board meetings, you see it happening in school board races. and now a state superintendent of public instruction is adopting it. you can't deny our history, and teaching it and having all students learn about it helps us to make sure that we don't repeat it. and people need to learn about their history. this is the history of america. >> i had to start with, that i have more to say about that later in the show. but now let's see when i talk or go to the economy. the u.s. has added 209,000 jobs in june. the president touting the success of so-called bidenomics yesterday. pointing out more than 13 million jobs that have been created during this administration. 13 million. of course, he positive data points to -- it may not be felt equally by everyone. now what is your take on the health of the economy? as we approach election year.

>> there is some really good news. this is another example of consistent job growth. we know that wages are up, unemployment is down to around three and a half percent. and there are vacancies everywhere. we want to make sure that all the people, however, rather, get access to those jobs. when we passed the american rescue plan, it was in response to the pandemic to try to help cities, help employers, keep their doors open. and then with the infrastructure bill, putting people to work that was a jobs bill. good union jobs and also, rev, making sure that minority owned businesses get access to contracting. and then the inflation reduction act. more job creation. so we can't be surprised that this is happening. there is also some really good news in there to. there is a group of people within a certain demographic age group between 25 and 54 who may now have over 83% job

participation rate. so this is all very very good news. not denying that there is some inflationary pressures that people are feeling with supply chain. but inflation is now being reduced. and again, the economy remains strong. and this is important, it remains resilient. >> you are correct about that. and you say this, inequality, because even though the general unemployment numbers are down, historically the 3.2% black unemployment went up to 6%. and we talk about minority contracts that can be because of the supreme court decision that could be threatened. but let's go to the supreme court position of last week. especially the ban on race based affirmative action. later we will talk about the lead attorney suing harvard university over its legacy base admission practices. which were left untouched by the courts decision. some congressional democrats have already introduced

legislation targeting like a sea admissions. do you support such a move? >> i support taking a strong look at it. when we talked about what happened with the supreme court decision, they focused on not being able to use race as one of many factors when considering admissions to a university. i think it is interesting because there is a contradiction there. exempt from this rule where the military academies. and the military academies are some of our most elite colleges, and they train leaders. even justice roberts acknowledged that allowing affirmative action at the military academies makes for a stronger military. so there is a contradiction there. it does make for a stronger community. stronger classrooms. and a different life experiences. so the congressional black caucus, the congressional hispanic caucus, the congressional asian pacific american caucus that we call the try caucus when we are together. we came against this ruling. and i think one thing that is important to note here, if

boards of regions that universities, if college presidents, if admissions groups, if they want to have a diverse student body and diverse in every possible sense of the word, making sure that they are allowing underrepresented groups to participate. they can do that, they have some tools that they can use. but saying that affirmative action based on race in admissions is just something that denies the fact that you can't have an unfair advantage if you come from a group of people that has been historically disadvantage for such a long time. >> next week the house is set to take a floor debate on the reauthorization of the annual defense policy bill. and at issue for many house republicans are abortion protections from u.s. military personnel after roe's reversal. and efforts by the pentagon to promote diversity and inclusion within their rights is also an issue. as such, house republicans have filed amendments to try to

strip those provisions out. along with efforts to rule out extremism in the ranks and deal with climate change. our question is, at a time when recruitment is struggling, how does opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion while fostering extremist in our ranks help to convince new recruits that our military leaders say they need to. >> well, reverend, it is ridiculous. if you look at the enlisted ranks of the u.s. military, 40% are people of color. 20% are african american. so you see the republicans trying to basically eliminates dei across the board. including in the military. when we have our 14 hour mark up for the defense bill, we spent about three or four hours, reverend, i'm not exaggerating, arguing over dei efforts. and here is what we know. we know that among the listed ranks, when surveyed, over 70% say they support dei efforts.

we have an all volunteer military. anyone who wants to serve, who is qualified to serve, should be able to do so. and when they are serving, they should be treated fairly and with respect. that means promotions, that means military justice. it means opportunities, and it means all the things that should come with serving your country. what we should be focusing on are the things that i am trying to introduce. increasing the housing allowance, trying to build more housing. making sure that families get access to housing that is livable. making sure that the salaries are on par. those are the things that families talk about. childcare, spouses being able to be employed. those are the things that we should be focusing on, instead of having arguments about things that really undermine readiness and undermine the effectiveness of the u.s. military. >> thank you for being with, us congresswoman maryland strickland of the state of washington. joining me now is kansas city

mayor quinton lucas, a democrat. mayor lucas, thanks for joining us tonight. we just ended a week of gun violence that didn't pause even for the 4th of july holiday. at least 15 people killed and several major cities this past weekend. to my knowledge, your city was mostly untouched by mass shootings over the holiday, but just yesterday murder charges were filed in a main mass shooting at a nightclub that left three real dead in your city. about a week before that, three people were killed and six people injured in a mass shooting outside of a neighborhood party. missouri is a permit-less carry state. and you said the abundance of guns in this state, along with this lenient gun law, have contributed to the violence in your city, which cannot pass local gun regulations over state laws. as a co-chair of the national

coalition, mayors against illegal guns, what have your conversations with other mayors in the group unlike this week? >> it has been frustrating. and in some ways astonishing what we keep dealing with in major cities. by the way these aren't just shootings that are happening in the largest of cities in america. you are seeing, you see consistently in america suburban communities, more increasingly rural communities with these types of mass shootings are happening. particularly for those of us in red states. tennessee for example, we have heard about nashville, remember the school shooting there. my own state. and wichita, kansas, the other day having a shooting outside of a nightclub. this is happening again and again and it can be prevented. i think the thing that is most interesting for most of us mayors who i talked to all the time, we are not looking to be extreme. we are looking to -- concealed weapons.

something that consistently existed in the early 2000s in the 1990s. we are looking to background checks the sort of thing that happened after the -- 30 years ago. and that is what is essential for us or else we will keep seeing lives changed, people killed on the streets of our communities. i will make -- fewer shootings this year in new york city than many years recently. part of that has led to the fact that they have a lot of gun related arrests. in a place like kansas city we can take those arrests because we have got rid of almost all gun laws. -- it is troubling, it is going to continue to lead to loss of life on our streets. >> now critics have gone up control measures often point to the moderates in major cities. like new york. as evidence that expanding gun rights are needed. yet this week, the new york police department reported that shootings in new york city have dropped by about a quarter

through the half of the first half of this year. compared with the same period last year. and that decline is just part of an 11 to 12% drop in urban murder rates nationwide. which some have attributed to the waning effects of the pandemic. the new york times suggesting that we may see one of the steepest drops in reiterates since we started keeping national statistics more than 60 years ago. how do you square a verifiable drop in shootings and murders, but gun violence we have seen in cities like philadelphia washington, and unfortunately your city over the last few weeks. >> i think there were a few different reasons why you are seeing different results in the number of places. as you, know reverend sharpton, and realistic people who actually follow the facts -- new york city for several years now has not been the most dangerous in america. sadly even chicago --

often easily dots in red states, or places where we have stark differences in poverty every day, memphis, tennessee st. louis, -- new york, chicago, los angeles. so i think what you are seeing is jurisdiction. to make strong interventions. where they are actually able to take guns off the streets and arrest people who are trafficking guns. with their local police -- and state attorneys, general, who are more interested in actually fighting crime. and they aren't getting headlines like attorney general to texas. and the number of states that are always filing bunkers lawsuits about abortion rights and beyond. i think those are the sorts of things that are making a difference. and so what we keep seeing is, yeah, we recognize we have to make sure we are working on prevention. making our city more equal. investing in people, particularly our young people. but don't take away important tools. when somebody can walk the streets in my state and carry

around an ar-15, as long as they don't raise it and brandished it as somebody, then i am committing a crime. that is craziness. and you have people like that, the shooting we talked about the other day. we had somebody waiting outside of a club to get retaliation on somebody. and unfortunately not only did they kill the person they were trying to hit, but two other people. and they had several more. this is a story that is repeated time and again. and then i just stopped with this fundamental, which is that everybody is impacted by our lack of responsible gun laws in america. when i was growing up we did fire drills, and in my part of the country tornado drills. now our children, our grandchildren are doing active shooter drills. and asking when it's gonna be the time in our school district for a tragedy like that? that is what every mayor in america is worried about. >> let me move on to the amtrak of the supreme court affirmative action on your state. where it is republican attorney general has wasted no time

demanding that state institutions and leaders, yourself included, immediately comply with the decision. but he has also gotten father, interpreting the ruling to demand that missouri's top colleges drop minority scholarships in a letter this week. the university of missouri's system made it known that it would comply moving forward. what is your response, mayor lucas? >> first of all i share the disappointment of many in the fact that i think that sometimes we acquiesce we give up too soon on things that i think could be justifiable. i would have preferred the university of missouri take a step -- something you have heard harvard university you've, got the university of north carolina, both universities were involved directly in this suit. i think it is a mistake for universities do not continue to take actions active steps to continue to integrate our state. here is the, thing a lot of

this focus has been on the elite admissions. and i, get it i get the legacy discussion. i have been blessed to go to some schools myself overtime. but when our state universities aren't training black lawyers, black doctors, black social workers, when they are not creating a pipeline for that. latino doctors, social workers and the works. it will have a negative impact on our criminal justice system, on our schools, and ultimately on our community and the whole. so i would hope that any university that is being targeted by these letters, five grandstanding politicians, actually do the work to say how can we look at regional basis for support? have we make sure we are looking at the individuality of the applicants. something that remains standard at the supreme court decision. and not just saying, we are gonna abandon black and brown persons in our state. for whom these programs are vital. not necessarily just with those who are admitted. but the community that they will ultimately serve. >> mayor, before you go, your commission on reparations convenes two months ago.

and like many cities and one state in the case of california that are contending with racially segregated paths kansas city is looking at specific areas like education and housing where black people were intentionally disenfranchised by local laws and leaders. what is your expectation as the city takes up this work and answer briefly because we are out of time. >> you know what i will just say is that there is reparations as a realist discussion, it is not pie in the sky, it is making amends for what people sitting in this mayor's office in the future, have done to black people in the past. and he could be through home alone supports, scholarships, a lot of things we are talking about. make our community more equal. i believe we will get it done, it will be a national model for how we make amends for wrongs in the past, the exact opposite of what the u.s. supreme court is doing. >> kansas city mayor quinton lucas, thank you very much for being with us this evening. coming up the ultraconservative

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recess next week, georgia representative marjorie taylor greene is likely to get face-to-face notification that she has been booted from the ultraconservative house freedom caucus. republican sources telling nbc news that the right-wing group voted to kick her out. congresswoman greene had a private meeting two weeks ago, that decision was made. now greene has ruffled feathers in the caucus since she supported kevin mccarthy as speaker. but inside, let's say the final

straw was an expletive fueled clash with colorado congresswoman lauren boebert. on the house floor. i can certainly understand why the freedom caucus would want to sanction representative greene for her confrontation. but i have to wonder why it took them so long to notice. green was posting videos of herself chasing parkland school shooting survivor david hodge around capitol hill before she was even elected. once she made it -- verbally hassle for aggressive members of the so-called squad, yelling at congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez outside of the house chamber. getting into a shouting match with congressman jamal but when on the capitol steps. representative green interrupted this year's state of the union address to call president biden a liar. beyond just the taunts and the

insults, green has built a brand on conspiracy theories and violent imagery. promotional graphics for her new podcast show the congresswoman and a military vehicle holding a gun, while the u.s. capital is shrouded in smoke behind her. none of this inappropriate behavior seemed to bother the house freedom caucus. it was only when marjorie taylor greene talented one of their own that they took action. that hypocrisy tells you everything you need to know about the group. they claim to love liberty, but only for themselves. and in their minds those of us who look act or think differently than they do are fair game. for unfettered harassment and intimidation. that is a version of freedom that we cannot accept. i gotcha.

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let's now bring in my political panel. msnbc contributors and political strategist amy terra canyon, a republican and craig byrd alone, a democrat. let me go first to former president trump, he is expected to speak tonight at a campaign rally in las vegas following an appearance last night in iowa. the hawkeye state just announced today that its caucus date of january 15th 2021 2024. , amy ran the state gop in about, what can you tell us about trump's from political strength there. >> sure, well i think the current leadership that is actually running the state party, they want to say they are remaining neutral when it is very far from that case. the day they actually even put out on twitter that this was the first event that is going

to be kicking off the campaign season even though we had governor ron desantis in june. so, you know, i think it is very clear that they are in the bag for trump, despite what they say. and the fact that they also put out a lawsuit to the secretary of state, trying to change our primaries that is to a caucus. which that would benefit trump because trump is an incumbent. trump already has somewhat of a base here. and it is going to take any other candidate,. no matter who it is, you know, quite an uphill battle to be able to catch up to the grassroots that donald trump currently has employed within the state central committee. >> nbc news is reporting roger stone was pardoned by the former president for multiple felonies. and was a former adviser to trump, joined him yesterday in iowa, expected to attend the rally in las vegas. craig, what message is trump standing by paddling around

with someone like stone? even as he faces his legal woes? including his new york state and federal indictments. >> think the message that sense, rev, is that if you are a white-collar criminal, you are welcome in the donald trump campaign. and any other place and any other political party, that type of controversy and legal strife would be grounds for dismissal, termination, effort going near you ever again. it seems like when it comes to donald trump in this republican party, having a rap sheet is a prerequisite to get into the club. and, you know, it is something for the party that walks around masquerading to be the party of so-called law and order. when in reality they just surround themselves with criminals. >> amy, this week many inside the belt in a way where curiously captivated by the story of a small baggy of cocaine found in the white house. republican house oversight committee chairman john comer

it's now asking for a secret service briefing on the matter. investigators expect to have their probe of the situation wrapped up by monday. the president and his family were at camp david when the drugs were found. in your opinion, is the story being blown out of proportion? >> well i think at this point, because it has been blown out of proportion, it would be good to have some answers and transparency. it doesn't matter who is sitting in the white house, when illegal substances found, you, know it needs to be taken care of. and it actually should have nothing to do with congress, it should have everything to do with law enforcement oversight. and so what i think is happening here unfortunately is partisanship in a major way to just try to further embarrass the biden family. >> craig, this week a trump appointed judge pinned down a surprisingly lenient sentence to a january 6th rioter, tyler bench.

bench used bear spray during the siege and was arrested alongside members of the so-called b squad which has been associated with militia groups like the 3% movement. the judge gave him 60 days, house arrest, and probation. citing his age. and such but was just 19 on january 6th. but i have to wonder whether the judge would have been so forgiving had the defendant been a young person of color associated with the black lives matter movement? what is your thoughts? >> that is really something when a bunch of overwhelmingly white people try to ransacked the capitol and stop democracy in its process. the default position -- to make every excuse imaginable to excuse what can only be described as domestic terrorist conduct. but when it is a person of color protesting legitimate

issues with our social justice system, the response from the republicans to unleash the national guard on them. as we saw in washington d.c.. at what is now black lives matter plaza. anytime that a person of color commits any crime, republicans are the very first to say for the book at them. use the most extreme penalties possibles. i or multiple generations of people of color have been locked up in jail because of mandatory minimums which republicans have supported, which are overtly racist. so the legacy of the double standards that we are seeing at play it's something that is deeply entrenched in our politics. and this is just the latest iteration of. that >> curtain amy, thank you both for being with us. coming up, a new lawsuit argues that if race couldn't be a factor, in college admissions, family relations and special connections shouldn't be either. we will talk with one of the lawyers behind the suit next. uit next

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director, representing those groups. even espinosa. of the lawyers for civil rights. thank you for joining me tonight, attorney, ivan tell us about why you and your colleagues are taking on legacy admissions now? >> thank you very much reverend, for having me. it is a pleasure and an honor to be with you. and i pronounce my name ivan, of course, reverend. i am here, reverend, talking specifically about the harvard lawsuit that we filed. the federal civil rights complaint that we filed against harvard. for perpetuating discriminatory practices against students of color. we are talking about preferences that run in favor of overwhelmingly white students at harvard who are

affiliated with donors with deep and big pockets. or with alums. so-called legacies that have preferential admission to the university. in the aftermath of the supreme courts exceedingly narrow decision saying that race can be a factor but a limited factor in the college admissions process, it is completely unacceptable to have donor and legacy preferences still at work. >> now, i've been, a 2018 survey by inside -- found 42% of private schools, including some of the nation's most elite institutions use legacy admissions. historians say that the practice took off in the 1920s. when it was used to counter rising enrollment of jewish and catholic students. can you talk a bit about the racist roots of legacy

admissions? >> absolutely, reverend. as a lawyer for still writes, it is made very clear in our several federal civil rights complaint against harvard, the practice of giving donor and legacy preferences in the admissions process runs deep in a racist history. a racist culture of higher education in america. it is specifically the timed to perpetuate elite privilege. and let's be clear, in the united states, in this country, privilege and opportunity run along racial lines. and that is precisely why we have to protect the integrity of the college admissions process. protect the integrity of the process by insulating it from phone calls from influencers tryinget to the dean. or from the checks that are being written to essentially just bankroll students who are

stealing opportunities from students who actually qualify. we are fighting against a myth that black and latino students are stealing opportunity from others. it is not true. it is legacy. it is legacy folks who comprise one third of the class at harvard. that is the problem and that is what our complaint is going to fix. >> on thursday ohio senator katie vance warned the president surviving elite schools as well as ohio's oakland and canyon colleges to preserve records for congressional probe of thereafter it's to undermine the decision overturning race based admissions. in the decision the court added that applicants still have the freedom to discuss how race affected their life. be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. however, conservative chief justice roberts warned against that being used as a means of

racial selection. what are your thoughts on this. do you consider what senator immigrant is doing an intimidation? >> we have a rapidly shifting landscape here, reverend. what we are seeing is a supreme court that once wants to narrow the use of race. and to be clear this is the same cord that just a little bit ago completely out of nowhere decided to and a practice that had been approved in roe v. wade for reproductive health and access. generations of americans had lived with. so this court can speak very clearly when it wants to overturn precedent. this is not that scenario. if the court wanted to end affirmative action and diversity considerations in all respects it would have said so but that is not the reality we are living in. we are living with a narrower scope of race, as part of the hell a stick admissions process

in universities. but as we continue to exceedingly narrow that, following the guidance from the supreme court it is critical that we address other areas of preference like legacy like donor connections. that are inherently, inherently unfair. we need to ask ourselves as a country if we are in the process of creating a more fair society. a society where people can have opportunity based on their own achievements and not the achievements of their parents or their grandparents. is it fair that we continue to use legacy and donor affiliations? and the answer is no. the answer is absolutely not. >> right, and not to mention that a lot of those that had the higher education and legacy in these institutions have at times -- people in my community could not go to school by law. so you have a legacy from

generations where we just -- we had jim crow a generation and a half ago. but in addition to overturning the legal and to affirmative action, the supreme court also struck down president joe biden's attempt to forgive more than 400 billion dollars in student loan debts. overturning one of biden's moves to deliver on a campaign promise. what do you think these decisions will mean for the future of higher education? he specially for disenfranchised historically disenfranchised groups, people of color and low income families? >> we are dealing with a supreme court that is extremely conservative, that has been an incredibly unprecedented way changed the way americans even think about reproductive health. the evolved issues that have been clearly established across the country back to the states, sending us back to the dark ages. we need uniformity and consistency, especially around

critical issues like health. and what we are seeing here specifically in higher education contests is a supreme court that continues to see race as relevant. if the supreme court wanted to eliminate affirmative action in its entirety, it would have done so. and here that's not the landscape we are inheriting. we are of course proceeding in volatile times. but that means we have to be more creative. that also means we have to be more bold. we have to use the narrow window that the supreme court has created for continuing elastic and missions processing universities. that considers all elements of a student's experience, including their race. and we need to eliminate preferences like legacy and donor ties in the admissions processed, reverend. >> all right, thank you attorney madrigal for being with us tonight. up next, my final thoughts, stay with us. stay with us to severe plaque psoriasis.

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