>> i have worked with michael eric dyson when i was at espn and i was hosting first take, he was a regularallowed to say anything back then so i would just have to smile and nod, yes, yes back the big words that are coming out of your mouth, yes, true. he is a race baiter. he certainly is r but he also jumped in with me on the red carpet of a super bowl party for a picture and he knows the points i make on this channel. so clearly there is some regularity in his persona. but it is what it is, i suppose. >> greg: did he ever text you, vents? >> no. to things with this. one, my legal name is actually vincenzo. no one can pronounce vincenzo and i never took it as an attack on italy. i don't assume right away, this is an anti-italian thing. so that is first. can we be less sensitive about people that can't pronounce foreign names? that's one. and two cacti wrist, that's why i go to hockey games, that [bleep] never happens at a hockey game. what happened to you. >> it didn't happen with us to, he had to go pontificate somewhere else. [laughter] >> also, everyone says her name differently all th

michael eric dyson professor of african american studies at vanderbilt, university.sent, the unfinished fight of the vote. it just went on sale this week. let us start with the story coming out of the debate, the baseless claim that haitian immigrants are eating pets in ohio. the accusation echoes false rumors being put out by neo three online. and now they are being mainstreamed. not only by trump but by his running mate, senator j.d. vance. by ted cruz and the odor of x and elon musk and others who have power and influence and should absolutely know better. how did we get here? what do we do about it? dr. dyson. >> we elevate people by al sharpton. congratulations on 13 years of telling the truth in such bold and declarative fashion. we also have to acknowledge that what they are doing, as you have articulated, is really reprint using racist tropes that have suggested that black people are the other. now they are picking on haitian people as somehow immigrants who do not deserve a shot at american identity and american citizenship at the papers and the benefits and

michael eric dyson is with us as well. michael, thanks for coming in. it wasn't that long ago. you and i remember when the trump campaign slogan with to regard to debates was quote quote, any any time, any place they even t shirts emblazoned with that motto, do you see trump refusing to do another debate as a tacit admission that he scared and that he lost. >> of course, she beat him like a dirty rug. she smoked him like a pack of menthols and him it's fatal, mediocrity was revealed. here is a man who's delusional narcissism has made him believe that somehow he won that battle. remember he said she had just turned black, so he was racially charged in his rhetoric. and then he said she was stupid and not very bright. she was so bright, she just charged you with intelligence and logic and overwhelmed him. here's the guy who's proud to be unmolested by enlightenment facing up against a woman who was his intellectual superior. and she drugged him in all certain terms. so yeah, it makes sense for him to back off into pretend that he has nothing else to prove when he has everything i

the record a screenshot of a tex t i received from the esteemed professor from vanderbiltd michael eric dyson. after my cnn interview, begged , me for photos in this text, he says, after, he s calling mes a racist on cnn show. don't tell anybody we look good together and sent me a kissy emoj scenti without a gt >> the guy says, i'm gorgeous and all these photos, i don't think he's bent out of shape on how anyone pronouncesa harris kamala. and if we're going tmeo have tht standard, you got to hold it si both sides,e will not just or one or the other. >> hmm. nod not just, he's named dyson. >> he . sucks.y, are you surprised by t, cyrus? >> no. no, i'm not. n dillon's. i've been dealing with assad for years, man. i can'st stand him. when i was a bodyguard, we went to the phoenix all-star game, do and i was snooping terrell owens. tyand one of the things the snoa used to let me do because he's to argue about basketball time. arguetball i. fan he's like a fan. when we go to those bases, like, yo, you sit with me because we would talk basketball. dyson does. and reverend jesse jackson used these e

michael eric dyson joins me now. good to see you, friend. >> good to see you.on january 6th, a lot of people did think about redemption and about tulsa and about those kinds of things. talk about the connection. >> absolutely. think about the election of 1876. when the birth of the red shirts, who would roll through roughshod against black voters because they didn't want black people to vote. then they said don't just intimidate them because an intimidated voter is problematic. kill them. they were literally willing to deploy violence against voters so they could protect their ability to maintain a purely white, at that point, democratic party. and wade hampton ii was there, the politicians were trying to brag on the senate floor about suppressing the black vote and getting rid of it. so january 6th has always been on the calendar of african american people for wilding out white citizens who were incapable of tolerating and absorbing black citizenship. >> there's also this use of proxy violence, mete out violence through indirect means. what's happening with ha

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cnn political commentator scott jennings and ashley allison politicos, meridith mcgraw and michael eric dyson, distinguished professor at vanderbilt university and coauthor of the new book represent the unfinished fight for the vote. michael, why do you think this conspiracy theory about haitian migrant population in springfield continues to be so pushed by right-wing media circles and by the president, and former president well, in a word, it's part of the big attack resy, the rule rain in tyranny of collection of bigoted figures. and by big, i mean as howard thurman said, a big it as a person who makes an idol of his or her commitments of fetish of their own particular beliefs. and this man has come consistently denounced others. if you remember he called hadiya a shithole country. this is an extension of the same attempt to both smear vice president kamala harris by refusing to call her by her rightful name. that is a racist trope that has been deployed by many on the right is not a i innocent mistake because if you mispronounce your name and your corrected and you continue to mispronounce

michael eric dyson, out with a new book titled "represent, the unfinished fight for the vote."ays happened and did not happen around the 2020 election, what he may be preparing his supporters for after this upcoming election. what strikes me reading the book is how a lot of what we are seeing today in terms of the disenfranchisement of voters is nothing new. >> you think about some of the extraordinary events that have occurred in american history where people have tried to roughshod over people's rights. their enfranchisement, their ability to say what will happen in democracy. democracy is about people power and the people have to be involved. from the very beginning, from the founding fathers, we don't want everyone involved because they might do that, the they might do that, the very thing they were trying to avoid in european culture in england, they ended up replicating, to a degree here by saying women can't vote, people who don't own property can't vote, obviously african-americans can't vote. intimidating them. so, intimidation is nothing new, denial of opportunity is

. >> michael, eric dyson may mailman coleman hughes leah wright rigueur welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening. >> i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about where the trump team thinks it can compete and where it can't. turns out one of those places may or may not be the state of new new hampshire. tonight breaking we are learning that this trump campaign official wrote this memo to supporters saying new hampshire is gone. it says the campaign is determined that new hampshire is no longer a battleground state. that means the campaign is suspending all resources staffers, supplies, speakers, et cetera, to new hampshire. what are we to do go to pennsylvania, that's the nearest battleground state that might just be a simple statement of fact, he was suspended for it and the trump campaign is saying they're still competing i think that this is an issue of incompetence more so than we can't win. it looks like the trump campaign just never got around to staffing new hampshire like they should. and so it seems like tom

michael eric dyson. book titled "represent, the unfinished fight for the vote." professor, always great to have you with us. congratulations on the book. >> thank you, my friend. >> incredibly timely, obviously, ahead of this election, and even tonight because of what we'll likely hear from donald trump about what he says happened and did not happen around the 2020 election, what he may be preparing his supporters for after this upcoming election. what strikes me reading the book is a lot of what we're seeing today in terms of the disenfranchisement of this country, it's nothing new. you trace it back. >> think of the extraordinary events that occurred in american history where people have tried to rush over people's rights. their enfranchisement, ability to say what will happen in a democracy. democracy is about people power, and the people have to be involved. from the very beginning, when the founding fathers went, eh, we don't want everybody involved because they might do this, might do that, the ver

record a screenshot of a text message i received from the esteemed professor from vanderbilt michael eric dyson my cnn interview begged me for photos in this text. he says after calling me a racist on cnn, don't tell anybody, we look good together and set me a kiss he emoji. the guy says i'm gorgeous in all of these photos. i don't think he has that bent out of shape on any announcing of kamala. you have to hold it to both sides not just one or the other. on to the issue at hand. i want to thank you, mr. chairman for witnesses being here today. joe biden and kamala harris have presided over the worst residential administration in american history. biden and kamala harris have a strong economy and next to zero inflation. under the bided harris administration, inflation skyrocketed, wages stagnated in the american families are struggling to make ends meet as we are all well aware of today. biden and kamala have a world at peace and turned into a world at war. our allies are at attack. our adversaries are bolded. america embarrassed on the world stage. in fact, even being forced to evacuate seven

would like to also into the record the screenshot of a text message i received from vanderbilt, michael eric dysonter my cnn interview, bigamy for photos coming in this text, he says after calling me a racist on cnn, don't tell anybody, we look good together and sent me a kissy emoji. he says i'm gorgeous in all these photos. i don't think he's that bent out of shape how anyone pronounces kamala. if we have that standard, the other side, not just one or the other. on to the issue at hand i want to thank you, mister chairman for witnesses being here today. president biden and kamala harris have presided over the worst presidential administration in american history. biden and kamala harris inherited a country with a strong economy and next to 0 inflation. under the biden/harris administration inflation skyrocketed, wages stagnated. american families are struggling to make ends meet as we are well aware of today. biden and kamala inherited a world of peace and turned into a world at war. are allies are under attack. our adversaries emboldened and america embarrassed on the world stage. in fact, even

record a screenshot of a text message i received from the esteemed professor from vanderbilt, michael eric dyson after my cnn interview, begged me for photos in this text. he says after call me a racist on cnn don't tell anybody, we look good together and then send me a kiss emoji. this guy says i'm gorgeous and all these photos. i don't think he's that bent out of shape about anyone pronounces kamala harris and if we are going to have that energy, i hold to both sides not just one of the other. on to the issue at hand, i want to thank you mr. chairman for our witnesses being here today. joe biden and kamala harris have provided -- presided over the worst ministration in american history. biden and kamala harris inherited a country with a strong economy and next to zero inflation. under the biden-harris administration skyrocketed wages stagnated in the american families struggling to make ends meet as we are all aware of today. biden and kamala harris -- at war. our allies are under attack, our adversaries in bolden, and america embarrassed on the world stage. in fact, even being forced to evacu