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woman named dessalines victor we should follow the example of a north miami woman named doesn't lean victor and doesn't lean to run to the polling place she was told to wait to vote might be six hours and it's time to buy her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet but whether folks like her would get to have their sent an hour after hour a throng of people stayed in line to support. because between is one hundred two years old and they are erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker the read i voted. pot herion dessalines story democrats and republicans stood up turned around to look at does a lean in the visitors gallery and applaud it even john boehner clapped they were applauding dessalines grit and commitment to her simple duty as an american their stories a troubling is centuries of progressive ballot access work for women and minorities is in reverse today civil rights victories are being rolled back by a network a billionaire funded organizations and politicians who don't like democracy and especially don't want liberals and minorities vote in this new

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. >> we should follow the exam of a north miami woman named desolene victor. she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. she's 102 years old. >> jon: that's the most adorable woman i've seen on the planet. screw the cat token that woman should be the the new monopoly piece. that's what i say. anyway -- [laughter] liquid. mmmmm, yes the state of the union address is a powerful bully pulpit where the presidene president has the opportunity to shape his message. >> we've worked tirelessly to have a framework to guide our counter terrorism efforts. throughout, we have kept congress fully informed -- >> jon: no, congress has made formal requests for administrative documents on drone strikes at least 18 times since 2011. the administration is saying they kept congress fully informed. that's like facebook telling me how much they care about my privacy. really, facebook, how come my mom wound up seeing this? [laughter] yeah. what it's for at that tobacco. [ laughter ] i just used it for marijuana. [ laughter ] how dysfunctional has our government become? a face

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. >> we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desaline victor.desaline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. and as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. >> hour after hour, a throne of people in line supported her. desaline is 102 years old. and they erupted in cheers when she put on a sticker that said, "i voted." >> 102-year-old desaline victor got a standing ovation. she's a hero. but that's not how they saw it over at fox. >> listen, that 102-year-old woman should not be online. >> why not? what's the big deal? >> what else is she doing. >> she was happy. she waited on line. she was happy that she was there to vote. >> what was she a victim of? >> what was she a victim of? are they serious? they made it hard for people like desaline to vote. lines kept more than 200,000 people have voting at all. luckily, desalnie was able to make her voice heard and she received a hero's welcome this week. but did the gangs at

we should follow the example of a north miami woman. when she arrived at the polling place, she was told the way to vote might be six hours. as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would have their say. hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her because she is 102 years old, and they erupted in cheers when she put on a sticker that read, "i voted." [applause] we should follow the example of a police officer named brian murphy. when a gunman opened fire on a sikh temple in wisconsin, brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety. he fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of his fellow americans worshiping inside. even as he lay bleeding from 12 old wounds. when asked how he -- from 12 bullet wounds. when he was asked how he did that, he said, "that is just the way we are made." we may do different jobs, and where different uniforms, and hold different views than the person beside us. bu

. >> we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desiline victor.he arrived at her polling place, she was told to wait to vote by the six hours. as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. hour after hour, people say the line to support. desiline is 102 years old. [applause] they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read "i voted." [applause] there is desiline. >> later in the speech, president obama proposed a solution to the problems victor and others faced. he introduced a commission to improve the voting experience in america. >> defending our freedom is not just the job of our military alone. we must all do our part to make sure our god-given rights are protected here at home. that includes one of the most fundamental rights of a democracy, the right to vote. [applause] when any american, no matter where they live or what their party, are denied that right because they cannot afford to wait for five or six or seven hours just to cast their

. >>> we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desalene victor.hen she arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. and as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her because desalene is 102 years old, and they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read i voted. >> welcome back to "hardball." it was that moment in barack obama's state of the union message that the efforts of voter disenfranchisement that took place in 2012 got a face. a 102-year-old's face. in nine states highlighted here, dozens of counties and municipalities, a part of the voting rights action called section five requires any changes that would affect voting in those places must be cleared by the u.s. department of justice. as this headline in today's "new york times" shows, this part of the voting rights act is being challenged today as, quote, a cure the south has outgrown. bu

. >> we should follow the example of the north miami woman named desiline victor. when desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her. because desiline is 102 years old. and they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read "i voted." >> the room gasped at that reveal in the anecdote, right, where the president reveals how old desiline victor is. and then the crowd stood, democrats and republicans, everybody in the room, and they gave desiline victor, 102 years old, a standing ovation. they stood and they cheered her patriotism, the heroism that she showed by waiting all that time in line, by willing to be able to go back. today back home in miami, look at this, desiline victor got another hero's welcome. her friends and her family turned out to meet her at miami international airport with hand-made signs and ball

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we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desaline victor. when she arrived at her polling place she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. and as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet or whether folks like her would get to have their say. hour after hour a throng of people stayed in line to support her because desiline is 102 years old. they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read, "i voted." ( applause ) there's desiline. we should follow the example of a police officer named brian murphy. when a gunman opened fire on a siek temple in wisconsin, brian was the first to arrive. he did not consider his own safety. he fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow americans worshipping inside. even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. when asked how he did that, brian said, "that's just the way we're made." that's just the way we're made. we may do different jobs and wear different uniforms and hold different views than the per

we should follow the example of a north miami woman named desaline victor. when desaline arrived at her polling place she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet but whether folks like her would get to have their say. and hour after hour a throng of people stayed in line to support her. because desaline is 102 years old. and they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read "i voted." (cheers and applause) there's desaline. we should follow the example of a police officer named brian murphy. when a gunman opened fire on a sic temple in wisconsin brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety he fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow americans worshiping inside. even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. and when asked how he did that brian said "that's just the way we're made." that's just the way we're made. we may do different jobs and where different yuan forms and hold diffe

we should follow the example of a north miami woman. when she arrived at the polling place she was told to wait to vote might be six hours. as time went by her concern was not with her tired body but whether folks like her would get to have a say. hour after hour, people stayed in line to support her because she is 102 years old. they erupted in cheers when she put on sticker that read, i voted. [ applause ] >> we should follow the example after police officer named brian murphy. whether a gunman opened fire on a sikh temple in wisconsin, brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety. he fought back u until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety americans worshipping inside even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. when asked how he did that, brian said, that is just the way we're made. that is just the way we're made. we may do different jobs and wear different uniforms and hold different views than the person beside us. as americans we all share the same proud title. we are citiz

. >> we should follow the example of the north miami woman named desaline victor.he was told the wait to vote might be six hours. as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body and aching feet or whether folks like her got to have her say. people stayed in line to support her. she is 102 years old. they erupted in cheers when she put on a sticker that said "i voted." >> the efforts by the republican national committee and the right to vote to do every trick in the book. reminds me of literacy tests and poll taxes and time on minorities, time, make them wait and they will give up. >> i remember those days also as a child, growing up in el paso, texas when my parents and grandparents could not vote. poll taxes. we have to move forward. having this woman in the audience tonight, it was just remarkable to be able to see her and to realize that she remembers those days, and that she was determined she was going to exercise her full democratic right and she did regardless of the length of time she had to wait. the president took the stand for the public to un

we should follow a north miami woman who went she arrived to vote, she was told it might be six hourse ticked by. her concern was not about her aching body or her aching feet but whether folks would be able to get there safe. hour after hour people stayed there to support her because she is 102 years old. they erupted in cheers when she put on a sticker that read "i voted." [applause] [applause] we should follow the example of a police officer when a gunman open fired on a sikh temple in wisconsin. brian was the first to arrive, and at the not consider his own safety. he fought back until help arrived, and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow americans worshiping inside. even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. when asked how he is it that, brian said, that's just the way we're made. that's just the way we're made. we may do different jobs, and wear different uniforms, and hold different views than the person beside us but as americans we all share the same proud titles. we are citizens. it's a word that doesn't just describe our nationality or legal s

we should follow the example of the north miami woman named desaline victor, when she arrived to the polling place and she was told the wait to vote might be six hours and as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body aching feet, whether folks like her would have their say. and hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her because she's 102 years old and erupted and cheered when she finally put on a sticker that read "i voted." . [applause]. well -- that's desaline. [applause]. we should follow the example of a police officer named brian murphy, when a gunman opened fire on a sikh temple in wisconsin, brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety, he fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow americans worshipping inside, even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. and when asked how he did that, brian said, that's just the way we're made. and that's just the way we're made. we may do different jobs and wear different uniforms and hold different views than the person be