MSNBC - The Situation - 2005-09-16 (partial)

Name: MSNBC - The Situation - 2005-09-16 (partial)
Uploaded: 2026-01-07
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] RV coons and associations from the

[0:02] opportunity of America.

[0:04] We have a duty to confront this poverty

[0:06] with bold action.

[0:08] So let us restore all that we have

[0:10] cherished from yesterday and let us rise

[0:12] above the legacy of inequality.

[0:15] When the streets are rebuilt, there

[0:18] should be many new businesses, including

[0:19] minorityowned businesses, along those

[0:21] streets.

[0:23] Well, the president's claim that racism

[0:26] causes poverty was a jarring departure

[0:28] from conservative doctrine. Republican

[0:30] presidents typically don't believe

[0:31] things like that, much less say them out

[0:32] loud. But did anyone even notice what he

[0:35] said? And will the president's new

[0:36] position buy him any goodwill from black

[0:38] voters? To answer these questions and

[0:40] many others, we welcome Congresswoman

[0:41] Sheila Jackson Lee, who represents the

[0:43] 18th district of Houston, Texas, which

[0:45] is now home to some 125,000 Katrina

[0:48] evacuees. Congresswoman, thanks for

[0:50] coming on.

[0:51] >> Thank you for having me.

[0:52] >> Here's what I don't understand. And the

[0:53] president comes out, supports

[0:54] affirmative action as he has for a

[0:56] number of years now, and comes out and

[0:58] says, "Look, poverty causes or racism

[1:01] causes poverty. People are poor because

[1:02] they're discriminated against. This is a

[1:04] central tenant of American liberalism.

[1:06] Why does he get so little black

[1:08] support?"

[1:10] Well, the president had to speak last

[1:12] night to the obvious, Tucker. And might

[1:13] I say that uh his passion, his

[1:16] compassion was appreciated and I believe

[1:19] uh welcomed albeit that this is not a

[1:22] time to take polling numbers or to worry