MSNBC Guest on Defeat of Dems’ Election Bill: The Senate Is an American Form of ‘Apartheid’

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THOMPSON: "Well, I think Senator Schumer was accurate in everything he said and he called out the Republican Party for what it is. Democrats ⁠— 50 Democrats represent 43 million more people than the 50 Republicans do. And this is a holdover from, really, the time of enslavement. Many of these senators represent places that don't have the same population while the majority of people support this legislation. So, this is not a democracy. This is a minority that is controlling this. And, you know, at the risk of making the controversial metaphor, we know what minority rule is. And there's a term for minority rule. And that's called apartheid. We fought against that as well. This is history made tonight, Ari, on your show. A minority of Americans, representing a minority of Americans, is doing all it can to prevent democracy from the majority of people in this country voting, and we've got to do something about that. That’s why we are in the streets, I totally agree with Senator Schumer, something's going to have to be done.”