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. >> joining us, now jelani cobb, professional of journalism at columbia. msnbc political analyst. chairman of the african american studies at the prince been -- msnbc contributor. professor cobb, president biden offered a few different historical frames of where we stand tonight on voting rights, including that point we just heard, that even strom thurmond eventually got there. getting to a place where no republican senator stands tonight. >> right. first of all, i'm really excited. ammo graduate of morehouse, some glad you have a president of morehouse, lawrence. happy new year. yes, i think president biden made a great point with regards to the historical commitment on part of republicans to pass voting rights. i think we need to add a bit of historical nuance. even those trump thurman supported the voting rights, and even though ronald reagan supported it, ronald reagan in 1981, supported voting rights act with the stipulation that he wanted to eat some of the requirements. reagan, although he signed -- embraced the voting rights act, he foreshadowed the shelby decision. openin

. >> joining us now, jelani cobb, staff writer for "the new yorker" and professor of jim at columbia university, and eddie glaude, chairman of the african american studies department at princeton university and an msnbc contributor. professor glaude, president biden offered a few different historical frames of where we stand tonight on voting rights, including that point we just heard, that even strom thurmond eventually got there and got to a place where no republican senator stands tonight. >> right. so, first of all, i'm really excited. i am a graduate of morehouse. i am delighted you had the president of morehouse college on and happy new year and the like. so, yeah, so i think president biden made a great point with regards to the historical commitment on the part of republicans to pass voting rights. we need to add a little historical nuance. even though strom thurmond supported the voting rights act and ronald reagan supported the voting rights act as well, ronald reagan in 1981 supported the voting rights act with the stipulation he wanted to ease some of the requirements. so