00:00In Hartford, Connecticut, black women-led organizations rallied against the status quo in Congress,
00:06protesting Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries' bid for Democratic leadership.
00:11Our correspondent, Dan Albright, has more details.
00:15Hey, yes, I'm here in Hartford, Connecticut, where black women-led organizations
00:20are protesting Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer's bid to lead the Democrats in Congress.
00:26Hey, hey, ho, ho! The status quo has got to go!
00:32Schumer's and Jeffries are bought and paid for.
00:35They represent AIPAC and corporate donors.
00:39Schumer's and Jeffries don't want to reach across the aisle to hold them accountable.
00:43They want to reach across the aisle and figure out how they can line their pockets.
00:47The only time they should be reaching across the aisle once again is if they are leading them down into
00:53a jail cell.
00:54Black women are one of the Democrats' most reliable voting blocs,
00:58backing Democrats in overwhelming majorities for the past 50 years.
01:03To be a black woman is to also be taken for granted in a lot of ways.
01:06A lot of times our power is not given credit to.
01:09And I think that what I do like about this moment is a conversation of unlike past times.
01:15If we're going to get Democrats in office, you're going to fall in line.
01:19It's not a we got you there and we trust you to do it.
01:21Now we're going to hold you accountable.
01:23In recent days, Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, a backer of Medicare for All and a supporter of Abdul
01:29El-Sayed in Michigan,
01:31announced his candidacy against Chuck Schumer for Senate Majority Leader.
01:35While no such challenger has emerged against Hakeem Jeffries in the House,
01:41although many have floated Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts for the role.
01:47Ayanna Pressley, we need you.
01:48We need more black women.
01:50If they had listened to black people, well, black women, when Stacey Abrams ran, things would have been better.
01:55Organizers here are asking the public to call their representatives in Congress
02:00and ask them to oppose Jeffries and Schumer and support Van Hollen and Ayanna Pressley for those roles.
02:08From Hartford, Connecticut, Dan Albright, Telesor.
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