president biden slamming the efforts by republican-led states to restrict voting rights, calling it an assault on our democracy. >> this sacred right is under assault with incredible intensity like i've never seen even though i got started as a public defender and a civil rights lawyer. with an intensity and an aggressiveness that we've not seen in a long, long time. it's simply un-american. it's not, however, sadly, unprecedented. >> the president announcing vice president kamala harris will lead the biden administration's push to protect voting rights across the country and acknowledging that it will be an uphill battle. democrats in the texas legislature walking out and derailing a republican bill designed to suppress voting. the gop governor is fighting