time talking about during our election coverage in 2020 are also moving bills that are similarly restrictive and sweeping. places like michigan, pennsylvania, arizona, all of those places are now trying to look at what worked for democrats in 2020 and then trying to target and restrict that. a lot of this, too, and it has to be mentioned, is steeped in the nationalization of politics when it comes to how former president trump lied out right about what was happening on the ground, alleging fraud that did not exist. and now republicans and legislatures across the country are saying we need to shore up an election system that was secure in 2020, but they're continuing to lay the seeds of doubt about. >> nbc's ali vitali, thank you very much for your reporting on this tonight and for joining us. really appreciate it. >> yeah. and let's take a look at what state representative jessica gonzalez said about this. >> it is a sweeping piece of