justice roberts and the conservative bloc on the supreme court. the supreme court has stripped away protections contained within the voting rights act and states have responded with a slew of antivoter legislation. americans deserve options to be able to cast their ballot. and that is why president joe biden and i are calling on congress to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. a large part of this boils down to how bad you think voter suppression is. the original law operated on the premise that it is so bad, it must be stopped in advance. unlike some other problems or even crimes, that there was a larger national imperative to protect this right to vote, not just punish voter suppression after the fact. so the law had something that required states with a history of racist voting tactics to get clearance in advance for many voting reforms. that s the part the supreme
speak, some up to 17 hours, to publicly oppose the restrictions. in the end, republicans did not listen, advancing the bill out of committee. now it gets a floor vote. that could happen by tuesday. we should note part of the legislation targets the liberal leaning harris county, banning an overnight voting option the county rolled out during the pandemic. in a statement the leader of the texas house democratic caucus said in part, you just can t make this up. republicans are passing antivoter legislation overnight to prohibit texans from casting a ballot overnight. joining me know, representative, texas republicans hope to pass these restrictions as early as tuesday. in may democrats staged i walkout. do you plan to walk out this time? what i say is all options are on the table. we are definitely considering
take anything off the table, but i think it s important that everybody understands what is happening, reps are trying to pass antivoter legislation based on the big lie, that donald trump won the last election, because republicans in texas, in particular greg abbott are determined, and governor abbott is more worried about his primary election than even i realized, because if you look at the agenda he s put together for the special session, it s just a laundry list, a treasure trove of right-wing red meat to-do items. while governor abbott focuses on that around 40%.