paul, so fleeing the state when you don t like the bills the republican majority is pushing through, is that what i mean, that s what these i mean, isn t that what these democratic lawmakers were elected to do to actually, you know, argue their cases? to be in the the statehouse? but i mean, is fleeing what their job is? it it seems like it s the only option that they have. they have argued it. they ve debated it. they just don t have the numbers. they contested the election and lost. by the way, there was no fraud in that election. even though the republicans want it. the democrats aren t alleging fraud. this is the one weapon they have. and it is a bit of a texas two step, if you will. if they can hold off passage of this bill, until congress restores the voting rights act. there s john lewis voting rights advancement about that congress is debating. if they can hold that off, then they believe that the justice department reviewing this new, texas law, if it becomes a law,
of fraud, in the very actions that they re going to outlaw. in other words, houston did 24-hour voting and it worked great. they did drive-by voting where you could drop off your ballot in a drop box. worked great. no fraud, whatsoever. noneven alleged. texas attorney general spent 22,000 hours chasing down allegations of voting fraud. found 16 cases. every one of which was a case where somebody used a fraudulent address when they filled out their form. and those 16 people, not a one of them got a day of jail time. so, what they are trying to do is divide black and brown texans against white texans so they can distract from the fact that they can t keep the lights on. they can t keep the hospitals open. they can t keep people on their healthcare. yeah, paul bee la ga, appreciate it. we are going to update viewers on all this when we hear from those lawmakers once they land, get off the plane. we also have breaking news fr fda about a rare, neurological disorder that could actually
is what they view it and i have to say i m completely onboard with that. it s the only option they have got. right. but generally, every side argues that what they believe is the absolute truth. and there s, you know, this is a question of democracy hanging in the balance. i mean, voters in the end, are the ones who decide and elections do have consequences. one of those consequences is that the majority controls the legislative process, whether you agree with it, whether i agree with it, whether, you know, people agree with the policies or not. don t lawmakers of both parties have to respect that process? well, i think so and that s why i i m so frus ttrated by the big lie, which is what is the predicate for this texas bill. the elections in texas were won by the republicans and by all accounts, they were fair and accurate and honest. and yet, the republicans have put forward this big lie. that somehow, there s all this fraud. if you if you talk to texas politicians and i i
numbers. they contested the election and lost. by the way, there was no fraud, in that election, even though the republicans want democrats aren t alleging fraud. this is the one weapon they have. and it is a bit of a texas t two step, if you will. if they can hold off passage of this bill, until congress restores the voting rights act. there s john lewis voting rights advancement about that congress is debating. if they can hold that off, then they believe that the justice department reviewing this new-texas law, if it becomes a law, under a voting-rights act, would find that it s racially discriminatory. maybe, it wouldn t but that s their argument. is that just give us a chance to led this be reviewed the way the voting rights act was used to review racially-discriminatory laws for generations. but i mean, you said they have no choice. they do have a choice. they could, you know, i mean, whatever you think of of what the republicans are doing and the bills they put forward. i
the arizona audit spokesman says the numbers they have, after a handcount, don t match with maricopa county s. sometimes, we counted more. you know, so it s but there s variations in the the count. and we are just trying to get to a number that s we believe is accurate. reporter: whatever they do find, it won t impact the 2020 election because arizona s also, two previous audits by maricopa county didn t find any widespread fraud, but he maintains they could find gaps to continue the question the election. i m saying that s the possible. i m not saying it did. just a risk raises questions and that s why you have to do an audit to see what s been done. it was dangerous to begin with. the fact that it s dragging out continues to make it even more dangerous. reporter: jennifer is a former elections official and now expert in elections audits. she was brought in by arizona s secretary of state as an observer when the audit was on the floor of the coliseum.