2021 got new scrutiny this week. if we lost harris county, trump won by 620,000 votes in texas. harris county that they wanted to send out for 2.5 million. those were all illegal. we were able to stop every one of them. had we not done that, it would ve been one of those battleground states. if they were counting votes in harris county for three days, donald trump would ve lost the election. by the way, suppressing turnout in harris county by limiting mail-in ballot applications was not actually what got ken paxton impeached, and suspended for office. that was a whole web of weird corruption that is worth a few minutes on google if you haven t been following that story. but also by now, you ve probably heard about the bills passed by texas republicans targeting the elections in, wouldn t you know it, harris county. from the texas tribune, quote, texas republicans have muscle through legislation allowing unprecedented state interventions into elections in harris county. the most p
and cook county, illinois. which you might already know, includes the city of chicago. with the recent impeachment of texas republican attorney general, ken paxton, these comments that he made back in 2021 got new scrutiny this week. if we lost harris county, trump won by 620,000 votes in texas. harris county that they wanted to send out for 2. 5 million. those were all illegal. we were able to stop every one of them. had we not done that, it would ve been one of those battleground states. if they were counting votes in harris county for three days, donald trump would ve lost the election. by the way, suppressing turnout in harris county by limiting mail-in ballot applications was not actually what got ken paxton impeached, and suspended for office. that was a whole web of weird corruption that is worth a few minutes on google if you haven t been following that story. but also by now, you ve probably heard about the bills passed by texas republicans targeting the elections in, wo
mail-in ballots. but throwing out half the ballot applications because the new restricted voting laws. and you had to pass that voting restriction law because of all the fraud, decertify, decertify. it s working perfect for them. it looks crazy to the rest of the country but it s working perfectly for them and what s to stop them? kiersten cinema and joe manchin ? president biden will mark one year in office, today on the federal holiday to honor the late doctor martin luther king jr. the family said there should be no celebration without legislation meaning without voting rights legislation there was a major voting rights march in washington today.
vote doesn t count no matter how potently and completely they and their cohort votes foyer their chosen representative. the existing federal voting rights act was gutted by the united states supreme court by republican appointed judges. the restrictions on voting rights we are seeing, like this in texas, they can t be blocked anymore by the federal government. this new law in texas, that s having the state required by law to throw out half the ballot applications, it s law. it is new law they made in texas. it s in effect. it s not being blocked by anything. the state government has radically rescinded voting rights there. no one is coming to the rescue because of joe manchin. the federal government can only help in those instances if congress acts, if congress passes legislation to let the federal government step in and establish federal minimum standards in terms of voting rights in the election and