secretary of state refused to, quote, find 11,780 votes. the words of donald trump. on the phone to him. after the election. the texas legislature is attempting to change the aftermath of voting in texas in ways that could allow republicans to change the outcome of elections and turn republican losers into winners against the will of texas voters. today, a group of texas democrats who blocked that legislation by walking out of the house chamber last month were in washington today to beg house and senate democrats to pass federal voting rights legislation to help them fight voter suppression efforts by republicans. they made their pitch at a lunch with senate democrats who met privately with other democratic lawmakers. among the senate democrats, they came to see, was west virginia democrat joe manchin, who was not present at the lunch for senate democrats, nor did he personally meet with the group of texas democrats, but some of those democrats were able to