texas republicans don t want free and fair elections. we are not to buckle in the big lie in the state of texas. we re living right now on borrowed time in texas. and we can t stay here indefinitely. to run out the clock. to stop republican anti-voter bills. i do believe we will overcome some day. lawrence: that s what i was referring to earlier being off key no, rhythm. to represent texas this way. but the question is too the democrats really believe this? then you have jim clyburn he was on with neil yesterday saying the democrats have never been against voter i.d. hr 1 would eliminate voter i.d. for 35 states. so this goes to the new strategy of the democrats to act like the
to challenge it vigorously. reporter: biden attacking republicans for leaning on lies that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud. no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny and such high standards. the big lie is just that a big lie. have you no shame? reporter: the president also taking aim at his predecessor. in america, if you lose, you accept the results. you don t call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because you re unhappy. that s not statesmanship, that s selfishness. reporter: it comes as more than 50 democrats from texas have fled the state in an effort to block a vote on new voting restrictions. we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. reporter: the republican governor vowing they won t get away with it. as soon as they come back in sate of texas, they will be arrested. reporter: the texas democrats joining the president s call for new laws to protect voting rights. biden urging ame
texas democrats are showing how to fight for voting rights. republicans in texas are vowing to track down and arrest those democrats. these are new pictures showing. their plan is to weigh out the clock and stay in d.c. for the next three weeks, lobbying corresponding to do something. here they are in front of the capitol today. we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. we can t hold this tie back forever. we are buying some time, we need congress and all of our federal leaders to use that time wisely. i am not going to be a hostage. we fall too long and hard in
reconvene. that is their first accomplishment of the trip. the effort to deny quorum because you need two-thirds of the legislature there to do official state business. next, it is a lot more difficult. and that will be potentially trying to convince senate democrats to push forward federal voting protections. now they ve been up here before as they denied quorum in the regular session but there doesn t seem to be much appetite on capitol hill for this. so they re going to spend the next 27 days or potentially more if the governor goes through with his effort to call another special session and another special session trying to convince senate democrats to do what they could not do in texas since they are in the minority. take a listen. we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. the big lie that has resulted that has resulted in
texas democrats could be arrested when they return to the lonestar state. that s at least the new threat from texas republican governor greg abbott after a group of democratic lawmakers fled texas yesterday to deprive the legislature of a quorum so as to block republican legislators from passing a new voting law that contains additional restrictions. though we should note that some of the more notorious provisions of the texas law has been removed. the democrats are on capitol hill today meeting with democratic party leaders in the u.s. senate and trying to pressure president biden to do more to pass federal election reform legislation. but as cnn s sara murray reports for us now, this flight-and-fight effort is perhaps doomed to fail. reporter: as texas democrats make another dramatic attempt to fend off new voting restrictions in the lone star state. we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. reporter: they re taking to capitol hill to press lawmakers and