democratic senators, we were unable to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act which would ve solved so many of the problems we are now seeing, including putting an end to some much of the voter suppression that has been enacted. last year in at least 19 states. and of course, over 400 voter suppression bills were introduced last year in state houses across the country. congressman, you, know we started with this story about the catfish guy. it s a ridiculous story. but that sort of the point of the story. it s ridiculous, but there are people entertaining these ridiculous ideas of voter fraud because they don t exist. and yet, it is working, it is making some people say, well we have to make sure that voting is safe in this country, we have to take away any possibility that it wouldn t be safe, and to the extent that people don t understand that these restrictions are eroding democracy, what argument do we make to right minded people to say, stop listening to the bs?
congressman, you, know we started with this story about the catfish guy. it s a ridiculous story. but that sort of the point of the story. it s ridiculous, but there are people entertaining these ridiculous ideas of voter fraud because they don t exist. and yet, it is working, it is making some people say, well we have to make sure that voting is safe in this country, we have to take away any possibility that it wouldn t be safe, and to the extent that people don t understand that these restrictions are eroding democracy, what argument do we make to right minded people to say, stop listening to the bs? i think you ve got to present the facts which are that there is no evidence of mass voter fraud in this country. as you know, ali, it s being fabricated to justify the racist voter suppression that we are seeing. and, of course we are seeing