washed, specific washed, specific washington, d.c., specifically tod. ask for federal help, to a for new t federal protection th could set a floor on voting rights that no state can fall below. that, of course s the idea behind the for the people act. the for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now. basically because of one conservative democratic senator named joe manchin. the texas democrats have met with him directly.er they have met with other senators as well. they ve met with white house officials up to and include the vice president kamala harris. these texas democrats are away from their families, away from their jobs and businesses, away from their beloved texas. they re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure there is no quorum at home. like i said, they are literally facing arrest when they do go back to texas. and now six of these texas democrats have tested positive for covid in recent days
draconian new voting restrictions. at least for now. they could have gone anywhere outside of texas. they chose to come to washington d.c. specifically to ask for federal help. to ask for new federal protections that could set a floor on voting rights that no state that s the idea behind the for the people act. the for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now basically because of one democratic senator named joe manchin. the texas democrats have met with him directly. they have met with other senators as well. they ve met with white house officials up to and including the vice president, kamala harris. these texas democrats are away from their families and away from their jobs and businesses. away from beloved they re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure that there s no quorum at home. like i said, they are literally facing arrests when they do go back to texas. and now six of these texas democrat
capitol, by leaving the state, so they re beyond the reach of texas law enforcement, these democrats are preventing a quorum in the state legislature back home, which means that in very practical terms they re preventing texas republicans from passing draconian new voting restrictions. at least for now. they could have gone anywhere outside of texas. they chose to come to washington, d.c. specifically to ask for federal help, to ask for new federal protections that could set a floor on voting rights that no state can fall below. that of course is the idea behind the for the people act. the for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now. basically because of one conservative democratic senator named joe manchin. the texas democrats have met with him directly. they have met with other senators as well. they ve met with white house officials up to and include the vice president kamala harris. these texas democrats are away from their families, away fro
this report from the new york times on the symbolism of the american flag. quoting again supporters of former president trump have embraced the flag so fervently that the left has called it a symbol to the ride. corey bush said when they say the fourth of july is about american freedom, remember this. the freedom they re referring to is for white people. this land is stolen land and black people are still not free. anita vogel is following this live in the nation s capitol with more. good afternoon to you. yeah, good afternoon, trace. most people agree the fourth of july stands for freedom for all. some say they don t feel included in that. take a look at the rest of that tweet from cori bush. she goes on to say the 44-year-old member of the squad from missouri has made other controversial statements including when she used the phrase birthing people to refer to her own childhood experience. when some of her colleagues came to her support, others say her word don t
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