Republicans urge Texas Supreme Court to toss suit over Abbott veto
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election? we could say that texas is dead last, but, remember, this is a state that re-elected ted cruz, one of the least popular political figures on a national stage, and he beat beto o rourke. is the answer all of those rising young people simply need to vote and actually change texas? i will share with you, they re changing texas. that s what you re seeing right now in these different pockets, whether you re talking about san antonio or austin or el paso. but it gets to a moment that they create such difficulty in accessing the voting booth and it doesn t matter how many people you register. if you re purging them and making sure you re not accessible, for the very first time and i think this is why they re sounding the alarm, in the 2018 election for the very first time text went from dead last in voting participation to 41st. that s unusual, but it s because you re seeing people more engaged and they re not liking who their politicians are.
up, for god s sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. have you no shame? maria, you were at that speech yesterday. here s the issue. these views don t necessarily match up with how people feel in texas, and those are the voters that matter. last month the texas tribune found that 35% of registered voters in texas wanted to make voting rules more strict, while only 26% said they should be loosened. can you make the argument that the texas legislature and these restrictive voting laws, while you might not like them, i might not like them, are a representation of what texas voters want? let s level with each other right now, stephanie. if you look at the most let s. the most restrictive state in the country for access to the voting booth, it is texas.
reporter: right, steph. lawmakers showed up here yesterday, at least the house members, quickly realized they did not have the quorum and moved ahead with that vote, which fell along party lines, giving the sergeant at arms permission to go after those missing legislators. now, of course the sergeant of arms or anyone that he appoints has no jurisdiction outside of texas, so it is very unlikely that anything is going to come of this, given that democrats have said they do plan to remain in washington, d.c. until the special session has ended. but there are still some things going on. republicans say that they are holding meetings, they are working on legislation in the house. as for the senate here in texas, they actually did move forward with passing their version of this voting bill yesterday, but of course that will die after the special session if the house is not able to regain that quorum. and so i asked several republican house members yesterday, look, clearly this is a big en
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