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
ainsley: and middle america, too. lawrence: that s right. steve: you mentioned your mom earlier who complained about the democrats singing yesterday off key because she ran a choir. lawrence: i complained to her. i was like my mom would be she wouldn t be pleased to see. ainsley: her choir singing like that. lawrence: off beat. steve: 15 seconds his mom emails good morning i love you. ainsley: i m watching. did she sing to you a lot growing up. lawrence: she made us sing too. i not sing on this program. ainsley: but you can sing? lawrence: i can sing. ainsley: it s 7:02 on the east coast if you are waking up for work. president biden pushes congress to push federal voting laws as is he scolding the republicans for strict voter access. steve: federal access. this as the showdown intensifies between republicans and the texas democrats who he ho fled via private jet to break the quorum. how long will that last? lawrence: exactly. they landed in d.c. and got a very warm welcome. david sp
democrats don t want you to have to show i.d. you hear kamala harris say people can t get to kinkos newt gingrich said just to show you how out of touch she is kinkos closed 13 years ago. in texas we will get into this in a minute. you have to show an i.d. or the last four distal of your social security number. even if you don t have an i.d., you still have to be a citizen. steve: every one of those people who got on an airplane had to show i.d. to get on airplane to flee from texas. ainsley: good point. steve: we heard joe biden say it s not hyperbole the west thing since civil war and jim crow. the presiding officer in the senate town there, and, by the way, the texas senate yesterday passed the voting rights bill which caused the ainsley: down party lines 18-4. steve: nonetheless it passed. he he was on the channel saying that the stuff that the left is saying is, well, i will let the lieutenant governor say it.
symbolically ends its involvement in its longest war here this week, this country could use a lot of help. back to you. steve: a lot of help. all right, greg, thank you very much. all right. we are coming up on the half hour. 6:30 here in new york city. coming up, those fugitive texas democrats received high praise for their actions running away after arriving in d.c. but what are folks back home in texas saying? we re going to talk to a republican lawmaker there deep in the heart of texas coming up next. ck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa s dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental. .paid her claim. .and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that s what we re made for. usaa. what you re made of, we re made for. get a quote today.
they get their way they will cheat. he said they will see that james clyburn might say that earn leaves in you should have an i.d. that s not what james talarico said. he is the state rep from texas. he was on with pete hegseth. fiery interview. i suggest you find that interview. it s really good. they get in an argument about this and james talarico said i don t believe that you should have to show an i.d. lawrence lawrence exactly. steve: here s the thing when you look at the texas democrats who fled to washington and who knows how long they are going to be there, when republicans in oregon did the same thing in 2019 will vox said they were subverting democracy. kamala harris called it as american as apple pie. you in the difference? one party was one party. the other party, the democrats it s okay. the hope is you do not read it. you do not understand it. but like we just went through, what s so bad about that bill?