on capitol hill as a tourist would, the chair of the texas house democratic caucus told me yesterday that he believes they re working harder for the people in texas here in d.c. than they would be if they were back home. regardless, their stay here, which could be 25 days, is pretty pricey. they took two charter flights here. they re paying for buses to shuttle them too and from the airport and around d.c. and picking up the tab for 50 hotel rooms. they re not leaving since august state. base on the rates of where some of them are staying, 200 a night, 50 rooms, $250 million. so zero state dollars or taxpayer dollars are going into this work but it s costing texans in one way or another. a chunk of their taxes, a 30-day
why are we not dealing with those issues? we didn t deal with them in the session and we re not doing it now. we re asking the governor to work with us. and that other legislators, this is about the entire republican party being held by a big lie. we re going back to the big lie. none of these voter laws are necessary. they re nationwide. they re going nationwide. and they re unnecessary. neil: in texas, it didn t even if something mysterious was going on, to your point, representative, it wouldn t have done anything to affect the republican win regardless or the fact that the state remains a strong republican state. that may change which is why the bills are unnecessary. neil: i get that. 25 days. you think you ll anticipate you ll be in washington at least that long? you know, washington or if we need to go elsewhere depending on finances. we ll do what we need to do.
if this is so important, why are they below the statewide average? 130 counties that had neither 24 hour voting or drive-thru voting that had a higher turn out percentage. one of them was interestingly enough representative beckley s district. her county of denton had a higher turnout than harris county without having these unnecessary programs. 91 counties including a large number of south texas largely hispanic counties in south texas, south central texas had a bigger improvement in turnout between 2016 and 2020 than did harris county. look, this is all about politics. democrats weren t going to lose. so they decided they ll go to washington and claim this is all about racism and suppression. that s not what it s about at all. this bill increases the number of hours that people are allowed to vote during our early voting period in texas and requires
with customizable coverage. -and i m gonna -eh, eh, eh. -donny, no. -oh. neil: you see this in our nation s capitol? the washington monument is reopened after being shut down six months. it s open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the first visitors climbed it. it s a beautiful up there. but again, you have to be really good taking the stairs. i am. i didn t have to worry about that. the bottom line is it s an iconic washington life that is now back. the washington monument open for business. meantime, the pandemic. it s still a problem. cases are spiking in this country. they ve been moving up at a double digit clip. overall cases are low, but a lot of it has to do with young people resistant to take the vaccine. and enter olivia rodrigo, pop
cookie to deal with? they said absolutely none. they were in fact surprised at how weak the legal representation was. what did nixon say to you when you were advising him early on that he needed to get an attorney? didn t want to hear it. did not want to hear it. it is did not bring anybody in with that experience. it is baffling there s no iconic washington defense attorney eager to take on mueller on behalf of the president of the united states. it s not a town short on attorneys. i think it s one of the real issues for some of the firms is that they won t get paid. that s the rumbling i have been picking up in talking to washington lawyers i know. i think he will probably find somebody in washington that will step forward. he s got the word out there now so i think some republican lawyer probably will come forward. thanks very much. coming up, first his parents sued. now the brother of seth rich has also filed a lawsuit against right wing activist and media