our immigrants, in particular those daca students. all of this is connected to the protection of voting rights. congressman o rourke, let me ask you about that basic idea of nationalizing the fight in texas, as reverend barber just put it. you obviously have been straddling the different parts of your political power, your political base as a national figure in the democratic party, as a texan, somebody who s gone home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington trying to get federal help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. well, those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden for that matter to pass the for the people act. that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other states that have passed voter suppression and voter intimidation measures.
we have to demand these things and we can t have a little piece there, a little piece here and all this negotiation. we need for things, and the fifth thing we re gonna add to it is that we must protect our immigrants, particularly those students, and all of this is connected to the protection of voting rights. of this is connected to the procongressmank you about that basic idea of nationalizing the fight in texas as reverend barber just put, it you ve obviously been straddling because the different parts of your political power, your political bases a national figure in the democratic party as attack sick. but going home to essentially burn state the state, while texas democrats are in washington trying to get help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden, for that
home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington trying to get federal help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. well, those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden for that matter to pass the for the people act. that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other states that have passed voter suppression and voter intimidation measures. but because texas is the toughest state in which to vote, and it s about to get a lot harder if these new voter suppression bills pass, these are the front lines in this battle. that s why i m so grateful that the poor people s campaign and bishop barber have made this the center of their attention, because he s absolutely right. voting is not just connected to our democracy, as essential as that is. it s connected to the