none. a solution in search of a problem that s going to disproportionately hurt and harm some texans more than others. for those who support democracy, i encourage you to fight with all you have. do whatever it takes to make sure we preserve the right to vote in the state of texas. in texas at this hour, that fight is not over. it s being revived once again by democrats there. quote, at least 58 democratic members of the state house of representatives are expected to bolt from austin today in an effort to block the measures from advancing. a source familiar with their plans says the unusual move will paralyze the chamber, stopping business until the lawmakers return to town or until the session ends. the majority of the members plan to fly to washington, d.c. on two private jets chartered for the occasion and use the time there to rally support for federal voting legislation. the texas democrats fighting back in the face of republicans very successful voter suppression drive is where
investigate it, don t want to fund the capitol police, don t want to move this country forward. i mean just going back to the day is so haunting, and it did not at the time of the attack have any partisan feel to it. i am open to the fact that it may turn out not to be the case, but there were harrowing images of democratic members of congress and republican members of congress, they all were under attack. i think the fact remains that as soon as the threat cleared, as soon as secret service rushed mike pence from the chamber, as soon as the insurrection was put down, hundreds of republicans, hundreds of your colleagues, voted to overturn the results of the election. i wonder if you worry that this anti-democratic commitment, this commitment to the lies and the disinformation is hard wired now? oh, i fear that it is. i m very fearful for our country and for our democracy, for the very things you said in the setup, that we do know there is still online chatter and conversations. we
declaration to engage the republicans on that ground and tell the american people why nothing else there s not another legislative bill in the house or the senate that can get passed and has the kind of support of the american people if you don t fundamentally deal with the right to vote. because at the end of the day, it doesn t matter if you pass an infrastructure bill, it doesn t matter if you pass all these other bills, because back at home, right, those citizens are watching their constitutional right, not your constitutional right to have a pothole filled, but your constitutional right to have a vote stripped away systemically by the minority party. you re either going to step up and shut that down or you re not. that s what the texas democratic legislators are saying right now by this move to washington is y all need to shut this down now, we re doing our part.
on their way to washington to, again, deprive governor abbott of a quorum there so a bill can pass through for him to sign. the truth is as malevolent as it is, the republican push to enact voter suppression laws predicated on a law also includes voter nullification laws. we have talked about this, laws that would remove the likes of brad raffensperger from the decisionmaking tree. without voting rights legislation, how do you protect? how do you guard the will of the people in the commonwealth? it is clear that washington is not going to get the job done, and this issue is being left to the states. i would just respectfully push back slightly on what you said. they re not winning here in pennsylvania. they re not winning because we beat them in court and they re not winning because we have a democratic governor who will veto any of these bills if it reaches his desk. we must keep that veto pen in the governor s office to beat back these attempts to try to change the rules. understan
the system and making it better. so republicans aren t about that. i think we know that now very clearly. so what it s going to require is the rest of us. what citizens are joining those legislators who come into town this week? what efforts are occurring in state capitols around the country to press on state legislators that the american people don t want this change? because wake up, folks. there s no fraud in the 2020 election. what the hell do you think is going to happen in 22 and 24? that s what the big setup is. that s what this setup is all about. so the stcey abrams, the joe manchins, the liz cheneys, they re trying to course correct before we get there so we don t have to confront real fraud when republican legislators decide, you know what, i m sorry, democratic candidate, you did