senate will take it up later this month and i will fight like heck for its passage. we re going to overcome again i promise you but going to take a hell of a lot of work. and vice president harris will lead a push for voting protections in response to the ballot restrictions in several states like texas. where a republican-sponsored bill would contain most restrictive measures in entire country. eliminate 24-hour and drive-through voting and prohibits sunday voting before 1:00 p.m., direct attack on souls to the polls by black churches. and make it easier for judge to overturn election without evidence that fraud changed the outcome of a race. you can see why the texas democrats stirred up good trouble. staging a walkout to prevent the vote being held. chris turner, democratic caucus chair who organized the walkout,
time-honored tradition of getting out the vote after sunday worship. changing the start time from morning to 1:00 p.m. is attempt to cut off access off church and create a line when they do finally open at 1:00 p.m., both have suppressive effect on right to vote. and i talked about this extensively as did other members. not once did a republican say oh, it was a typo. that s a little bit of revisionist history i m afraid. did the same squeal and retreat in georgia when they tried the same thing there. the most terrifying aspect of this bill and all of it is bad, is the idea a judge could simply say i overturn this election, don t have to prove fraud. this is straight-up tyranny. i don t know if you re a lawyer but how can that be legal? i m not a lawyer but i agree with the analysis. it s terrifying to think a judge
first want to thank you and your colleagues for showing us the meaning of fight. there are some democrats, no disrespect, but might have needed that demonstration. that s just me talking here. ask you about a provision. travis collardi bill negotiation claimed that gutting souls to the polls is just an error and he looks forward to fixing it. your thoughts? first of all, thank you for having me, honor to be with you. all 67 members of our caucus led on this and made it possible to defeat this bill. all credit to our caucus in texas. provision on the bill, i spoke at length about that. it is a direct attack on souls to the polls. many churches in texas and across the country have