particularly to voters of colors in that first in the south primary state. with regards to voter suppression, we spent time on the broadcast yesterday digging into this a bit. you had wisconsin purging, more than 200,000 registered voters. georgia purging voters as well, more than 300,000 in georgia before a chunk of them were actually restored. how closely are you watching this? we re watching this incredibly closely. when i talk to voters of color and particularly african-american voters in some of these states where republicans control legislatures, they tell me there s very concerned there s a calculated, concentrated effort ahead of the 2020 primary and general election to make sure the folks who are black and brown, who look like them, aren t turning out to vote, including to laws like those that vice president biden mentioned in that opini-ed overe
candidate for presidency, i wanted to come to this community because my whole career is about going to the places that often team don t go to, don t talk about, don t face and confront. reporter: so how does booker s how do booker s chances look in south carolina? democrats believe he has a huge potential outside in the state but there s also stiff competition. senator kamala harris has been focusing aggressively on south carolina and democrats here say if joe biden gets in the race, he also has a very strong network in the first in the south primary state. rebecca buck in south carolina, thank you. let s talk more about the competition that is growing. another democratic candidate who made it official this weekend, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. she s also working a key early voting state today. cnn s mj lee is joining us from iowa. mj, senator warren no longer the newest on the block as of a
chamber of conference event. he s neck and neck with ted cruz behind donald trump and ben can carson. we ll see how the latest polling after the debate really potentially shuffles the deck, if at all. rubio here last night in columbia, south carolina, he opened up his first office in the state and really talked about the importance that he sees for this first in the south primary state. here s what he had to say. we plan to be here quite often. maybe not in the office every day but in the state because we want to do very well here. we want to be successful. because this election could very well be decided, at least denomination could be decided in the state. reporter: now, in the aftermath of the debate this week, much of the focus among the gop candidates has been their distinctions over immigration policy, especially after donald trump says his plans to deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the nation by using something he calls a deportation force.
supports amnesty, we will have given up one of the major distinctions with hillary clinton and we will lose the general election. rubio avoided being drawn into the immigration discuss on tuesday s debates. now he says he would allow undocumented immigrants in the u.s. longer than ten years to get a work permit if they learn english and pay a fine. cnn s sunlen serfaty is with rubio in south carolina with the latest. reporter: good morning, john and christine. marco rubio trying to keep the momentum going after the debate hitting two key states. iowa and south carolina. here in columbia, he opened up his first office in the first in the south primary state. he talked about the importance of this state in his road ahead. we plan to be here often. maybe not in the office every day, but in the state. we want to do well here. we want to be successful. this election could very well be
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