Republican lawmakers in Texas had to give up on a voting bill after Democrats walked out before a final vote. The bill contained some of the most restrictive voting measures in the country.
clinics in texas close. and these were clinics that weren t only providing abortion services. they were clinics that were also providing cancer screenings and family planning services for women around the state. the last piece of the bill will go into effect in september. and it s the most draconian piece. it s the piece that will require all of these centers to meet ambulatory surgical center standards without any evidence that there is a safety concern that requires that that be the case. and when that happens, we expect that we will likely only have five or six clinics left open out of the 42 in the state. when you announced your campaign, there was a lot of a lot of high expectations. you had fund-raising base, you have an incredible resume, an incredible personal story to tell, an accomplished legislator. polling has not been favorable to you so far.
polling has not been favorable to you so far. you recently replaced your campaign manager. is the campaign going as you hoped it would when you declared? i m actually very, very pleased with where our campaign is. i wish you could be here on the ground with me, chris, to see what i see as i travel the state. certainly in my experience, and democratic politics, i ve never seen anything like it. and we know that oftentimes the only accurate poll is the one that s taken on election day. i expect that we re going to see something remarkable happen because i see it already happening on the ground all over the state. the democratic party in texas has been, frankly, more it is not a strong entity. it has not been a strong entity in a long time. what makes you think you can turn that around in the next few months? i guess i could speak to that by referring, first, to the senate races that i ve won. and our senate districts in
what i ve asked at the federal level is that they send to us immigration judges who can properly, efficiently, and effectively while we have these people here in our community, put them through a proper immigration hearing process, where appropriate, repatriate them. where not, make sure we help move them along and to a productive part of our community and safe part of our community. about 20% of the people who are coming in every day are unaccompanied minors. it s a heartbreaking situation. state senator wendy davis, democratic nominee for governor in texas. thank you so much. thank you, chris. all right. fusion. you know fusion. when harnessed in physics, it can unleash awe-inspiring power. and fusion can do the same in politics. i will explain in tonight s all in america dispatch, ahead.
about handing that microphone essentially to the people of the state of texas. a year ago today, wendy davis was an exclusive guest on this program. just a day after her star-making turn as a woman who wouldn t yield on the floor of the texas statehouse. her now legendary 11-hour filibuster against a proposed antiabortion law launched davis from a low-profile state senator to a national voice for reproductive rights. a year later things look a lot different in texas. that bill davis was trying to block, it s law now. at least 21 abortion clinics have closed with more to come. wendy davis is now the democratic nominee for governor. but by any metric, her campaign is struggling. she staged her rally last night to commemorate the one-year anniversary of that filibuster and inject much needed energy into her gubernatorial bid. i got a chance to talk to wendy davis yesterday and started by asking her looking back after a year in which she seemed to distance herself from the abortion issue