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support, we re going to overcome again i promise you but it s going to take a hell of a lot of work. texas state representative trey martinez fisher had this message for democratic senator joe manchin. in texas we say when times get tough it s time to cowboy up and so with all due respect and ask to senator manchin to please cowboy up and you may not think you don t want to destroy the country but you re gonna destroy the country state-by-state with these harsh voter suppression tactics. this is very tough. after texas democrats successfully blocked in voting restrictions bill by walking out of the house chamber and denying the republicans the quorum necessary to have a vote, texas governor greg evan promised to call a special session of the legislature to try to bring the bill to a vote again. the governor also threatened to defund the legislature in a tweet yesterday which was of course purely trumpian style.
be able to overturn elections where there are allegations of election fraud. so you can imagine a whole host of issues here that democrats say would make this one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. ed, thank you very much. we ll watch it closely. let s discuss with senior political analyst john avlon. you look at this texas case. and the implications far beyond texas. we re seeing similar restrictions in other states but also, the representatives behind this blockage here really issued a clarion call. listen to what trey martinez fisher told cnn. walking out last night is the equivalent to us being on our knees begging the president and the united states government to come up with a federal response. please give us a for the people act. please give us a federal response when it comes to elections in america.
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reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws. scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldn t possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, if the theory were taken seriously by a majority of the justices, it would potentially undermine medicare, social security, and countless other programs. today was not all doom and gloom, however. some voting rights advocates said justice anthony kennedy might uphold the law despite his tough questioning. i think justice kennedy was very methodical and deliberate in his assessment, said texas state representative trey martinez fisher, who witnessed the argument. i don t think he showed anybody anything. well, cross your fingers. tonight let s bring in