he signed legislation restricting access to voting further in the state, governor greg abbott is reportedly pushing stricter penalties for what he calls illegal voting. also happening right now as we speak, the justice department is in federal court arguing against the new texas abortion ban. a lot going on. joining me right now is matthew dadd, former strategist for the george w. bush campaign, broke from the republican party years ago and announced this week he is running as a democrat in the texas governor s race. good to see you. thanks for having me on, kate. i want to start with voting rights, something we ve talked about a lot. texas has the most restrictive voting laws in the country. the governor just signed this bill into law, this new voter bill pushing further pushing restrictions even further. and now he wants to make more changes, increasing penalties for illegal voting, after they just lowered the penalties.
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