[dramatic music] breaking news out of georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock and democrat jon ossoff has won the Senate Runoff election. This is the new georgia. This is a state that is changing like the country is changing. The big factor in black voters matter, its the new georgia project. You have black genius and grassroots genius on display, and black joy. We vote all we win we vote all we win welcome to the new georgia. Welcome to the blue georgia. Republicans taking another step to prevent what they believe is voter fraud at the polls. 48 states have introduced at least 389 bills to restrict voting. Both of those senate seats flipped from red to blue, and so republicans in georgia want to make sure that that doesnt happen again. Anytime a Political Party abuses their power to actually put laws in place so that whoever does not vote for them, they can prevent them from voting, that in itself is political corruption. We are fighting for our lives we are fighting for our votes we are fi
breaking news out of georgia, democrat raphael warnock and democrat jon ossoff has won the senate runoff election. this is the new georgia. this is a state changing like the country is changing. this is a new georgia project. you have black genius in grassroots genius on display, and black joy. we vote! we win! welcome to the new georgia, welcome to the blue georgia. republicans taking another step to prevent what they believe is voter fraud at the polls. 48 states have introduced bills to reduce voting. the senate seats flipped from red to blue. republicans in georgia want to make sure that doesn t happen again. any time a political party abuses their power to actually put laws in place so whoever does not vote for them, they could prevent them from voting, that in itself is political corruption. we are fighting for our lives. we are fighting for our votes. we are fighting for our democracy. something s got to give. something s got to change. the old
remains opposed to voting rights legislation. so i wonder if we ll find ourselves back here again until we get it, martin. oh, absolutely. we don t have a choice. this is the most one of the most important issues that all of us should be focused on as a nation. and that s what we did today in over 100 cities around this country. we let our voices be heard, that we want the expansion of voting rights, although we know 20 states have already enacted restrictive laws. now, of course, andrea, despite the efforts of those texas democrats and some of them remain in with a are not and marched with us today, those that had fled the state weeks ago, this week the texas state house advanced a voter restriction bill that those democrats were trying to impede. now it s essentially just one step removed from being signed
it s one thing to understand it conceptually that it was perhaps a matter of time, but to actually see it, to watch it happen as republicans in the texas house this afternoon gave final passage 80-41 to contentious voter restriction bill, that is something else entirely. from here that bill goes back to the senate and creeps closer to governor greg abbott s desk. in broad strokes here is what the bill does. it bans early drive-thru and overnight voting, restricts vote by mail, adds new requirements for those who assist voters, imposes criminal penalties on election workers and gives more power to partisan poll watchers. the sheer gravity of what this bill is capable of in terms of restricting voting rights means the clock is ticking.
country. and though three democrats returned to the state capitol, ostensibly to help mitigate the covid surge in their case, republicans are planning to force the voter restriction bill through the texas democrats remain in washington, while they push it through, and they released a statement saying they felt betrayed but that their resolve was not broken. we should all be so brave. so what can you do to advance the cause of voting rights in your community, your state, and across america? start local. and work your way up the ladder. there are voter advocacy groups in every one of the 50 states, and they can use all the volunteers they can find. then find out what your elected officials on the local, state and federal level have been up to and whether they are fighting for voting rights or trying to suppress them. make sure they know you re