30% of the early voting ballots in texas in this pass tuesday s primary was rejected based on new texas laws. so we re going to see low amounts of voting everywhere if we do not challenge and turn around a lot of these restrictive laws that have been put in place since 2020, in 1 states or more. we are dealing with a voting emergency in this country, as we deal with ukraine, and we need to deal with it, and that s why this weekend in selma is extremely important, because we need to underscore that we cannot be global liberators and at home ignore the threat to democracy right here. vice president is going to be marching with you. who else will be with you? this to me is always such an important it s symbolic, but it s always been an important moment of unity. are we going of that on sunday as well?
as this voting emergency worsens, congress has the power to make it right. and yet, two critical pieces of legislation remain stalled, leaving our rights hanging in the balance. joining me now is texas state representative ron reynolds. mr. reynolds, more than 50 democratic state lawmakers have texas have now been holed up in a hotel in washington, d.c. for longer than a week. you all fled your state to deny returns a quorum in an effort to block restrictive voting measures from being passed. what s the end game here? how long will you stay? rev, it is great to be on your show. how long? we are willing to stay as long as it takes to impart upon congress to pass hr-1 and hr-4. the special session is set to