and just to bring it back, nick, to the reporting that sort of opened people s eyes to just how bad the georgia law was. it did result in the kind of boycotts that got attention from baseball. they moved that game. but you know, then we moved to texas and their law also got a lot of attention when the democrats in the legislature fled. they left, denying the republicans a quorum. but it feels like after that, when the efforts to stop these bills failed, the next 17 seemed to sail right through. tell me what this front looks like coming into the second year of dozens and dozens and dozens of bills still before state legislatures. yeah, well, i think just looking at the amount of public outcry that met the georgia law, that met the texas law, i mean, there were texas businesses that are anchors of that state, dell, american airlines, that came out very forcefully against the initial bills and then they kind
outset, elections that haven t seen any fraud. so, what democrats say is, this is just a chilling effect and trying to scare people from voting. so, while the georgia law in march was so sweeping, there s still new elements and i think new things that we re going to see both in georgia and around the country that are going to further look to add new limits to voting and mess with election administration as well. greg blue stein, there s no evidence that the republicans crafting these laws, these measures are targeting fraud. is there? i mean, they seem to be targeting what nick s talking about, democratic turnout. what is the pushback? what is the response? from the democrats? well, the democrats are saying that the big lie still is a big influence in georgia republican politics. and by the way, it s not just democrats pushing back on this. it s also some senior republicans who worry that the republican candidates are focusing too much on 2020,