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To help. >> wright worries a hassle for others might keep them away. and thats a problem for him. >> every american citizen who wants to vote ought to be allowed to vote. >> the number two trender, your moment. >> communism or socialism, whatever you want to call it, it is about government control of your lives. >> ted cruzs dad claims evolution is a communist plot. >> communism, or call it socialism if you think communism is a foolhardy word. >> do you understand the words that are coming out o...

But the former speaker of the house, jim wright from ft. worth, he went to go and try and obtain a voter i.d. card, and he couldnt obtain a voter i.d. card. thats how absurd this law is. thats how bad its gotten here. and its all about suppressing the rights of african-americans and latinos, elderly and the poor to vote in the state of texas. >> i was struck by the "ap" observation, what they found in their assessment. they went through county by county and looked at the voter lists in every cou...

Passed in the legislature. texas had great voting laws. we have a very nice early vote period. you can vote for almost two weeks during early vote. senior citizens have the right to vote by mail. we made it easy to vote by texas. but because of the numbers that you talked about earlier, republicans are seeing the growing numbers of latinos in the state, the growing numbers of african-americans, and they are beginning to be concerned because they havent made any sort of outreach to the black comm...

And vote? and oftentimes, many of those voters would say, yes, i want to vote, but i rode the bus here, or i dont have my own car, you know. and so, i cant vote. and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as youre 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth...

We have a very nice early vote period. you can vote for almost two weeks during early vote. senior citizens have the right to vote by mail. we made it easy to vote by texas. but because of the numbers that you talked about earlier, republicans are seeing the growing numbers of latinos in the state, the growing numbers of african-americans, and they are beginning to be concerned because they havent made any sort of outreach to the black community or the latino community, and so, theyre trying to ...

Time now for the trenders, social media, this is where you can find us, facebook.com/edshow, twitter.com/edshow. ed.msnbc.com. and on the radio, youll find us weekdays noon to 3:00, sirius xm channel 127. the ed show social media nation has decided, we are reporting. this is todays top trenders voted on by you. >> all right, thats good. >> the number three trender. i.d. flaw. >> some would-be voters are running into problems due to the new rules. >> its supposeded to keep frauds away from the el...

Voter turnout programs in southeast ft. worth, and we would ask, would you like to go and vote? and oftentimes, many of those voters would say, yes, i want to vote, but i rode the bus here, or i dont have my own car, you know. and so, i cant vote. and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as youre 18 years of age. and now, i...

I was an elected official. i worked on campaigns and i saw many latino citizens that would come into the mall where we ran voter turnout programs in southeast ft. worth, and we would ask, would you like to go and vote? and oftentimes, many of those voters would say, yes, i want to vote, but i rode the bus here, or i dont have my own car, you know. and so, i cant vote. and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have...

0 hidalgo county. both of them have less than a million people. but williamson county is pretty well off and its pretty white, 65% white, which is pretty white for texas. hidalgo county is a really poor county and the population there is 92% minority. the "ap" today goes through the records from both counties and they found that, hmm in the mostly white county, less than 3% of the voters in that county are going to have any trouble with the new i.d. law. people in that county have the i.d. that ...

0 all we have to do or get to do is to decide among those who have made that decision to become candidates, and to all those who say joe biden would be humiliated by running against hillary, i would say equal the humiliation by not taking on the test. thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. >> good evening, my friend. thanks for joining us this hour. the last time this voted for governor in texas, this is the way texas voted if you break it down by race. white people in texas voted f...