it was the g.o.p. s priority voting bill. republicans of approved it early sunday morning after hours of debate. the bill would have tightened voting by limiting voting hours among other provisions. it won t make the governor s desk, but the fight is not over. governor greg abbott tweeted last night, election integrity still must pass. they will be added to the special session agenda. there will be expected to have worked out the details when they arrive at the capitol for the special session. the governor has not said when he will call lawmakers back for the special session. benjamin: thank you very much. julia: let s bring in fox news contributor, a former speechwriter for george w. bush. thank you for being with us.
one 20th. we re not going to get to zero, were probably going to be between 1,002,000 cases a year. that s because the pcr test can detect particles even though it is an insufficient number to cause an infection. benjamin: you give us a compelling and optimistic argument. thank you for joining us. speak to congress on vacation this week but that might not look much different other than a regular work leak. when more talks in action. can the president get his agenda moving? plus, beg memorial day misfire from vice president parents.
that we are seeing right now. in a country of 330 million, you cannot explain that alone by the total number of the population being vaccinated. that number is just over 50%. the reason cases has plummeted is our public health officials have ignored immunity. we are there right now. benjamin: you paint a very optimistic and rosy picture. i wonder if you think we really are on the other side of this and we are heading into normality soon. could there be any hold up? first of all, we have hundreds of variants. none of them have evaded the life protecting effect of the vaccine. cases are plummeting right now and right now today, we have a distorted perception of risk. there is one 20th of influenza in a mild flu season.
clearly it is to coax folks to get vaccinated. the case to get kids vaccinated as they are but it s not compelling. i don t think we need to get every kid vaccinated. and were not going to get every kid vaccinated. most kids are on vaccinated and for them to wear a mask outside is extremely against the science right now. benjamin: we know that covid for young teenagers is only as dangerous as the common influenza. when it comes to vaccinated kids, if all teachers are vaccinated and parrots are vaccinated, what is the argument for vaccinating kids and what is the push to get younger and younger kids vaccinated? people are exactly correct when they perceive the risk of a healthy child dying of covid is extremely small. there s never been a documented case that we know of. it has been compromised to seasonal flu desks with comorbid
benjamin: but governor greg abbott said that he will call for special senate to get it passed. this is about integrity. asking for i.d. when someone votes, i don t believe that his voter suppression. verifying signatures is very important as well. what the republicans here would tell you that they are trying to make sure that the person voting is the person on paper for a legitimate vote devoid of fraud. the democrats dramatic walkout left 14 minutes to members short, effectively killing this voting bill for the legislative section. don t act on next session. turner sparked the walkout after texting members at 1045 last