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Paul, so fleeing the state when you dont like the bills the republican majority is pushing through, is that what -- i mean, thats what these -- i mean, isnt that what these democratic lawmakers were elected to do to actually, you know, argue their cases? to be in the -- the statehouse? but i mean, is fleeing what their job is? >> it -- it seems like its the only option that they have. they have argued it. theyve debated it. they just dont have the numbers. they contested the election and lost. b...

Of fraud, in the very actions that theyre going to outlaw. in other words, houston did 24-hour voting and it worked great. they did drive-by voting where you could drop off your ballot in a drop box. worked great. no fraud, whatsoever. noneven alleged. texas attorney general spent 22,000 hours chasing down allegations of voting fraud. found 16 cases. every one of which was a case where somebody used a fraudulent address when they filled out their form. and those 16 people, not a one of them got ...

They cant keep the hospitals open. they cant keep people on their healthcare. >> paul begala, appreciate it. we are going to update viewers on all of this when we hear from those lawmakers once they land, get off the plane. we also have breaking news from the fda about a johnson & johnson vaccine about a rare neurological disorder that could be triggered in some rare cases by the injection. a late-afternoon meeting with officials from pfizer about the possibility of a booster for its vaccine i...

This texas bill. the elections in texas were won by the republicans, and by all accounts, they were fair and accurate and honest. and yet, the republicans have put forward this big lie. that, somehow, there is all this fraud. if you -- if you talk to texas politicians, and i -- i have. they cant cite a single example of fraud, in the very actions that they are going to outlaw. in other words, houston did 24-hour voting and it worked great. they did drive-by voting. where you could drop off your ...

Anderson. we saw them do this in late may. this is how the democrats ended the regular session. they killed s.b.7. of course, then, they just walked out of the building. now, they are flying to the nations capital and they dont know when they are going to be able to go back home to the lone star state. >> dianne gallagher, thanks very much. we are going to be joined, in a moment, by cnns paul begala. political commentator and democratic strategist. and also, texan, not necessarily in that orde...