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Patience but you are being joined by this direct action. we are seeing arrests on acts of civil disobedience in a manner we have not seen largely since the civil rights movement. >> absolutely. weve not seen the kind of affront, attack on voting rights that we are seeing right now is similar to what we saw in the 60s. this isnt just about voter i.d. this is about states and the gop putting themselves in a position where theyre weaponizing the voting process. were seeing that in georgia and all a...

You down like the fugitive slave act. laura: joining me is cynthia garrett, founder of cynthia garrett ministries. we played some of kamala last night but im interested in your thoughts on her specifically invoking frederick douglass in this little drama. >> im not here to be speechless but im speechless. i have been speechless all day about this. to compare frederick douglas to the bozos that left their jobs in texas to serve the people that elected them as if theres some threat to the nation b...

As gop-led state lawmakers try to make it harder to vote. >> and in texas republican lawmakers are mounting another push for restrictive voting laws. and texas democrats are arguably trying to save democracy by walking out on it. diane gallon exagher has more. >> reporter: more than 50 texas statehouse democrats got on two private planes monday and flew to washington, d.c. the idea here is a quorum break, basically texas state rules require two-thirds of the legile legislative members to be ther...

Texas republicans looked at that, look at record voter turnout in their states largest cities. one of the most diverse cities in the country. and they said oh no, we cannot let that happen again. and that is why texas state legislators about in the state capital this week, called back by the states republican governor for a special session. to, among other things, try to pass some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. what the republicans did to fashion this legislation, honestly, ...

>> senator jeff merkley, hope youre right. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> i hope so. >> thank you. >> thank you. joining us now is democratic senator alex padilla of california. he previously served as the secretary of state of california. as secretary of state youre closer to the voting process than most have been, where you do believe the senate has to go now? and lets be honest about this, this was a show for two democrats. it was a show for joe manchin to prove to him what ...

On voting rights, and on the voting rights fight in georgia to hear firsthand from voters in one of the states where election rules and voting rights are being radically restricted. and in the aftermath of president trumps reelection lost last year. vice president kamala harris is technically the president of the senate in that capacity she presided over todays vote. afterwards, she also promised that this is not over. >> the issue here is, is there actual access to the voting process? or is tha...

So people wouldn�*t have to stand in line to cast their vote. so as we said, the bill was blocked by republicans. here�*s the reaction of vice president kamala harris. it is clear, certainly, for the american people that when we�*re talking about the right to vote, it is not a republican concern or a democratic concern. it is an american concern. this is about the american people�*s right to vote, u nfettered. it is about access to the right to vote in a meaningful way, because nobody is...

Peoples right to vote, unfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. nobody is debating, i dont believe, whether all americans have the right to vote. the issue here is is there actual access to the voting process? or is that being impeded? and the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear we support s-1, we support the john lewis voting rights act and the fight is not over. >> reporter: harris didnt answer questions after making that statement, but ...

Ballot drop boxes — so people wouldn�*t have to stand in line to cast their vote. so as we said, the bill was blocked by republicans. here�*s the reaction of vice president kamala harris. it is clear, certainly, for the american people that when we�*re talking about the right to vote, it is not a republican concern or a democratic concern. it is an american concern. this is about the american people�*s right to vote, u nfettered. it is about access to the right to vote in a meaningful ...

The integrity of elections, the for the people act represented the largest overhaul of the us electoral system in a generation. democrats also saw it as a means of offsetting measures passed by republican—controlled state legislatures which impose new limits on voting. this is about the american peoples right to vote. u nfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. nobody is debating, i do not believe, whether all americans have the right to vote. the issue here...