democracy. >> this was also the 100th anniversary of the tulsa massacre which decimated an area so successful it was known as black wall street. the president will be in tulsa tomorrow to take part in the remembrance. the president's reminder about the fragility of our democracy came just hours of democrats and the texas state legislature staged a walkout, left the chamber to block republicans from passing an election law that would lead to some of the most rigid voting restrictions in all the land. the law includes increased limits on absentee voting. it grants new broad powers to partisan poll watchers. it bans both drive-thru voting and 24-hour voting. one democratic texas congressman echoed the president's concern about the current state of our democracy and praised his party's state lawmakers. >> i think our democracy is at a tipping point.