for the reauthorization of the voting rights act in 2006 and now will not vote for it. our democracy is fragile as you have said but it only change in democracy that occurs is when the american people demand it and we must continue to demand it. >> this as a republican party trying to explain why not one of the 50 gop senators appears willing to support the actions necessary to protect this right this time around. >> when the senate reauthorized that law a decade ago it passed 98-0. why don't republicans including yourself support restoring the voting acts now? >> the supreme court decided, the supreme court decided that the conditions in 1965 are different than they are now. imagine that. we have had an african elected