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Need to do here in texas to make sure that we win the right to vote for every eligible american. that's the genius of our democracy, and we got to make sure we fight for it, realize it, and win it. that's what we're doing from georgetown to austin, kmagt on the state capitol at 10:00 a.m. in austin, texas. we want everyone to stand up and be counted. >> i have a question for you. when you talk to voters in texas, do you get the sense that this feels as timely, as imminent, as critical? >> absolutely. you talk to voters who voted for the first time in their lives in harris county because they o...

But because texas is the toughest state in which to vote, and it's about to get a lot harder if these new voter suppression bills pass, these are the front lines in this battle. that's why i'm so grateful that the poor people's campaign and bishop barber have made this the center of their attention, because he's absolutely right. voting is not just connected to our democracy, as essential as that is. it's connected to the fact that texas still has a $7.25 an hour minimum wage. it's connected to the fact that we're the least insured state in the country, where people still die of diabetes and t...

They said, look, in texas we've got 13 million poor and low wealth people in this state. 5 million people who don't make a living wage. in texas it requires 101 hours of work a week if you work $7.25 at a minimum wage. we have to find a way to bring all of those people together and help them understand that the same forces that promotes systemic racism and push poverty and ecological devastation and the religious nationalists are the same people. if they are cynical to be together, we have to be smart enough to come together. moral monday in north carolina went on for three years plus we fough...

Moral fusion direct action. it can't just be something you do one day. it's got to be broad, it's got to be deep, it has to include all people. but then you have to have a legal strategy. then you need to have a legislative strategy. and then you have to have a way of framing issues and a moral reform that allows people to see their connections. in the poor people's campaign and national call for moral revival, it was the texas poor peoples campaign that invited us to texas. they said, look, in texas we've got 13 million poor and low wealth people in this state. 5 million people who don't make...

Home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington trying to get federal help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. >> well, those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden for that matter to pass the for the people act. that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other states that have passed voter suppression and voter intimidation measures. but because texas is the ...