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Trying to do to voting rights there, and of course, dramatizing by their very presence in washington how much only federal help matters. how much only federal action can stop the country from sliding toward what we are sliding toward. in a moment, just a moment, we're going to speak with one of those texas democrats who met with conservative democratic senator joe manchin today. fascinating, the confrontation between him being the man who is stopping progress on voting rights in america and the texas democrats who have left their homes and their jobs and come to washington to beg for his help....

Hands of republican legislatures across the country. she has an incredible story to tell, she met today with one of the democratic senators who is standing in a way of democrats protecting voting rights. she met with joe manchin. she will tell us about it. stay with us. stay with us ing liberty mutual's coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. limu, you're an animal! who's got the bird legs now? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

Government legislature up here passing the bill to protect voters' rights of texans and americans. >> senator manchin came out of that meeting and said he was in total agreement with you and the other democrats he met with on the need to protect voting rights. he said that he has an idea of legislation that should get support from every senator, that could get 100-0 bipartisan support. i have to ask if he shared with you and your colleagues what that is. it sounds like -- it sounds wonderful, but it sounds a little like magic, given the impasse it feels like we're otherwise at on this issue. >...

Unless there's some kind of federal action to back voting rights and the nonpartisan administration of elections. this massive effort from the trump wing of the republican party to corrupt and it legitimize the 2020 election result, you think that's a stand-alone effort? you think that only applied to 2020? as that sort of desperate future gets closer and closer, and as the normal paths around it seem to be coming to dead ends, we are now seeing the phase in this fight where the people who care the most about it and are willing to do the most about it are trying to create brand-new paths to ma...

When we can't get our leaders to act. and so that's part of our strategy. not the only part of the strategy, but it is a part of the strategy. >> i feel like democrats in washington have perfected the art of speaking on this issue. including, i think, the president deserves credit for an impassioned speech he gave earlier this week on it. they have not been able to translate that into action. as you say, direct action, the kind of direct action you and your colleagues engaged in today, is another part of the strategy to try to push it, to try to get through this impasse. i just have to ask, th...