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More quickly all the time. but even republicans who aren't willing to explicitly espouse those crazy trump election fantasies, they're all going after voting and election administration hammer and tongs regardless. and democrats' plans to try to stop it frankly aren't coming together. at least they're not coming together at the national level. that same day last week, when the civil rights leaders and voting rights advocates went to the white house to meet with president biden and vice president harris, here on this show that night, i put the question to one of the people who had been in the r...

Front of people's agenda. >> a summer of direct action. he was speaking one week ago today here on this show, talking about a summer of direct action led by, he said last week, next week, a group of african-american women leading a week of action in d.c. the courts are increasingly closed to the american public on this issue. republicans are ramming through restrictions in the states. democrats can't get it together because of people like democratic senator joe manchin. they can't get it together to protect anybody from washington. and so this is the other way. direct action. this is the idea....

Our state. the representative is the longest serving african-american woman in the history of the texas legislature. she's the longest serving woman of any race to ever serve in that body. but this week, she has left texas. she is a texas institution who has left texas along with her colleagues to slow down republican efforts to restrict voting rights back home by denying them a quorum, and to push in washington for federal help for new federal protections that would stop republicans from what they're trying to do to voting rights, what they're trying to do to election administration not only ...

And believe that at the end of the day we will win, will we win tomorrow? i am sure not, but we will continue to fight until we win. >> melanie campbell is the convene of the black women roundtable, president and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation, and was arrested today along with joyce beatty. miss campbell, thank you for your time tonight, i hope you get a good night sleep after i know has been a stressful intense day, thank you. >> thank, you rachel. >> all right, coming up next. as i mentioned we will be talking with one of those democrats from texas who has left h...

Ideal place to insure that all americans participate and have a voice in their democratic process by voting. >> texas state representative thompson, an institution in the texas legislature and an unparalleled way. dean of the texas house of representatives and the democrats, representative thompson, it's an honor to have you here. i know you and your colleagues have really put yourself out at great personal inconvenience to do what you're doing. thank you for helping us understand, and i hope things go well in the days ahead. >> my pleasure. >> we have much more ahead tonight. stay with us. sn...