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To help estimate a number. many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. in 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th amendment which gave african-americans the right to vote. the white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. we came here to exclude the negro. nothing short will answer. the mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. one was a poll tax. you had to bring the equivalent of $58 in today's money to v...

From denying enslaved people full citizenship until the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments after the civil war to denying women the right to vote until the 19th amendment 100 years ago to poll taxes and literacy test and ku klux klan that lasted into the 50s and 60s. the supreme court decision in 2013 and two weeks ago. that decision that weakened the landmark and voting rights act. to the willful attack, election attacks in 2020. then to a whole other level of threat of violence and deadly insurrection of capital on january 6th. just got back from europe. they asked me is it going to be

From denying people full citizenship until the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments after the civil war, denying women the vote to vote until the 19th amendment. the poll taxes and literacy test and the ku klux klan campaign that lasted in the 50s and 60s. to the supreme court decision in 2013 and then again just two weeks ago, a decision that weakened the landmark voting rights act. just got back from europe with. g-7 and nato. they wondered. they asked me, is it going to be

Was calling this for extraordinary reasons. that's what -- that's the language of the proclamation. in the last ten years, the growth in this state has been because of black, brown, and asian folk. that is who is growing in this state. texas has more african-americans than any other state in this country. so all of a sudden it's an extraordinary issue that we now need to change the rules to voting. >> we're here to say, not on our watch. we will not allow you to re-envision jim crow 2.0. no, it's not a poll tax or a literacy test. it's not how many bubbles in a bar of soap. but it is voter sup...

Re-envision jim crow 2.0. no, it's not a poll tax or a literacy test. it's not how many bubbles in a bar of soap. but it is voter suppression. you can't tell me that there is a reason why we're eliminating 24-hour voting. why we're eliminating mobile voting. why we're doing things to make it -- put criminal penalties for helping people to vote. >> texas democrats, today, at the start of this special session called by the governor to try to get a voting rights restriction bill through by hook or by crook. so the -- the fight is joined, once again, in texas, today. we will see what texas democra...