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Just moments ago, president trump left for new jersey where he'll kick off the weekend with a 2020 campaign fundraiser at his bedminster golf club. this is dominated by the "send her back" chant. now that chant was specifically directed at congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota and was fuelled by the president's racist tweets suggesting that the somali-born u.s. citizen should leave the united states. joining us now to continue that conversation texas democratic congressman mark visi. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with ilhan omar said when she returned back home to minnes...

It is because of our silence when things like this are said. kevin mccarthy did weigh in. it says it goes against who we are as a nation. okay. so what about in congress? democratic congressman mark visi of texas, he joins me now. congressman, thanks for joining me. first, i just want to get your personal reaction to what steve king said. >> i wasn't surprised at all. he'sic saying things like this since i've been in congress and i'm sure before. he's a white supremacist, a nationalist, a provocateur of anything controversial that deals with raye quite frankly i'm upset that the republicans ha...

Instance. >> we have been a neglected part of the immigration enforcement world for so long. while we are a neutral court, obviously our case load is dependent on what the enforcement activity is. >> u.s. congressman from texas sees it that way, too, introducing legislation in d.c. that would beef up the judicial budget, getting it more prorgsate with other agencies involved in the enforcement of immigration laws. because mark visi says right now the money is just not distributed fairly. >> when you have a system that increases border security funding by about 300% and it only increases fundin...

Lot more reserved, in some ways, than elizabeth warren is. that's their line of argument. it does open them up to some criticism of not being consistent on this matter. it's one reason why a lot of times republicans and democrats try not to invoke this rule because it opens them up to this line of criticism, kate. >> a scheduling conflict is why they couldn't invoke the rule this time. that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. but i know you'll try to find some more answers for us, manu, and i love it. thank you. joining me now, two democratic congress men, brendan boyle, the democrat from penns...

Happy election eve. good luck voting. you might need it. joining us now is congressman mark visi of texas, one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit contesting texas's voter i.d. law. he was a part of the legislature when that passed in 2011. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> tomorrow's going to be the first statewide test of the i.d. law in texas on election day. we've already seen one of the implications of early voting. one in four voters in texas need to file an affidavit to get their vote counted. how are you feeling about election day in your home state? >> rachel, ...