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For having me on. and i'm usually more praising of your show than critical, i want to be clear at the outset of that. the problem with the media is that it treats certain aspects of democracy as sacrosanct. for example, any encroachment on the first amendment right to publish newspapers or curtail the media or to take action against the media is uniformly denounced by the media in absolutist terms. but when it comes to free and fair elections, there tends to be more of a nuanced and sliding scale that the media has. so, for example, this morning jake tapper did a great job in asking adam kinzi...

Lewis voting rights act, reinstating the justice department's power to block some states and localities from enacting discriminatory voting rules. why did you not support those bills? is there a bipartisan effort that you and other republicans could get behind that could actually protect the rights of voters and get through the house and senate for president biden to sign? >> i certainly hope there is. i think there is. there's been discussions in the senate from last i have heard. you can call a bill the voting rights act and then left wing twitter goes nuts, by the way, and they can say you ...

>> i know you are worried about protecting democracy. you have been outspoken. you have opposed both bills from the democratic party that are intended to strengthen protection for voters, john lewis voting rights act, a bill reinstating the justice department's power to block some states and localities from enacting what they view as discriminatory voting rules. why did you not support those bills? is there a bipartisan effort that you and other republicans could get behind that could actually protect the rights of voters and get through the house and senate for president biden to sign? >> i c...

Embedded in the constitution. it is not a statute. it is a senate rule just as you would have a house rule. it is easily rolled off for a temporary period of time to be able to save those of us who are trying to fight. that is my constituents. we need the filibuster gone, and we need it gone as soon as possible, and we also need to be able to ensure that we have a circumstance, if you will, that moves these bills along, moves the s-1 along and moves the john robert lewis voting rights. if this had been the law, this would not have happened to the poor voters of texas. >> right. >> because prec...

I'm laughing because i'm going to make a leap and guess i'm the only member of the panel who lost their seat in congress because the district was redrawn. it happened to me in 2014/2015 as a result of a court case. it provides a good contrast to what's happening in texas. it's this. there are always going to be winners and losers in redistricting. i was a loser in it. who draws those lines that creates the winners and losers? in my case, the voters demanded through a constitutional amendment that geography dictate. i lost my seat. three other moderates lost their seats as well. in texas, parti...