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Type of voter protections that go further, compromise people can build on that but it is not enough. we need to deal with pre-clearance, we need to deal with no excuse absentee voting. if manchin is a democrat. if cinema is a democrat, they must defend everything john lewis fought for in his life so that the democrats can keep the house and the senate. otherwise barrasso will get exactly what we wants. votes rights have been attacked. if you reason to mitch mcconnell today, they don't see a problem.

What could pass the current congress as we know them? >> so this is the sandwich. you have to put two things together. have you to have this watered down version of the john lewis voting rights act which more or less creates preclearance which means when states want to change things about voting like wisconsin where you go from 180 polling stations to five it would mean you have to get justification and move it through the justice department though it is weakened in the current john lewis voting act. then the for the people act which would go back and make illegal and set a basic threshold for...

Suppress those votes. under preclearance, the state of alabama couldn't do that without getting clearance from either doj or a court in washington, d.c. after the shelby county case, states and municipalities are now free to make any changes that they want to. they can prune people off of voter rolls, they can close polling place. they can have these id requirements that are so restrictive for voting rights. so we really need a return to preclearance if we're going to keep people, texas is a great example, where the courts found that there was intentional discrimination as some of these new ru...

Colleagues in the senate to make sure that we do pass a voting rights act. we reinstate preclearance, that we make sure that we defend this democracy and raise wages and defend health care and all the things at that are connected to voting rights. so tomorrow at 5:00 eastern time, leaders from west virginia will lead a march in charleston, west virginia, calling on senator manchin to use his power to make sure that we do good. >> i want to play some sound from an activist in west virginia, demanding action. take a listen. >> i've watched my senator sayin', talkin' about compromise. and i wonde...

Requirements that can be so restrictive for voting rights. so we really need a return to preclearance if we're going to keep people texas is a great example where the court found that there was intentional discrimination as some of these new rules were passed if we're going to keep those states out of the business of suppressing the rights of legitimate voters to vote >> here's the thing. restoring the voting rights act only really makes the difference it is intended to make if you have a justice department that is determined and committed to protecting the vote. but biden's doj now is kristen...