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Points because we're already cheating. [ inaudible ] so that's the whole point. that's creating the divide across the country. >> you know reverend sharpton, you have been involved in the voting rights movement at the national level for a long time. like representative johnson, you have been in meetings with the president and vice president talking about this. from your perspective, is the momentum still there to get something done on voting rights on the national level? >> i absolutely know the momentum is there. and -- you look at the fact that people of organizing in georgia and florida and...

Can the governor have his choice, -- what he has to do is take all of our salaries away from us. he said he wanted to punish us as democrats, but as you heard earlier in the show, we make $7,000. but it is first staff. and it's also punish the sergeant at arms, [inaudible] that in a sense tell us he's willing to defund, not only the sergeant in arms, but every staff that works on the capitol, simply because we as democrats, did not do what he wanted us to do. and -- >> and with that we're going to have to leave it there. texas representatives tony rose, service johnson and -- we will be joined...

About what the consequences could be, because a routine traffic stop in america, is never routine when it comes to black men. and i am very concerned about it. >> let me get you on one more thing representative johnson, after, one of the retailers who are the things that are being done by, or being threatened by governor abbott, is to basically, threatening the salaries of the legislative staff, in the texas state legislature. how serious is that? how worried are you about that? >> that's showmanship governance. at the end of the day the government said in his tweet, that he wanted to punish t...

About voting rights. representative moody is the first democrat to face retaliation for breaking quorum. republicans have tried to strip other members of their leadership post. has he even threatened to arrest the democrats when they return to texas. i want to come to you, representative gervais, because, i'm sorry jobs johnson, representative johnson. from what i understand, you are facing, as a result of being here in washington and leaving texas, you are facing threats. a lot of threats. and from what i understand, i would like for you to talk to this through the audience. you will not let ...

And black males. i'm very fearful that my son may get pulled over because the police officers were looking for me, and they will end up pulling my son, which has my name as well. and of course i'm very fearful. i don't want to think about what the consequences could be. because a routine traffic stop in america is never routine when it comes to black men. and so i'm very concerned about that. >> let me get you on one more thing, representative johnson. after one of the retaliatory things that are being threatened by governor abbott is to basically threatening the salaries of the legislative st...