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Dr. vin gupta, thank you very much for being on this morning and being on this issue. another texas democrat has tested positive for covid, six members now of the texas house democrats have now tested positive since arriving in washington d.c. after fleeing the state in order to avoid voting on a republican-backed election bill. a spokeswoman for the texas democrats said the undisclosed member is self-isolating. it's believed those who have tested positive have also been vaccinated. a 38-year-old florida man who breached the u.s. senate chamber carrying a trump campaign flag was sentenced ...

And texas and tennessee and idaho. i think it's a mealy mouthed week statement. we're in a red state like kansas parents are demanding clarity and transparency and demanding that racially divisive theories are not being implemented onto their kids. >> bill: kansas board of education by way of the kansas city star. critical race theory is misunderstood and not in state standards. so that's what we have there. on it goes, chris. please come back soon, okay? christopher rufo with us today. thanks. >> martha: republicans say that texas democrats are costing their constituents tens of thousands a d...

Constituents as well. but for them it's a matter of principle. they want to keep these people from participating fully in texas democracy and american democracy, and that's why they're going all the way forward with this. there's another factor here of course, which is that abbott has stayed in trump's good graces and the more he pushes this election bill the more he stays in trump's good graces, which of course is relevant to a potential primary challenge. >> adam serwer, that was really great. thanks so much for your time tonight. don't go anywhere. we've got senator chris murphy on the pres...

There in austin texas. and priscilla, the democrats are keeping a busy schedule, but what about the republican counterparts where you are. walk us through where you are. >> yeah, geoff. we are well into day two without a quorum here. the house has convened, but they are currently at ease, and the republican lawmakers are telling me they that are having meeting and working on the legislation, but of course, they can't get any action done on that, and any bills passed without that quorum. what we are seeing here is a narrative emerging or a message emerging around what the democrats are walked o...

Adam, abbott seems -- i mean, the uniform intensity and focus on this agenda, not just in the state of texas but other states. we're seeing it obviously in texas. is always so striking to me. they're more focused on this it seems than almost anything else. and you can see that abbott views this as like a challenge that he seems happy to take. >> i think there are a couple of things going on here. one is that you know, texas republicans did very well in the last election. they have no reason to be concerned about their ability to hold on to the state. nevertheless, they're proceeding with this ...