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Enforce those critical constitutional provisions. we are in a battle, a democratic battle. this is not the first time, though. the supreme court overstepped in 1980 in mobile versus bolden and that's why congress had to amend section 2 of the voting rights act. so they let it sit after shelby county versus holder but now it's time to move. congress has to move forward, they have to move quickly and they have to move comprehensively to ensure that we protect american democracy. >> yeah, thank you very much for that great correction too. i meant alito, not kavanaugh. they're both so equally bad,...

Don't suppress it. you suppress it, you suppress democracy. >> both bills set to be debated over the coming days during the legislatures special session largely resembling republicans' first attempt to pass a restrictive voting act back in may, which failed, of course, after democrats staged a late-night walkout. joining me now is texas state representative eddie rodriguez. thank you for joining us on this. really appreciate it. talk me through some of the most concerning parts of these bills. >> well, first, i want to say this isn't a special session. this is greg abbott's suppression session...

Poll watchers to leave, that ban drive-through voting, 24-hour voting. the situation is urgent. this is happening right now, in texas. and we need everybody to pay attention. >> yes. attention is very important. so representative martinez, when you see what republicans are doing in a state like yours in a totally brazenly partisan way and then you hear democratic senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema in washington, d.c. saying we have to be bipartisan, we have to work with republicans, what goes through your mind in texas? >> it is unconscionable to hear what is going on in texas and what re...

Color. you don't think that's a coincidence, do you? >> that's right, here in hidalgo county, we have these innovations and had the largest turnout in 33 years. we're home to houston and other cities, beautiful voters of both parties, it was incredible. of course now republicans at the state level are trying to ban these innovations under the guise of this idea of this lie that there was massive voter fraud. what's happening is after the representative and his colleagues courageously walked out to stop that from passing in the regular session, now the governor has called the legislature back i...

>> well, i'll tell you what. you hit it on the head. the problem we have here in texas, people are actually voting. we had a 66% turnout in the 2020 election. and president trump, former president trump, won by 5 1/2 points. we're not as red as people think. we're becoming purple. so the only way you can stop that momentum is to change the game. just like you said, let's make the lhurdles higher, let's put more tripwire on the ground, let's make it a crime to vote in texas and that's the only way these folks can hold on to power. so when it comes to survival of the fittest, they're not willing...