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Provisions got added at the 11th hour was already adding restrictions. it was criminalizing behavior that, largely, doesn't happen here in texas. consider that the former secretary of state said, in the first committee, our elections are fair, they're safe, they're secure. and so, there is really not a problem to fix. but, you know, ultimately, the -- the current version that recently got filed. it -- it still bans drive-thru voting. it still allows the partisan-poll watchers, which -- which will harass people who are going in to vote. and so overall, even though those two provisions got taken...

Stop that momentum is to change the game just like you said. let's -- let's -- let's make the hurdles 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 onto power. so when it comes to survival of the fittest, they're not willing to be pragmatic or bipartisan. >> do you think that ignoring the power-grid problems, which are a concern for a lot of people in your state. and instead, focusing on the culture war of critical-race theory. do you think that's going to work? >> so, yeah, they call this a special session, r...

They will be speaking about. you mentioned some of those items like banning 24-hour drive-through voting. it also adds new criminal penalties for election officials. it makes it easier and empowers partisan poll watchers even further than they already are, and as the new id requirements as well. democrats here in texas, i can tell you they are ready for a fight. they are very energized. i have been speaking to them all day, saying it is not a special session, this is in their words a suppression session. >> also, we know that voting rights is not the only controversial piece of legislation tha...

Feeling on the ground as we're here. it is a suppression session that has been set up specifically as a key part of that, passing a voter suppression bill. we're seeing this all around the country and i think this is the most critical moment. this is a defining moment in the administration's role. i think they're doing several things. i'm glad some of the other pieces are happy as well. i want to see the kind of passion and a sense of urgency of now of what it is. >> this conversation on the left side of your screen, a live look at the special session that is now under way in texas. this is th...

We are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d.c. as well separately. if this sounds at all familiar to do, texas democrats pulling a big, tactical surprise move to try to save voting rights? it is because this is the sort of the second iteration of this we've seen in a matter of weeks. in may republicans in the texas senate jammed through an earlier version of this voter suppression bill. republicans in the texas senate passed the bill in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend right before the end of the legislative session. and the fact it was right before t...