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News contributor from austin, texas. congratulations to your home state with the lift-off with bezos and his team west of you. so how is this working out? they went from a paid charter to a zoom chat in washington, d.c. >> this isn't working out very well because they are telling a falsehood. chris turner, the state representative said it makes it harder to vote. that's a lie. it expands the number of hours for early voting in texas both on we can days and weekends. it lowers the threshold that you are required to have early voting on weekends. right now we have 254 counties. those with a popu...

Overnight, but weekend voting is important to wage earners. aside from that weekend voting allows people who but for that opportunity might not have the opportunity to vote. i encourage it and i'm going to support it. >> amen. let me just say that. congressman al green, thank you very much. i really appreciate it. coming up, new blood. the democratic party is riding a wave of victory following tuesday's elections, but will those victories be enough to rebrand that party after some damaging claims about the inner workings of the democratic party? we're going to delve into the discussion right...

From three weeks down to just two weeks. they also limited voting on the weekends. those are both very popular ways of voting so obviously they've got to go. that same year, governor scott walker signed a new republican legislation to require people to show new documentation in order to vote that people never had to show before in wisconsin. that law was blocked in the courts. but the republicans in wisconsin are still going for it. last week, scott walker and the republican legislature slashed early voting for a second time. this time cutting early voting after work hours and eliminating week...

Got to go. that same year, governor scott walker signed a new republican legislation to require people to show new documentation in order to vote that people never had to show before in wisconsin. that law was blocked in the courts. but the republicans in wisconsin are still going for it. last week, scott walker and the republican legislature slashed early voting for a second time. this time cutting early voting after work hours and eliminating weekend voting altogether. that ought to make a dent in wisconsin having a good voter turnout rate. but now they're going one better. this one's -- thi...

Out to vote. apparently in wisconsin, though, that's now a problem. it is at least sting that republican governor scott walker and republican-controlled state legislature thought they might be able to remedy. after they got control in 2011, they cut early voting statewide from three weeks down to just two weeks. they also limited voting on the weekends. those are both very popular ways of voting so obviously they've got to go. that same year, governor scott walker signed a new republican legislation to require people to show new documentation in order to vote that people never had to show befo...