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in harris county, in 2020, we brought in the drive-through voting, and nearly 1 in 10 voters across thehere are nearly 1.7 million in total cast their ballots through the drive-through voting and extended hours. we had shift workers and those who were working in the stocking shelves at the grocery stores that we needed so much in the pandemic, and doctors and nurses working back-to-back shifts who voted at a time when we offered the 24-hour voting for the first time in the texas history and the bills that are seeking to make it illegal and seeking to make it impossible to serve the voters in basic ways. we had, you know, we used the toyota center where the rockets play as a mega voting center and they would make centers like that illegal, and small centers like the local libraries and make it impossible to have them in large counties like harris county, and these bills are extremely problematic, and need to be opposed with every fiber of strength there. >> and texas had the highest voter turnout in decades, and most people think it is the goal that every state wants to be able to enjoy

county was doing for voter access in her county, in harris county. things like 24 hour voting. remember, we had pictures of that, drive-threw vvoting, and t worked. it was huge. democrats won the county and republicans won texas. they turned out across the state. so, okay, more people voted, great. all good all around. right? no, not all good all around. republicans are now specifically targeting the cities of texas with new voting legislation. quote, seeking to roll back virtually every expansion the county put in place for 2020. the bills, these are the ones republicans are proposing would make texas one of the hardest states in the country to cast a ballot in. the idea here is, we are not going to let the people of harris county use their votes to take away the preference of the real texans of the rural counties. and texas is not alone. republicans are pushing the exact same narrative in arizona. with the maricopa county situation, on friday, we told you about this utterly deranged and unnecessary audited they are doing of the 2020 presidential ele

you led this segment with harris county.ty, in the 2020 election, had innovations, in part response to the pandemic. but in part, because the -- the -- the county government there is interested in expanding the electorate. so, innovations, like, 24-hour voting centers. and -- and -- and late-night voting. those, all, expanded electorate. allowing working families and students opportunities to go to the polls. so, the laws that are making their way, right now, through the texas legislature, are a blatant attempt to shrink the electorate. and that's what texas organizing project is part of a larger-progressive movement to expand the electorate. >> if georgia is the template, georgia, texas, other red-state legislatures, you're going to lose all of these battles, at the legislative level, because it's just a question of numbers. unless there's some shame campaign, red people, listen to me, i'm as bad as everybody else. keep republicans from voting along with this new brand of orthodoxy, which is the big lie. what does that mean

harris county in the 2020 election had innovations and in part response to the pandemic but in part becausernment there is interested in expanding the elections. innovation like 24 hours voting centers and late night voting, those all expanded electorates and allowing students and families to go to the polls. the laws are making now texas legislature is a blatant attempt to shrink the election. it is larger progressive movement to expand the electorate. >> if georgia is the template and other red state legislatures, you are go togoin to lose all of these battles because it is a question of numbers unless there is some shame campaign that keeps red people, you know red peo people -- listen to me, i am as bad as everybody else, keeps republicans from voting along from this new brand of orthodox which is the big lie. what does it mean of your chance of stopping this wave suppression across the country? >> we are viewing this as organizing sites. we have had web of amazing organizations at the state ledge right now that are doing hand to hand combat to play defense, organization sites like texa

voter fraud in your county but let's listen to what lieutenant governor patrick had to say about harris countyt week. >> thank god the county is not the capital of texas because all the other 253 counties would have been shut down like harris was to business. and criminals would be running rampant on the street because in harris county they can't keep charged with serious crimes in jail. the judges just let them out. we would have crime all over the state. >> judge, are these basically racist attacks from the gop on you and the people of your county? >> yeah. so much of it is. when you hear the lieutenant governor, they run out of discussion on substance so he will go into these frankly emotional and inappropriate attacks on his own constituents because you have to remember he represents harris county, as well, so it makes me sad to hear him say that but there's so much about the bills that's discriminatory and suppresses the vote but one thing that puts the video into context about the poll workers and allow partisan poll watchers it says that they cannot be denied free movement why that's a

harris county, in some respects, she's being modest.es to vote, and what she and her team did in finding innovative ways to serve voters so that in the middle of the pandemic they wouldn't be waiting in long lines was nothing less than heroic. and we're seeing that around the country, election officials in these densely populated urban counties having to show the kind of ingenuity that makes america great, and yet it's the maga crowd at the state level that then want to come in and prevent that or take over their counties to keep those long lines in place. >> quickly, are the lawsuits largely state lawsuits? are you suing on state law grounds or constitutional grounds? >> almost all the lawsuits are on federal constitutional grounds. denial of the right to vote, violation of the equal protection clause, and in some instances violation of the 15th amendment. >> we've got to pass federal election legislation. i think we should try to get the voting rights act -- >> we need to pass hr-1 and the john lewis voting rights act and my life will

you led this segment with harris county.ad innovations, in part in response to the pandemic, but in part because of the county government there is interested in expanding the electorate. so innovations like 24-hour voting centers and late-night voting. those all expanded the electorate, allowing working families and students opportunities to go to the polls. so the laws that are making their way right now through the texas legislature are a blatant attempt to shrink the electorate, and that's what the texas organizing project is part of a larger progressive movement to expand the electorate. >> meantime, in georgia, republican governor brian kemp is continuing to rail on what he says is a misunderstanding of his newly-signed georgia voting law. cnn's natasha chen joining me now. what did the governor have to say? >> reporter: fred, governor kemp held yet another press conference to defend this voting law that was recently passed. he said the narrative by some democrats calling this jim crow on steroids was false and he said

tonight harris county judge and the push to curb voting in texas cities. in the man who stopped trump in court during the election is back on the case, suing states for suppressing the boat. when all in starts now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. after over a year of wearing masks, just about everywhere. today the centers for disease control and prevention announced new guidelines on mask-wearing. they put up this handy graphic explaining one and where one needs to wear a mask. so if you look at that column on the right, that's vaccinated people. they are all green there. today per new cdc guidelines, fully vaccinated people are basically free to go without a mask, almost everywhere outdoors. except in crowds. of course, that's always been true, everything the cdc issues or just recommendations. you're always free to do that. we will put this graphic up on our facebook page so you can check it out, and look at the guidance there. this new guidance though is a big step towards normalcy. in fact i'll talk to anthony fauci about that in just a mo

and that is why in harris county in particular they came up with these measures. about this, why they decided to put these methods into place. >> the idea came because if you can do groceries drive through, if you can do banking drive through, why can't you do that in-person voting drive through? 127,000 people used that in november, and we used it in july of last year. we used it in december of last year. we're going to use it may of this year. it's something that is working, that voters like, and it's being taken away without explanation. >> so, why take power away from local election officials to decide how best to administer elections in their area? >> i'm not questioning their motives. they say it was for covid-19. i'll take their word for it. the legislature sets the law for the whole state. locals follow that law. picking up groceries and going to the bank is not quite as important as voting. secret ballot matters to us in texas. if you're jammed in a car with someone looking over your shoulder, you're not casting a secret ballot. also, testimony was that p

felons. 97 people have been murdered and harris county since 2018. who were out on pr bonds or low cash bail. some of the multiple pr bonds. they go out and murder someone. 97 people potentially would be alive today if they did not take that attitude. >> the message there is balance. conservatives a look at it and they'll use the data in the research. they are not just thinking about an emotional reaction. my friend who is a county attorney in arizona, he is a data not. he loves data. he is gathering data. what has he done? he has reduced the number of felonies he has charged by 30% or 40%, but the data on the rising crimes -- it is from the other way. how is that happening? because of strategic application of our criminal justice system with the balance of understanding the human condition. like you said, representative, but for the grace of god, we can all have a bad reaction. >> the human condition is something that vice president kamala harris must have overlooked. [applause] >> i will let you speak on this. >> i learning today we are all 15 seco

harris county, of course, has tremendous democratic leadership, so they're running scared. >> latocha's sort of the reality that you're going to have voters likely contending with some of what has already been put into place. you have atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms signing an order. i mean, that might blunt the impact, i suppose, but how do you make sure that voters are able, equipped to combat these efforts? >> you know, i think that we do need to have education as part of it, which is why our organization and many other organizations on the ground are doing voter education work. we've been engaged. some of the mobilizization didn't just up and happen. that came after people working on the ground, working with communities, working with groups, educating them about the opportunity to vote, educating them about the significance of voting and the impact of their votes. and so they responded to that. the other way is there a we have to safeguard people's right to vote, that we cannot allow legislation that is punitive that, punishes people for participating in the process. that's ess

and keep in mind that in harris county, the turnout in harris count you in 2020 was 68%.t of voters. most voters who voted i think since 1992. so these laws are really designed to suppress black and brown voters. we have to say that all the time so that we don't forget what's at stake and who's being targeted. >> and, you know, we don't use the word pernicious. it is based on the pernicious law that there is voter fraud. it is stunning. i'm sure that dude on the presentation that we play is -- i don't know. i'm not sure. but he could be smart enough to know that it's actually all based on a lie. bill barr said it was, john boehner said it was in his new book. lots of republicans with their synapsis intact have acknowledged it is a lie. mitch mcconnell did. but the policies being put in place based on the lie -- and georgia to their credit, the lieutenant governor acknowledged that the laws were predicated on a big lou. the damage that trump did by repeating and perpetuating the lie that he lost by anything other than a good old fashioned, you know, political butt kicking,

>> harris county is a great example. it's the only place where drive-through voting has been tried.election code. look where they were allowed in the largest republican precinct, there were two spots. in the largest democratic precinct, there were five. the republican precinct has more population and more voters. it's larger, yet it had two of the five in the democratic party. the point is that that shouldn't be stacked against one party or the other. >> my fundamental question is your colleague in the state senate said more than half of the folks in that big district that voted with drive-in voting were minorities and taking that away is going to hurt them. that's my question and that's exactly what royce west is talking about. >> if you want to talk about polling places, this bill says they're placed based on where the voters are. what can be better than where the voters are located. i don't understand the concept of that i asked them to give me a better measure than voting population, either one would suggest anything. the polling places are for the voters. that's where it should

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the lion share of $3.3 billion will come directly to the city of houston and harris county. i want to thank the gentleman from kentucky for allowing know offer a motion to instruct that indicated that we would not stop direct funding from going to our local jurisdictions. every time i see my mayor and local officials they are smiling for those direct funding. $1.4 billion to smaller jurisdictions. and the houston independent school district getting millions of dollars. so this particular amendment is important because democrats don't cut medicare. we're standing here today to make sure that nothing happens to our seniors and medicare. i support this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri. mr. smith: i reserve. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, i have no other speakers. if the gentleman from missouri is prepared to close. we are prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. smith: i'll just -- in the closing i'll just say that republicans

these corporations are moving to in the shift from 2008 to 2020, it has -- in all of those cases, harris countytarrant county, cobb county, has gone much more blue, in some cases from deep red to blue in 2020. that is one of the big factors coming into play here with these corporations as well. stay with us. >>> coming up next, president biden promises to find common ground on his infrastructure bill and joe manchin isn't give him much of a choice. >> announcer: "inside politics sunday," brought to you by -- at panera, dinner is hot... and ready to serve. order our warm and toasty sandwiches for dinner tonight with delivery or pick-up. only at panera. everyone's crunching! what's crunching? simply unwrap crunch and eat crunch. 100% milk chocolate and crispy rice. crunching makes me extreme. crunching made our breakup easy! i'm in the friendzone! anyone can do it, even anyone. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some, r

we are going to find people who come from the harris county, texas area where george floyd comes from, sherita mcgee and karen brown -- taryn brown. >> got me just say that my cousins african much covered everything. there is not a lot left for me to say. i just want to echo the sentiments of them that when we started this journey almost a year ago, we were committed to a couple of things. one thing was to ensure justice was served and that we were going to be here and visible in present and involved until we saw it through. we are a family with strong faith. we have relied on it and other areas of our lives, and this time was no different. we prayed to god and we expected our prayers not to come back void, and he delivered to us today. we are eternally grateful to everyone, from the press to the activist's, attorneys, prosecution team, everyone. we have so many people that we want to thank that i just feel like we will probably leave somebody out, but i hope you will charge it to my head and not my heart. because we sincerely appreciate everything everybody has done, and we thank you

we are going to find people who come from the harris county, texas area where george floyd comes from, sherita mcgee and taryn brown. >> let me just say that my cousins pretty much covered everything. there is not a lot left for me to say. i just want to echo the sentiments of them that when we started this journey almost a year ago, we were committed to a couple of things. one thing was to ensure justice was served and that we were going to be here and visible in present and involved until we saw it through. we are a family with strong faith. we have relied on it and other areas of our lives, and this time was no different. we prayed to god and we expected our prayers not to come back void, and he delivered to us today. we are eternally grateful to everyone, from the press to the activist's, attorneys, prosecution team, everyone. we have so many people that we want to thank that i just feel like we will probably leave somebody out, but i hope you will charge it to my head and not my heart. because we sincerely appreciate everything everybody has done, and we thank you. >> thank you.

democrats have been highly successful in harris county, houston, dallas county, dallas, san antonio, the larger counties in texas. they have decimated the republican party in the suburbs. so this is what this was about. the democrats were five seats away from taking control of texas house in the last election. they didn't because any of those republicans see what is going on. they see latino population driving an increase in congressional seats. so they want to control power as much as they can. frankly, for their largely white base. it's pure and simple. all this nonsense you're seeing, georgia, texas, florida is all because of the lies donald trump. they cannot show any voter fraud that is what this is about. >> it's important to note in texas, texas is a little bit different from a lot of other states in that the lieutenant governor is particularly powerful. dan patrick is particularly powerful. he presides over the senate which is where the laws get made. he offered a reward of a million dollars for evidence of voter fraud. he hasn't paid the million bucks. this is a guy who said

. >> harris county owns the astrodome, and it's bought and paid for, so the leadership at the countymething else with it? why not spend a little bit more money and allow it to be a contributing member of the community? it's already a beloved landmark." >> welcome wilson, judge hofheinz's old buddy and a board member of the astrodome conservancy group, says a modern relaunch is just around the corner. it just is amazing to me that so many people, even if they're not from this area, know his name and know about the astrodome story. will they in 10, 20 years? >> i think so. if we in the astrodome conservancy have our way, we think we can make a venue out of the astrodome yet. >> and his old friend's railcar? welcome thinks it deserves a place of honor in their conservation efforts. >> i would hope that that would be a resting place for the railcar -- at the astrodome. >> so, more than 40 years after this train left the station... >> the spanking-new astrodome... >> ...robert hopes it can make a round trip back to where it all started. [ train whistle blows ] >> it'd be a nice place for

elderly voter, young voter and intimidating them or making sure that counties over a million like harris countyat it's very diverse and dallas county, san antonio, in san antonio area, that you don't have control of your polling places. the victims are voters. and absolutely we're not going to take it, john. dr. king said we're on the move. you're not going to turn us around and we're on the move for voting justice in america. the federal government is going to have to pass these voting rights bills, including the john robert lewis bill in order to say to america, your voting rights are not to be extinguished. >> let me read for people what this texas senate just passed. senate bill 7. the bill they say would improve tracking of mail-in early ballots. it would limit extended early voting hours. it would prohibit drive-through voting and drop boxes. would allow poll watchers to record some voters and make it illegal to proactively send mail-in ballot applications. so you've come out strongly against this bill that wise just passed in the senate. based on what we saw major league baseball do in g

we'll bring up people coming from the harris county area. cousin of george floyd. >> well, first of all, let me just say that my cousin and wu have covered everything. i don't have much to say. i want to echo the sentiment that when we started the journey, we were committed to do a couple of things. one thing to ensure that justice was served and we'll be here visible and present and actively v involved. we rely on this and of other areas of our live and we prayed to god and we expected our prayers not to come back void and he delivered today. we are eternally grateful for everyone from the press to the activists and the attorneys and prosecution team, everyone, we have so many people that we want to thank that i just really feel like we are going to leave somebody out. i hope you would charge it to my head and not my heart. we sincerely appreciate everything that everybody has done. we thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> wow. >> i am really overwhelmed with emotions and i am just grateful for this day. it has been a journey for sure. a

also what we saw in harris county, they also extended, that is houston, they also extended the hoursuld go to the polls and vote. that is now also being taken back, as well as they proactively sent out vote by mail applications to seniors. that is now criminalized. so that will no longer be allowed as well if this legislation passes. >> mimi, the corporate con condemnation of the georgia law came after it had been signed by the governor. i mentioned the companies at the top, american, dell, other corporations, let me read part of the american state. quote. what it doesn't say is and if this passes, we will do x. if there is no or else. if there is no consequence, what is the significance of these condemnations? >> well, i think the first significance is a widespread recognition that these bills are not just bad for the democracy for the reasons we just heard, they are also really bad for business and, in fact, a report was released just yesterday by a renowned economist in texas finding if these bills were passed by 2025, texas would lose $30 billion to its gross product and tens of

voting and drop boxes and as you know, the drive-through voting was used widely and securely in harris county. what is your view of this law? >> well, clearly it's on the wrong side of history and it's created for no reason than to suv suppress the vote of growing minorities participating in texas elections. i think the one-party grip is sliding and they're trying to create these illegal bills to try to have better control of the elections. but let me tell you, drive-through voting, this is going to back fire on these republicans, the governor and others. drive-through voting is heavily participated by senior citizens who are not as mobile and it helps them greatly to be able to vote from their vehicle. a lot of our wounded veterans drive through and that's the way they vote. trying to limit access to the polls i think at the end of the day they're going to hurt themselves. obviously we've already seen the threats from corporate america, from civic groups and citizens across the state. if they -- if they pass a bill like that and it's signed by our governor, texas is going to lose billions of

wanted to get vaccinate now accepting anyone who drives up without an appointment i spoke with the harris county judge hidalgo who told me, quote, we have vaccines in the freezer we could be giving she said they saw the tide really starting to turn on demand last week they did do 6,000 shots a day at that site. over this past weekend they did about 3,000 on saturday, and half that on sunday. so they're trying to make it easier for people to get shots, extending their hours to 9:00 p.m. so people with come after work she told me they're thinking about bringing in live bands to make the whole environment friendlier part of the issue is people who wanted the vaccine have already been vaccinated, but some of it is news about the j&j pause. some wanted that one-shot vaccine and for others it reinforced their hesitancy dr. fauci telling chuck todd yesterday that he's hopeful an advisory meeting on friday will provide a path forward for the j&j shot que we also got news that production has stopped temporarily as an fda does an inspection after a batch of up to 15 million doses was ruined after reported

in more news from texas, a newly leaked video reveals a harris county republican official urged his party to create an army of poll watchers made up of 10,000 people from houston's majority-white suburbs. the unnamed official says the poll watchers should mobilize on election day in predominantly black and brown communities in houston. >> we have to get folks in the suburbs out here that have a lot republican oaks -- if we don't do that, this is really going to continue. amy: the video was published by the government accountability group common cause texas, which warns the efforts could further fuel voter suppression in communities of color. new mexico has banned qualified immunity for all government workers including police officers. governor michelle lujan grisham signed the legislation wednesday, ending the use of the legal protection which for years has given police officers near-immunity from lawsuits and from prosecution in cases of excessive force and other forms of misconduct. this comes after new york city banned qualified immunity for police officers last month. in bessemer, ala

. >> reporter: senate bill 7 seems to target voting in the recent strong hole of harris county, home one of the most diverse cities. and democrats say that it will make it harder for people of color to vote. >> every minority mental of the texas senate, all nine of us, believe this bill will impact minorities negatively by making it more difficult for african-americans and mexican americans to vote. making it easier to be harassed by overzealous poll watchers, and diminishing the likelihood that election outcomes will represent the preferences of we the people. >> a new tally by the brennan center finds that 361 bills with provisions that would restrict voting have been introduced in 47 states as of march 24th. that's a 43% jump in the number of bills cynic brennan released the last report a little over a month ago. most of the bills target absentee voting. nearly a quarter seek to impose stricter voter i.d. requirements. a handful of states have already reacted. including georgia where some are calling for economic consequences in response to the state's new voting law. >> this boyc

. >> reporter: senate bill 7 seems to target voting in the recent democratic stronghold the harris countyuston, one of the country's most diverse cities and democrats say that it will make it harder for people of color to vote. >> every minority member of the texas senate, all nine of us, believe that this bill will impact minorities negatively by making it more difficult for african-americans and mexican-americans to vote, making it easier for them to be harassed by overzealous poll watchers and diminishing the likelihood that election outcomes will represent the preferences of we the people. >> reporter: a new talley by the left-leaning brennan center for justice finds that 361 bills with provisions that would restrict voting have been introduced in 47 states as of march 24th. that's a 43% jump in the number of bills since brennan released its last report a little over a month ago. most of the bills target absentee voting, nearly a quarter seek to impose stricter voter id requirements, a handful of states have already acted including georgia where some are calling for economic consequen

. >> reporter: 7 seems to voting to the recent stronghold of harris county, home to houston, and democratst it will make it harder for people of color to vote. sdmrefry minority of the texas senate, all nine of us believe this bill will impact minorities negatively by making it more difficult for african-americans and mexican-americans to vote and diminishing the likelihood they will represent our preferences. >> reporter: a new tally by the brennan center for justice finds 361 bills with provisions that restrict voting have been introduced in 47 states, a 41% jump since a month ago and target absentee voting. nearly a quarter will impose stricter i.d. requirements. a handful of states have acted including georgia where some are calling for economic consequences in response. >> this boycott is against coca-cola, delta air lines. >> reporter: georgia's business leaders under public pressure now speaking out. >> let me be crystal clear, this legislation is unacceptable. >> reporter: the ceo of delta, the state's largest private employer blasting the law as based on a lie of 2020 election fra

in texas, former harris county clerk chris hollins writes, quote, it's harder to vote in texas than anytexas would be codifying the most regressive election policies since the racist jim crow era. communications director of move texas, charlie, you testified against the voter suppression efforts this week in the legislature. what is your message to lawmakers? >> well, thank you so much for having me. it's been a very long week. that testimony happened at about 1:00 a.m. after about 20 hours of colleagues testifying at 4:30 in the morning, spending almost a full day at the texas capitol, which is not something i would wish on anyone. but, you know, there's so much happening right now with these racist jim crow era laws being passed across the country. but in texas we still have a chance to stop them. what we're seeing from these corporations speaking out is they're seeing what's happening in georgia and they're not waiting until it's too late. but there's still more that they can do. there's still more that all of us can do. we have to be speaking out talking to our friends and neighbors

these restrictions impair the exact tools that helped harris county, texas, the home of houston, a multicultural democratic party stronghold, turn out over 1.6 million voters in 2020. a 25% increase on 2016. more than 127,000 people around houston used drive-through early voting. and more than half of those voters were black, latino, or asian, so democratic state senator. as usual, there is no fact-based reason for these changes because the big lie is just what it sounds like, a big lie. the houston chronicle reports the texas attorney general's office spent nearly twice as much time working on voter fraud cases this year as it did in 2018, logging more than 22,000 staff hours. yet resolved just 16 prosecutions. half as many as two years ago, records show. 16. 1-6. texas republicans are not doing this to stop voter fraud. they're doing this to stop people of color from voting. republicans know they are going to lose texas at the presidential level very soon. they already lost georgia, and they want to make sure texas never enters swing state territory, whatever the cost to american democracy. i

in 2017, gonzalez ended harris county's involvement in ice's 287g program, which deputizes local lawenforcement officers to perform the functions of federal immigration agents within local jails. in arizona, republican governor doug ducey has signed a sweeping anti-abortion bill that makes it a felony for doctors to terminate pregnancies because of a fetal genetic defect such as down syndrome. the bill's language is so broad it could also lead to charges against nurses and other staff at health centers. arizona state representative diego espinoza blasted the new law, saying it is "anti-families, anti-woman, and anti-doctor." meanwhile in a good or, celebrating after ecuador's high court decriminalid abortion in cases of rape. the national congress of american indians has slammed cnn for not taking santorum off the dish, to a student. >> we created a blank slate. we birthed a nation from nothing. there's is nothing here. we have native americans, yes, but there isn't much native american culture in american culture. amy: the national congress of american indians criticized cnn for not

election officials in texas largest county harris county which includes the city of houston estimate that black and hispanic voters cast more than half of the votes counted at drive through voting sites during extended voting hours. house bill 6 which is awaiting a committee vote would restrict access to mail-in ballots and create new rules restricting how voters receive help filling out the ballots. two large companies based in texas, dell and american airlines, announced the opposition to the new legislation in a virtual event yesterday. our first guests tonight called on the texas business community to join the opposition to the legislation. >> this is a republican party power grab. the republican party in texas is trying to bring back jim crow style voter suppression to this state. they're trying to achieve in texas what they tried to achieve in georgia, and companies have a choice to make. >> we can do it now. we still have time. but i want these companies to know. if you fail to act, if you fail to step up, please know that the very hottest places in texas will be reserved for

we're going to bring people up who come from the harris county, texas, area, cousins of george floyd, sharita mcgee. >> let me just say that my cousins have pretty much covered everything. there's not a whole lot left for me to say. i just really want to echo the sentiments of them that when we started this journey almost a year ago, we were committed to doing a couple of things. one thing is to ensure that justice was served and that we were going to be here and visible and present and actively involved until we saw it through. we are a family who's strong in our faith. we relied on it in other areas of our life, and this time was no different, and we pray to god, and we expected our prayers to not come back void, and he delivered for us today. so we are eternally grateful for everyone from the press to the activists, the attorneys, the prosecution team, everyone. we have so many people that we want to thank that i just really feel like we're probably going to leave somebody out, but i just hope that you would charge it to my head and not my heart because we sincerely appreciate ever

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like philonise says so we're fighting for pam turner we'll bring up people that come from that harris county, texas area, cousins of george floyd, sharita mcgee and tara brown. >> let me say my cousins and woo covered everything there is not a lot left for me to say i want to echo the sentiments of them when we started this journey almost a year ago that we were committed to doing a couple things one thing is to ensure justice is served and we'd be here visible until we saw it through we are a family that's strong in our faith and relied on it in other areas of our life and today was no different and we pray to god and rwe expected ou prayers to not come back void and he delivered for us today. we're e tternally grateful for everyone from the press to the acti activists, the prosecution team, everyone we have so many people that we want to thank that i just really feel like we probably will leave somebody out but i hope you'll charge it to my head and not my heart because we sincerely appreciate everything everybody has done and we thank you. >> thank you. >> well, i'm really overwhelmed wit

are saying you guys want to have one drop box per county, that means 136 people gets one box and harris countymost 5 million gets one box. >> right. >> optically that's kind of problematic, isn't it? >> no, are we going to follow laws or not going to follow laws? are we going to throw all the laws out the window because of covid? >> do you think it's a good law you have? >> yeah, and it's been fine, and no one's ever said a word about it. i don't trust the democrats one inch of not trying to get every vote that they can get. >> that interview has aged interestingly. what would you take away then and how has it changed? >> well, you know, when you really draw the lens back and figure out, you know, when you get out of the weeds, you know, what is he really saying? he doesn't trust democrats because he thinks they're trying to get every vote you can get. what the hell is the matter with getting every vote you can get. the law he's passing now, as you noted, would make it a felony to solicit an absentee ballot application or solicit the submission of an application if the voter does not request i