. >> this is pinocchio. made-up stories, false arguments, specious suggestions. are things that are absolutely not true. and we're going to see more of it and more of it and more of it as some people try to hold on to power through these sort of shenanigans and unfair tactics. we're going to be transparent and we're going to throw a light on all of these bogus false arguments. but what we're also going to do i think, chris, is build a coalition. this is about protecting the rights to vote of all people. today's meeting included african-american leaders, latino leaders, leaders from the american civil liberties union as well as the asian and american indian communities. it was a broad meeting to discuss the right to vote. i believe that americans have always stood up, time and time again, whether it was to get women the right to vote, whether it's the right to give 18-year-olds a right to vote, whether it's to strike down the poll tax, to ensure the right to vote for african-americans, americans have always sided on expansion of democracy, not a restriction on dem