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>>> THIS IS ABOUT ALL VOTERS.
ITS ABOUT ALL VOTERS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT DEMOCRATS OR
REPUBLICANS.
THIS IS ABOUT AMERICANS.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS STRONGEST WHEN
EVERYONE PARTICIPANTS, AND IT IS
WEAKER --
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-- IT IS WEAKER, OUR DEMOCRACY
AS A NATION IS WEAKER WHEN
PEOPLE ARE LEFT OUT.
>> VICE PRESIDENT BACK AT HOWARD
UNIVERSITY TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A
$25 MILLION PUSH BY THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO
COUNTER THE RICKETESTRICTIVE VOT
LAWS.
IN TEXAS, ONE DEMOCRAT CALLS THE
LATEST VOTING BILL NOW BACKED BY
FOUR LAWMAKERS A SOLUTION IN
SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.
>> THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE IS
THAT THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IS
STAYING TRUE HAD HIS LEGIONALLEG
TO TRUMP AND PLAYING INTO THIS
BIG LIE.
TEXAS IS THE NEXT DM KNOW TO
FALL FOR REPUBLICANS.
THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE
INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTION
SYSTEM.
IF REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THE INTEGRITY OF SOMETHING, THEY
OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE INTEGRITY
OF OUR ELECTRICAL GRID.
>> EUGENE ROBINSON, COLUMNIST
NOT "WASHINGTON POST," AND
MATTHEW DOWD, FOUNDER OF COUNTRY
OVER PARTY.
IN THE PAST HE WAS CHIEF
STRATEGIST FOR THE BUSH/CHENEY
PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN IN 2004.
MATTHEW, YOU ARE IN TEXAS.
YOURE WATCHING THIS.
I WANT TO JUST SHOW OUR VIEWERS
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
TEXAS BILL 3, ADDING I.D.
REQUIREMENTS FOR MAIL VOTING,
BANNING DRIVE-THROUGH, EARLY
VOTING, ADDING CRIMINAL
PENALTIES TO CERTAIN ELECTION
PROCESSES, AND EMPOWERING
PARTISAN POLL WATCHERS.
IT DOES BRING TO MIND THE IDEA
OF A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A
PROBLEM AND, BY THE WAY, INOY, T
SEARCHING FOR THAT PROBLEM.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THERE ARE
TURNING OVER EVERY ROCK TO FIND
IT.
ITS NOT REALLY THERE.
>> NO, ITS NOT AT ALL.
I THINK THEY FOUND 16 INSTANCES
OF A REGISTRATION WITH AN
ADDRESS WRONG ON IT.
THEY SPENT $20 MILLION, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL SPENT
$20 MILLION ON 16 INSTANCES OUT
OF 11 MILLION VOTES CAST IN
2020.
SO ITS NOT A PROBLEM.
THIS FUNDAMENTALLY GOES TO THE
ISSUE OF THE REPUBLICANS KNOW
THE ELECTORATE IS CHANGING.
THEY KNOW THE POLICIES THEY HAVE
BEEN PASSING, WHETHER ITS
ROLLING BACK ROE v. WADE,
WHETHER ITS PERMITLESS CARRY
FOR GUNS, WHETHER ITS ALL OF
THE OTHER THINGS THEYRE DOING,
WHICH IS HIGHLY UNPOPULAR IN
TEXAS, AMONG TEXAS VOTERS, THEY
KNOW THEY DONT WANT TO BE HE
WOULD TO ACCOUNT BY THE VOTERS.
THATS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE HE WOULDL
ACCOUNT.
THE LIST YOU READ, THE FIRST
THREE ARE BAD, PUTTING
IMPEDIMENTS IN PLACE, THE LAST
TWO ARE WHAT CONCERN ME THE
MOST, WHICH IS BASICALLY GETS TO
THE POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU WANT
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO OVERTHROW
THE JOB OF AN ELECTION CLERK, AN
ELECTION WORKER, AND NULLIFY AN
ELECTION.
THATS WHAT THE LAST TWO ARE
ABOUT.
>> RIGHT.
THE THE FIRST THREE DISCOURAGE
PEOPLE FROM VOTING, THATS BAD
BUT THEY CAN BE OVERCOME.
THE LAST TWO ARE ABOUT THIS
PERPETUATION OF THE BIG LIE OR
BIG LIES COMING FORWARD.
EUGENE, LETS TALK ABOUT THAT. WE JUST HEARD FROM VICE
WE JUST HEARD FROM VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS THIS IS THE
DNC, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, COMMITTING
$25 MILLION TO FOCUS ON TV AND
DIGITAL ADS, CAMPAIGNS TO HELP
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO
REGISTER TO VOTE.
ITS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO
WHOLE THING.
ITS NOT FIGHTING IT IN THE
COURTS.
ITS INFORMING PEOPLE OF THEIR
RIGHT TO VOTE AND THE LAWS
SIGNED THE TO PREVENT THEM FROM
DOING SO.
USEFUL?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> USEFUL, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
I DONT THINK THERE CAN BE JUST
ONE APPROACH, JUST GETTING OUT
THE VOTE, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY
KNOWS HOW TO REGISTER AND HOW TO
COMPLY WITH ONEROUS
RESTRICTIONS, THATS NECESSARY.
THAT CAN BE REALLY EFFECTIVE.
BUT THESE -- THESE NEW LAWS HAVE
TO BE FOUGHT IN COURT.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO
BE PAYING ATTENTION.
IT CANT JUST BE MARK ELIAS AND
OTHERS WHO ARE FILING LAWSUITS
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
BUT WE STILL DO HAVE MOST OR
WHATS LEFT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT.
WE HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OUGHT TO
BE FIGHTING THIS TOOTH AND NAIL.
AND DEMOCRATS OUGHT TO BE
FINDING SOME WAY IN A
HAIR-ON-FIRE POSTURE TO PASS
WHATEVER CONGRESS CAN PASS TO
NULLIFY OR MUTE OR -- SOME OF
THE WORST OF THESE RESTRICTIONS,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT AS
MATTHEW SAID HAVE TO DO WITH THE
ABILITY OF PARTISAN, LOCAL
OFFICIALS, AND STATE LEGISLATORS
TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION.
THATS THE TRUE DANGER TO