Nearly 7 million Texans in 2020 did not vote because this is the most voter-suppressed state in the union, 750 polling place closures, the racial gerrymandering that you talked about at the top of the show, the most onerous voter ID laws in the country.
O'Rourke highlights the severe voter suppression issues in Texas, including polling place closures and strict voter ID laws.
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They are not going to allow this total abortion ban to define us or to the stuns at the immigration border to define us, or the cruelty, the corruption, the chaos that we see in Texas right now to define.
I'd love for the Department of Justice to come in ride to the rescue, or for the House and the Senate to pass Federal Voting rights protections to shore up the Voting Rights Act.
I`m as optimistic as I`ve ever been. And I think it has a lot to do with traveling this state constantly, and seeing so many good people.
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