I think they are just hoping you wouldn’t notice. That might be why. The Senate version was debated literally through the small hours of the night into the morning and was passed I think at 5:30 a.m. El Paso time. The next day in the House, they had dumped on them 20 new pages of amendments they didn’t have time to read before the debate and the vote was going to be called but thank god for the Texas House Democrats who though they were in the minority were able to stop this voter suppression bill SB- 7 that had all the provisions you just described and also included one that would allow the state of Texas to overturn a lawfully, Democratically decided election based on simply the allegation of fraud.
Beto O'Rourke: “I think they are just hoping you wouldn’t notice. That might be why. The Senate version was debated literally through…”
On the recordJune 2, 2021
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Beto O'Rourke criticizes the Texas legislature for attempting to pass a voter suppression bill under rushed and questionable circumstances.
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