"We have got to fight back. And that fight now has to be in the United States Senate, where we need the For the People Act to become law, because it protects us against these forms of voter suppression..."
"This is progress. This is a step in the right direction. You mentioned it protects mail-in voting. It protects early voting for two weeks. It would end gerrymandering. It would make Election Day a nat..."
"This is a great opportunity for Texans to stand up and be counted, and try to stop that voter suppression that you were just telling your viewers about that is raging across this country and nowhere m..."
"We need to get out there in person and in public, no more tweeting, and Facebook, and calling folks. We got to show up and demonstrate. And I think that`s what moves things in this country."
"That`s absolutely right, and I`ll tell you, as I travel the state of Texas, holding conversations on democracy and voting rights with my fellow Texans, they are meeting this crisis with the urgency it..."
"We got to get this passed or we might very well lose democracy in Texas, and we might lose it in the country."
"The people of West Virginia want that. And I`m confident that Senator Manchin, as he seeks bipartisanship and looks for a solution forward, will ultimately come to the conclusion that as Trey Martinez..."
"You’re so right to point out the effect and the outcome and who ultimately is targeted and who ultimately will pay the price in our democracy. In Texas, it’s black voters, voters of color. It’s young ..."
"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. ..."
"I think that’s what Stacey and other civil rights and voting rights leaders are doing. We know President Biden wants to sign this into law."
"If we lose democracy in this year in 2021, it’s not like we get another shot in 2022 or 2023. Once we lose it, it is gone forever."
"We’ve got to stand for something. If as Americans we don’t stand for this democracy, that men and women in uniform fought and died for, that men and women in the civil rights era fought and died for t..."