Jasmine Crockett

We definitely started a movement in this country, we`ve made it clear that voting rights is under attack, so long as they can do this at night, which is what they like to do in Texas, right? When nobody`s paying attention and sweep it…

If they can carve around the filibuster to confirm Donald Trump`s nominees to the Supreme Court, what is more basic in a democracy than to have a carve-out to protect people`s right to vote, particularly when they`re being targeted by race?

The speaker of the House specifically said, you guys will not use the R-word.

We definitely started a movement in this country. We have made it clear that voting rights is under attack.

It was absolutely a mistake. I don`t even know. It was a colossal failure, not just a mistake.

It’s an absolute tragedy if this voter restriction law goes through in Texas.

This is really a moral issue. It`s not a partisan issue. The Republicans want to pretend like it`s the Democrats or that it`s just black folk. But it`s not. It`s about what`s right, what`s wrong. It`s about our democracy, a democracy that…

We need to save our democracy and we need to save it like yesterday.

I do feel confident that we have given it our all and I`m going to my district. I`m not going to the floor. I`m going to hopefully stave off some of the issues that we`re having, because our governor fails to lead as it relates to COVID-19.

I can’t really afford to be scared. When I know that I walk in my position only because of those that came before me, such as John Lewis -- I had the pleasure of being with two of his brothers today -- I can’t be worried about that. All I…

We have a governor that is hell bent on doing whatever it takes to infringe upon the voting rights of the majority of Texans.

Democrats standing are the good guys. We need to be the good guys right now because we see what the bad guys are doing.

I think it becomes very questionable if we lose those protections. And right now, we`re looking at being protected. And I believe that my colleagues are going to hold on. We have been fighting for so long and we know that the fight isn`t…

You are allowing a radical few to control and blockade democracy for the most. And it’s a problem.

And the only fraud that I see are the Republicans, the Republicans in Georgia, the Republicans in Texas, the Republicans in Florida, the Republicans in Arizona, because let me tell you something.

It’s interesting, because what we have decided is that this has to be an inside-outside type of attack, right? And so that’s what we have done. We have applied pressure. And I’m of the impression that we’re starting to burst pipes.

I am only the 22nd black woman ever elected in the Texas House. The first ever elected black woman is actually here with us, Senfronia Thompson.

It’s unfortunate, in addition to that, that you see someone like Congresswoman Beatty, who was arrested. And you juxtapose that with January 6th, and the number of criminals that still have not been arrested.

Texas already makes it harder than every other state to vote. We simply say we want nice things in Texas, too, right?

Use the power you have to pass voting legislation to preserve and protect the right to vote across the country, please.

when democracy is on the line, I think that those that truly understand what we are supposed to be in this country, we don’t compromise.

All we’re asking is that those that are in charge here in D.C., the Democratic leadership, push through something that is good, not just for the state of Texas. This is a crisis that we are suffering from in this country.

they’re lying. Let me tell you something, and they’re still lying. I mean, it’s sad to see that now the only game that the Republicans have to play is to lie and to cheat.

The House Democrats here in Texas decided enough was enough. We came back in good faith once again, trying to always be the bigger people. The Republicans have their marching orders from the governor. It didn’t matter what anyone said…

The reality is that, what we see happening in Texas, it`s not just Texas. This is something that`s going on in the entire country. And so I really do implore our lawmakers to understand that democracy is on the line.