This is not just a partisan, political fight this needs to be able to stay above partisanship because it is about our ability to have a democracy and we can’t weaken it by making policy based on a lie.
Lina Hidalgo: “This is not just a partisan, political fight this needs to be able to stay above partisanship because it is about our…”
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Hidalgo calls for a non-partisan approach to protecting democracy amidst voter suppression efforts.
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It is an irresponsible political trick. It is a sham. It is a cavalier and a dangerous assault on voters and on democracy.
I think the letter shows that yes, they were seeing voting as an existential threat to them, which is a shame because if you're a party that depends on low participation for winning, you're doing something wrong.
They're not going to be intimidated. They're not going to be -- allow this confusion to prevail. Instead, they're participating.
We did that here in Houston with Mayor Turner and the county judge, Lina Hidalgo, creating a lot of sites especially in some of the low-income neighborhoods which are pharmacy deserts.





