We do not have that luxury. We have to fight with every tool that we have, from quorum breaks to legislative floor fights to fighting at the courthouse.
Trey Martinez Fischer
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August 22, 2025
He wants to be the 'commander-in-cheat.' He wants to cheat on America, cheat on democracy, steal these congressional seats.
— Trey Martinez Fischer
I think it could backfire. And I think that’s why you saw the Republican legislative leader in California say that he’s not a fan of mid-decade redistricting.
If Trump is going to throw out the rule book, then we will fight fire with fire.
We are not going to let a tradition in the U.S. Senate get in the way of our constitutional rights to vote, and we need the Senate to act.
Texans are fed up. ... That is not going to deter us. That is only going to make us stronger. That is only going to give us more resolve. And we will continue to fight.
I think it is becoming increasingly clear the Republicans want to hijack elections right? We saw it with the big lie and now we`re seeing states moving to change the way you vote in your state.
We should not have a tradition or a rule or a relic of Jim Crow, you know, actually take center stage for our voting rights and our U.S. Constitution.
We`re going to stay here and defend democracy and I think at this juncture everybody knows we`ll put all of our tools on the table.
Our job was to rally the nation, and our job was to rally the nation and bring people to Washington, D.C. because just by chance if we came together, we would not only get the Senate to hear us. We would also get them to act.
Our job was to rally the nation and bring people to Washington DC because just by chance, if we came together, we would not only get the Senate to hear us. We will also get them to act.
Recess can wait. Our democracy cannot. This is a now-or-never moment for our country.
This is a now or never moment for our democracy in this country. And we are going to keep pushing the U.S. Senate, to give us, just one standard order when it comes to voting in this country and that is an American standard.
My response is the governor had 140 days of a regular session to take care of the people’s business. And he failed to do so, that’s the responsibility he’s going to have to bear.
The only way to solve this problem, senators, the only way to solve this problem is for the United States Senate to pass something like the For the People Act, to back stop voting rights at the federal level.
We are here as free citizens exercising our First Amendment rights to organize.
We have courage, conviction and a little bit of defiance. And we’re here today to rally the nation. And we hope that the U.S. Senate will hear us.
We want the Senate to hear us and we want them to act, and we need them to pass the For the People Act to preserve democracy in this country.
They are trying to take away our right to vote and we`re not going to put up with it and we`re going to fight.
Not a single member on this bus wants any one in the United States Senate to go home thinking everything is fine with voting rights in America.
We need every man and woman to stand up for America. With a Senate deadlocked at 50-50, the balance of our democracy lies in the hands of Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema. This is time to take a step forward for our country, our…





