>> yes, because like i said community solar past and a lot of the statehouses at the state level. even when that was taking place it still got caught up in a lot of local politics, being an advocate and also a community organizer, my mom was a kindred organizer, i'm a three-time generation community organizer, attending hearings to keep it out of the moratorium stages with something i saw on capitol hill at the federal level, so advocating at the state and local level, it wasn't a new experience for me. that definitely help with being one of the very first pioneers in the space to get off the ground, even once it passed the state levels, to make sure it's active on the local level. >> one of the things that's happening in congress that is we had these efforts to pass a fairly large piece of infrastructure legislation, and from a community solar standpoint what policies or provision should be in the next? >> the solar industry is heading in the right trajectory and, therefore, it directly impacts the community solar space. there was a recent study that showed there was a slight dip

that is until democrats in the statehouse walked out. here's what they said. >> we will connue to fight and speak out against those measures that attempt to silence our voices. they don't want youo know the truth on that bill. yamiche: last month, i interviewed texas state senator brian hughes. he's a co-author of the texas bill. here's part of what he told me. what do you say to the criticism that regardless of the intent of this law thait will make it harder for some people including people of color, black people, disabled people, toote? >> well, i hear that generalization but no one has shown me any evidence of it. yamiche: what do the state-level battles mean for the future of american democracy? joining us tonight are four reporters covering it all. leigh ann caldwell, capitol hill correspondent for nbc news. astead herndon, national political reporter for "the new yorktimes," and joining me here in studio, anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico and annie linskey, white house reporter for "the washi

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that is until democrats in the statehouse walked out. here's what they said. >> we will continue to fight and speak out against those measures that attempt to silence our voices. they don't want you to know the truth on that bill. yamiche: last month, i interviewed texas state senator brian hughes. he's a co-author of the texas bill. here's part of what he told me. what do you say to the criticism that regardless of the intent of this law that it will make it harder for some people including people of color, black people, disabled people, to vote? >> well, i hear that generalization but no one has shown me any evidence of it. yamiche: what do the state-level battles mean for the future of american democracy? joining us tonight are four reporters covering it all. leigh ann caldwell, capitol hill correspondent for nbc news. astead herndon, national political reporter for "the new yorktimes," and joining me here in studio, anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico and annie linskey, white house reporter for "t

in 1979, a group of 12 senators hid from the statehouse for days to prevent a quorum on two bills related to primary elections. >> again this morning, lieutenant governor bill hobby called senators to order, and once again no quorum. the killer bees gone have they have been since friday. the 12 fugitive senators have eluded 50 full-time state pa troltmen, investigators and texas rangers. police even searched by helicopter, and in mexico. but patrolmen failed and so were nicknamed the bumblebees. >> it happened again in 2003 when 50 democrats fled to oklahoma, breaking quorum in the face of a republican party plan engineered by karl rove to redistrict -- which violates the long-standing norm of that being once in a decade undertaking. then it happened again as you just heard from beto o'rourke this weekend when democrats walked off the statehouse floor to keep a sweeping voting restrictions bill from passing. democratic texas representatives jessica gonzalez and rafael anchia both participated in that walkout, and they join me now. i'll start with you, representative gonzalez. if you can t

and the general assembly statehouse congress itself you have a lot of people and a lot of -- and will given my background with a big family growing up but my farm over the years i made friends on both sides of the aisle but virtually almost everybody who served but when i got to congress republicans were in the minority for 36 years. at a became obvious to me there was never a real effort or belief that we'd be in the majority. but i had some of my younger colleagues knew her colleagues along with a few of the more seasoned colleagues began to believe in the early 90s that we could be a majority and in 1994 with the contract with america newt gingrich became the leader at the time we became the first republic -- republican majority in 40 years in the u.s. congress so i was the number four leader in the house served there for four years. i got him set of leadership because people thought i was too close to gingrich but ended up as chairman of the workforce committee, one of the most compelling jobs i think i had an office, five years as chairman of this committee. we dealt with educati

the big outstanding question here, what can harris do long term because republicans in the statehouse in texas have been very clear that they think they can clearly get this done in the special session. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. it's not clear what harris and democrats can do in texas. it's not clear what they can do, democrats and harris can do in washington. this is another one of those very difficult assignments along with stopping the root causes of border migration that vice president harris has been given. but what happens in texas was a bit of hope for democrats. they saw those legislators walk off the floor, temporarily delay that bill. this is a bill, like bills in many red states around the country, trying to restrict early voting, curbside voting, place curbs on the efforts made during the pandemic to make voting easier. democrats have a response to that. one is the we the people act with various ways of having federal safeguards on voting as well as the john lewis voting rights act to restore some of the protections that lapsed as a result of a supreme court decisi

in statehouse, after statehouse, these republicans are trying to rig the election system, so that they have an unfair advantage. and so, many of those senators may have -- may become the victims, themselves, in years to come, elections to come, of these very changes that republican legislatures are making. not only that. i mean, whether you're a republican or democrat, you're being negatively affected by these changes that are being made. it's getting harder to pass the ballot, harder to exercise your constitutional right. so, my hope is that we will be able to get the democratic support that we need to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights act. break the filibuster and get that done. >> all right. we will see if it happens. it's going to be a hotly-contested issue, here in wash was washington just as it is down in texas. former-hud secretary, julian castro, thanks again for being ws us. we hope oh to see you againen, soon. >>> a programming note. former president barack obama joins anderson cooper for a rare one on one about his life and post presidency in "ande

but like i said, pra try shah derges is still serving as a republican state legislator in the statehouse. republicans did remove her from her committee assignments. they also voted to expel her out of the house republican caucus. ie promise i'm not making this next part up. they also took away her office. they instead assigned her to work out of a windowless broom closet in the state capitol. i don't know what work she has to do since she's been stripped of her committee assignments and any caucus related duties but that's why her desk is now, in a broom closet. st. louis dispatch called up derges to confirm it wasn't a track cal joke, to confirm a serving lawmaker was doing official state business in a place where mops and brooms were stored. representative derges did confirm, yes, i'm in the closet. i'm okay with that. i'll make it work because i'm here to support my district. fy have to live in a bathroom, i'm going to be here for them. i love to make lemonade out of lemons. also fake covid curious out of saltwater or whatever. obviously the idea with the broom closet assignment as he

but please know that this is absolutely a reproductive justice issue that happens in statehouses across the country, not just in missouri. pretty much annually this is something that legislatures look to take up to really restrict access to reproductive services for women under the guise of abortion rights. >> that's a big piece of clarification here, kimberly, that for people who think this is about abortion and only abortion and protection of a life and when life starts, what erin is pointing out is what's happening in the missouri statehouse and in other places is a discussion about something else. it's about reproductive rights, it's about women, reproductive justice. claire mccaskill, former senator tweeted, update, missouri jefferson men spent the day figuring out how iuds work and labeling all women that have them. >> you have men discussing reproductive rights, although i agree with erin, they know what they're doing politically. they have no idea what they're talking about regarding reproductive health. there are a lot of things that are contraceptives. contra exception devices

joining us now is elijah manly, a candidate running for a seat in the florida statehouse. he was not yesterday's event when the incident occurred. thanks for joining us. whatever the cause was, it was tragic, and at the moment it seemed to be a very dangerous and frightening thing. tell me what you saw. >> well, first, thank you for having me on this morning. it was just a traumatizing situation all around. we went to the pride parade to have our first outing since this pandemic started, we haven't had the opportunity to go to a pride parade in about two years and i saw people go down and the first thing i thought was, you know, at first, maybe they're playing around, people are a little excited, and then people are running over telling me somebody is slamming a car into the crowd. it was just traumatizing. we just celebrated -- well, not celebrated, but had an opportunity to observe the lives lost from the pulse nightclub shooting just a few days ago. so seeing that all take place, i just thought to myself, is this happening again to our community? over time, we got more

any general assembly, statehouse, the congress itself, a lot of people and a lot of personalities and grew up in a bar, this felt like home to me and over the years i made friends on both sides of the aisle. virtually everybody who served. that when i got to congress, republicans had been the minority for 36 years. it became obvious to me there was never a real effort or belief they could be in the majority but through my younger colleagues, newer colleagues along with some more seasoned colleagues began to believe in the early 90s that we could be a majority and in 1994 with the contract with america, newt gingrich being our leader at the time we became the first republican majority in 40 years in the u.s. congress and so the number 4 leader in the house, served for four years, gingrich left in 1998, i got bounced out, people thought i was too close to gingrich but as chairman the educational workforce committee, one of the most compelling jobs i think i have none, 5 years i was chairman of this committee, we dealt with educational policy, workforce policy and became successful worki

in statehouses across america, republicans are introducing bills restricting voting. >> there should be constency between the counties. >> so really this is a witch hunt. it's a witch hunt that's aimed at people of color. yamiche: while in washington -- >> democracy itself is in peril. yamiche: democrats are pushing the senate to pass a law to expand voting. >> i simy think the commission is not necessary. yamiche: and trying to find common ground on a january 6 investigation. next. announcer: this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided br

in statehouses across america, republicans are introducing bills restricting voting. >> there should be constency between the counties. >> so really this is a witch hunt. it's a witch hunt that's aimed at people of color. yamiche: while in washington -- >> democracy itself is in peril. yamiche: democrats are pushing the senate to pass a law to expand voting. >> i simply think the commission is not necessary. yamiche: and trying to find common ground on a january 6 investigation. next. announcer: this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided br

trust me, two years ago remember i was the only guy in the statehouse. when we did a great job with that. that was defense if you will. now, we get to move forward on our initiatives. now, we get to move forward on our initiatives. the governor can't get everything he wants and chuck won't get everything he wants. the freedom caucus won't get everything they want. everybody is going to get something which is really good and it's not for them. that's the best part about the republican party, it's not for them it's for the state. they're trying to make it better for their kids. that's a fundamental thing that separates us from the democrat party. it's not short-term, it's long game. we do it on up one on one level. not bigger and better government, it's about saying you shouldn't trust government. trust yourselves. trust your cities and towns. trust control. trust your voices. i wasn't going to talk about the budget, but the tax cuts the property tax relief the fiscal responsibility it is phenomenal. we haven't seen it in a few years and it's going to be a

trust me, two years ago remember i was the only guy in the statehouse. when we did a great job with that. that was defense if you will. now, we get to move forward on our initiatives. the governor can't get everything he wants and chuck won't get everything he wants. the freedom caucus won't get everything they want. the moderates and conservatives and this and that. everybody is going to get something which is really good and it's not for them. that's the best part about the republican party, it's not for them it's for the state. they're trying to make it better for their kids. that's a fundamental thing that separates us from the democrat party. it's not short-term, it's long game. we do it on up one on one level. not bigger and better government, it's about saying you shouldn't trust government. trust yourselves. trust your cities and towns. trust control. trust your voices. i wasn't going to talk about the budget, but the tax cuts the property tax relief the fiscal responsibility it is phenomenal. we haven't seen it in a few years and it's going to b

purported to outlaw crt is passed in idaho, oklahoma and tennessee and it's been proposed in various other statehouses. the bills are so vaguely written it's unclear what they will affirmatively cover but the teacher wants to talk about a factual instance of state-sponsored racism like the establishment of jim crow , a series of law that prevented black americans from holding office and separated them from white people in public spaces be considered in violation of these laws and it's unclear whether these new bills are constitutional or whether they are impermissibly restrict free speech . >> i think if you're a teacher as when you work anywhere there's certain things that you can or cannot say area if i work for a ford dealership i can't people come in and say chevys are the greatest cars in the world. if i am a high school social studies teacher, you have to give an honest assessment of american history area you should not give this idea that your lot in life is predetermined by your race. and that is the goal of critical race theory. i think anybody who is one of those things, i know it when i see

nonetheless, i was in boston and heard the declaration of independence read from the statehouse balcony. i marked that that was no longer in it. that manly statement, that stand against this great sin had been omitted. i wondered, no one else listening knew what almost could have been. why was it stricken? >> protests. protests of certain delegates from what with respect still -- we were drafting the declaration, what were still colonies. i almost hesitate to pronounce what colonies these delegates represented, because here we allow it to continue to fester. but the answer is simply, compromise. it was a compromise. as i mentioned, the constitution later followed in kind. you know, perhaps -- i realize your husband understands this, even the late joan hamilton understood this, dr. franklin understood it. he was nearly chairman of the committee to draft the declaration. he nearly took up the pen first. but it is still our declaration which president washington referred to as our promise which will remain through generations yet unborn, a representation of the rights of man given to man n

on saturday n morning, butsa when it came to to the statehouse in texas, which is more closely divided than the state senate on a mart san basis, it ran into a series of points of order, and then finally democrats left and denied a quorum, which meant there weren't enough members present to passn' the bill. the session expired, and so democracy was saves for a shorte period of time, but it was only a short period of time, because what will o likely happen next h theap governor will call a specl session. e governor will call a l session. >>> yeah. i think they're doing two things. it's important to keep them separate, because they're both really, to intimidate it, so it's a whole bunch by helping people to vote, information, sending out absentee ballot applications. you're doing a whole bunch of stuff to basically try to intimidate election officials from being voter centric and being helpful in the process. the second, though, is what you point to. they're also looking to change who is the -- so they're replacing people who are either nonpartisan or bipartisan, with people who are very

they're actually legislating in statehouses most aggressively about voter repression and around culture issues like this one. >> there's a great and terrible symmetry between these two parallel efforts. one is an effort to make it harder for black people to vote, and the other is an effort to erase from our schools teaching discrimination against black people and others through our history. they are a twin. they are part of an effort to essentially shrink the body politics. a lot of talk about critical race theory which is an ab st. andrews academic theory. it doesn't matter if you believe in it. if you want to teach about discrimination in the history of our country. >> eddie, i want to bring you in on this. this is not a thoughtful and cerebral exercise on the right. this is a sledgehammer used to be a culture war issue. it's not a victimless crime. it doesn't just harm our ability to understand our own history. it harms future generations' ability to change it. >> right. we need to ask ourselves not whether or not they understand critical race theory, nicolle. we need to ask why are

. >> unusually pointed rhetoric from the statehouse in south dakota. here's the latest. we know that governor noem says she plans to resubmit her state's petition to host an event at mount rushmore the 3rd of july. the national parks service initially rejected the state's application in march citing wildfire risk, pandemic related safety concerns and objections from local native american tribes. here's what she mentioned on twitter. "what a hypocrite president joe biden once a summer freedom but we mark independence from the virus by celebrating with events across the country. translation, fireworks are fine at the white house but not at mount rushmore." obviously governor noem thinks it's a bit of a political stunt by the administration because last year she gave then-president donald trump a chance to make a big fiery speech at the monument. that seems to be the porsche. they are still hopeful president biden will see to it that they can celebrate at the monument. >> shannon: i think there's going to be a lot of celebrating this independence day. come back and let's ta

one lawmaker said, walking out of the statehouse was akin to coming out on our knees and begging congress to act. >> jane, great reporting. thank you for being with us. i know you are all over this story. i have a feeling this is not the last time we will be talking. appreciate your time. >>> thanks for watching this very busy monday hour. i will see you back here at noon eastern along with my friend and colleague andrea mitchell. now, we have more with chris jansing picking up our coverage. ♪♪ >>> good morning. i am chris janjansing in for cr melvin. president biden will appear toward with turkish president erdogan at the nato summit. their meeting coming at a tense time. looming over all of it and in many ways prepping for it, the high-stakes face-to-face between president biden and vladimir putin. right now, both leaders do agree on one thing, that relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in years. in moments, we will share more of kear simmons' interview with the russian leader, including the status of nuclear arms talks and even putin's take on the black live

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yet they are still moving through the senate, they are still moving through the statehouse. in fact at this very moment they are being voted on in the statehouse, some of the pieces of legislation. so it's time to stop the misinformation, but it's also time to pull back efforts to pass laws in furtherance of that misinformation and this report i hope is the first step in that direction. >> i guess you just articulated the whole conundrum. you know having republicans putting their name on a report that is sort of the good housekeeping seal of verifying there was no fraud. but those same republicans are still behind laws to do something. what? predicated on a lie, make it harder for people in michigan to vote. is there any chance of slowing that down in any state absent federal voting rights legislation? >> it remains to be seen, but it is -- you know, we certainly need the federal government to step up and protect states like michigan, like arizona, where there still are people even now acknowledging that there is misinformation but potentially supporting legislation to undo

in georgia who are republicans who pointed out that down ballot republicans did pretty well in the statehouse and in congressional races, but it was donald trump who people were turned off by, people like me who voted republican ticket but would not vote for donald trump. and those people are, you know -- trump only got 47%. there's less of that. he is every day chipping away at that 47%. so there's no way you divide 47% and get to 50. >> paul begalla, former congresswoman barbara comstock, great discussion. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> it's a desperate plea for help as vacationers flock to the beach this summer. businesses are struggling to keep the doors open because they don't have enough staff. what's going on? [sfx: psst psst] allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you could take your ulcerative colitis treatment in a different direction. talk to your doctor about xeljanz, a pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative coliti

. >> we can't control what happens in our statehouse, in our nation's capital, but we can control what happens in our cities. >> dixon, founded the texas-based program two years ago. the first against a planned parenthood in louisiana looking to open a clinic 18 miles away in a texas town. since then, 27 municipalities have become sanctuaries for the unborn. more are reaching out. >> it was biden's statements that they desired to see abortion access in every zip code that really lit a fire in a number of studies. >> the biden presidency is shaping up to be the most pro-abortion in history. his proposed budget includes cutting the hyde amendment, the long decision preventing taxpayer funding of abortions. in reaction to the aggressive abortion rights stance, pro-life groups have ignited a massive ground campaign. 2021 have seen the most legislative action against abortions in a decade. in the last four and a half months, there were 549 antiabortion restrictions introduced in 47 states. >> millions of children lose their right to life every year. >> one of them in texas when governor gre

state democrats have fled in the middle of the night to keep us from getting a quorum there in our statehouse of representatives. and simply just to keep us on the same path and not fix these voting problems that we've experienced. we had nightmares back in during november of last year. millions of americans felt like they had been disenfranchised. state governments were supposed to be the, state legislators were the only ones who were supposed to be able to change state law. judges couldn't do it. single statewide election officials, a governor, a, a secretary of state, they were not supposed to be able to do it. only the legislatures. and so this needs to be fixed. jackie: right. >> millions of americans felt like we had a irregular anomaly filled election in the last presidential election and many states are trying to fix this. texas is one of them. democrats are standing in the way. jackie: i'm really glad you brought this up because this is a conversation i reported on extensively and every time i do it the liberal media will go after me because i said that we had an election that was un

. >> talk about that ladder piece, your experience passing legislation through the statehouse. what did that teach you about how to actually get things done in your state? >> you know, when i first got elected, i was a 32-year-old black woman from the most democratic district operating in a body white republican men over 50. i had to understand their perspective, even if i didn't agree with it, how their life experiences shift their policies. that's how i've been able to build coalitions to get things done is meeting people where they are, standing up for my values and pushing until we reach success. >> i think it's interesting when you watch republican attacks on reproductive lessons. what can they learn from what happened in virginia? >> this is not the first wave we saw. i was pregnant on the house floor in 2010 fighting the last wave that led to the passage of the bills that -- the laws i repealed. we were persistent. we kept pushing until we repealed them, building the coalition. >> similar question on voting rights. that has been the big story of the day, because of senat

already having investigations under way, and then, again, i'm going to go back to all the federal agent statehouse are doing their own investigations as well and being transparent with the public. i think that's really important to recognize that those federal agencies are supposed to be non-partisan in nature and the department of justice and homeland security and secret service and the fbi also investigating. >> right. >> so whatever theories are out there, then republicans and democrats alike have the opportunity to ask those questions of those who are in charge and they should. >> just to be clear, doj investigates the people, but the commission would have investigated the root cause what, led to it. do you not denounce the fbi insane theory that people in your party are spewing? do you not denounce that? >> i don't know -- i don't know anything about it. i haven't read it. i would highly doubt that the fbi or any federal agency would have orchestrated january 6th with a violent attacks that day. it's really important that we come together as a nation and one of the things we did this week was

overwhelming majority of governorships and state legislatures, and so in these mid-term elections, in these statehouse elections, state senate races you're seeing the result that have today and that's why i don't understand going back to kirstyn sinema and joe manchin, i simply don't understand other than maybe some self-preservation. it's surely not state's rights. i can't believe it would be that, but just making sure that we have something in place to preserve democracy and for them that appears to be too much of a -- of a valley to cross. >> se, we're going to talk more about this in the next block, but michael flip, the former national security adviser to president trump, suggested very clearly, and we'll roll the tape, that he thought that there should be a myanmar-style coup in the united states. he has previously talked about martial law, about the military going into states and like redoing elections and yet when you turn on other channels and look at what's going on on the republican side of the aisle they are upset about kamala harris putting out a tweet saying have a good long weekend. >>

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the ohio state representative that you just saw questioning the anti-vaccination doctor during that statehouse hearing. i appreciate your time, representative. so what was going through your mind as you were listening to dr. tenpenny's answers? you were there, able to see her, to kind of read her body language, her eyes. what were you seeing and thinking? >> well, thanks for having me here, erin. this is such an important topic. that was quite a moment the other day. we were talking about vaccines, but for me, i was really happy that she was showing people how absurd her perspective was. i had spent some time studying her and i knew really what she thought. and i was worried that within the hearing her perspective would come off as credible. i knew if i asked a few questions and poked a little further that she would expand and give you the conspiracy theorys that you're hearing and give you the pseudo science that is so harmful. because as you said, that misinformation can be really dangerous in our communities. so i was glad that people could see what was beneath her testimony so that others

when you see what's happening in the courts and statehouses, how much tougher does that make your fight for stronger gun control? >> well, again, the fight for stronger gun control in the world, the biden administration is going to be tougher because it's an uphill battle. i applaud your bravery and ability to look at gun violence with the pandemic that it is. but if you ask every single person in the gun violence prevention community, they will tell you fighting against gun violence with an administration that everybody wants to be cheering for is a lot more difficult. now, greg abbot is one of the country's worst governors. he's up there with desantis and all those other freaks who like to engage in these culture wars, weird legislative battles where they're talking about how, you know, critical race theory is going to ruin your kids and make them hate america, and they freak out about, you know, dr. seuss books. greg abbot is a mess, so seeing him pass this kind of law just so he can score easy, cheap points with his base is not something going to be surprising. we need our administr

one, we want to educate folks, let them know voter suppression they're seeing happening in statehouses now, they're extremely frustrated about. there's a solution, for the people act and john lewis advancement. we expect the democrats to find a way to get the legislation passed. in addition, we engage in people, put pressure. bus loads of workers coming from our labor partner in the district now that are holding rallies, educating people and doing millions of phone calls to let people know how upset we are with lack of leadership. same with manchin. we are going to west virginia thursday this week. over and over we keep having the same debate on voting rights as if it is negotiable. we are talking about the foundation, basic foundation of democracy is at risk now. we need to accept that there's a minority as sinema said, later in the years people would use this filibuster. but truth of the matter, filibuster was designed to really be able to push back civil rights legislation, and we're saying no, the time is now. we need to make sure voters are protected. >> what is at risk, if nothin

they lost at the statehouse and wanting certain things to get passed and they didn't prevail. so they go to the department of justice to get them to do their bidding here. there is a history of this. and i would remind everybody there were concerns raised by democrats in 2018 about long lines and voting machines and local boards not doing their job. in 2020 republicans complained about long lines and voting machines and local boards not doing their job. this bill, our bill, sb 202, the law just signed by governor kempp addresses those concerns because whether you're a republican or democrat there has been a crisis in confidence in our elections and this bill addresses that, for all georgians of either party or those in the middle. jon: you mentioned stacey abrams. i want to play quickly the exchange she had back in april with senator john cornyn. listen. >> those laws that were changed in 2021 in response to an increase use of people of color, laws put in place by republicans 15 years ago, they were perfectly satisfied with the utility of those laws until used successfully peo

, one of the things i wanted to ask you about because you're a texan, the efforts in the democratic statehouse to stop a voting restriction bill by going forward and basically walking out of the state house in austin and preventing a quorum and that kind of cut it short. we're still waiting to find out what governor greg abbott may do in retaliation for that, but what do you make of that, that democrats basically had to walk out and ground the entire process to a halt to prevent this bill from going forward? >> i think that you do whatever you got to do to actually do the right thing. so, you know, for me, i think that i was awake, you know, keeping track of it, when it was happening, because it was like watching a movie. is it going to happen? what's going to happen? i'll tell you, to me, the whole thing about voting rights, especially in texas, it is so frustrating because we're talking about voting rights and kamala's work on the border. i was born in san juan, outside of mcallen, i grew up in mcallen, and both issues are very important to me and i'll tell you with voting rights one thing t

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restrooms or locker rooms consistent with gender identity, even though some of these bills have died on statehouse floors, david says transgender youth are still feeling the mental impact because these young people are seeing bills introduced that told them that they don't exist that they should not be protected by law that the gender affirming care that they're receiving should be denied for all transgender americans watching at home, especially young people so brave i want to know your president has your back, president biden responded to the push from some states in his address to a joint session of congress. urging congress to pass the equality act, which expands protections for lgbtq. americans hrc is also fighting back with bills affirming trans rights we have now 24 bills that have been signed in states across the country. the human rights campaign recently announced that we're going to be suing the state of florida and governor de santas. the california legislature has stood up for lgbtq rights, including allocating funding for cultural competency training and borrowing, state funded trave

take a look at this from a certified physician who testified add an ohio statehouse health committee hearing and talked about the covid vaccine in unhinged ways. take a listen. >> what is it that's actually being transmitted that's causing all of these things? is it a combination of the protein which now we're finding has a metal attached? i'm sure you have seen the pictures of the internet of people who had shots and now they're magazine any tied. put a key on their forehead and they can stick. >> i'm just going to do a test. i have no idea what's going to happen. i'm fully vaccinated. no, not magnetic. this doctor used that crazy theory to argue against legislation to allow prove of vaccinations in ohio. regardless of that legislation, i mean what do you make of this? >> i'm never going to fully understand this, jake. i mean, you know, it predates this pandemic, these types of conspiracy theories, i mean you and i have talked about it in the past. i get when people advocate crazy things in order to sell something. she has a book just say no to vaccines, maybe that's it. there is no

. >>> the aftermath of trump's big lie is still playing out in statehouses across the country. thankfully, stacey abrams is here to tell us about a big push this summer for action on the federal level protecting voting rights. and that's after this quick break. rights and that's after this quick break. jeff's been to the bottom of the ocean. the tops of mountains. and wherever this guy runs off to. a life well lived should continue at home. with home instead care, older adults can stay home, safe, and happy. home instead. to us, it's personal. i just heard something amazing! now for the first time one medication was approved to treat and prevent migraines. nurtec is the first and only option proven to treat and prevent migraines with one medication. onederful. one quick dissolve tablet can start fast and last. don't take if allergic to nurtec. the most common side effects were nausea, stomach pain, and indigestion. with nurtec odt, i treat migraine my way. what's your way? ask your doctor about nurtec to find out! ♪welcome back to that same old place♪ ♪that you laughed ab

get new congressmen and women because people are moving and the population shifts, that republican statehouses can't draw those lines but some democratic commission. >> daniel, is that true? >> jake, senator graham is correct that this bill would transform the redistricting process. but he was wrong in two separate ways about how. first of all, the bill would require each state to create its own redistricting commission. so this would not be a single commission created in washington or managed from washington. second of all, each commission would have 15 members, it would be five republicans, five democrats, and five people unaffiliated with the two major parties. and they would be appointed through a process that requires cross-partisan consensus involving members of all three of those groups. so these people would not simply, jake, be appointed by democrats that senator graham claimed. >> okay, so that's false what he said. here's something republican senator ted cruz had to say about automatic voter registration proposals in the legislation. take a listen. >> corrupt politicians act would a

because republicans, by and large, have been driving this process at the statehouse level. you know, anderson, one of the things mike pence did not talk about during that speech. he did not talk about how his own president tried to st strong arm him into overturning the election results. the disagreement that exists over january 6th is not just about january 6th. it is about what led up to january 6th and how donald trump, for days, was -- and -- and weeks really, trying to overturn the results of the election. calling various-state officials and so on. and then, trying to strong arm his own, vice president into going down to the capitol and overturning the election results. and so, the -- the vice president -- the former vice president there is just glossing over what happened around january 6th. and -- and it's just -- it's unfortunate to see. obviously, he wants to put that behind him because he thinks it's beneficial, to him, to get former-president trump before the 2024 cycle. >> yeah, kaitlan, one wonders how long it's going to be before he makes a pilgrimage to mar-a

. >> no, a state rep is in the statehouse in congress. >> that's what ann is. >> no, she's in washington. >> i guess i have to run against that. >> reporter: in addition to having no idea what he's running for, here's another wrinkle. he's not allowed to set foot in d.c. under the terms of his release. lawyers did not respond to cnn's request for comment. additionally kelly and gilbert did not respond to cnn's requests. sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> all right. let's bring in political commentator and host of pbs firing line and john avlon. john, just when you thought you heard it all, insurrectionists for congress, what's your reaction to what we just heard there? >> it's surreal but not surprising because the republican party has encouraged these people. you know, treason must be made odious but these folks feel there will be a benefit in a polarized situation with closed partisan primaries. and that's the problem. the republican party has created a circumstance where folks who attacked our capitol, seditionists, feel like it's a political benefit in terms of winning a primary. so t

restrooms or locker rooms consistent with gender identity, even though some of these bills have died on statehouse floors, david says transgender youth are still feeling the mental impact because these young people are seeing bills introduced that told them that they don't exist that they should not be protected by law that the gender affirming care that they're receiving should be denied for all transgender americans watching at home, especially young people so brave i want to know your president has your back, president biden responded to the push from some states in his address to a joint session equality act, whichcongress to expands protections for lgbtq. americans hrc is also fighting back with bills affirming trans rights we have now 24 bills that have been signed in states across the country. uh the human rights campaign recently announced that we're going to be suing the state of florida and governor de santas. the california legislature has stood up for lgbtq rights, including allocating funding for cultural competency training and borrowing, state funded travel. the states that discrimi

protecting the right to vote at the state level and democrats in statehouses believe the best way to do that is to protect the right to vote at the federal level. some of the same texas democrats secured a last minute meeting with senator joe manchin in an effort to win his support for federal preces on the same day that he released a list of proposed changes to the for the people act. the democrats' massive elections bill that would have had his support if for that very legislation. in what was arguably the biggest break through of the week, stacey abrams came out in support of the manchin compromise soon after he released it. today democratic congressman beto o'rourke also praised the manchin plan. >> what do you think about this compromise joe manchin is proposing? >> 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 and make election day a national holiday. those are four very major pieces of the for the people act proposal, so i'm really pleased to see senator man