that rolls back voter suppression, in texas, in georgia, in florida, and so many other places. and it opens up our elections to every-eligible voter. that -- that's not a democratic-party position, nor a republican-party position. that should be an american-democracy position. and that's why we're marching and that's why we want folks to join us in austin, tomorrow, 10:00 a.m. in front of the capitol. we'll be joined by impacted people and willie nelson, who will be giving one of his first concerts since the pandemic there. so, big day, tomorrow, in austin. >> reverend dr. barber, you -- i think, in the last few weeks, you've been arrested at least a couple of times. doesn't scare you. doesn't scare the texas representatives, who are under threat of arrest. they have done nothing criminal. but the -- the governor has implied that they could be arrested. that's what the summer actions turning out to be. people marching, people putting their bodies on the line. doing what they have to do to remind people that this is the kind of energy that is required. very reminiscent of the --

georgia republicans take first step to fulton elections take over. fulton county is the largest county in the state, one tenth of all georgians live there. it's where atlanta's. it voted overwhelmingly for joe biden. it also contains a sizeable proportion of the states black voters. the paper obtained a letter showing that two dozen republican state senators support a performance review of fulton election chief. they have the power to request this thanks to the restrictive voting bill that georgia passed earlier this year. according to that bill, states senate bill 2:02, the state can replace any local election official with enough republican support. the chairman of the fulton county board of commissioners, a democrat, a sounding the alarm saying that is an attempt to take control of the senate and retain the governorship in 2022. it's been record rick until this point. this letter is the first official step in the process. we've got allies in the legislature, we have the court and the court of public opinion. the law as it currently stands is on th

georgia was recounted three times. it's clear. for those who challenged the results and the integrity of the election, no election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards. the big lie is just that. a big lie. [applause] 2020 election is not hyperbole. it's the most examined in the fullest expression will of the people in the history of this nation. it should be celebrated. the example of america is the best. but instead, we continue to see the example of human nature is the worst. something darker and more sinister. in america, if you lose, you accept the results. you follow the constitution. you try again. you don't call facts fake and try to bring down the american experiment just because you're unhappy. that's not statesmanship. [applause] that's not statesmanship. that selfishness. it's not democracy. it's denial of the right to vote. it suppresses, it's subjugate's. then i'll a full and free and fair elections is the most unfair thing that any of us could imagine. the most undemocratic. most unpatriotic. >

a week ago it was georgia congressman hank johnson. and today it was texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, arrested in the same place for the same reason. you can see her here being handcuffed in white zip ties. she was later placed inside a police van. she later tweeted this photo of herself in handcuffs. her caption, quote, i will never stop fighting for voting rights. the time is now to move the voting rights bill in the u.s. senate forward. enough is enough. #goodtrouble. the protests and resulting arrests are part of a summer of action on voting rights. and the list of reasons to fight just keeps on growing. today this was the headline in the "atlanta journal-constitution." quote, georgia republicans take first step to fulton elections takeover. fulton county is the largest county in the state, 1/10 of all georgians live there. it's where atlanta is. it voted overwhelmingly for joe biden. it also contains a sizable proportion of the state's black voters. the paper obtained a letter showing that two dozen republican state senator

i am very grateful for senator raphael warnock of georgia who i think has been instrumental in bringing the party together, including senator manchin. it's really good news. it's a sign of progress. frankly, it's a sign that would bishop barber the poor people campaign and others who are willing to take direct nonviolent action across the country, what they're doing is actually working it's bringing the parties to the table, they're feeling the pressure and they know that they need to move forward. i would argue, and agree fully with bishop barber, that as important as the physical infrastructure of our country is, if we do not save the infrastructure of our democracy, protect the right to vote and guaranteed field for elections going forward we will lose it forever and nothing else is possible. raising the minimum wage. expanding access to health care, confronting climate change, legalizing illegal immigrants in this country. all these things only become when we bring people in the voting places, so that their voices are heard. i hope that senator warnock and others who believe in this

and then in the same breath he said georgia found 35,000 new votes. both of those things at once i guess? maybe he forgot which number he was making up and whether he was supposed to say that was a minus or a plus, whether those votes were lost or found. anyway, he decided to just use both. i mean, it's unhinged stuff even on the sliding scale of him. i think it's becoming and forgive me sort of increasingly unhinged stuff and maybe some has to do with the pressure and desperation he is feeling on the business and personal side of his life. but it manifests in real life because of his hold over the republican party and right wing politics. i mean, there he is waxing about how great the january 6th rioters were and simultaneously this weekend here were trump supporters on the steps of the florida capitol this weekend demanding that all the people who attacked the capitol and got arrested for it should all be freed because they're all political prisoners and innocent freedom fighters. right? and there's all the proud boys lined up in front all giving th

in the same breath he said, georgia found 35,000 new votes. both of those things that once, i guess? maybe he forgets went number he was making up and member he said it should've been a minus or a plus, those votes were found, and he just decided to use both. i mean, it is unhinged stuff, even on the sliding scale of him. it's becoming increasingly unhinged stuff. it's part of the pressure in desperation he's feeling on the business and personal side of his life. it manifests in real life because of his whole -- over the republican party. [inaudible] simultaneously steps of the florida capital. this weekend demanding that all the people who demanded the capital should all be freed and they are all political fighters and there is all the proud boys lined up in front all giving the white power symbol with their hands. because, why not? we have reported last week on an incumbent u.s. senator, james lankford in oklahoma. his primary challenger, his whole campaign, it's based on the fact that senator lankford did not vote in the senate to overturn

we're seeing that in georgia and all across in nation. to the extent the texas democrats had to flee from their homes to go to d.c. to stop this voter suppression, i think that's a demonstration of how intense this fight is that we're in right now. while we're seeing this direct subscription, it's not going to stop. this is not something that's not going to go away, that we can out-organize, out-litigation, we're going to have to have federal legislation to make sure we have protective voting rights and really unravel a lot of the damage that republicans are doing right now. >> let's look at the states enacting restrictive laws right now. these are states voting, enacting voting rights laws. you've got a second map here, states that are actually efforting these audits like pennsylvania and michigan where they may not get much traction but they are trying. latosha, until people not directly affected by this as you in georgia were or people in texas were, until everybody understands this is an affront on all voting rights, we're not activat

who helped make sure that the turnout happened in georgia, the texas legislaors came by, and we had several of our organizations from across the gamut come together in unity to make sure that we're clear that for us, voting rights is not -- it's not an option to say we will go back to the 1940s, rachel, because at the end of the day, for african-americans in this country, we have always had to fight for our vote. we have always had to have federal intervention. and so for us, to say, well, we don't have enough votes, what does that mean? we risk our lives in 2020 to turn out the vote. in the middle of a pandemic. and so we expect for our leaders to lead. and so we're going to continue to put the pressure on those leaders. and believe that at the end of the day, we will win. now, will we win tomorrow? i am sure not, but we'll continue to fight until we win. >> melanie campbell is the convener of the black women's roundtable, president and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation and was arrested today alongside the chair of the black caucus, protesting for voting ri

a couple of days later "the washington post" published a phone call in which president georgia secretary of state to look into the results in his state. the infamous call where trump said he only needed to find about 11,000 votes. that same night the republican elections official in arizona got another voicemail. >> this is a white house operator. i was calling to let you know that the president's available to take your call if your free. >> the official told the arizona republic he presumed trump would try to pressure him. so he never returned that call. this new reporting is the latest to detail a multi-state effort by trump and his allies to undermine the results of the 2020 election, the same effort to led to a so-called audit that's been going on in maricopa county in arizona since april. run by the cyber ninjas. now the republican playbook on how to overturn the 2020 election is turning a new page, this time in pennsylvania. the associated press is reporting today that republicans in the pennsylvania state senate might be planning their own audit of the 2020 election in their state

he has consulted with state officials in arizona, pennsylvania and georgia, is that what we call, it consulting? and he has described state ballot reviews as the key to prove that he won the 2020 election. and his political group has repeatedly urged donors to give by claiming that trump is working to protect their votes. fundraising pitches that his advisers say remain the most lucrative. one recent facebook ads says quote, we need you to join the fight to secure our elections. join the fight to secure our elections. pay for my private jet gas. buy me a sandwich. pay for my staff and buy other expenses. save america, that is a world class griff, man. $75 million, just in the first half of the year. but the predicate for this grift, the false idea that they are selling to the masses of trump supporter is this idea that there was some kind of consequential election fraud, right? and eventually they'll get around to finding it someday. maybe if there were more than one cyber ninjas it would be easier. but that predicate for the grift, that idea that they are selling, literally, to pay

so people who are not directly affected by this, as you in georgia were in, or people in texas were, until everybody understands this is a front and all voting rights. we are not activating the rest of the population how do we get the rest of the world to understand this is not a black urban problem, a black voters of the self problem, this is a democracy problem. >> i think there's a number of things that we have to do, we have to be honest and what's happened in georgia this is widespread all across the nation, and while black voters and brown voters have been targeted, anybody in the most dredges laws come up, the truth of the matter is that it is going to impact all voters. that's every single one of us. anytime, one of these that we have to help people understand, is that anytime a political party be the libertarian the green the republican doesn't matter, anytime a political party abuses that power to really be in their authority to actually take laws in place, so that whoever does not vote for them, they can punish, or they can prevent them from voting or making more difficult

like the republicans in arizona, just like the republicans in wisconsin, just like the republicans in georgia insist that their real work as elected officials right now is to fair it out the infernal machinations of the lumina ty and the deep state and the jewish bankers and the dead communists who tricked the world into believing that the lord emperor donald trump is no longer president when clearly he is poised to be reinstated after the fraud is revealed. i mean, in arizona today, here's the headline in "the arizona republic." it's about a couple more weeks. headline in "the arizona republic" is how their inquisition is a few more weeks. they're enjoying themselves, playing with the ballots and the election equipment they used their power to get. they know they said it would be over by may but it's july now. and as of today they said they're not planning on actually it being done any time soon. it's really working out for them. they're enjoying it and pennsylvania republicans really are as of today starting up their own version of what's going on in arizona. they've started in the pennsylv

in texas, georgia, and other states that have passed voter suppression and intimidation matters. but texas is the toughest state in which to vote and it's about to get harder with if these voter suppression bills passed. these are the front lines in this battle and that's why i am glad that this for the cape peoples campaign and -- voting is not just connected to our democracy. it's connected to the fact that texas still has a seven dollar and 25 cent minimum wage. it's connected to the fact that we are the least insured stay in the country where people still die of diabetes, and the flu, then and curable cancer is because they could not see a doctor. we voters who did not vote was not out of worship -- barbers effort in texas, the marches he has organized, the people who are come out on the 31st on saturday in the capital of austin, we will unite and push the for the people act and get some democracy and texas and the rest of the country. >> reverend with, that me ask you the vision in terms of tactics, in terms of moving people. your history north carolina in particular but you

they too, just like the republicans in arizona, just like the ones in wisconsin, just like the ones in georgia and says that their real work as elected official right now is too fair it out in the infernal machinations of the illuminati and the deep state and the jewish bankers. and the dead communists. who tracked the world into believing that the lord emperor donald trump is no longer president when clearly he's poised to be reinstated after the fraud is revealed. i mean, in arizona, there is a headline in the arizona republic. it's about how, a couple of more weeks -- headline today in the arizona republic is how they're inquisition into the election which started in april it's gonna go on a few more weeks. they're enjoying themselves, frankly. playing with all the millions of ballots and all the election equipment that they use for their power as republicans state legislators to get. they know they said it would be over by may, but it's july now and as of today, they said they're not planning actually on it being done anytime soon. it's really working out for them there. and pennsylvania r

. >> so it sounds a little like that call to georgia election officials that we all heard around christmas time, that there is a president trying to convince someone to do something and the person on the receiving and understanding that this is probably unorthodox, somewhere between the line of an orthodox and entirely wrong and possibly illegal and not commit to anything. >> and you see that in an implicit gentle way in rosen's testimony before congress back in may. he made a point of spelling out all the things he did not do in that time period. and i think in hindsight, now that we know about these phone calls, i think in hindsight that testimony stands out more clearly as rosen tries to draw a line for people even though he cannot say publicly, and say, look, whatever was said to, me was brought my way, i did not go down the road that some of these folks wanted us to go down. >> great reporting double, an important report reporting that is in front of us in the following days as congress investigates january 6th and the accusations of election fraud. thanks for being with us devlin. al

that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other states that have passed voter suppression and voter intimidation measures. but because texas is the toughest state in which to vote, and it's about to get a lot harder if these new voter suppression bills pass, these are the front lines in this battle. that's why i'm so grateful that the poor people's campaign and bishop barber have made this the center of their attention, because he's absolutely right. voting is not just connected to our democracy, as essential as that is. it's connected to the fact that texas still has a $7.25 an hour minimum wage. it's connected to the fact that we're the least insured state in the country, where people still die of diabetes and the flu and curable cancers because they can't see a doctor. 7 million eligible texans did not vote in the 2020 election and it was not for lack of love of democracy. it's the voter suppression obstacles placed in their way. so bishop barber's efforts here in texas, the march that he's helping to organize, the people