48: Representative Johnson Goes to Washington
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🗓️ 21 July 2021
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Representative Julie Johnson, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representative representing the 115th district in Dallas County. Rep. Johnson shares how she and her 50+ fellow Texas Democrats are continuing to fight for voting rights in Washington, D.C. after breaking quorum last week to deny the efforts of Texas Republicans to pass anti-voting legislation. Plus, a discussion about the state of Texas politics and a clarion call for political courage. If you’d like to support the 50+ Texas state legislators who are fighting for voting rights, visit: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/protecttexasvote.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaillin. Today I'm joined by |
| 0:12.8 | Texas Representative Julie Johnson, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, |
| 0:18.1 | representing the 115th District in Northwest Dallas County. She was first elected to the |
| 0:22.9 | House in 2018 and is currently serving in her second term. She's joining us today in our |
| 0:27.6 | DC studio as she is in town with more than 50 of her fellow Democrats as they continue |
| 0:33.0 | for the second week to deny the Texas legislature the quorum they need to pass anti-voting |
| 0:38.2 | legislation and also to encourage Democrats on Capitol Hill to do something at the federal level. |
| 0:43.3 | So Representative, thanks for joining me today. Thank you so much. It's great to be here. |
| 0:47.4 | So we were supposed to do this last week and as I was telling you right before we started |
| 0:51.7 | recording that you and I were doing a little streaming show and there was somebody who was |
| 0:56.0 | wheeling a suitcase behind you and you said it wasn't your suitcase but it was indicative of what |
| 1:01.4 | what I thought was about to happen. So I'm glad we could reschedule for this week. You're now starting |
| 1:06.3 | your second week here. Yes, we came to DC last Monday and here we are. We tell you how we're things. |
| 1:13.6 | You know, there's a lot of words to describe how things are going. They're exciting, |
| 1:18.4 | they're frustrating, they're encouraging, they're disappointing, there are lots of things. |
| 1:23.1 | Right. What's happening right now? Yeah, it runs the gamut of emotions. I imagine. |
| 1:26.8 | Absolutely. You know, it's exciting to be here with my colleagues. We're actually half a maze. |
| 1:32.7 | We actually pulled it off that we got all of us together and that's no small feat. We had |
| 1:38.3 | less than 24 hours notice and we all seem to manage to do it. But you know, it's empowering to be here |
| 1:44.8 | advocating on behalf of voting rights for so many people and to be part of this long arc of journey |
| 1:51.6 | that so many have paved the way before us. And it's frustrating that we found ourselves in this |
| 1:56.6 | place that the GOP in Texas is hell bent on making sure that fewer people vote. Right. I think you and |
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