Democrats finally notch a win in Texas
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
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🗓️ 6 June 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Democrats finally fight back with a major win in Texas, and Joe Biden actually called out some Democratic holdouts on the filibuster. Brian interviews a member of the Texas state House, James Talarico, who himself was part of the walkout that killed Texas’ voter suppression law. And Brian chats with Run for Something co-founder Amanda Litman about her reaction to the fact that a number of those Texas legislators were endorsed by her organization, and whether these voter suppression bills sprouting up are actually causing more Democrats to run for office.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, we're going to talk about Democrats finally fighting back with a major win in Texas |
| 0:05.2 | and Joe Biden actually calling out some Democratic holdouts on the filibuster. |
| 0:08.6 | I interview a member of the Texas State House, James Tolerico, who himself was part of the |
| 0:12.6 | walk out that killed Texas' voter suppression law, and I chat with Run for Something Founder |
| 0:16.9 | Amanda Litman about her reaction to the fact that a number of those Texas legislators were |
| 0:20.9 | endorsed by her organization and whether those voter suppression bills sprouting up or actually |
| 0:24.8 | causing more Democrats to run for office. I'm Brian Tyler Cohen and you're listening to No Lie. |
| 0:32.3 | I never thought I'd see the day, but Democrats actually showed up and decided to fight back |
| 0:36.9 | this week. And it may not be a permanent victory, but it was a victory nonetheless, so I want to |
| 0:41.1 | highlight it. In the Texas State House, the legislative session was ending at midnight and |
| 0:45.3 | Republicans were trying to pass SB7, which was their voter suppression bill, that I think is the |
| 0:49.4 | worst bill in the country, more on that in a moment. But at the eleventh hour, literally, I think it |
| 0:54.3 | was 11 p.m. Democrats in the State House together walked out, breaking core of need to pass legislation, |
| 0:59.6 | which requires two thirds of the 150 House members to be present, thereby killing the bill. |
| 1:04.5 | And I'm going to go into the specifics of this bill and why it was so important that it doesn't pass, |
| 1:08.6 | but first I got to say this. This is how you fight. They figured out a way and got it done. And for |
| 1:14.1 | a party that so often seems afraid of its own shadow, Holy Hell was it nice to not only put up a fight, |
| 1:20.0 | but actually win when the stakes were so high. Now, as for why SB7 is worth having this fight over, |
| 1:25.6 | it's because it's one of, if not, the most restrictive voter suppression bills in the country. |
| 1:30.2 | It sought to ban after hours voting and restrict drop boxes and drive through voting centers. |
| 1:34.6 | It would have limited Sunday early voting to between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m., which is as obvious an assault |
| 1:40.6 | as you can get against efforts like Souls to the Poles where black and Latino communities would |
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