Texas GOP Ramps Up Culture Wars, War on Voting

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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First, Chris goes one-on-one with Democratic Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer. Then, Chris is joined by the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. Chris wraps up the show with the former White House Coordinator for Haiti Richard Clarke on the latest news in the assassination of the Haitian President. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, thanks, Coupe.
0:00.8	I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.
0:03.2	If you're on the right, or if you're on the right,
0:05.2	keep your eyes on Texas.
0:06.7	It's America's largest red state
0:08.2	and Republicans there are showing the 2022 playbook.
0:12.0	And it's not new, fraud and fright.
0:15.3	For you on the right, do you like it?
0:17.6	For you on the left, can you counter it?
0:20.0	Contrived culture wars with a side dish
0:23.0	of election fraud, farce.
0:25.4	Democrats better be watching.
0:27.2	The Trump or governor there, Greg Abbott,
0:29.1	called a special session today to push this agenda.
0:32.5	And it is very campaignish, a revised voter restriction bill.
0:37.3	It's revised because if you'll remember,
0:39.4	state Democrats blocked the GOP's initial attempt.
0:42.1	Remember, they staged a walkout.
0:44.0	Said we're not going to be part of this attempt
0:45.6	to suppress the vote.
0:46.6	It happened back in May.
0:48.0	Just a few minutes before a house deadline.
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