Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson explains why she joined the Austin walkout
Capehart
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jonathan K. Part and this is K-POP. |
| 0:08.0 | Texas State representatives in front of Thompson is among the 57 Texas Democrats who left |
| 0:12.9 | Austin in order to deny state Republicans the quorum needed to pass their voter suppression |
| 0:18.1 | bill. |
| 0:19.1 | They came to Washington with one goal to appeal for federal action on voting rights. |
| 0:24.0 | Have we done enough? |
| 0:25.8 | Have we paid the price enough? |
| 0:27.8 | What is going to take for us to be able to be Americans in this country? |
| 0:32.8 | I am an American and I'm wonderful! |
| 0:35.8 | Representative Thompson has seen some things. |
| 0:38.8 | She's been in the Texas State Legislature since 1973. |
| 0:42.8 | And she's clear-eyed about what she thinks is driving the Lone Star State's push to curb voting. |
| 0:48.8 | Representative Thompson and I talked about her meetings with Senator Joe Manchin. |
| 0:52.8 | She's majority whipped James Clyburn. |
| 0:54.8 | And whether she thinks the state in Washington has been worth it. |
| 0:57.8 | And you can hear it all right now. |
| 1:10.8 | Texas State representatives in front of Thompson. |
| 1:12.8 | Thank you so much for coming to the podcast. |
| 1:15.8 | Thank you for inviting me. |
| 1:18.8 | So, at the press conference in Virginia, you talked about your grandmother. |
| 1:23.8 | And the obstacles she faced when she got the chance to vote. |
| 1:27.8 | What were some of those obstacles? |
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