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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.

And now is when the Democrats should be passing HR one, the bill,

HR one, this bill would require 35 states with voter ID laws to allow

would be voters to vote if they can provide a sworn written statement

for affirming their identity.

It will create automatic voter registration.

It will require transparency for presidential inaugural committees.

It will require paper ballot trails.

It will push back on haphazard voting purges and a lot of other things,

a lot of necessary correctives to the abuses of democracy that have gone on for

partisan gain.

And yet what is the Democratic caucus grappling with?

You know what?

But again, we were looking for Ilhan Omar there because that is a real

distraction for Democrats right now from all of this other things.

You know, they really need to be united right now.

Yep.

Now, representative Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey was quoted in the

Washington Post asking, why are we doing this?

Quote, we've individually and collectively already responded to the fact

that we oppose all isms that do not treat people in this country fairly and

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