WTF is Happening in TX? (with Cecile Richards)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Just days after the state implemented a draconian anti-abortion measure that effectively invalidates Roe v. Wade, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed voter suppression legislation into law this week. With COVID numbers also spiking there, Julián and his longtime staffer Sawyer Hackett hop on the mic for a special episode to dissect the latest (and not greatest) in Texas politics and welcome reproductive rights activist and fellow Texan, Cecile Richards, to better understand SB8.

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1:26.0	Lemonada. Leminata. Hey y'all, this is Julianne and I know that we've been gone for a couple of months but we're back with a special episode of Our America because we couldn't not talk about what in the world is going on in Texas.
1:37.8	It seems like Texas is the center of the domestic news universe these days, whether we're talking about abortion rights, COVID, voting rights, immigration.
1:50.0	You know, Texas was its own country for like nine years and Texans often have a big head about themselves and a lot of pride.
1:59.4	I say that as a native Texan and someone who still lives in Texas and loves the state.
2:04.8	But lately we've been getting into the news for all the wrong reasons and we wanted to have
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