James Talarico: ‘Attacks on Voting Rights Is a Red Line for Me’ as Texas Redistricting Fight Escalates

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TALARICO: “Yeah. It’s why attacks on voting rights is a red line for me, and it should be a red line for all of us, right? We can we can disagree on all kinds of issues, issues of, of moral importance, issues of life and death. But the key is that we always have a shot in the next election to make our case to the people and, and get a shot at, at winning political power and attacks on voting rights, this redistricting power grab, those are attempts to, to, to rig the rules of the game so that we don’t have a shot at, at making our case to the people in the next election. And so it’s why a year ago, a year ago today, my colleagues and I in the state house broke quorum to shine a national spotlight on this redistricting power grab. I mean, that’s an extraordinary step, right? I mean, we have to love democracy even when we lose. And the people of Texas, at least at a statewide level, have voted for Republicans historically, at least over the last 30 years."