and take them to court, to test whether or not these things are actually what, you know, what people in georgia or in texas or in florida say they're supposed to be about. they have beefed up the amount of people that can look into voting rights and civil rights investigations, and it's possible that we see the doj, this doj go state by state, as some of these laws go into place. the doj is going to do the things that it can. so what they're seeing is that this administration, when they know they have these slim majorities in the house and the senate, that they can't do much of anything, unless there's broad, broad support in congress with republicans. and they're putting a lot of stock in the federal government doing something. i talked to some of the texas democrats who came to the white house last week, some of those people who walked out, in order to make sure that that voting rights restriction bill didn't pass in texas. lots to discuss with our panelįilibuster. last week, governor abbott followed through on his threats to cut hay for texas state legislative staffers over this move.
democrats blocked the restrictions from passing in a last-ditch effort last month, but not without consequences. the docket may well include election restrictions put forward by texas republicans in a previous session. and in texas, governor greg abbott is calling state lawmakers back for a special legislative session. despite their findings of a safe and secure election, they're still urging their colleagues to pass new voting restrictions. quote, this committee found no evidence of widespread or systemic fraud in michigan's prosecution of the 2020 election, unquote. in a report released on wednesday, republicans could not have been clearer.
republicans in the michigan state senate also shot down donald trump's claims of voter fraud in their state. Republican officials in maricopa county, that's the phoenix area, have repeatedly insisted that the election was fair.