Chris Hayes

Because tonight, the vote of a lot of voters is being stolen for them after 7 p.m.

I was going to say that to me is the most important part of this.

I don't want to get lost in the weeds here, people.

I really don't.

This is an orchestrated, coordinated effort, period.

It has been from the very beginning.

It is the law.

But we've already seen now in Texas and across this country how the law can be weaponized and used to full effect.

when you want to move the needle in a certain direction, if you want to stop something.

And so I just find it, why does Paxton care whether or not Democrats, given the confusion that was wrought in this situation, want to vote for an extra two hours?

Doesn't change his numbers, right?

Doesn't change what's happening on the Republican side.

So what do you care for?

It's not about what we're standing up for the law.

Well, you're reaching back 40 years plus.

To stand up for a law that no one's had to invoke before.

So, you know, I just think we need to understand what's going on here very much to what Stephanie was saying before and what a lot of us who have been in working in this space and hearing on the ground that this is that all of these things are storylines that are being created that will be used later on.

And we just need to understand how they're going to be used now so we recognize it when they're used later.

And to all the points, because the parties are the ones who are basically running these primaries, which goes back to when I was chairman, I advocated that we abolish primaries.

But that's a whole other conversation.