James Talarico

I just mean that ground of your being, whatever that is.

Anyway, I don't know if it answers your original question, but... What was the main struggle?

Well, so there were several bills.

I mentioned the abortion ban.

Was it the actual— So the bill—this was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Toward the end of that legislative session, my Republican colleagues brought a—

Again, this is the way I would describe it, a voter suppression bill, making it more difficult to vote in the state of Texas.

Again, Texas is probably the hardest place to vote in the country, just in terms of the paperwork, the requirements, the hoops you've got to jump through.

How so, though?

There's a whole host of things.

You know, the fact that we don't have online voter registration in the state when a lot of other states do.

I mean, think of all the things you do online.

Voter registration is not one of them.

The IDs that now count for registering to vote or voting are very selective.

So, for instance, you've got a concealed carry license.

That license counts as ID, which I agree that it should.

But a student ID from a college or university doesn't count as an ID.

Yeah, you got to go get a driver's license.

Yeah, a passport.

But again, I didn't have a passport for most of my life.