PBS NEWS RIZZ

There's nothing more important for us to do. In This Moment than to preserve. The house of our democracy. this year alone, some 320 bills have been introduced and state legislatures across some 45 States pushing voter suppression, 11 of those states have already passed voter suppression laws this year. So we are in the midst of a 911, emergency and our democracy and I have seen it up close. I know, I'm standing here. I won my election, but let us not forget what had to happen. For me to win how we had to push back. they cut the runoff period in half after they saw our when the last time, and as we entered into the runoff, State officials in Georgia. Misinterpreting some old Georgia law said that there could not be voting on the first Saturday of the runoff. They said, we'd let you do it, but our hands are tied. And so, I untied their hands. I sued them. and we won the election and the folks who said their hands were tied, then showed their hands because they then appeal the decision As for emergency relief relief, from what the people's voices. And so we had to sue them just to get a Fighting Chance. There's another more important for us to do than the past