'We want to ensure everybody has truly a fair process and that's what we'll stand up for and why it is important that we will use every tool available ensure that democracy stands in Texas,' Texas State Rep. Johnson says on the voter restriction bill.
State Representative Ann Johnson joins Kasie Hunt to preview a special session of the state legislature which will include a GOP backed voting bill among other conservative agenda items, which Rep.
Johnson says is "nothing more than a buffet of red meat.” She also says state Democrats will “use every tool available to ensure that democracy stands in Texas” as she views the voting bill as an “attack on communities of faith and civil rights.”
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