'He's The Master Thief Here': William Galvin Accuses Trump Of Trying To Rig Texas Elections

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, Massachusetts Secretary William Galvin (D-MA) spoke about redistricting in Texas.

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00:00Thank you, Governor.

00:01I'm delighted to be with you and them today.

00:04I think the point you made about their effort being a national effort is extremely important.

00:09These folks did not flee Texas.

00:12They came here to get the message out to the rest of us across this country that when you

00:17do what Trump has done in Texas and is attempting to conclude in Texas, you're stealing the

00:23rights of Massachusetts voters and voters throughout this country.

00:27You know, Trump likes to use the word rigged.

00:30It's one of his favorite words, rigged and stolen.

00:33Well, he's the master thief here.

00:36He's the one who's trying to crack open the safe on democracy and rip its contents all over

00:41the place.

00:43They're here to get that message out.

00:45This is not about their seats, their political futures or their friends or anybody else.

00:50You're talking about people, and I want to give you the facts.

00:53The Texas primary that this map is supposed to be placed in is scheduled for March 3rd of

01:00next year.

01:01That's barely over six months from now.

01:03So people in Texas won't even know what district they're going to be asked to vote in.

01:08And voters won't know who they're going to be asked to vote for.

01:11That's the kind of democracy, which is laughable to call it a democracy, that Trump wants.

01:17He doesn't care about the rules.

01:18He's perfectly happy to rig things when he gets it.

01:21So we all have to stand up.

01:23As the governor mentioned, we're all here a few months ago celebrating the 250th anniversary

01:27of the beginning of the American Revolution.

01:29And some of our most famous patriots indeed fled at that time in the interest of democracy.

01:35John Hancock, for instance, and others.

01:37And they lived to tell the story of what we were trying to do then 250 years ago.

01:43Democracy started here.

01:44We have to make sure it stays alive throughout our country.

01:48That's our true gift to our country.

01:49We want to protect it.

01:51We have an obligation here in Massachusetts to stand with these folks, to get their story

01:55out, and to make it clear to the nation.

01:57It doesn't matter whether you're a Democrat or Republican or Independent.

02:00What matters is if you're an American, you should be standing to make sure that Americans

02:04in Texas have the right to vote for a member of Congress, of their choosing, and in a district

02:10that makes some sense.

02:11And if you're an American who's concerned about Congress, you should understand that these votes

02:15he's trying to steal in Texas will come back to hurt us with national legislation that's

02:20going to affect the lives of everybody in this country.

02:22So it's extremely important that we not simply say, isn't this nice they've come to Boston?

02:27No.

02:28They've come here on a mission.

02:29And it's our job to make sure that mission is heard and is effective throughout the country

02:33to the effect of protecting democracy, which is really what this is all about.

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