State Rep. Jasmine Crockett along with the Texas Progressive Caucus issued a statement on voting rights in Texas after passage of SB1 The newly formed Texas House of Representatives’ Texas Progressive Caucus issued a statement following the passage of Senate Bill 1 that will restrict voting rights in the state.
They called it “the nation’s worst voter suppression bill.” The statement was sent out by the office of state Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who represents parts of West Dallas, the Design District and South Dallas. “Today, the nation bore witness to the subversion and diminution of democracy in Texas,” the caucus wrote. “This bill was poisoned from the very beginning and stained with the blood of civil rights leaders and suffragists who