Texas voters are furious that the state GOP is trying to silence their voices, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told MSNBC's Jason Johnson on Tuesday — and they're making their voices heard. Democratic state lawmakers have been absent from the state for over a week to block passage of a heavily gerrymandered mid-decade redistricting plan,

At an event in Phoenix, Arizona, hosted by progressive advocacy group MoveOn, Crockett spoke out after Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas on Sunday in an effort to stop a redistricting vote that would create a new Republican-approved congressional map.

If we are going to preserve our democracy in this moment, this is the way that we have to engage in this fight now.” Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett (D) joins Ali Velshi to discuss the Texas redistricting fight: “I'm so proud of my former colleagues from the State House,