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So it depends is your answer? Yes, that's my answer. Okay, so what voter ID laws are racist? Apologies, Mr. Cruz, your state of Texas, perhaps. Okay, so you think the entire state of Texas is racist. What about requiring an ID to vote is racist? So I think, sir, that's pretty reductive. I'm not saying the entire state of Texas is racist. You just said my state of Texas, so you tell me. What about the Texas voter ID laws is racist? So the fact that the voter ID law was put into place to diminish the political power of Latinos with racist intent and had been found to have racism. You're asserting that. What's your evidence for that? The federal district court that first resolved the constitutionality of Texas' voter ID law. Okay, so your view is voter ID laws are racist. How about you, Mr. Yang? I agree with Professor Tulsa. Voter ID laws can be racist. Okay, that's true. Mr. Seitz? There are some voter ID laws that are racially discrimin atory in intent. How about in practice? In intent, fine, you say there's some racist with a malevol ent intent lurking in the back of their mind. But let's just talk about it as a practical matter. When I go to vote, they ask me for my ID. I pull out my ID. I show it to them in my vote. Is that racist? If the law that requires you to do that was motivated by racially discriminatory intent under our constitution. What about the effect? Set aside intent. I'm asking about the effect. Yes, in effect, I think that there are discriminatory effects from a number of voter ID laws. Okay, thank you, Ms. Reardon. I'm going to give the witness a chance to answer the question. Go ahead, Mr. Seitz. Yes, in effect, I think many voter ID laws are discrimin atory and in design. They are designed to have that effect. Okay, Ms. Reardon. Yes, sir. Mr. Van Spakovsky. No, particularly because every single state that has passed an ID law has put in a provision to provide a free ID to anyone who doesn't have one. The turnout numbers show it has no effect. And I would remind everyone that the current version of the Texas voter ID law for in-person voting, the Obama administration agreed in court, in a court filing, that they were satisfied with it and that it was not discrimin atory. You know, I have to say this range of question actually shows the wildly partisan nature of the Democrats' proposal The record should reflect all three of the Democratic witnesses invited by the chairman maintained to this committee that voter ID laws can be, in many instances, in most instances, I think of the various ways they formulate it, are racist. So let me tell you who disagrees with that. 35 states across the country disagree with that because 35 states have voter ID laws in effect. But not just 35 states. 81% of voters in America disagree with the radical views proposed by the Democrats and the Democratic witnesses. Not just 81% of Americans. 77% of black.