from denying enslaved people full citizenship until the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments after the civil war to denying women the right to vote until the 19th amendment 100 years ago to poll taxes and literacy test and ku klux klan that lasted into the 50s and 60s. the supreme court decision in 2013 and two weeks ago. that decision that weakened the landmark and voting rights act. to the willful attack, election attacks in 2020. then to a whole other level of threat of violence and deadly insurrection of capital on january 6th. just got back from europe. they asked me is it going to be
from denying people full citizenship until the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments after the civil war, denying women the vote to vote until the 19th amendment. the poll taxes and literacy test and the ku klux klan campaign that lasted in the 50s and 60s. to the supreme court decision in 2013 and then again just two weeks ago, a decision that weakened the landmark voting rights act. just got back from europe with. g-7 and nato. they wondered. they asked me, is it going to be
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when georgia was enacted its voter suppression law couple of months ago. i was in a lot of these conversations where people said the law on his face, and i had to remind them that exactly what you said the poll taxes also facially neutral, the literacy test was facially neutral, they knew with the result of it would be. remember the grandfather closet said that you could vote in places like oklahoma if your grandfather was able to vote in 1850, facially neutral, but whose grandparents were able to vote in 1850, black people? no. the idea that this disparate impact kind of happens is so outrageous. and more importantly, chris, this was explicitly referred to in the senate report. it has been recognized by
is some understanding about the injustice that was perpetrated and the continued injustices that we have to confront. so i am very pleased that we are celebrating today, and educating the whole nation, and the others are joining with us. it is a unanimous vote out of the senate, and the majority vote out of the house with only 14 who did not vote for it. and so i think that the message is very clear. this country is moving towards justice, moving towards equality, and we have a lot of work to do, and we have big bills that need to be passed. hr-1, and i am sure that you have heard about to protect our voting rights. yes, i want to ask you about that, yes. and yes. and efforts made by the republicans to suppress our votes. and so, it is a step backwards and hard to believe that we have fought poll taxes and having to