James is a leader in government, academia and the conservative movement. Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
It’s insulting that politicians are trying to manipulate Black folks like me into thinking that voting reforms that protect our right to vote are somehow racist.
It’s a scare tactic and an attempt to rally support for a voting bill currently in Congress ironically called the For the People Act, or H.R. 1.
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WASHINGTON - There s a fierce debate happening across the country over voting laws. One element questions whether requiring an ID harkens back to Jim Crow-era restrictions or good practice to prevent voter fraud.
That was the case in point in a hearing Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee entitled, Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote.
A title of which ranking committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) objected. The title of this hearing is offensive. As a student of history, this title diminishes the very real challenges and unfairness that minorities endured in the Jim Crow South at the hands of southern Democrats, he said.
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WASHINGTON Senate Democrats are spotlighting Georgia as they build their case for a broad overhaul of U.S. election law, arguing the new voting rules in the state are emblematic of Republican measures across the country that threaten access to the polls.
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday which Democrats provocatively titled “Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote” featured testimony from Georgia officials, including voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia state legislator who narrowly lost a bid for governor in 2018. Abrams said parts of the sweeping new Georgia law are intended to suppress minority votes. She said federal legislation to strike down hurdles to voting is “essential to the protection of democracy.”
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