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60 years ago, Lyndon Johnson's Voting Rights Act ensured representation for Black and Hispanic Americans. Today, Trump says he's entitled to those seats. Maura Healey and leaders around the country are standing with us to keep the power with the people. #txlege

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Whoopi Goldberg says white people were sh**ting black people to stop them from voting, “We put the Voting Rights Act together because there was an issue, because they were keeping people from voting. They were literally sh**ting people. They were running them down with dogs to keep them from voting. Okay? Let's start with that!”

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Doug Lindner to United For Democracy: "There was nothing wrong with the Voting Rights Act ... the law is the not the problem. The problem is that far-right politicians and judges, including life-tenured Supreme Court justices, keep abusing their public offices to steal power from the people."

Doug Lindner to United For Democracy: "There was nothing wrong with the Voting Rights Act ... the law is the not the problem. The problem is that far-right politicians and judges, including life-tenured Supreme Court justices, keep abusing their public offices to steal power from the people."

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4 years ago today, I stood for 15 hours—no food, no water and no breaks—to protect your right to vote. Today, the fight is the same. At the end of my filibuster I quoted Lyndon Johnson’s immortal words. I’ll let him play us out. #txlege

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