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The fight over voting rights is about fair representation. When we don't have Black representation in government, there are issues that won't get called to the table. Like the Black maternal morbidity crisis, the racial wealth gap, the CROWN Act, and more.

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The Supreme Court has gutted key protections against racial gerrymandering — a heartbreaking step backward that strips Black and Brown communities of political power and fair representation. The Voting Rights Act is sacred. Generations bled for it. We must not go backwards.

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Cory Booker

12,555 views • 2 months ago

The Voting Rights Act exists to ensure we have diverse representation and that every American's voice is counted. And that's something I'm going to fight for.

The Voting Rights Act exists to ensure we have diverse representation and that every American's voice is counted. And that's something I'm going to fight for.

JB Pritzker

12,061 views • 3 months ago

The Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act–is a profound hypocrisy and a heartbreaking step backward for voting rights in America. It strips political power and representation from Black & Brown communities. The Voting Rights Act is one of the most sacred achievements in our nation’s history.This is fundamentally wrong. We will not go backwards. We will fight forward together.

The Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act–is a profound hypocrisy and a heartbreaking step backward for voting rights in America. It strips political power and representation from Black & Brown communities. The Voting Rights Act is one of the most sacred achievements in our nation’s history.This is fundamentally wrong. We will not go backwards. We will fight forward together.

Cory Booker

21,382 views • 3 months ago

Red states didn’t wait. The second SCOTUS butchered the Voting Rights Act, they went all in. Louisiana: Roughly one-third Black, and now they’re pushing maps that could leave the state with zero Black representation in Congress. The solution: Blue states need to match the urgency. Fight back, or watch representation disappear in real time and long term.

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Christopher Webb

94,643 views • 3 months ago

The Supreme Court weaponized the Voting Rights Act against the very people it was written to protect. “Destroying Black representation in the South.” Jim Crow 3.0

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Rep. Shontel Brown

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THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN Gut the Voting Rights Act… then move fast to erase majority-Black districts across the South. 📌 Louisiana, about 1 in 3 people are Black 📌 Mississippi, about 2 in 5 people are Black 📌 North Carolina, about 1 in 5 people are Black 📌 Tennessee, about 1 in 6 people are Black All aimed at wiping out Black representation.

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Ben Crump

217,975 views • 2 years ago

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16,689 views • 1 year ago

It’s not lost on me that we are here in Montgomery—the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for fair representation is still going. The South got something to say and they will hear us.

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Rep. Shomari C. Figures

11,524 views • 3 months ago

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The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. I worry tremendously about what this means for communities in Michigan whose representation faces erasure. Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

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72,583 views • 3 months ago

The gutting of the Voting Rights Act is a deliberate attempt to undermine Black voting power. It’s infuriating and wrong. We must show up strong in November to take back the House, stop the SAVE Act and instead, finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

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