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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Jun 24, 2021

Our complaint alleges that recent Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of black Georgians to vote on the count of race or color.

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

It's been the judgement across the board by our military leadership, uniform and civilian for many years.

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

The United States would be extremely well served by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty.

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Lloyd Austin
@lloydaustin· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

We do not teach critical race theory. We don`t embrace critical race theory. And I think that`s a spurious conversation.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

If you expand the number of things that somebody can use to prove they are who they claim to be, I could support voter ID.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

What I oppose is the overly prescriptive way in which States, generally Republican States, have indicated that which is acceptable to prove that you are who you claim to be when you want to vote.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

They made a priority the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

The biggest change was by, in essence, taking away the preclearance ability.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority voters when it is measured against preexisting State law.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

I stand for the disclosure obligations that are contained in the bills that are being considered before Congress.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

Gerrymandering is not something that is only done by Republicans. It has been done by Democrats.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

I am against partisan and racial gerrymandering done by any party in any place.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

I have stood against Democrats who have engaged in that process, whether it was in the case, the redistricting case, the Rucho case, standing against what happened in Maryland.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

The beauty of preclearance was that you stopped negative action before it began.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

I am concerned that without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, that which we have seen in the past decade can continue into the following decade.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

The reauthorization of the act was supported almost unanimously by Republicans and Democrats in the House as well as in the Senate.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Jun 23, 2021

Yeah. To favorably place Democrats in a position to fight for fairness.

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