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On the recordApril 22, 2021
The truth is, there is no good-faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people, most of whom are people of color. These desperate objections are about fear--fear that, in D.C., their white supremacist politics will no longer play; fear that, soon enough, white supremacist politics won't work anywhere in America; fear that, if they don't rig our democracy, they will not win. Today, Democrats are standing up for a multiracial democracy, to democratize all 51 States in this country.
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Brian Jones
Republican · California

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