Celebrating Dr. King has to be more than just a holiday. And when I look at my home state of Florida, the place where I was born and raised the state where I love, I really wouldn’t want to live anyplace else, we know that voter suppression is no stranger, unfortunately, to Florida.
Val Demings: “Celebrating Dr. King has to be more than just a holiday. And when I look at my home state of Florida, the place where I…”
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Demings reflects on the significance of Dr. King's legacy in the context of ongoing voter suppression in Florida.
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