Political Quotes

“Abraham Lincoln must be turning in his grave to hear the Senators from the Grand Old Party--the party of abolition and emancipation and reconstruction--echoing the State's rights rhetoric of Dixiecrat segregationists to oppose Federal voting rights legislation, to oppose even the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act--the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 2021, just one Republican Senator had the courage and principle to vote to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965--the Senator from Alaska, Ms. Murkowski--just one. For decades, the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was bipartisan. Today, only one Republican Senator will stand up for this landmark achievement of the civil rights movement--not Senator Cornyn of Texas, who previously said, ``the Voting Rights Act is simply the most important and most effective civil rights legislation ever passed, bar none''--no longer his position--not my friend the Senator from Maine, Ms. Collins, who previously said, ``This bill will ensure that the voting rights afforded to all Americans are protected''; not Senator Burr of North Carolina, who previously said, ``Voting rights for all American citizens regardless of race [are] granted by the 15th Amendment and enforced by the Voting Rights Act''; and not the minority leader, who previously said, ``This is a good piece of legislation which has served an important purpose over many years. . . .…”