Mazie Hirono: “I think that we must retain the sanctions.”

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major turning point in our country that finally gave many previously excluded people of color real access to the polls.

This is what authoritarians do. None of us is safe from this regime.

That’s why Senate Democrats are here speaking out and fighting back. We know what’s at stake, and we refuse to stand by while Republicans undermine our democracy and our sacred right to vote.

Serious concerns about his ability to do the job in an objective and fair way.