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Mitch McConnell: The partisan election takeover bills Democrats want to ram through this week are not in any way successors of the civil…

On the recordJanuary 18, 2022
The partisan election takeover bills Democrats want to ram through this week are not in any way successors of the civil rights legislation from the mid-20th century.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Democrats' voting rights legislation and comparing it to civil rights legislation.

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