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James Carville: “Well, one thing that voter suppression does is, you know, it's very big in African American yesterday, the right to…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2020
Well, one thing that voter suppression does is, you know, it's very big in African American yesterday, the right to vote. I mean, John Lewis from Selma to Montgomery.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the impact of voter suppression on African American voters, referencing John Lewis.

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