Marc Morial: “Democracy is under vigorous, vicious and sinister attack, beginning with the events of June -- January 6 at the Capitol…”

We`re in a state of emergency when it comes to democracy in this country, as well as policing, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And I think the American people want to see dramatic action on both of these issues.

D.C., for many Federal programs and initiatives, is treated like a territory, which denies the residents of the District of Columbia, including its black residents, equal treatment and therefore equal representation.

This Congress, in 1964 and 1965, this Congress, with bipartisan majorities and the courage of a Southern President who had previously supported segregation, demonstrated the courage and the conviction to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the…

We see an effort to impose a system of American apartheid.