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Mike Johnson: “The notion that Black people must be protected from a free ID to secure their votes is not just insane, it is insulting.”

On the recordApril 21, 2021
The notion that Black people must be protected from a free ID to secure their votes is not just insane, it is insulting.
Said by
Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the idea that Black Americans need protection to obtain voter IDs.

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