Elijah Cummings actually said...

On my mother's dying bed, 92 years old, former sharecropper, her last words were, 'Do not let them take our votes away from us.' She had fought and seen people harmed, beaten, trying to vote. Talk about inalienable rights. Voting is crucial.

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Cummings emphasized the importance of voting rights, recalling his mother's last words about protecting votes.

10/16/2019

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