The whole history of disenfranchisement in our country, with poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, White primaries, and so on, would vindicate the accuracy and the passion of that ad.
Jamie Raskin: “The whole history of disenfranchisement in our country, with poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, White…”
On the recordAugust 27, 2020
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Raskin defends an ad addressing white supremacy and its historical context.
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