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On the recordApril 30, 2019
And so have you found that states with a history, in fact, those that were subjected to the Voting Rights Act, because they had disproportionately targeted communities of color and disenfranchising communities of color in the past, now that that provision has been lifted, are those states back to targeting communities of color?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez questions if states are again targeting communities of color post-Voting Rights Act.

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