Political Quotes

“yesterday, the Senate was given an opportunity to begin debate on a subject that by all rights should be beyond debate: protecting the right to vote. As we all know, Republican legislatures across the country are passing some of the most draconian restrictions on the right to vote in decades--a throwback to Jim Crow. Every single Democrat yesterday voted to begin debate on legislation to fight back against this assault--and that is what it is, an assault on our democracy--every single one. It was the first time in this Congress that we have united all 50 Democrats on moving forward with strong and comprehensive voting rights legislation. Senate Republicans, to the very last Member, voted against allowing the Senate to even have a debate on voting rights. Not a single Republican voted to move forward with a simple debate. In fact, the Republican leader went so far as to say that ``regardless of what may be happening in some states''--voter suppression laws, phony audits, or the partisan takeover of election boards--he believes the Federal Government should not intervene. Who said that? Southern Senators from the Civil War all the way through said States' rights--used as a tool to prevent particularly people of color from voting. And to invoke that in 2020? The majority leader is way off--way off base. It is disgraceful that he would even invoke that.…”