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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have decided to adopt voter suppression as an electoral tactic, because they've concluded that the only way…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2022
Republicans have decided to adopt voter suppression as an electoral tactic, because they've concluded that the only way that the radical right can consistently win elections is to engage in voter suppression.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries accuses Republicans of using voter suppression as a strategy to win elections.

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