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Mondaire Jones: “The only way to walk back is to pass the For the People Act and, of course, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. We cannot…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2021
The only way to walk back is to pass the For the People Act and, of course, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. We cannot do that without filibuster reform.
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Mondaire Jones
New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Jones emphasizes the necessity of passing voting rights legislation and reforming the filibuster.

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