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Summer Lee: I think that provides dramatic evidence that some of what you have already been talking about, which is that once you…

On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
I think that provides dramatic evidence that some of what you have already been talking about, which is that once you took Shelby County v. Holder--took that umbrella away from the rainstorm you started to see a proliferation of Voting Rights Act violations, particularly this new generation of vote suppression.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the impact of Shelby County v. Holder on voting rights violations.

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