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Steve Cohen: It pains me to say that despite its righteous history and traditional role, the Civil Rights Division, appears under the…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
It pains me to say that despite its righteous history and traditional role, the Civil Rights Division, appears under the Trump administration, to have abandoned its historical mandate to protect voting rights.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen criticizes the Trump administration for neglecting voting rights protections.

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