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Steve Cohen: “Until May of this year, the Civil Rights Division under the Trump administration did not file, as I understand it, a…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
Until May of this year, the Civil Rights Division under the Trump administration did not file, as I understand it, a single case enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen highlights the lack of enforcement of voting rights under Trump.

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