Steve Cohen: “We can't just fold up our hands and give it to the State legislators…”

On the recordApril 21, 2021

We can't just fold up our hands and give it to the State legislators because, if we did that, we know we would be back in Jim Crow times.

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Democratic · Tennessee

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Warns against relinquishing voting rights to state legislators, referencing historical discrimination.

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