Steve Cohen actually said...

"It was part of our charter. And except for the Civil War and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, we would still be there, and we are still fighting it today."

"I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was done for pernicious basis."

"It is amazing how that coincided with the felon voting issue."

"Our Constitution is a great document, I concur. But you have to remember that the original sin of this country was slavery."