On the recordJune 23, 2021
It is disgusting and offensive to compare the actual voter suppression and violence of the era that we grew up in with a State law that only asks people to show their ID.
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congress.govBurgess Owens: “It is disgusting and offensive to compare the actual voter suppression and violence of the era that we grew up in with a…”
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Owens criticized comparisons of current voting laws to Jim Crow laws.
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