Sanders Backs Voting Rights Bill

[Cheese Sandwich]

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement on Wednesday endorsing legislation introduced in the Senate to restore the Voting Rights Act:

“The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision gutting the Voting Rights Act was a shameful step backward. The critical civil rights law which protected voters in places with a history of discrimination is as necessary today as it was in the era of Jim Crow laws. We should do everything possible to guarantee the right to vote, not make it harder for people to cast ballots. That’s why I strongly support the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015.”

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-backs-voting-rights-bill_-----

[StandingInLeftField]

1. Those saying that Bernie Sanders does not speak to civil rights...

...are being disingenuous or worse.

[Kalidurga]

2. I believe it is worse.

When presented with Bernie's long commendable record on civil rights they double down and squawk "optics, optics."

[Enthusiast]

3. They will say anything to make people think badly of Bernie.

It's the dirty tricks squad.

[smokey nj]

4. They've gone Rove!

[Enthusiast]

5. Yes they have.

[merrily]

6. Of course he does.