So let's be clear right from the start, the right to vote includes the right for citizens to be able to cast their ballot free from harassment, free from threats, and free from intimidation. There is no place at our polling sites for federal troops or federal law enforcement, including [ICE]. Their deployment to intimidate eligible voters is already against the law. And it's been the law of the land for a long time now, dating back to the Civil War. The law could not be clearer. (16:06–16:21)
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Asserts that deploying federal troops or law enforcement to polling sites to intimidate voters is illegal.
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