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Ayanna Pressley: “2026 feels a lot like 1965.”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 03:31

To be clear, this is a precise, intentional and coordinated assault on black people. Black votes, black power and black progress. We are summoned here for a freedom fight because 2026 feels a lot like 1965. The actors have changed. Bull Connor, George Wallace, Donald Trump. But the white paragraph script remains the same. They want to take us back, y'. All. Same fight, new generation. (03:31–03:36)

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Asserts that the current political climate resembles that of 1965, implying a regression in civil rights.

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