Beto O'Rourke: “Johnson is able to sign the Voting Rights act of 1965 into…”

“And all they ask, members of Congress, is for the right to vote. And you have the power to confer it. That summer, Johnson is able to sign the Voting Rights act of 1965 into law, creating for the first time in American history, something truly approaching a real democracy. But that story, their impact and the implications, the inspiration, it doesn't end there. Just six years later, imagine this. Those of you who are graduating right now.” (13:19–13:32)

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