That's when I showed up down there working the cracker barrel, being a waiter and just figuring out how to make ends meet. And I could still cast my ballot. So Every other protection under the Civil Rights act of 1965 is still law today. What my Democratic colleagues want is they want national pre clearance so that if any jurisdiction, whether if they were a historically discriminatory jurisdiction or not, if they made a … (26:23–26:30)
CLAIM
Asserts that protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1965 remain in effect.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.