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Hakeem Jeffries: “We have to end Citizens United, dramatically reform our…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffires on MS Now's Velshi

Published | Video Starts at 07:09

We've got to, for instance, make sure we pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act so we can end the era of voter suppression in the United States of America once and for all. We have to end Citizens United, dramatically reform our campaign finance laws to stop the ability of these deep pocketed special interests to intervene. And we are going to have to explore massive judicial reform state by state and at the federal level. And everything should be on the table as far as I'm concerned. (07:09–07:19)

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Asserts the need to end Citizens United and reform campaign finance laws to limit special interest influence.

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