And you sent to the U.S. senate the young Jewish son of an immigrant and a black pastor who holds Dr. King's pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church. And then earlier this year, when the Supreme Court eviscerated the Voting Rights act, The president's allies launched a campaign to remove black elected officials from office, not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power. Did you see that? And then, in the face of overwhelming opposition and mobilization, those who had pulled plotted to diminish your power instead were humbled and full of fear, and they stood down. (15:16–15:27)
CLAIM
Asserts that there was a campaign to remove black elected officials by manipulating electoral maps.
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