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Justin Jones: “One in five black people cannot vote in Tennessee because of…”

Featuring: Justin Jones, Democratic | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 52

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INTERVIEW: Rep. Justin Jones & D.L. Hughley

Published | Video Starts at 03:29

Do not come to these Jim Crow states but take your dollars elsewhere because they don't value you. We have to look at a … One in five black people cannot vote in Tennessee because of felony disenfranchisement. … make it painful where it matter. Economics in the money. That's the only language they understand. You have to speak to haters and these white supremacists in a language they understand. (03:29–03:33)

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Asserts that felony disenfranchisement affects 20% of black people in Tennessee.

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