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Raphael Warnock: “Dr. King is the moral power behind the Voting Rights Act of…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Sen. Warnock says voting rights decision "poured fuel on this redistricting arms race"

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

Yeah, he doesn't understand American history. No He's quoting the words of Dr. King. No one was more committed to a country that embraces all of us than Dr. King. But Dr. King is the moral power behind the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Our covenant as an American people is e pluribus unum. Out of many, one. And so this notion that representation does not matter ignores history. It ignores the facts is uninformed. (07:43–08:01)

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Asserts that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a key influence behind the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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