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Raphael Warnock: “Since they dismantled Section 5 in 2013, the racial voter…”

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

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Sen. Raphael Warnock on Trump, Redistricting Chaos, and the Midterms

Published | Video Starts at 17:50

And her words proved to be prophetic. Everybody's inclined, everybody has a right to their own opinion, not their own facts. Here are the facts. Since they dismantled Section 5 in 2013, the racial voter turnout, that gap has actually widened. And I just think it's important to emphasize that because I think it's easy even for people on our side to look and see me sitting in this chair and … (17:50–18:01)

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Claims that the racial voter turnout gap has increased since the dismantling of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

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