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Raphael Warnock: “The gap in voter turnout, the racial turnout gap, has…”

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Senator Raphael Warnock Says the Roberts Court Is 'Deeply Intellectually Dishonest' | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:06

That's what he said in 2013. But what has happened in the years since that awful decision in 2013, Shelby versus Holder. Yes, I'm sitting here. But the fact is, The gap in voter turnout, the racial turnout gap, has actually grown wider since 2013. And it's grown twice as fast in the states that used to have to pre clear that were under Section 5, Southern States primarily. (06:06–06:18)

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Asserts that the racial voter turnout gap has increased since the 2013 Shelby vs. Holder decision.

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