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Raphael Warnock: “Voting rights is not just one issue alongside other issues…”

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

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Raphael Warnock Discusses Georgia Politics, Democratic Strategies, and Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 22:35

Two folks that were some major impediments in moving that along. Where do you think that needs to go as far as how the Senate handles this? Here's what I believe. Voting rights is not just one issue alongside other issues. It is the framework in which we get to fight for everything else that we care about. It is about the democracy itself. It is the House, the very House we live in. And so I have always said that no Senate rule should be able to block people's ability to be heard in their democracy. (22:35–22:50)

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Asserts that voting rights are foundational to addressing other issues.

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