And now they are saying the quiet part out loud, that they plan to take cohesive black communities and minimize their influence. That's why we need the Voting Rights act, because these abuses are happening in real time. Without [the Voting Rights Act], these politicians will move to deprive black voters of their voice. They will move to do the very thing that the Voting Rights act was meant to prevent. This was all telegraphed beforehand. None of this was in secret. (02:36–02:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that without the Voting Rights Act, politicians will work to silence black voters.
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