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Rashida Tlaib: “When we had the trifecta, we could have got Voting Rights…”

Featuring: Rashida Tlaib, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 1:09:24

And again, Democrats are good about trying to keep power and get power. They don't want to use it. When we had the trifecta, we could have got Voting Rights Act. I don't care what anybody says. Manchin wrote an op ed. Okay, we'll see what we're going to do here. You know what I mean? (1:09:24–1:09:28)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party could have passed the Voting Rights Act when they controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress.

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