Time for Congress to Act
Trump and his GOP allies are engaged in a campaign of disinformation to rewrite the history of January 6 Insurrection and to restrict voting rights ahead of the 2022 election.
President Biden warns that we cannot allow the history of the January 6 Insurrection to be rewritten, “It was insurrection. It was riot and mayhem. It was radical and chaotic, and it was unconstitutional. Maybe most important, it was fundamentally un-American.” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland writes in an op-ed, “it is not right to erect barriers that make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. And it is time for Congress to act again to protect that fundamental right.
A voting rights activist participates in a demonstration outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Aug. 4. in D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
By Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General
Our society is shaped not only by the rights it declares but also by its willingness to protect and enforce those rights. Nowhere is this clearer than in the area of voting rights.
On this anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we must say again that it is not right to erect barriers that make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. And it is time for Congress to act again to protect that fundamental right.
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