Biden spoke of the hate exhibited by vote suppressors, and even name-checked the late Rep. John Lewis. But his support for this Republican-led resolution calls into question his real stance on voting rights. (via The ReidOut Blog)
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His vow to essentially engage in his own form of voter suppression in the nation's capital didn't make it into his speech.Six hundred believers put faith into action to march across that bridge named after the Grand Dragon of the KKK. They were on their way to the state capitol in Montgomery to claim their fundamental right to vote laid in the bedrock of our Constitution but stolen by hate harbored in too many hearts.I was a student up north in the Civil Rights Movement.
. Biden is effectively in sync with these people in suggesting his intolerance toward crime — rather than Washington, D.C.'s autonomy — is the impetus for the historic power grab.
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