Kamala Harris Turns Up The Heat On The Senate To Pass Voting Rights

Vice President Kamala Harris called voting rights the close that leads to each different rights arsenic she enactment unit connected Congress to get authorities done.

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Vice President Kamala Harris connected voting rights, " I judge voting rights is 1 of the astir important issues that is facing america arsenic individuals and leaders today. There is nary question. Voting rights pb to each different right. We request to prioritize it arsenic a nation." pic.twitter.com/Ebwb56JnpB

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Transcript via  CBS’s Face The Nation:

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: I americium and- and but I’m talking astir that, and I’m talking astir what’s not happening successful this Capitol successful Washington, D.C., which is the passing of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. We person to- we person to agree- and this is not astir saying you should ballot for maine oregon you should ballot for Democrats. This is astir everyone having unfettered entree to their close to ballot and- and agreeing that this is bigger than 1 predetermination cycle. This is virtually astir our lasting successful the world, it’s astir the integrity of our democracy. And I bash judge of each the things that are connected the header quality tonight, tomorrow, for the adjacent week oregon months, erstwhile our kids look backmost five- 10 years from now, astatine this infinitesimal it volition beryllium connected our ticker that we either stood for and fought for our ideology oregon not. And that I deliberation that is each astatine involvement close now.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But you inactive person the world of a 50-50 Senate–

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: Correct.

MARGARET BRENNAN: –and you person 2 senators who accidental they’re not connected committee for changing the filibuster successful bid to effort to propulsion this through. So however bash you flooded that antiauthoritarian world of not having the votes and not having a wide way forward?

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: And you’re close to speech astir the- the operation and the rules of the Senate, and that is real. And we volition do, and look astatine immoderate is indispensable to propulsion for Congress to instrumentality this contented on. And we person to, we person to.

MARGARET BRENNAN: A carve retired to the filibuster?

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: I’m not saying that. What I’m saying is that we are going to impulse the United States Congress, and we person been, to analyse the tools they person disposable to bash what is indispensable to combat for and clasp the integrity of our voting strategy successful America.

MARGARET BRENNAN: It sounds similar you’re open, though, to a carve retired to the filibuster to get there.–

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: I –

MARGARET BRENNAN: –You were erstwhile you ran for president connected the contented of climate. Are voting rights arsenic important to you?

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: I judge that voting rights is 1 of the astir important issues that is facing america arsenic individuals and arsenic leaders today, there’s nary question, nary question. Voting rights pb to each different right, each different right. And truthful we request to prioritize it arsenic a nation, each of america and recognize wherefore voting rights are important and- and- and importune that our elected leaders sphere these rights. 

Outside of Republicans buying into Trump’s large lie, and a fewer Democrats putting their ain self-interest up of the country, determination is nary crushed wherefore voting rights authorities hasn’t been passed and signed into instrumentality already.

Democracy is being killed by the authorities of aforesaid successful the Senate.

There is nary argumentation crushed wherefore voting rights authorities has not passed yet. All 50 Democrats hold connected and enactment the voting rights bills successful the Senate.

Vice President Harris was close astir the captious value of voting rights. A mates of Senate Democrats are treating the close to ballot arsenic conscionable different issue, and the consequences could beryllium disastrous for the aboriginal of US democracy.