opposes the john lewis advancement act to restore the voting rights act that the supreme court gutted in 2013. >> there's no threat to the voting rights law. it's against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already, and so i think it's unnecessary. >> let's be real. it's not that shocking that the senator from kentucky who once proudly posed before a confederate flag opposes the john lewis act. what is surprising is that a number of moderate democrats including senator manchin are willing to help republicans do this. it was reverend dr. martin luther king jr. from a letter from jail in 1963 pointed out the negroes great stumbling block is not the white citizens counselor or the queue klux klanner but the mod-of-white moderate more voted to order than just is. when manchin said, a respectful and informative meeting with civil rights leaders saying i