by southern white terrorism. in 1965 president linden johnson signed the voting rights act into law. it prohibited state and local governments from denying citizens the right to vote based upon their race. the 15th amendment had done that but it erected an entire structure to ensure that right was preserved. it was reauthorized multiple times. most recently in 2006 by an overwhelming bipartisan vote in the house and a unanimous vote in the senate. senator mitch mcconnell then the majority whip got every republican to vote for it, even took to the floor and spoke in favor of it. members of congress realize that this is a piece of legislation that has worked and one of my favorite sayings that many of us use from time to time, if it ain t broke, don t fix it, and this is a good piece of legislation that has served an important purpose over many, many years. this landmark piece of legislation will continue to make a difference, not only in
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to vote. there is full and total unanimity on that issue across all factions. you don t see any linkage between donald trump saying the election is stolen and then republicans in all of the state legislatures rushing to put in place the restrictive voter laws? i think you have to look at the specifics of each one of those efforts. i think everybody should want a situation and a system where people who ought to be able to vote and have the right to vote can vote and people who, you know, don t shouldn t. i come back to things like voter i.d. what are they solving for? what are all these states doing? no well, each state is different. what problem are they solving for? we saw that same unshakeable unity across the totality of the caucus last week, remember? when every single last republican senator, romney, susan collins, they all lined up
unanimity among republicans on that issue among all factions. you don t see any linkage between donald trump saying the election is stolen and republicans in all of the state legislatures rushing to put in place these restrictive voting laws? i think you have to look at the specifics of each one of those efforts, everybody should want a situation in a system where people who ought to be able to vote and have the right to vote can vote, and people who don t shouldn t. and again, i come back to things like but why does this for? what are all the states doing? while each state is different. what problem are they solving for? we saw that same unshakable unity among the yunnan they all lined up to say no,
us whether we re african americans are not. so how could you know reauthorize the voting rights act, if it ain t broke don t fix it, it s worked for everyone right? that s what made america s democracy as we know it. it overcame to tell the therrien rule in the south. it s part of our national civic cannon. the heroes who fought and died for it, they are celebrated till this day, they shut their own blood to make america a true democracy for all. people like lamar smith who organized black mississippians to vote, and then was shot dead by a white man in broad daylight at the courthouse line 1955. and people like the naacp fields secretary and mississippi who s shot and killed in his own home in 1963. and people like john lewis who led a group marching on the bridge in some alabama 1965 and was brutally beaten two inches of his life by state troopers. i mean, you re gonna be on the