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National Constitution Center
2:46 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) I see an awful lot of good friends out there. Please have a seat if you have one.
I let me begin by saying I used to be important. (Laughter.) I used to be the chairman of the board of this place. And Jeffrey Rosen allowed me to do that for a while.
But thank you all for being here. I truly appreciate it. Governor, it’s above and beyond the call. Mr. Mayor, I’d compli- I thought you were a great mayor still think you are but your judgment in fiancées is even stronger. And but but all of you. And a good friend, Bobby Brady. I see so many friends out. Al Sharpton Al, how are you, pal? It’s great to see you. (Applause.)
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(PHILADELPHIA) President Joe Biden in a fiery speech on Tuesday decried Republican efforts to limit ballot access across the country as a “21st Century Jim Crow assault,” while warning Americans that the GOP push to restrict voting and “selfish” challenge of the 2020 election results were “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
His use of the bully pulpit from Philadelphia to invoke the Constitution comes as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access at the urging of civil rights groups and Democrats as Republican-led legislatures advance new voting restrictions in places like Texas and Congress remains deadlocked over proposed legislation.
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On the current term’s last day, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the 9th Circuit and allowed Arizona to minimize the number of African-American and other minorities who could get to the polls to vote.
In dissent, Justice Kagan pointed out that Arizona changes polling places so
often that it is no small matter to keep up. Kagan pointed out that Arizona changes polling places
precisely in the areas where minorities live and whose votes they are trying to discourage. And she pointed out that Arizona makes minority voters
travel further and past closer polling places – much like school assignments to formerly segregated schools. But the majority thought it no big deal to disqualify votes if people voted in the wrong place.
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(PHILADELPHIA) President Joe Biden in a fiery speech on Tuesday decried Republican efforts to limit ballot access across the country as a “21st Century Jim Crow assault,” while warning Americans that the GOP push to restrict voting and “selfish” challenge of the 2020 election results were “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
His use of the bully pulpit from Philadelphia to invoke the Constitution comes as his administration wades more aggressively into the fight over ballot access at the urging of civil rights groups and Democrats as Republican-led legislatures advance new voting restrictions in places like Texas and Congress remains deadlocked over proposed legislation.