Jaime Harrison: The Supreme Court Ruling that Arizona Limits Don’t Violate the Voting Rights Act Is ‘Appalling’

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HARRISON: "Well, it was a gut punch. It was appalling. And I think what Justice Kagan said in her dissent really crystallized what this is. She said that this was like pouring old poison into new bottles. We know what that old poison was. It’s — it’s Jim Crow. It’s — it’s, in essence, the reason why the Voting Rights Act was created in the first place. To stop racial discrimination, as it relates to voting. We, also, know that, you know, John Roberts has — since he was a young lawyer in the Reagan administration — has been focused on chipping away at the Voting Rights Act. But, John, you know, this is not a woe-is-me moment. This is a moment in which the American people have to stand up, and the American people have to take back the power that they wield. You know, the most powerful people in this country aren’t sitting on the Supreme Court. They are not senators on the floor of the United States Senate or in the House. They’re not legislators in our districts. It’s the people in this country.”