Morial: The Far-Right Is Enabling Putin Because ‘They Want to Crush Voting Rights’

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MORIAL: "The positive news, Joe, is that there’s an effort, there’s a fight, there’s a resistance, there’s a greater awareness in the post-George Floyd America about these gaps. That’s the positive thing. That there are many people working hard, putting in effort and determination, and who understand that closing these gaps is essential for the future of America. So, again, we can talk more about this. We also focus on democracy and voting rights. And what I do want to say is, it’s important to link and understand that the fight in Ukraine to protect Ukrainian democracy has to also be understood in the context of protecting voting rights here in the United States. These two are linked. Vladimir Putin participated in voter suppression in 2016. He is the number one enemy of democracy in the world today. He’s got a lot of enablers. And there are those in the United States, particularly on the far right, who want to crush voting rights, crush the progress we’ve made.”