Mara Gay on Dems’ Elections Bill Failing: ‘Darkest Hours’ of America’s ‘History Books Coming to Life’

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GAY: “I think that's really important because there are people in the street putting their bodies and lives and safety on the line right now to protect the right of all Americans to vote, not just black Americans. I think this is historic for actually a much darker reason today. And that's that we have not seen access to the ballot debated in this way and turned into this partisan issue since, in fact, the 1960s and 1970s. So if you are an American who grew up with parents who lived through Jim Crow, as I did, this is your history books, some of the darkest hours of your history books coming to life and reminding us that progress is not inevitable. And at every turn in this country, the filibuster has been used to stop the expansion of democracy and to prevent America from living up to its promise to allow all of its citizens full access to the ballot and to the rights and privileges of citizenship in this country. That’s how the filibuster has always been used, or mostly been used, I should say, and it's very dark. I actually don’t believe that minority rule in this country would truly be sustainable if the majority in this country could take it seriously.”