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Rep. Ayanna Pressley pushing to lower voting age to
[BPR] Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley stated on Thursday that she was "shocked" that allowing 16-year-olds to vote would be such a "polarizing" issue.Pressley (D-MA) has long been an advocate for lowering the legal voting age to 16. She discussed the issue during a Facebook Live segment with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and author Ibram Kendi. "Dr. Kendi, I was shocked by how polarizing an issue this was, and listen, when I would tell people [the late Rep.] John Lewis is an original co-sponsor of this — you know, our young people deserve to have a stakeholder in our democracy," Pressley said to Kendi, who brought racism into the mix. Kendi double-downed on the race issue and stated that one of the areas he frequently addresses is the "disenfranchisement" of black and brown Americans. Related: Ayanna Pressley: 2021-02-03 The Republican circular firing squad continues unabated Ayanna Pressley: 2020-12-21 Pressley: Prison Inmates Should Receive First Coronavirus Vaccines Ayanna Pressley: 2020-10-26 FBI investigating ballot box arson in Boston Posted by: Besoeker 2021-02-09 |
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