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Holder encourages Democrats to protest in the streets, get arrested for voting rights
[FoxNews] Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder encouraged Democrats to protest in favor of voting rights by taking to the streets and getting arrested.So Chinless is talking tough? How about extradition to Mexico for FnF? "Power cedes nothing without a demand," Holder told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Thursday night. "We too often underestimate the power that we have as regular American citizens by marching, by protesting, by raising our voices. If we make our voices known, if we demand the kind of change, the fair change that we’re seeking, I think it will help in the process." "It’s not going to probably move Republicans," Holder continued. "On the other hand, Democrats are going to have to think to themselves, ‘do I want to be seen as the person who James Eastland…those people before, who stood against the passage of [the] Civil Rights bill–do I want to have that as my legacy?’ In raising the consciousness of people, by demonstrating, by getting arrested, by doing the things that ended segregation." The former attorney general compared the current Democratic push to fight laws aimed at strengthening election integrity to the fight against "American apartheid" in the 1950s. "If you asked people in the 1950s, ‘do you think marching, demonstrating is going to bring down a system of American apartheid?’ You probably would have said, ‘that’s just not gonna happen.’ And we should not lose faith right now. Citizens can make a change. Citizens need to be in the streets. Citizens need to be demonstrating, citizens need to be calling representatives to demand the time of change that will make this country more representative, make our democracy more fair." Related: Eric Holder: 2021-06-29 Desperate Barack Obama Pleads with Lawmakers to Push Through ‘For the People Act' to Make it Easier For Democrats to Steal Elections (VIDEO) Eric Holder: 2021-03-11 Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be US attorney general Eric Holder: 2021-02-20 Choke Point 2: Biden Administration Prepares Way For Banks To Refuse Service To Democrats' Enemies Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-14 |
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