Harris says Democrats who fled Texas 'in line' with legacy of Frederick Douglass, Selma marchers, suffragettes
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Vice President Kamala Harris said Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas in an effort to block the state’s new election legislation from passing are "in line" with the legacy of civil rights and voting rights leaders and activists, while praising them for their "bold, courageous action."
"They took bold, courageous action in line with the legacy of Frederick Douglass, to the legacy that involves women who marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, and all those folks who shed blood on the bridge in 1965 to pass the Voting Rights Act," Harris said Wednesday. "And now, we have in 2021, the Texas Legislature," she continued. "Many of them traveled to Washington, D.C., at great sacrifice to stand up for the American right to vote, unencumbered."More Related News