Cory Booker on Va. Redistricting: This Court Is ‘Profoundly Hypocritical,’ Stripping Political Power and Representation from African-Americans

RUSH EXCERPT:BOOKER: "First of all, this court is profoundly hypocritical. You can use race in immigration stops. So this is not about race. This is about stripping political power from millions of people and obviously, this decision would result and they knew this in stripping political power and representation from African-Americans. The Voting Rights Act was, perhaps, one of the most important acts in the history of our country in securing our democratic ideals. All are created equal. All are viewed with certain unilenable rights, and what they’ve done right now is sent us backwards in time, back to the 1870s and 80s with the south and southern legislators through terrorism, intimidation and worse. They were able to stop African-Americans from having representation in Congress. It’s as wrong as Ferguson and I’m telling you it will go down in history as one of the most wrong headed decisions the Supreme Court has made and effectively undercut the democracy."

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Cory Booker on Va. Redistricting: This Court Is ‘Profoundly Hypocritical,’ Stripping Political Power and Representation from African-Americans‘The Voting Rights Act was, perhaps, one of the most important acts in the history of our country’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:BOOKER: "First of all, this court is profoundly hypocritical. You can use race in immigration stops. So this is not about race. This is about stripping political power from millions of people and obviously, this decision would result and they knew this in stripping political power and representation from African-Americans. The Voting Rights Act was, perhaps, one of the most important acts in the history of our country in securing our democratic ideals. All are created equal. All are viewed with certain unilenable rights, and what they’ve done right now is sent us backwards in time, back to the 1870s and 80s with the south and southern legislators through terrorism, intimidation and worse. They were able to stop African-Americans from having representation in Congress. It’s as wrong as Ferguson and I’m telling you it will go down in history as one of the most wrong headed decisions the Supreme Court has made and effectively undercut the democracy."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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