Whip James Clyburn (DS.C.) of the House majority said that Senate Republicans and President Trump
Donald John Trump, Pelosi and Blumenaur condemn Trump’s “heinous abuses of power” against Oregon protesters. Federal agents deployed in Portland had no riot control training: NYT Trump administration sought to block funding for CDC, contact tracing, and testing on new relief law: MORE report they must pass and sign a bill to restore the Voting Rights Act if they want to honor the life of the Representative. John Lewis
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“I think that Trump and the leadership of the Senate, Mitch McConnell
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“It should be the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020. That’s the way to do it. Words can be powerful, but deeds are long-lasting. – Rep. James Clyburn on how President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can honor Rep. John Lewis’s legacy. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/uHMLUVGGlK
– State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 19, 2020
He said the bill is presented the way the Supreme Court “asked us to” in its 2013 Shelby County v. Decision. Holder who invalidated a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
“If the President signed that, I think that’s what we will do to honor John. It should be the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020. That’s the way to do it. Words can be powerful, but deeds are lasting, “said Clyburn.
Lewis died Friday at the age of 80. He had revealed in late December that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Lewis has long lobbied for voting rights. He spoke at the March for Washington Jobs and Freedom in 1963 and was beaten during a civil rights march two years later in Selma, Ala.
Clyburn had a long friendship with Lewis. Both future lawmakers met decades before they were elected, as demonstrated during the civil rights movement.
CNN’s Jake Tapper
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“It had a lot to do with the common cause we found by challenging the status quo,” said Clyburn.
“John and I became fast friends, and it was sealed because our wives became very good friends,” he added.
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