Sen. Booker says Congress should be working “to make our democracy more vibrant, more inclusive … but yet we have a president who is trying to make his party all about constraining voting rights.”
President Barack Obama gave a powerful eulogy for the late Congressman John Lewis, issuing a continuing fight for voting rights.
Obama specifically called out recent policies by President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken the USPS ahead of an election in which many will use mail-in voting. Sen. Cory Booker says, "We have a president who is trying to make his party all about constraining voting rights."
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