The Trump administration is trying to stop Americans from voting, former president Barack Obama alleges at civil rights leader John Lewis' funeral
Former US president Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service of the late Representative John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia
“You want to honour John? Let’s honour him by revitalising the law that he was willing to die for,” Obama said on Thursday, arguing that the bipartisan praise for the Georgia congressman since his death isn't enough. "Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision," Obama added.Obama endorsed ending the Senate filibuster if that is what’s needed to pass an overhauled voting law.
Obama noted that the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its renewals drew Republican and Democratic votes in Congress and were signed by presidents from both parties. . Trump has opposed moves in Congress to help the financially struggling US Postal Service handle the sharp uptick in mail voting.In his passionate eulogy, Obama praised Lewis as an American who "brought our country closer to its highest ideals" in his lifelong fight for civil rights.
Lewis, who was first elected in 1986 to represent Georgia in the US House of Representatives, died on July 17 at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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