LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION EVISCERATING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

The unfettered right to vote is central to our great democracy. Instead of protecting the ability for American citizens to freely cast their ballot, Republican extremists have embraced voter suppression and racial gerrymandering to desperately cling to power. The corrupt conservative majority on the Supreme Court appointed by Donald Trump has taken a blowtorch to the Voting Rights Act. Why? The extremists need to cheat to win.

The American story is filled with moments of adversity, which then yield to a meaningful era of progress. At this time, we must summon the courage, character and conviction of civil rights heroes like Rosa Parks and John Robert Lewis. House Democrats will continue the fight for free and fair elections. We will not rest until the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act becomes the law of the land and we end the era of voter suppression in America once and for all.