"This is not just a fight for the Black voter or Black Americans. This is not just a fight in defense of the South. This is a fight in defense of our democracy. This is racial gerrymandering. It is a great injustice. And we're here collectively in righteous indignation, Pressley continued."
"I have to just tell the truth: There are people in this hostile anti-Black administration that would rather Black Americans pick cotton than pick the president, than pick their congressperson, than pick a senator."
"They want the representatives to decide who their voters are, instead of the voters determining who their representatives are. This is all happening because they recognize the power of the super majority, and that is the Black voter and every marginalized voter."
"That followed a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that Louisiana's congressional map was an illegal race-based gerrymander that violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Pressley was so outraged by the recent rulings that she traveled 1,400 miles from her district to attend a protest in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday."
Rep. Ayanna Pressley accused members of President Donald Trump’s administration of tolerating racism and favoring outcomes that keep Black Americans from political power. She linked the accusation to recent Supreme Court decisions affecting congressional maps in Alabama and Louisiana. A Supreme Court ruling found Louisiana’s congressional map was an illegal race-based gerrymander that violated the Voting Rights Act. Another ruling set the stage for Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts before the midterms. Pressley traveled to Mobile, Alabama, to attend a protest, framing the issue as racial gerrymandering and an injustice threatening democracy. She said the goal is to let representatives decide voters rather than voters choose representatives.
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