Former AG Eric Holder Accuses the Trump Administration of Attempting to Re-Segregate America'

"We are seeing a sustained effort to eradicate the Voting Rights Act. That is the crown jewel the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement and an essential part of Dr. King's legacy, Holder said. He made the comment in a speech at the Annual MLK Day Legislative Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Holder who served as AG for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2015 was flanked by MS NOW host Rev. Al Sharpton while he said the Trump administration was working to hurt Black Americans."

"We are experiencing unprecedented mid-decade Gerrymandering attempts to disproportionately disenfranchise Black and Brown voters as the president desperately clings to power like an insecure dictator, he said. There is a concerted effort to re-segregate America. Holder's provocative statement comes as Democrats and Republicans have both been pushing to change voting maps in multiple states heading into the 2026 midterms. Politico reported last week the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais which a federal court ruled likely violated the Voting Rights Act could weaken the 1965 legislation and open the door to redrawing congressional maps, particularly across the South."

"Holder ripped the Trump administration for its attempts to deport illegal immigrants as well. He accused Trump's lackeys of using Gestapo tactics in Minnesota and other states adding another example of Democrats comparing ICE to Nazi Germany. He also urged the crowd to honor Renee Good, the protester who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month. You all remember the name Renee Good. And you say her name. You say her name, Holder told the crowd."

The Trump administration is accused of attempting to re-segregate America through efforts to weaken the Voting Rights Act and through mid-decade gerrymandering aimed at disproportionately disenfranchising Black and Brown voters. The Voting Rights Act is described as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement and an essential part of Dr. King's legacy. A Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais could weaken the 1965 legislation, potentially enabling redrawn congressional maps that erase Black- and Hispanic-majority districts across the South. Deportation operations were criticized as employing Gestapo-like tactics, and activists called for honoring Renee Good, a protester shot and killed by an ICE agent, by repeating her name.

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