Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling in which a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana was struck down, stating that the ruling “guts the Voting Rights Act.”
In a post on X, Harris expressed that the ruling was “an outrage,” and added that it was “part of an agenda that conservatives set in place decades ago to steal power from everyday people.” Harris also stated that the “court’s decision is motivated by politics and designed to give an upper hand” to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
“Today’s Supreme Court ruling guts the Voting Rights Act and turns back the block on the foundational promise of equality and fairness in our election systems,” Harris wrote. “Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was one of the last remaining protections for Black and brown voters against maps deliberately drawn to dilute their political power. That protection has
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