Former AG Eric Holder endorses Tom Perez for DNC chair
Source: USA TODAY
With an endorsement from former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder, Tom Perez hopes to distinguish himself on voting rights and redistricting — issues of critical importance inside the Democratic Party — as the race for the next party chair heats up.
Holder, who along with former President Barack Obama is heading a new redistricting reform effort aimed at pumping resources into critical gubernatorial and state legislative races over the next four years, will announce on Tuesday his support for the former U.S. Labor secretary.
“Tom not only knows how to take on big fights; he wins them,” Holder said in a statement. He cited Perez’s having sued former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio for racial profiling, stopping voter ID laws that Democrats say disenfranchise minorities, and confronting Wall Street in the subprime home foreclosure crisis.
“Eric understands that Republican threats to our nation's voting rights and civil rights are far from over, and that's why he's taking on task of holding states accountable for discriminatory redistricting plans in order to ensure that all voters can exercise their basic right to vote free from discrimination," Perez said. "He understands more than anyone that we need a fully funded and fully staffed voter empowerment office at the DNC so that we are responding in real time to the games that Republicans will try to play with our democracy.”
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at the Detroit DNC Forum BUT -- KEITH ELLISON WAS AWESOME SAUCE! This one is Keith's to win and cannot wait to see what Keith does to revamp the DNC. #KeithForDNC...
