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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri May 11, 2012, 07:39 PM May 2012

John Lewis' Floor Speech on Racism and Voting Rights - clip from Hardball

Related article / DU OP here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002670624

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John Lewis' Floor Speech on Racism and Voting Rights - clip from Hardball (Original Post) Tx4obama May 2012 OP

Tears and cheers for John Lewis for taking down that fool! freshwest May 2012 #1

That brought tears to my eyes too. What a strong, wonderful man he is. lamp_shade May 2012 #2

That was just awesome. Glad you posted it. nolabear May 2012 #3

At a time when Republicans are making radical changes state by state with the help of pacalo May 2012 #4

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

1. Tears and cheers for John Lewis for taking down that fool!

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Fri May 11, 2012, 07:44 PM

May 2012

lamp_shade

(14,814 posts)

2. That brought tears to my eyes too. What a strong, wonderful man he is.

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Fri May 11, 2012, 08:00 PM

May 2012

nolabear

(41,930 posts)

3. That was just awesome. Glad you posted it.

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Fri May 11, 2012, 08:54 PM

May 2012

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

4. At a time when Republicans are making radical changes state by state with the help of

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 02:45 AM

May 2012

Republican governors, this slick willie wanted to cut federal funding to section 5 of the Voting Rights amendment, which requires federal approval before states or counties change their election laws.

Good job, Rep. Lewis!

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