Democratic presidential hopefuls target inequality at Urban League convention

[TexasTowelie]

INDIANAPOLIS—Five Democratic candidates for president agreed on one thing Thursday as they addressed the National Urban League convention in Indianapolis: there are still inequalities across the country that a new president must fix.

In separate addresses, followed by questions from the league’s president, Marc H. Morial, each of the five focused on what they would do to not leave any American behind if the voters hire them in the 2020 election.

For some, that included protecting the right to vote.

Former Vice President Joe Biden singled out voter suppression as “the most insidious threat to progress” the country faces.

“I can promise you this,” Biden told several hundred attendees at the gathering. “My administration and the Department of Justice will once again protect fundamental rights to vote, and I’ll lead the fight to reaffirm the connections with the Voting Rights Act.”

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