LeBron James to Start Voting Rights Group

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LeBron James to Start Voting Rights Group

June 10, 2020 at 7:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 18 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/10/lebron-james-to-start-voting-rights-group/

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“The NBA superstar LeBron James and a group of other prominent black athletes and entertainers are starting a new group aimed at protecting African-Americans’ voting rights, seizing on the widespread fury against racial injustice that has fueled worldwide protests to amplify their voices in this fall’s presidential election,” the New York Times reports.

Said James: “Because of everything that’s going on, people are finally starting to listen to us — we feel like we’re finally getting a foot in the door. How long is up to us. We don’t know. But we feel like we’re getting some ears and some attention, and this is the time for us to finally make a difference.”

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[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Demovictory9]

2. kick

[rurallib]

3. this guy walks the talk!

In my pantheon of real athletic heroes with Muhamad Ali and Bill Russell.

[Blue_true]

5. He certainly does.

He is a very good role model for up and coming young people of any race. A super star athlete who puts his family first, does lots of community improvement work on his own dime, is not afraid to take on injustices, is a good businessman who doesn't waste his fortune on frivolous stuff.

[iluvtennis]

10. Indeed. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Good. It's about time somebody got onto that.

I wish the Democratic party was doing more.

[BComplex]

6. Me, too, Frog. The Democratic Party needs to be all over this election.

We saw what just happened in Georgia. Democrats need to have lawyers and national guard at every polling place in the country come November.

[Blue_true]

7. I just don't understand why high level people complain about

voter suppression and then let it happen time after time. But there are lose-knit groups doing things to fight the problem, just without much funding. I believe Abram's group is going after that problem and is well funded. James is smart, my guess is he hooks up with existing local and Abram's group to bring lots of firepower to the effort, his name recognition alone among the groups affected by the problem is worth ten times each dollar that Mike Bloomberg has spent fighting the problem.

[Cha]

8. Thank you, LeBron James!

[DURHAM D]

9. Don Lemon has repeatedly asked black athletes and entertainers to step up.

Guess they were listening.

This is great.

[George II]

11. A great man!

[Hassler]

12. Unlike many, LeBron's walk matches his talk.

[Quixote1818]

13. I think this could be a pretty important development. This movement needs a high profile person like

him!

[scarletwoman]

14. Excellent! I hope they can make a difference. (nt)

[JudyM]

15. Hoping they can move the ball down the court fast and score.

[oasis]

16. Kick and rec for Voting rights.