Rep. John Lewis: I Never Thought I'd Live To See Voting Rights Act Undone

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Civil Rights Leader Rep. Lewis Blasts Supreme Court Voting Ruling: More Relevant Today Than in 1963

[MotherPetrie]

1. K&R

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Agreed. And I never thought in 2013 we'd even be having this discussion. I'm sad and mad at once.

[life long demo]

3. I'm sorry Rep. John Lewis, I'm sorry!

But then we never thought we would see elements of our government with such blatant bigotry again.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. K&R

This has to be overturned. We can not let the racists win.

[Boomerproud]

5. No one deserves to be more upset about this than John Lewis.

He earned his stripes.

[BillyRibs]

6. Are you Kidding ME!?

I saw this coming 12 years ago!

[School Teacher]

7. Thank You, Rep. Lewis! I am Marching with you!

This is a tragedy for our country. This fall we went down to Alabama and Georgia to visit the Civil Rights sites and museums. I walked across the Edmund Pettis Bridge and imagined Bloody Sunday. Little did I imagine that this day would come.

We should all go to Washington DC for the 50th anniversary of MLK's speech and the march on Washington. I am seriously considering it
from Portland, Oregon.

This cannot stand! For Shame!

[freshwest]

8. That's apparently what it's going to take. And overturning the ALEC laws in the states.