“It's a broad strategy,” said Cedric Richmond, director of the White House Office of public engagement. “It's all hands on deck, and we are willing to meet the challenge.”
In January, standing on the steps of the Capitol, President Joe Biden warned of "an attack on democracy."
The White House says it’s using every tool it has to draw attention to restrictive voting laws being passed in GOP-led states across the country, including potential legal challenges. Administration officials say Biden talks about attacks on voting access in all of his major speeches to send a signal not just to voters, but to those in power, that it's a personal priority.
Richmond added that the White House is asking corporations “to do whatever they can in their tool box” to not just promote voting but to “shine a light on these laws that are designed to keep people from voting or put obstacles in their place.” In a speech last week, Garland documented the country’s history of blocking African Americans and people of color from the right to vote, and he pledged to expand the personnel of the department’s Civil Rights Division to enforce existing law. Garland said the DOJ is “scrutinizing” new laws passed by states “to curb voter access” and pledged that the agency would “not hesitate to act” while not explicitly forecasting any litigation.
“It is the height of irony at best, insulting in fact, for the Senate to unanimously make a holiday out of what happened in 1865...but then ignoring the racial implications of what's going on in 2021 with voting,” said Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, referring to congressional action taken this week to make Juneteenth, the date marking the end of slavery in the U.S, a federally-recognized holiday.
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