Martin Luther King III criticized Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for doubling down on her stance on the Senate filibuster: 'History will remember Senator Sinema unkindly.”
to abolishing the filibuster to pass major voting rights bills, though Sinema supports efforts to amend voting rights legislation."History will remember Senator Sinema unkindly. While Sen.
Sinema remains stubborn in her 'optimism,' Black and Brown Americans are losing their right to vote," King, 64, an activist and the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr.,"She's siding with the legacy of Bull Connor and George Wallace instead of the legacy of my father and all those who fought to make real our democracy," King added.
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