Barack Obama slammed Republicans as “systematically” trying to prevent Americans from voting in a speech while campaigning for Democratic Viginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe
"All across the country, Democrats are trying to make it easier to vote, not make it harder to vote, and push back on Republicans who are trying to systematically prevent ordinary citizens from making their voices heard,"GLENN YOUNGKIN VOWS TO BAN CRITICAL RACE THEORY IF ELECTED VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
Obama’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment on examples of Republicans preventing citizens from voting. McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin are in a dead-even fight for the governorship, just more than a week before Election Day. Both received 46% among likely voters, according to the latestYounkin's campaign fired back at Obama's claims that Republicans work to prevent people from voting, calling them"false statements," in a comment to Fox News on Sunday morning.
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