“We need some kind of intervention. We need Congress to do something,” Texas State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez says, discussing her meetings with VP Harris and Sen. Manchin to express the need for urgent federal action on voting rights.
Texas State Rep. Jessica González, who met VP Harris and Sen.
Manchin in DC, said Texas Democrats expressed the need for urgent federal action on voting rights to protect against the “coordinated” attack on democracy by Republicans. Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood said voting rights advocates told VP Harris during her visit to Georgia that “time is of the essence” but adds that Georgia voters are “ready for the fight."
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