The Case for Voting Rights Legislation
Senators Suggest State-Level Voter Suppression Is No Big Deal
Recent responses to questions about voter suppression point to the willful intent behind restraining non-White voices
There are two types of centrists in U.S. politics. Some would convincingly argue poor White people are being left behind along with Black people and people of color and they require uplifting along with other groups — as in West Virginia with a whopping 16% poverty rate. Then there are others that would ignore those constituents to appease the White power structures that keep those people poor in an attempt to achieve the ever-elusive bipartisanship with those who want to maintain White supremacy.
It’s clear where Sen. Joe Manchin falls among the two.
Recently, Latino Rebels’ Capitol reporter Pablo Manríquez questioned Manchin about people saying he’s making it so that voters of color are not going to be able to vote in the next election. Manchin responded by saying: “The government will stand behind them to make sure they have a right to vote… We act like we’re going to obstruct people from voting. That’s not going to happen.”
