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22 Feb, 4 tweets, 3 min read
LIVE: Today, @Sifill_LDF will join @mitchellreports at the top of the 12:00 PM hour to discuss Merrick Garland's nomination and his ongoing confirmation hearing for Attorney General. Tune in! ImageImage
"It was very powerful—and important—for [Merrick Garland] at this moment in our country when voter suppression is such a powerful issue, for him to remind us of those origins of the Department of Justice." --@Sifill_LDF
WATCH: @Sifill_LDF breaks down what we would like to see from the new Attorney General and DOJ, including a return to pattern or practice investigations, addressing the human rights crisis happening in the nation's prisons and addressing education disparities.
"That's why it was so important that he set the tone today. This is not an area in which Merrick Garland really has experience, either criminal justice reform or civil rights, so hearing him frame his vision of the [DOJ] that way was a very important signal." --@Sifill_LDF

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