BREAKING: A statement from Ben Jealous prior to his arrest:
"We took this highly visible action on the president’s doorstep today because the American people are out of patience with government inaction on voting rights — and President Biden has the power to break this logjam.
"We took this highly visible action on the president’s doorstep today because the American people are out of patience with government inaction on voting rights — and President Biden has the power to break this logjam.
He can and should use all the influence of his office to get the Freedom to Vote Act passed in the Senate, including persuading his caucus to dump the Jim Crow-relic filibuster.
It is critically important that even while Congress is wrestling with infrastructure and the debt ceiling, we don’t lose sight of the fact that our fundamental right to vote is being stripped away.
And we’re going to keep escalating the pressure on Biden until he takes concrete action to protect voting rights."
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