Barack Obama, Eulogizing John Lewis, Calls For Renewed Action On Voting Rights, Suggests Ending Senate Filibuster
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deadline.comTed Johnson Former President Barack Obama eulogized John Lewis as a “founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America,” while calling for a renewed push for voting rights and other reforms, even if that means ending the Senate’s filibuster.Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta following two of his predecessors, former presidents George W.
Bush and Bill Clinton, Obama warned of continued voter suppression.“Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to stop people from voting,” Obama said, outlining a litany of concerns, including the closing of polling stations and instituting voter ID laws.
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