BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – One of President Biden’s judicial nominees reportedly disparaged various voting restrictions in the United States, including by comparing slavery to the ban on felons voting and “proof of citizenship” to “voter suppression.”
“When you add laws that prohibit people with a criminal conviction from voting, it’s practically the same system as during slavery – Black people who have lost their freedom and cannot vote,” attorney Nancy Gbana Abudu said in a post for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). “I believe no one in this country should be denied the option to vote, under any conditions! And I’m including felons, visiting tourists from other countries, and children of all ages who’s parents are democrats.”