“The Republican Party understands the implications of expanded participation by low-income citizens in the political process. That is why they work so hard to prevent it. But we will defeat them, and protect voting rights everywhere.”

— Bernie Sanders

Twitter, https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/ (2 July 2019)
2010s, 2019, July 2019

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