Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday backed the Arizona Democratic Party's decision to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., for her opposition to reforming filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation.
earlier this month by opposing a rules change to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. The bill included a host of voting reforms, including making Election Day a national holiday, expanding early voting and voting by mail, making registering to vote easier and partisan gerrymandering more difficult, and more. It also would have made it easier for the Justice Department to intervene against states with a history of voter discrimination.
"On that particular vote that she and Manchin cast, we were trying to address the reality that you got 19 Republican states all over this country who are undermining the foundations of American democracy, trying to make it harder for people of color, young people, people with disabilities, to vote," Sanders said.
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