#usnews#kamalaharris#trump#supremecourt#votingrights#politicians US News: Kamala Harris delivers a fiery and unfiltered response after the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on voting rights. Speaking at Public Counsel’s Annual Event on April 29, after receiving the prestigious William O. Douglas Award, the former Vice President warned of long-term efforts to restrict access to voting in America.
The Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark civil rights law, making it significantly harder for minority groups to challenge racially discriminatory electoral maps. The decision marks a major victory for Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration, sparking sharp political backlash.
Harris did not hold back as she addressed the implications of the ruling and what it means for American democracy. She argued that the decision is part of a broader, decades-long strategy to suppress voter participation and reshape electoral outcomes. “They have had an agenda that has been in place for decades to get to this very moment and beyond,” Harris said. “Which is to make it so difficult for the people to vote that they won't because they know the people are not stupid and see the corrupt, incompetent, callous administration that is in the White House right now.”
The remarks come amid growing concerns over voting rights, gerrymandering, and the role of the Supreme Court in shaping the future of US elections ahead of the midterms.
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As we all here know, the Constitution will not defend itself.
And while many of us have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution, what is of equal
importance is the action we take to defend the Constitution of the United States.
And what do you say to a room full of lawyers and advocates who are going to have to figure
out what comes next?
Okay, being very candid.
Please.
Shit, this was supposed to happen in June.
That honestly is the first thing I said when I found out.
If you are one of the 60 plus million women in America who changed your name when you
were married, you are going to find it much more difficult to prove your identity when
your birth certificate doesn't match your driver's license and have to go through the
bureaucracy of that, obviously trying to make it more difficult for people to vote.
The man comes down with an executive order around voting by mail, by the way, who votes
at his spa at Mar-a-Lago consistently.
And then there was the issue that I would discuss in each one of these events about
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
No, they have had an agenda that has been in place for decades to get to this very moment
and beyond, which is to make it so difficult for the people to vote that they won't because
they know the people are not stupid and see the corrupt, incompetent, callous administration
that is in the White House right now.
And they're so damn scared.
They're so damn scared of losing the midterms.
And part of what I heard in her poem, which I just heard for the first time when we all
did, but one has to ask, why did they do it this quickly?
And I will tell you, my suspicion is they wanted to give Mississippi and Florida and
all the other states that have already started talking about what they're going to do enough
time to print up their maps and print up those ballots to impact the midterms.
Because they know they're about to lose their jobs.
And but...
I have also often said that democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for
it.
In politics, you know, we've dropped the ball in a variety of ways, although we've done
good work also, but we took our eye off the states.
The lawyers didn't, but the electeds, especially in my party, some did.
Meanwhile, this agenda has been decades in the making of building up these states around
gerrymandering so that as soon as you could then get the Supreme Court that was their
fever dream, then have the Supreme Court, after all that they did to build up this case,
toss it back to the states and the states are now strong enough to catch the ball and
run with it.
This is how they play.
They are strategic, they think long term, and they are ruthless.
And part of what I am saying tonight, and if there's press in the room, I don't care
if you quote me, we have to be ruthless, too.
I strongly believe that when you feel powerless, you are powerless.
And when you feel powerful, you are powerful.
And we are powerful.
We are powerful.
Ladies and gentlemen, Vice President Kamala D. Harris.
We are dealing with the most corrupt, callous, and incompetent presidential administration
in the history of the United States, period.
This president is the first president of the United States of either party since World
War II to abandon America's responsibility to one, a responsibility we assumed imperfect
though we are, to nurture and protect our alliances, our friendships, and to thumb his
nose at them, and two, to not even pretend and in fact dismiss the importance of upholding
international rules and norms, such as sovereignty and territorial integrity.
And the end result is that the strength of the relationship between nations is not only
What he has done is he has, one, in the eyes of our allies, made us unreliable, unreliable.
And two, he has eroded whatever influence we had to be able to speak to certain issues,
imperfect though we know we have been.
What I also have learned is that the strength of the relationship, when it comes to the
question, how are we going to get through this?
Can we get any of this back?
My answer is yes, but it's going to be very difficult.
And to the leaders in this room, then I say, as part of just getting back to the moment,
we are going to win midterms.
We are going to win the midterms, but it is going to be difficult.
Did you read those new files?
From Donald Trump shakeups.
The tariffs will be not a full reciprocal.
And Capitol Hill showdowns.
Don't you ever accuse me of a crime.
I believe you just lie under oath.
Yes, Mr. President, quake in your boots, because I will tell you the truth.
You will be impeached.
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