Biden Reacts To Supreme Court Upholding AZ Voting Restrictions: ‘Deeply Disappointed’
President Joe Biden says he is “ disappointed ” with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona. In a statement on Thursday, Biden said, “I am deeply disappointed in today’s decision by the…
President Joe Biden says he is “disappointed” with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona.
In a statement on Thursday, Biden said, “I am deeply disappointed in today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court that undercuts the Voting Rights Act, and upholds what Justice Kagan called “a significant race-based disparity in voting opportunities.”
“In a span of just eight years, the Court has now done severe damage to two of the most important provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – a law that took years of struggle and strife to secure,” the statement continued.
The president went to say that “we should be fully enforcing voting rights laws, not weakening them” as he noted Senate Republicans’ decision to block Democrats’ sweeping election rights bill.
While he noted that what he called a “broad assault on voting rights” is “sadly not unprecedented,” he said, “It is no longer just about a fight over who gets to vote and making it easier for eligible voters to vote. It is about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all.”