Monday, 4 March 2019

Hillary Clinton blames gutting of Voting Rights Act for her 2016 loss.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a commemorative service marking the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Photo: AP/Julie Bennett)

SELMA, Ala. — Speaking Sunday at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, former Secretary of State, First Lady, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suggested a key Supreme Court decision may have cost her the White House.

Clinton was participating in an annual commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches that included the infamous “Bloody Sunday” where Civil Rights activists were viciously beaten by white police and protesters. The church where she spoke was the starting point for the marches, which were organized by a group that was pushing for voting rights and included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ala.). Clinton connected the push for voting rights to her 2016 presidential campaign.

“I was the first person who ran for president without the protection of the Voting Rights Act and I will tell you, it makes a really big difference,” Clinton said.



By Hunter Walker.
Full story at Pulse NG.


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