The Congressional Black Caucus expressed its strong opposition to Farr’s nomination, writing that “Farr has amassed a record that puts him at the forefront of an extended fight to disenfranchise African-American voters.”
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Important: The Senate this week is voting on the nomination of Tom Farr, who has a long record of supporting laws to restrict the voting rights and representation of African Americans. All @SenateDems oppose his nomination. We need just two Republicans to vote NO.
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Farr vigorously defended racial gerrymandering in a case where a three-judge panel in the Middle District of North Carolina found “that race was the predominant factor motivating the drawing of all challenged [state legislative] districts.”
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In fact, two of three federal judges held that the state’s congressional redistricting plan violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
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In 2016, Farr also defended North Carolina’s restrictive voter ID law in federal court. The court struck down the law and STRONGLY disagreed with Farr’s defense, noting that its requirements “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
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@BenSasse@JeffFlake@SenBobCorker@SenatorCollins@lisamurkowski@SenatorTimScott will - for once - do the right thing and oppose this horrific nomination. America doesn't expect too much from you, but just in case we thank you in advance. -
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Don’t look to
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Flake is voting no.
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I’d like to think that I could count on
@SenToomey to do right thing but his continued silence seems to say he fully supports white supremacy & voter suppression. Care to deny it Pat? -
You’ll get nothing from Toomey. I’ve written letters. I get replies filled with GOP god awful explanations of why he doesn’t do right by his voters. It’s all about the money for him.
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