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Civil rights leaders urged Joe Biden to take much more aggressive action against Republican voter suppression efforts in a meeting Thursday, the Washington Post reports.

The meeting at the White House stretched more than twice as long as expected, as leaders including Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, Marc Morial of the National Urban League, and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, expressed their exasperation" to the president, according to the report.

The civil rights leaders expressed their very serious concern over the dangerous anti-voter efforts by some who are intent on taking the nation backwards through voting barriers for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and new Americans. They made clear that these severely harmful efforts are a historic and existential crisis of democracy that requires urgent attention. The leaders expressed their thanks to the president and vice president for their support so far and asked them to do even more in pushing Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in order to make real the promise of our democracy for all.

The civil rights leaders also discussed the urgent need to provide meaningful changes to hold police accountable for misconduct and ensure the safety of all community members, including Black and Brown people who disproportionately face violence and abuse at the hands of police. The leaders urged the president and vice president to do everything possible to ensure legislation like the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act is passed into law.