Al Sharpton calls on Biden to fight the filibuster: ‘If we can’t depend on you here, when can we?’
by Lauren Gambino in Washington from on (#5PC90)
The veteran civil rights leader is determined to dismantle the centuries-old Senate tool in the battle for voting rights - will Biden join him?
Earlier this summer, Al Sharpton traveled to Philadelphia to attend Joe Biden's speech on voting rights. After delivering his remarks - a ringing call to arms against the march of restrictive election laws - the US president asked the veteran Black civil rights leader what he thought.
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