Democracy on brink, Hakeem Jeffries warns at Lehigh Valley event with Susan Wild
Democracy is at stake in the November election, U.S. House Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday during a voting rights roundtable discussion in Easton on behalf of Rep. Susan Wild.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act has largely through the decades settled the idea of giving everyone a chance to elect their leaders but has come under attack in recent years, said Jeffries, the minority leader of the closely divided House.