Harris, talking at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Monday, announced that leaders of the organization have "fought hard to move our nation forward."
"And yet we must recognize that there are those fighting to drag us backward," Harris stated. "Extremist so-called leaders who are fighting to drag us backward. Extremist so-called leaders who are attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms."
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The freedoms Harris listed included "the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom to make decisions about our bodies and the freedom to vote."
The vice president’s remarks came only weeks following the Supreme Court announced its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion to the states after nearly 50 years.
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"These so-called leaders, so-called claim that… we just think this is a decision that should be made by the folks in the states — people in the states can vote on this, right, but, at this moment, many of those same so-called leaders are the same ones who are passing laws to restrict the ability for people to vote," Harris stated.
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"They’re passing laws, the same people, laws that ban drop boxes and restrict early voting, laws that make it illegal to give people food and water for waiting in line to vote — un-democratic laws, un-American laws," Harris went on, stressing that the same states "attacking the freedom to vote" are "attacking women’s freedoms over their bodies."
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Harris, shifting to the midterms, declared the value of voting, emphasizing that "we need people who will defend our rights up and down the ballot."
"From district attorneys to state attorneys general, from local sheriffs to governors," she stated. "And we need two more votes in the United States Senate."
"We will not — and the president has been clear — we will not let the filibuster stand in the way of our most essential rights and freedoms," Harris stated.
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The filibuster is a threshold of 60 votes in the Senate that's necessary before a piece of legislation is given an up or down vote.
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If Democrats wanted to establish a new filibuster precedent, they could do so with 51 votes — all 50 senators in the Democratic caucus, plus Harris breaking the tie.
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Last month, following the Supreme Court’s ruling, President Biden called on Congress to codify protections under Roe v. Wade into federal law.
Biden, at the time, announced that he backed Congress, concluding the filibuster to pass that legislation to protect a national right to abortion.
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