'What's going on right now would not surprise him, it would disappoint him, ' said Bernice King, who serves as chief executive of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says she believes the slain civil-rights leader would have been disappointed with efforts playing out in some parts of the United States to restrict voting rights.
Bernice King made those comments as President Joe Biden https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-biden/biden-heads-to-georgia-to-reignite-voting-rights-reform-push-idUKKBN2JL1DA visited her father's birthplace of Atlanta on Tuesday to jump start stalled efforts to reform U.S. voting rights after new laws by states that some activists say will deter Black voters from the polls.
Former President Donald Trump continues to say that the 2020 election was stolen by Biden's Democrats through voter fraud, despite recounts and investigations that found no evidence to back the claim. Since then, Republican lawmakers https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-erect-voting-barriers-politically-crucial-us-states-2021-06-16 in 19 states have passed dozens of laws making it harder to vote.
"So that's why voting is critical, all that is tied back to our democracy, our voice, our ballot," she said.
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