Walkinshaw Statement on Supreme Court Decision Undermining the Voting Rights Act

Washington, D.C. -- Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) released the following statement in response to today's Supreme Court's ruling. "Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a direct attack on voting rights — and on the communities who fought hardest to secure them. In a 6-3 decision, the MAGA Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — the primary tool Americans have used for decades to challenge racially discriminatory maps.  Republican-controlled states will now attempt to gerrymander districts to erase the voting power of Black Americans. Congress must act. Ban partisan gerrymandering nationally. Restore the protections this Court keeps dismantling." ###