President Joe Biden’s push this week for voter rights legislation that he says will address racism and voter suppression elicited very different reviews from two candidates running for U.S. Senate in the Pennsylvania primary. Here is what they said.
Sharif Street, Democrat
Pennsylvania state Sen. Sharif Street voiced support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which restores parts of the 1965 Civil Rights Act. Street, an attorney, graduated from Morehouse College where Biden gave his speech.He says the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been systemically weakened by the Supreme Court for more than a decade.
