Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:
“The John Roberts Supreme Court has once again turned its back on the American people, clearing the way for the Trump Administration’s corrupt, anti-democratic scheme to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the elections this November.
“Despite voting by mail himself, Donald Trump has for years blamed vote-by-mail for his 2020 electoral loss and will attempt to use this ruling to further disenfranchise voters in the wake of the racial gerrymandering scheme unleashed by the Court’s Callais decision — robbing Americans of access to free and fair elections in an effort to dismantle our democracy.
“Extremist Republicans, enabled by the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, will stop at nothing to cement one-party rule in Washington, but this scheme to restrict mail-in voting underscores one key fact: They know their only pathway to victory in November is to cheat. Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans know they cannot outrun their failed policies, which have worsened our nation’s affordability crisis and increased the cost of living on everything from gas to groceries.
“Accountability will come for the Roberts Court. When Democrats take back the House and Senate, we will work to pass legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act and advance nationwide judicial and electoral reforms to ensure fairness and equal representation under the law.
“Republicans will use any tactic to undermine a free and fair election, but the American people must send a clear message this November. Our presence at the ballot box must overwhelm any effort to cheat. We must become too big to rig.”
