The vice chairman stated she and President Joe Biden “have put the total energy of the manager department in the back of our shared effort” whilst criticizing Republican lawmakers for balloting to dam passage of the John Lewis Balloting Rights Development Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
“If all of us proceed to paintings in combination, to march in combination, to combat in combination, we will be able to safe the liberty to vote,” Harris stated.
She referred to as on the ones amassed on the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge “to proceed to push the Senate not to permit an arcane rule to disclaim us the sacred proper.”
Harris stated Sunday that those that marched around the bridge in 1965 did so no longer handiest to verify the fitting to vote, however “to verify all of the other folks of our country, regardless of the place they begin, be able to be triumphant.”
The vice chairman additionally met with civil rights leaders whilst in Alabama, consistent with the White Area. She used to be joined through Secretary of Housing and City Building Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Training Miguel Cardona, Environmental Coverage Company Administrator Michael Regan, and Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Donald Remy.
The primary Black and primary South Asian lady to carry the vice presidency, Harris has attended earlier anniversary occasions in Selma.
All over digital remarks at a commemoration provider closing 12 months, she recalled becoming a member of the past due Rep. John Lewis — a civil rights icon who helped lead the 1965 march — right through the once a year stroll around the bridge 3 years previous. “I used to be with him on what can be his ultimate stroll around the Edmund Pettus Bridge. And I can grasp that reminiscence without end in my middle,” Harris stated on the time.
This tale has been up to date on Sunday with remarks from Vice President Kamala Harris.
CNN’s Donald Judd contributed to this record.
