Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was a promise: No citizen would be denied the right to vote because of race or color. It dismantled generations of discrimination, intimidation, and bureaucracy built to block people from the ballot box.

That progress was earned through marches, sit-ins, beatings, arrests, and the courage of ordinary Americans who believed in the power of their voices. Today, that legacy is under threat. And once again, Democrats are stepping up to defend it.

In Texas, Democratic lawmakers are risking their jobs, paychecks, and freedom to stop a Republican power grab that undermines our democracy. Facing backlash for their unpopular, economy-crushing agenda, the Trump regime is demanding new congressional maps to guara

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