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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:

“Donald Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans have lost their damn minds. President Trump signed an executive order to take away power from the states and change how federal elections are administered across the country. This executive order, if enacted, could stop millions of eligible Americans from exercising their right to vote for simply failing to meet overly strict voter ID requirements or for choosing to vote by mail. He is even threatening to withhold critically needed election administration funding from states that do not comply with his illegal demands.

“Let’s be clear, this executive order is not about election security, full stop. In every federal election in which he has been a candidate, Donald Trump has lied about widespread voter fraud to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the American electoral system because he is afraid the majority of the American people won't support his extremist and unpopular policies.

“This executive order is nothing but an unlawful attempt to weaponize the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and others, against marginalized communities and make it harder for them to fight back at the ballot box. Every American should be deeply concerned about this administration's attempt to take away power from the people and centralize it within the Presidency.

“There is no world or scenario in which this unlawful, anti-election, and dictatorial executive order isn’t challenged thoroughly in the Courts.

“Voting rights has always been the CBC’s north star. The right to vote is the right from which all other rights flow. We will never yield an inch in the fight to protect the sacred franchise.”