GOP senator promotes Sunday voting restrictions by invoking God

Published March 25, 2021 1:18pm ET



One Republican senator doesn’t believe people should be allowed to vote on Sundays because it’s the Lord’s day.

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi made her point on Wednesday in response to a comment from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer who, on the Senate floor, said state legislatures are working to promote voting reforms that would disenfranchise minority voters.

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