Christie Blasts Democrats For Taking Inner City Votes For Granted, Yet 13 days Later, He Still Hasn't Read the Supreme Court's Decision on the Voting Rights Act

Josh Levitt
Buono for Governor


Thirteen days after the Supreme Court overturned a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Governor Christie still has not offered his opinion on the decision nor has he bothered to even read it. While the Governor claims that the Democratic Party takes inner city voters for granted, his refusal to take a stand against the Supreme Court's decision showcases his true colors. At a time when voting rights are under attack, Governor Christie has a responsibility to speak up for what's right instead of playing political games and remaining silent.



From Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors: “This decision has the potential to set voting rights back more than fifty years.”

NJSCNAACP President James Harris: “It is disappointing that the US Supreme Court has invalidated one of the most powerful weapons that was used to insure the right to vote without intimidation and voter suppression.”

Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO, NAACP: “This decision is outrageous. The Court’s majority put politics over decades of precedent and the rights of voters.”

Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Center: "In its decision to gut key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the court brushed aside the considered judgment of a nearly unanimous Congress and opened the door to new forms of discrimination against minority voters."

Mark Morial, National Urban League: "... Let's be clear. This is undoubtedly a bad decision. The Voting Rights Act was necessary in 1965 and remains so in 2013.”

Rep. John Lewis: "Today, the Supreme Court stuck a dagger into the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most effective pieces of legislation Congress has passed in the last 50 years."