Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP Focus on Midterms, Supreme Court

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Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, accompanied by other members, speaks to the media urging the Senate to reject the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, file photo, Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, waits outside the Supreme Court in Washington as the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. The nation's largest civil rights groups said it will closely monitor President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration's policies and actions to ensure that hard-fought civil rights gains are not lost without a protracted fight. "We will not accept proposals to roll back civil rights ... not on our watch," Henderson, president of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, file photo, Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, waits outside the Supreme Court in Washington as the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. The nation’s largest civil rights groups said it will closely monitor President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration’s policies and actions to ensure that hard-fought civil rights gains are not lost without a protracted fight. “We will not accept proposals to roll back civil rights … not on our watch,” Henderson, president of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

April Ryan speaks with NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and counsel to the Leadership Conference Education Fund, on the importance of voter turnout during the midterms and why the Senate should reject the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court.

Click ▶️ to listen to April Ryan’s White House Report:

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