{"id":1022154,"date":"2021-11-17T04:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022154"},"modified":"2021-11-17T04:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:58:52","slug":"ben-affleck-black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-teaming-with-hillary-clinton-on-voting-rights-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-affleck-black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-teaming-with-hillary-clinton-on-voting-rights-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck, &#039;Black-ish&#039; Star Tracee Ellis Ross Teaming with Hillary Clinton on &#039;Voting Rights&#039; Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-affleck-black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-teaming-with-hillary-clinton-on-voting-rights-fundraiser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP860429033706_new-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Even after two failed presidential bids, Hillary Clinton is still a magnet for left-wing Hollywood celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Affleck and ABC\u2019s <em>Black-ish<\/em> star Tracee Ellis Ross are reportedly teaming up with Hillary Clinton for a \u201cvoting rights\u201d fundraiser that will also feature&nbsp;former Obama attorney general Eric Holder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The December 7 virtual event will feature a conversation among the Hollywood stars, Clinton, and Holder, with a focus on&nbsp;\u201cthe fight to end gerrymandering and defend voting rights across the country,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/581632-ben-affleck-tracee-ellis-ross-join-anti-gerrymandering?rl=1\">report<\/a> from <em>The Hill<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the core of our democracy is the right to make our voices heard in fair elections,\u201d an email signed by Clinton reportedly said. \u201cAnd when Republicans redraw district lines to dilute the voting power of communities of color and eliminate competitive seats to their own advantage, they threaten that right for the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clinton has attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/07\/hillary-clinton-claims-election-integrity-bills-are-move-toward-white-supremacist-authoritarianism\/\">portray<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican-led voter integrity bills in several states as a gateway to \u201cwhite supremacist authoritarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEach of these proposals disproportionately prevents people of color from casting their ballots, and each is egregious in its own right,\u201d Clinton wrote&nbsp;in an op-ed&nbsp;for <em>Democracy Docket<\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Holder has openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/15\/eric-holder-coronavirus-an-opportunity-to-permanently-change-americas-voting-system\/\">pushed<\/a> for Democrats to use the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to permanently alter the way Americans vote, including more mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access,\u201d Holder said in an interview with <em>Time<\/em> magazine last year.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Holder encouraged Americans to engage in \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d in the streets over \u201cvoting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaising the consciousness of people by demonstrating, by getting arrested, by doing the things that ended segregation,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/08\/12\/eric-holder-citizens-need-to-be-in-streets-getting-arrested-over-voting-rights\/\">said<\/a> on MSNBC\u2019s <em>The Rachel Maddow Show<\/em>. \u201cCitizens need to be in the streets. Citizens need to be demonstrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Affleck backed Hillary Clinton\u2019s failed bid for the White House in 2016.&nbsp;Tracee Ellis Ross served as a host of last year\u2019s Democratic National Convention where she expressed her support for the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#096d676e496b7b6c607d6b687b7d276a6664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"d6b2b8b196b4a4b3bfa2b4b7a4a2f8b5b9bb\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even after two failed presidential bids, Hillary Clinton is still a magnet for left-wing Hollywood celebrities. 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