{"id":640764,"date":"2026-07-24T17:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=640764"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:20:48","slug":"jeffries-alleges-voter-suppression-after-black-lawmaker-retires-in-wake-of-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=640764","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries alleges &#8216;voter suppression&#8217; after Black lawmaker retires in wake of Supreme Court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries is alleging &#8220;voter suppression&#8221; after the retirement from Congress of a Louisiana Democrat whose predominantly Black congressional district was redrawn by Republicans.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/21\/House_Louisiana_Fields_45379_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" title=\"Jeffries alleges &apos;voter suppression&apos; after Black lawmaker retires in wake of Supreme Court ruling\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries is alleging &#8220;voter suppression&#8221; after the retirement from Congress of a Louisiana Democrat whose predominantly Black congressional district was redrawn by Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":640765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=640764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/640765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=640764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=640764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=640764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}