President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., spoke to a crowd of about 450 people, including civil rights leaders, members of Congress and government officials. A day after the Senate failed for the third time this year to pass voting rights legislation, President Joe Biden said the fight to pass voting protections is not over. Biden’s comments came as Republican opposition blocked voting legislation meant to combat restrictive laws several GOP-led state legislatures adopted after the 2020 election. Senate Republicans this week blocked advancement and debate of the Freedom to Vote Act , which would have created federal rules to protect mail-in voting, expand early voting, ensure same-day voting registration and make Election Day a federal holiday. The bill failed by a 49-51 vote.It was the third time this year Republicans voted unanimously to block voting-rights legislation. Biden and Harris, who has taken the lead on voting rights for the administration, have also come under pressure by advocates to use their bully pulpit to get voting rights reform passed. "They're afraid to even just debate the bills in the U.S. Senate, as they did again yesterday, even on a bill that includes provisions as they've traditionally supported," Biden said Thursday. "It's unfair. It's unconscionable. It's un-American." #mlk #biden #kamalaharris #votingrights