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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts) Wed Jan 22, 2020, 11:50 PM Jan 2020

Who was the woman just on Rachel talking about election security?

MSNBC is bad lately about putting the name of the speaker on the screen.

This woman was great.

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Who was the woman just on Rachel talking about election security? (Original Post) Grasswire2 Jan 2020 OP

She was Sheryl Ifill, cousin of the late Gwen Ifill who was a PBS icon for years wishstar Jan 2020 #1

thanks so much Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #4

Sherrilyn Ifill is an American lawyer. She is a law professor and elleng Jan 2020 #2

Thank you so much. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #3

Yes, truly brilliant. elleng Jan 2020 #5

wishstar

(5,270 posts)

1. She was Sheryl Ifill, cousin of the late Gwen Ifill who was a PBS icon for years

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:00 AM

Jan 2020

Sheryl is President of NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

4. thanks so much

Reply to wishstar (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:11 AM

Jan 2020

appreciate it.

elleng

(130,975 posts)

2. Sherrilyn Ifill is an American lawyer. She is a law professor and

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:02 AM

Jan 2020

president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[1] She is the Legal Defense Fund's seventh president since Thurgood Marshall founded the organization in 1940. Ifill is also a nationally recognized expert on voting rights and judicial selection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrilyn_Ifill

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

3. Thank you so much.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:10 AM

Jan 2020

Brilliant.

elleng

(130,975 posts)

5. Yes, truly brilliant.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:12 AM

Jan 2020

Heckuva family.

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