On Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” former Solicitor General Neal Katyal tore into outgoing President Donald Trump and his Republican allies for their latest assault on voting rights in Michigan.

“They just want to say Black people in Detroit’s votes don’t count, and that’s what Republicans are doing politically,” said academic Jason Johnson. “It damages democracy and it won’t impress anyone two years down the road when they run for office again.”