# @trayfour on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYEub2guinA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65165242-trayfour-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T10:21:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ray Allen (@trayfour) — https://gondola.cc/trayfour

## Caption

I walk through America understanding what it cost for me to have the life I live today. To attend certain schools, live where I live, eat where I choose, and even owning my own business—all of it came at a price paid by Black people whose names I may never know. I don’t take these things for granted.  This administration has been actively working to reverse the progress made over the last 50 years.

People died for my right to vote. They were beaten, jailed, and murdered so future generations could have a voice in this country.

That is why every marginalized person should vote in every election, no matter who is on the ballot. Our right to vote cost someone their life. Standing in a long line, driving across town, or leaving work early is a small inconvenience compared to the sacrifices others made for us to have this right.

Voting is a constitutional right, and if America truly believes every voice matters, Election Day should be a national holiday so every American has the opportunity to be heard.

Shame on anyone who tries to take that right away—or refuses to value the sacrifices that made it possible. And just so we don’t forget- this post is about voting rights, amidst the ongoing war with Iran, but DO NOT forget about the #epsteinfiles. dejoncampbell #annieleecooper #Selma #beready #gerrymanderingiskillingdemocracy yourvoicematters

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beready, epsteinfiles, gerrymanderingiskillingdemocracy, selma, annieleecooper

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