SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has told a crowd a historic black church in Selma, Alabama, that the absence of crucial parts is the Voting Rights Act contributed to her 2016 defeat to Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court in 2013 struck down a part of the law that required the Justice Department to scrutinize states with a history of racial discrimination in voting. Congress has yet to address the issue.

She said “it makes a really big difference.”

Clinton warned the audience at Brown Chapel of the need for continued vigilance about voter suppression heading into the 2020 election.

Clinton is in Selma to mark the 54th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the civil rights march that galvanized support for passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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