Shocking stat: 57 senators who voted to convict Trump represent 76.7 MILLION more Americans than 43 senators who voted to acquit
Senators voting to impeach represent 61.6% of Americans (202 million)
Senators voting to acquit represent 38.2% of Americans (125 million)
Via @atausanovitch
This just underscores how undemocratic US Senate is:
-split 50-50 but Dems represent 41 million more people
-15 states with 38 million people elect 30 GOP senators
-California with 40 million people elects 2 Dems motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
“The only way to reverse minority rule is through big structural reforms like abolishing Electoral College, eliminating filibuster, ending partisan gerrymandering, enshrining right to vote in Constitution & giving statehood to Washington DC & Puerto Rico” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Dems didn’t have the votes to convict Trump
But they do have the votes to stop next attack on democracy by passing John Lewis Voting Rights Act & For the People Act if they abolish the filibuster
The stakes couldn’t be higher
motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021…
Read @ThePlumLineGS: "Democrats must accept the full implications of the GOP’s ongoing and intensifying radicalization & they must be prepared to act upon them."
-Pass H.R.1 and S.1 with all deliberate speed
-Be prepared to nuke legislative filibuster
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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