WATCH: Mass Moral Revival & Rally at State Capitol in Charleston, WV w/ the #PoorPeoplesCampaign twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
🎶 In the Senate building,
Help me let it shine!
Let it shine!
Let it shine!
Let it shine! 🎶
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
#BuildBackBetter
We’ve come to Charleston with a clear message for Sen. Manchin & Sen. Capito: Our best economists have taught us that investments in people are needed in a democracy.
We have a full-page ad in four West Virginia newspapers today, but our ad is not the only one calling on Sen. Manchin to do the right thing for his people! #BuildBackBetter
.@Sen_JoeManchin, we really want you to go down in history as a senator that stood for what’s right for West Virginia and the nation. It’s not too late!
One day you’re going to stand before God, and God’s not going to ask you, “Were you a good Catholic? Or were Baptist? Or Pentecostal?” God’s going to ask you, “When I was hungry, did you feed me? When I was naked did you clothe me?” #BuildBackBetter
Mountaineers are supposed to always be free! Why cut two years of free community college? Why cut Medicaid expansion for senior citizens? Why be a slave to the greedy rather than serve the people? #BuildBackBetter
Why would you put your soul at risk and put corporate favors over your own conscience? Why would you support the filibuster and put democracy at risk? #BuildBackBetter #ProtectOurVote
.@Sen_JoeManchin, Poverty kills. What does it gain you to collect a corporate contribution and lose your soul? Why would you allow yourself to be a slave to corporate greed, rather than be free in God and free to do right for your people?
Rabbi Joe Blair just spoke to Sen. Joe Manchin by audio. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ProtectOurVote #BuildBackBetter
Two of our powerful tri-chairs with @WestVirginiaPPC speaking now, Jean Evansmore and Pamela Garrison. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
“We’re going to fight this hate with love! ... Join us!” —Pamela Garrison, @WestVirginiaPPC poorpeoplescampaign.org
“What would Sen. Robert Byrd do? He would’ve gotten the money, and it would be here in West Virginia. You can say what you want to say, but he brought the money.” —Rev. Roberta Smith, Black Ministerial Alliance #BuildBackBetter
Rev. Roberta Smith is right: Sen. Robert Byrd hated the type of filibuster that Sen. Manchin is currently defending. #EndTheFilibuster #BuildBackBetter #ProtectOurVote
“Is it reckless to want these things? No, it’s not!” —Mavery Davis #BuildBackBetter
India Frith, with the Black Voter Impact Initiative, calls Manchin’s democracy-denying efforts “very disturbing and absurd.” #ProtectOurVote
Father Lark Munsee, with Holy Trinity Anglican Church, asks, “How long will we allow ‘not enough’ to bring our neighbors lives to an end? ... The Cookie Monster has us fighting over the crumbs, when he’s feasting on the box himself.” #BuildBackBetter
“Sen. Manchin, Sen. Capito, we need you to invest in the people, to invest in dentalcare, to invest in hearing and eyecare!” —Rev. Matthew J. Watts, Grace Bible Church in Charleston, WV #BuildBackBetter
“When I hear Sen. Manchin say that West Virginians don’t want him to vote for the Build Back Better plan, I know he’s lying! ... The only one with a sense of entitlement is you, Sen. Manchin!” —Kaylen Barker @WestVirginiaPPC #BuildBackBetter
“We need a new electric system in West Virginia! We ought to stop doing work that poisons our people.” —Stewart Acuff
#BuildBackBetter
Quoting poet Wendell Berry: “We all have a responsibility to the place where God put us.” #Rockwool
We’re going to Washington, DC, on Wednesday 10/27 for a Moral Witness Wednesday rally. If you can get on a bus, join us! #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Speaking the truth to our elected officials actually means we love them.
A prayer for Sen. Manchin & Sen. Capito: “Spirit of Life, of Love, be with those we are calling on today to the right thing! ... This is about our survival.” —Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston, WV #BuildBackBetter
“We’re having to fight two of our own—Sen. Manchin and Sen. Capito. ... $3.5 trillion is an opportunity that we’re seeing dwindle away. ... $3.5 trillion is not enough!” —Pastor David Fryson, New First Baptist Church of Kanawha City, Charleston, WV #BuildBackBetter
Stand up now! Join us: poorpeoplescampaign.org #BuildBackBetter #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Joe Biden only won the 2020 election by 40,000 votes in three states. This is why Republicans are trying so hard to suppress the vote all across the country. It’s dangerous this game Manchin is playing by blocking voting rights protections.
SAVE THE DATE: June 18, 2022. Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, DC.
.@ministter telling the history of the term “filibuster”: “It meant insurrectionists. ... If they weren’t insurrectionists on January 6th, those who uphold the filibuster are insurrectionists today by blocking voting rights, the Build Back Better plan, etc.” #EndTheFilibuster
“Mountaineers can never be free as long as you, Sen. Joe Manchin, are for sale!” @ministter
My #PoorPeoplesCampaign co-chair Rev. Dr. @LizTheo is closing things out at the Mass Moral Revival & Rally at the state capitol in Charleston, WV, right now! Join us: poorpeoplescampaign.org
“We are living in a nation of abundance. ... If Manchin and Capito get their way ... in the words of Dr. King, we will perish together as fools.” @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #BuildBackBetter
“You have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain.” @liztheo quoting from Jeremiah 22 a prophetic word for today for Sen. Manchin & Sen. Capito
“We need to remind our politicians that the only power they have is the power the people give them!” @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign
“When we lift from the bottom, then everybody can rise!” @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #BuildBackBetter
Get on a bus and join us in Washington, DC, this coming Wednesday 10/27 for Moral Witness Wednesday rally in front of the Supreme Court! #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Sign up now: rally.co/moral-witness-…
🎶 Which side are you on, Joe Manchin?
Which side are you on, Sen. Capito?
Which side are you on?
Get on the people’s side! 🎶
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
#BuildBackBetter
#ProtectOurVote
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