Thread by @SenBooker

The outpouring of advocacy & activism in opposition to Mr. Farr’s federal judicial nomination is not about politics. It’s not about partisanship. It’s not about about right or left—it’s about right & wrong. #StopFarr washingtonpost.com/politics/gillu…

The facts are clear: Mr. Farr has repeatedly worked to advance a very specific, very extreme, anti-democratic agenda—one aimed at turning back the clock, and eroding civil rights, workers’ rights and anti-discrimination protections.

In 1984, Mr. Farr managed the so-called ballot security program for the reelection campaign of Senator Jesse Helms that targeted and attempted to suppress the votes of Black North Carolinians. thinkprogress.org/thomas-farr-vo…

In 1990, Mr. Farr participated in a so-called “ballot security” meeting days before the Helms campaign infamously sent thousands of postcards targeting Black NC voters, suggesting they were ineligible to vote & threatening criminal prosecution if they did. thinkprogress.org/thomas-farr-vo…

In 2016, a voter ID law that Mr. Farr not only helped to write, but later defended in court, was found to have targeted Blacks “with almost surgical precision.” thedailybeast.com/thomas-farr-de…

Time & again, Mr. Farr has been at the center of efforts to degrade the full citizenship rights of Black North Carolinians, of Black Americans, of all Americans. And time & again in this process, Mr. Farr has offered misleading & incomplete testimony regarding his work & record.

It’s clear that if confirmed, Mr. Farr will pursue an agenda aimed at turning back the clock & eroding the rights that generations of Americans have fought, sweat, bled & died for. nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/…

Mr. Farr hasn’t just spent his career trying to ration justice, but to tip its scales for political gain. That is not the kind of judge that belongs on any court in America.

Mr. Farr is unqualified to serve as a federal judge & I will be voting no on his nomination. #StopFarr