“The gerrymandered Republican legislatures that laid the groundwork for Trump’s stolen-election narrative are now weaponizing misinformation about voter fraud to build support for new efforts to restrict ballot access” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Trump's lawyer reminds us that Trump called for universal voter ID, proof of citizenship for voter registration, banning mail ballot drop boxes & ending universal mail voting in his insurrection speech. It was always about voter suppression
Trump lawyer van der Veen refuses to say Trump lost the election. Defending Big Lie to the end
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Mitch McConnell refused to hold impeachment trial while Trump was in office & now says he’ll acquit because trial is unconstitutional since Trump no longer in office. Absolutely despicable
“No one has benefited more from minority rule—and done more to ensure it—than Mitch McConnell”
He helped incite the insurrection by refusing to recognize Biden's victory for 40 days & allowing the Big Lie to spread motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
McConnell spent weeks helping embolden Trump’s Big Lie
He didn't recognize Biden victory until Electoral College certified
During that time Trump spread a million crazy conspiracies about stolen election that ultimately led to insurrection at Capitol
Everything Trump lawyer saying about Georgia is a lie: signature verification audit in Cobb County GA found two mismatched signatures out of 15,000 votes, zero cases of fraud
There was no "inexplicable" drop in Georgia's mail ballot rejection rate as Bruce Castor claims
"Elections officials rejected absentee ballots because of signature issues at similar rates as in the 2018 election, about 0.15%, according to state data"
“Mounting evidence emerging indicates Trump may have been personally informed that Vice President Mike Pence was in physical danger during the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, just moments before denigrating him on Twitter.” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
If Dems don't abolish filibuster to pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act & For the People Act they will allow GOP to entrench minority rule for next decade through extreme gerrymandering & voter suppression motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Voters of color accounted for 4 in 5 newly eligible voters in past decade but GOP will use extreme gerrymandering to protect power of shrinking conservative white minority unless Dems pass federal election reform
Biden can name 4 Dems to USPS board of governors, giving them a majority that can oust Louis DeJoy. This should be a top priority washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/…
One of most important things Biden can do is restore core democratic institutions like USPS that were gutted by Trump motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Good sign: Biden committed today to fill vacancies on USPS board
GOP has already become party of Marjorie Taylor Greene at state level, introducing wave of new voter suppression laws based on unhinged conspiracy theories
This is huge scandal that should be getting as much attention as Trump’s plot to overturn election motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
GOP voter suppression plans:
-roll back every aspect of mail voting
-end automatic & Election Day registration
-pass onerous new voter ID laws
-allow GOP legislatures to overturn will of voters
-gerrymander Electoral College results
Dems have a clear choice: they can get rid of filibuster to pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act & For the People Act to stop GOP voter suppression
Or they can allow GOP to undermine democracy for next decade