New: @amyklobuchar tells me she supports ending filibuster to pass For the People Act
"we have raw exercise of political power going on where people are making it harder to vote & you can’t let that happen in a democracy because of old rules in Senate” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
"we have raw exercise of political power going on where people are making it harder to vote & you can’t let that happen in a democracy because of old rules in Senate” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
HR1 would be largest expansion of voting rights since passage of Voting Rights Act in 1965:
-Automatic & Election Day registration
-2 weeks early voting
-Expand vote by mail
-Stop voter purging
-Independent redistricting
-Public financing elections
-Automatic & Election Day registration
-2 weeks early voting
-Expand vote by mail
-Stop voter purging
-Independent redistricting
-Public financing elections
Dems can eliminate filibuster to pass HR1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act to stop GOP voter suppression
Or they can allow GOP to undermine democracy for next decade
Stakes couldn't be higher
Or they can allow GOP to undermine democracy for next decade
Stakes couldn't be higher
.@amyklobuchar calls GOP assault on voting rights "the defining issue of the year"
"We had an insurrection at Capitol with rioters trying to literally dismantle our democracy. The fundamental issue is do people get to vote or not?"
"We had an insurrection at Capitol with rioters trying to literally dismantle our democracy. The fundamental issue is do people get to vote or not?"
253 bills introduced by GOP to restrict voting rights in 43 states in 2 months underscores why it's so important for Dems to pass HR1 to stop voter suppression
"It’s a question of existential survival for Democrats and democracy writ large" says @AJentleson
"It’s a question of existential survival for Democrats and democracy writ large" says @AJentleson
Key point from @ThePlumLineGS:
"Will Dems really allow the filibuster-itself an anti majoritarian relic of Jim Crow-to constrain them from using their power to defend voting rights & majoritarian features of democracy even as Republicans undermine them?"
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
"Will Dems really allow the filibuster-itself an anti majoritarian relic of Jim Crow-to constrain them from using their power to defend voting rights & majoritarian features of democracy even as Republicans undermine them?"
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
If Dems don't pass #HR1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act, GOP will take back power in 2022 & 2024 through anti-democratic tactics like gerrymandering & voter suppression
"Much of what HR 1 is trying to do is restore majority rule in America" says @RepSarbanes
"Much of what HR 1 is trying to do is restore majority rule in America" says @RepSarbanes
After For the People Act passes House tonight, first Senate hearing will be on March 24
https://twitter.com/steveespaulding/status/1367269982359412742
68% of Americans support HR1 but 0 House Republicans voted for it
This is biggest problem in American politics right now: GOP has no interest in appealing to majority of Americans & instead doubles down on anti-democratic tactics to hold power motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
This is biggest problem in American politics right now: GOP has no interest in appealing to majority of Americans & instead doubles down on anti-democratic tactics to hold power motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
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