Thread by @RevDrBarber

The White House wouldn’t support the @VP overruling the advice of the parliamentarian.

@SenSchumer took $15 minimum wage out of COVID relief bill before it was brought to the floor.

8 white Dem senators led by Manchin joined extremist Republicans to block Sanders' amendment.

Millions of poor & low-income white people from Appalachia to rural America are being denied $15 minimum wage.

On the Friday before the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, 45% of Black workers denied $15.

62 million poor & low-income people — who were poor & low-income before the pandemic — got abandoned.

45% of Black poor & low-wage workers are being blocked from earning a $15 minimum wage.

These votes are rooted in a form of systemic racism, classism, and elitism that even Democrats fall into when they're led by so-called centrism & neo-liberalism that passes policies full of disparate impact on Black, brown, indigenous & poor white essential workers.

We can see clearly now how the problems of the nation are not just Trump's actions.

Systemic racism is any policy passed by any party that has a disparate impact on Black, brown & indigenous ppl. Classism is policy that has a disparate impact on poor & low-income communities.

When all 50 Republican senators & 8 (all white) Democrats voted to deny passage of $15/hr min wage — which would have lifted 45% of Black workers out of poor & low-wage jobs, & 62 million people overall — these actions are policy forms of racism & classism & disparate treatment.

I give thanks for the relief that will come through this bill. But we cannot pretend that the people who are suffering the most from inequality are being represented when the policies most essential to their survival are so easily negotiated away. #PoorPeoplesCampaign