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9 Mar, 7 tweets, 4 min read
1. Yesterday, the Georgia Senate voted to eliminate no excuse absentee voting.

To understand just how cynical and malevolent this vote was, you need to know about the history of no excuse absentee voting in Georgia

Follow along if interested

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2. No excuse absentee voting was a policy created in 2005 by REPUBLICANS in the Georgia legislature and signed into law by the REPUBLICAN Governor, Sonny Perdue

It was part of a package of voting changes, including requiring a photo ID to vote in person

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3. Although Republicans decided everyone now needed a photo ID to vote in person, no excuse absentee voting did not require any form of ID.

Why?

REPUBLICANS ARGUED THAT ABSENTEE VOTING WAS MORE SECURE THAN IN PERSON VOTING

This is from the @AJC in 2005

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4. For 16 years, this policy remained in place without a peep from Republicans.

Then, in the 2020 general election, no excuse absentee voting was used more by younger Black voters

All of a sudden, no excuse absentee voting was a SOURCE OF FRAUD

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5. Today, Republicans are making the EXACT OPPOSITE ARGUMENT they made in 2005.

Magically, in-person voting became the most secure and absentee voting became ripe for fraud.

There is no evidence for this.

It's breathtakingly cynical.

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6. The real give away, however, is that while Republicans voted to end no excuse absentee voting for most people, they created an EXCEPTION FOR ANYONE OVER 65.

Coincidentally, older voters who vote absentee are overwhelmingly white

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7. This is not over. The bill has only passed the Georgia Senate.

Civil rights groups are calling on corporations based in Georgia to speak up.

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10 Mar
1. Two major corporations, @Prudential and @UnionPacific, are speaking out against 22 voter suppression bills introduced in the Arizona legislature

Others that have backed the bill sponsors, including @CoxComm & @WeAreFarmers, are staying silent

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@Prudential @UnionPacific @CoxComm @WeAreFarmers 2. Many of the bills introduced in Arizona take aim at mail-in voting.

There's a bill that would require mail-in ballots to be returned in person (😕) and one that would invalidate ballots that aren't postmarked 5 days BEFORE Election Day

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@Prudential @UnionPacific @CoxComm @WeAreFarmers 3. Many sponsors of this voter suppression legislation also promoted Trump's lies about voter fraud.

19 bill sponsors, for example, signed a resolution urging Congress to ignore Arizona's results and recognize a fake set of electors pledged to Trump

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8 Mar
1. In the last two months, the @USChamber has dramatically changed its view on members of Congress who tried to overturn the election and install Trump for a second term.

I have receipts.

Follow along if interested.

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@USChamber 2. "Efforts by some members of Congress to disregard certified election results in an effort to change the election outcome… undermines our democracy and the rule of law," the Chamber said in a January 4 statement.

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3. But in a memo released on Friday, the @USChamber says there is a "meaningful difference" between those votes (objecting to the Electoral College) and "actions that undermine the legitimacy of our elections."

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7 Mar
1. On the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, remember these corporation are backing the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia ('18-present)

@ATT (100K)
@CVSHealth (43K)
@Delta (42K)
@comcast (40K)
@SouthernCompany (39K)
@CocaCola (35K)
@UPS (35K)

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@ATT @CVSHealth @Delta @comcast @SouthernCompany @CocaCola @UPS 2. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia, con't ('18-present)

@HomeDepot (34K)
@GM (33K)
@UnitedHealthGrp (28K)
@SunTrust (25K)
@Walmart (23K)
@Pfizer (17K)
@Allstate (17K)
@AnthemBCBS (17K)
@Publix (30K)

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@ATT @CVSHealth @Delta @comcast @SouthernCompany @CocaCola @UPS @HomeDepot @GM @UnitedHealthGrp @SunTrust @Walmart @pfizer @Allstate @AnthemBCBS @Publix 3. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia, con't ('18-present)

@AnheuserBusch (17K)
@Verizon (15K)
@Walgreens (10K)
@TMobile (8K)
@aflac (7K)
@Lyft (6K)

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7 Mar
.@Delta promotes itself as a champion of voting rights & racial equality

But Delta has donated 41K to the sponsors of two voter suppression bills in Georgia targeting Black voters

Delta refuses to speak out against the bills saying it supports "secure elections processes"
@Delta .@Delta says its PAC will direct funds toward candidates "working toward racial equality"

But Delta won't answer questions about its contributions to the sponsors of voter suppression bills in Georgia

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@Delta How can @Delta claim to be committed to "state legislation that fights discrimination and advocates for just and equal treatment" but not speak out against Georgia's voter suppression bills, which are universally opposed by the civil rights community?

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6 Mar
NOTE: A relief bill with 75% public approval in the middle of a deadly pandemic did not receive a single Republican vote in the House or Senate
Biden succeeded in creating a bill with broad bipartisan support. Republicans have decided to just rerun their 2009 playbook of unified opposition.
One of the most common mistakes in politics is failing to recognize changing circumstances. Unlike 2009, this relief package appears big enough to meet the challenge of the moment. Im 2010, America was still slogging its way out of a recession. 2022 could be much better.
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5 Mar
BREAKING: In a memo, the @USChamber attempts to provide cover to corporations to resume donating to the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election

"We do not believe it's appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification"
@USChamber The memo written by @USChamber's National Political Director, @ashleewrich, argues that only members of Congress involved in "organizing the rally of January 6th or continuing to push debunked conspiracy theories" are culpable

FULL MEMO: uschamber.com/issue-brief/me…
3. This is the first step by corporate America to try to forget that January 6 happened and resume business-as-usual

I'll be monitoring these developments closely.

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