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New: @staceyabrams tells me Senate Dems should exempt bills protecting voting rights from filibuster in order to pass HR1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act

“the right to protect democracy should not be thwarted by minority imposition" she says

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Wave of GOP voter suppression bills in states like Georgia makes it all the more urgent for Dems to pass HR1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act

“if we do not protect the participation of voters in our election system, we will find ourselves losing our democracy” says @staceyabrams

Here’s what @staceyabrams had to say to Dems like Joe Manchin & Kyrsten Sinema who want to keep filibuster

"we have to make certain that a minority of people cannot be in power in the Senate, and therefore deny the basic principles of citizenship to millions of Americans"

.@staceyabrams: "Republicans are rolling back the clock on voting rights. And the only way to head that off is to invoke the elections clause of the Constitution, which allows the Congress—and the Congress alone—to set the time, place and manner of elections at a federal level."

.@staceyabrams joins influential Dems like @SenJeffMerkley & @amyklobuchar in calling for ending filibuster to pass HR1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Biggest rollback of voting rights since Jim Crow is increasing pressure on Dems to act

After covid relief bill most legislation will require 60 votes to pass

Dems face huge choice: they can get rid of filibuster to pass HR 1 & John Lewis Voting Rights Act to stop GOP voter suppression

Or they can allow GOP to undermine democracy for next decade

“If Democrats don’t get rid of the Jim Crow filibuster, they won’t be able to stop the new wave of Jim Crow in a suit & tie voter suppression laws”

Listen to me & @staceyabrams discuss how to protect voting rights on @MotherJones podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…