In 2020, Missouri voters voted for Medicaid expansion. In 2021, the GOP majority legislature said, “Nah”.
In 2018, voters approved a minimum wage ⬆️. It got on the ballot by petition.
In response, the MO House passed bill requiring 2/3 of voters to approve petition measures.
In 2018, voters approved a minimum wage ⬆️. It got on the ballot by petition.
In response, the MO House passed bill requiring 2/3 of voters to approve petition measures.
DO YOU SEE A PATTERN, HERE?
You tell your legislators what you want, but when they get re-elected, they feel comfortable telling you to F off.
Your power is to make them unemployed if they don’t honor majority consensus.
Use your power to curb theirs.
Vote for better.
You tell your legislators what you want, but when they get re-elected, they feel comfortable telling you to F off.
Your power is to make them unemployed if they don’t honor majority consensus.
Use your power to curb theirs.
Vote for better.
You see it repeated everywhere the GOP is in charge of state legislatures, and you see it on the federal level.
And now GOP state legislatures are trying to suppress voting, so they can avoid ever being responsible to voters.
#FTPA is vital to democracy.
And now GOP state legislatures are trying to suppress voting, so they can avoid ever being responsible to voters.
#FTPA is vital to democracy.
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