Joe Manchin is so twisted. We need both the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. He knows the VRA is going to be challenged and is a target for the Republicans. And if he wanted to pass the VRA, why for 8 years has he not done anything to pass it?
What an insult, as well, to publish this right before his so-called private meeting with the NAACP. He drops this oped? It took nonviolent direct action to win voting rights, and it will take the same to do it today.
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Manchin keeps talking about compromise and bipartisanship. It makes no sense. How do you compromise with the very party that's doing the things the For The People Act would make illegal? How do you compromise with politicians who want to suppress the vote?
The answer is, you don’t. You pass what is right & just. Manchin keeps saying, if you do it w/o Republican support it is a bad bill. That’s like saying, if you pass a bill against racism w/o a racist voting for it, it’s a bad bill. Ridiculous.
It’s a bad bill if it violates the 14th and 15th amendments. It’s a good bill if it upholds those things, regardless of who votes for it.
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