Thread by @AriBerman

Senate Dems represent 43 MILLION more people than Senate GOP but 41 Republicans representing just 21% of country can block For the People Act supported by 68% of Americans

This anti-democratic system is exactly what HR1 intended to reform motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

"Ds and Rs playing by two sets of rules: Senate Dems must find 10 GOP votes to pass legislation to preserve American democracy—giving Mitch McConnell veto power—while GOP state legislatures unilaterally enact barrage of new voter suppression bills through simple majority vote"

.@SenatorWarnock: "What could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking minority rights in the Senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society?"

"There's the game being played by Republicans in the states, where they do whatever they can to undermine democracy. Then there's the game being played by Dems in Washington, where they fail to protect American democracy because of an arcane Senate rule"

22 of 24 laws passed this year to restrict voting access introduced solely by Republicans & passed over objections of Democratic minority

When Mitch McConnell called For the People Act “a partisan power grab" he was describing exactly what Republicans doing in states

This is how undemocratic US Senate is:

-15 states with 38 million people elect 30 GOP senators

-California with 40 million people elects 2 Dems

-By 2040, 30% of America will elect 70 senators. 70% of America will elect only 30 motherjones.com/politics/2021/…