"The intensity of the GOP to undermine voting rights has not been the surprising part of this. The lack of urgency among the Democrats to combat is the surprising part, esp because the GOP's strategy was obvious in advance." -- Ari Berman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"We are losing critical amounts of time. It's pretty remarkable to me that the Dems couldn't built more support in their caucus. Conversations about the filibuster should have been happening months ago, not starting now." -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"One of the most striking parallels between today and the Jim Crow era is that the federal government just *gave up* on protecting voting rights. Between 1890 and 1957, Congress did almost nothing to stop voter suppression." -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"I'm worried history will repeat itself. Not that we will have poll taxes or literacy tests, but the idea that one party will do everything it can to undermine democracy and there will be no federal response." -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"I've never met a single person on the street who cared about the filibuster. It's shocking from a pragmatic standpoint that the Democrats would rather keep a vestige of Jim Crow than stop the next wave of Jim Crow laws." -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"The Dems have valued antiquated institutions and vague notions of bipartisanship over actually delivering for people's lives. It's a complete moral abdication of their responsibility." -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
"No one in 50 years is going to look back and say, 'You know what? We kept the filibuster! The planet is now burning and democracy was on fire, but we kept the filibuster so it was all worth it!'" -- @AriBerman on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/voter-em…
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