As Texas tries to become the latest GOP-led state to drag us back into Jim Crow, all eyes will be on the President as he lays out his vision for saving democracy.
The American people are looking to @POTUS to take seriously the threat of voter suppression in this dire moment.
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The American people are looking to @POTUS to take seriously the threat of voter suppression in this dire moment.
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.@POTUS must demand federal legislative action, and call on reluctant Senators to end the filibuster and pass the For the People Act. There is no alternative.
Organizing will not save us.
Money will not save us.
The Supreme Court certainly will not save us.
Organizing will not save us.
Money will not save us.
The Supreme Court certainly will not save us.
If we don’t pass the For the People Act, the party of insurrection will retake the House, and Biden’s presidency will be effectively over. He won’t be able to pass meaningful legislation. He may well be impeached. The window for saving our democracy will have closed.
The President must commit to doing the hard work of changing minds.
Like LBJ, he must make multiracial democracy the signature fight of his presidency. But time is running out.
Like LBJ, he must make multiracial democracy the signature fight of his presidency. But time is running out.
The American people understand that our democracy is at stake. The question tomorrow’s speech will answer is, does the President?
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