Excerpts from @POTUS #VotingRights speech:
“Election officials, the entire electoral system withstood unrelenting political attacks, physical threats, intimidation & pressure.
“They did so w/unyielding courage & faith in our democracy.
“With recount after recount…
“Election officials, the entire electoral system withstood unrelenting political attacks, physical threats, intimidation & pressure.
“They did so w/unyielding courage & faith in our democracy.
“With recount after recount…
“court case after court case, the 2020 election was the most scrutinized election ever in American history.
“Challenge after challenge brought to local, state & election officials, state legislatures, state & federal courts, even to the United States Supreme Court
“Challenge after challenge brought to local, state & election officials, state legislatures, state & federal courts, even to the United States Supreme Court
“- not once but twice.
“More than 80 judges including those appointed by my predecessor heard the arguments.
“In every case, neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering the historic election in the face of such extraordinary
“More than 80 judges including those appointed by my predecessor heard the arguments.
“In every case, neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering the historic election in the face of such extraordinary
“challenges.
“Audits & recounts were conducted in AZ, WI; in GA it was recounted three times.
“It’s clear. For those who challenge the results & question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny & such high standards.
“Audits & recounts were conducted in AZ, WI; in GA it was recounted three times.
“It’s clear. For those who challenge the results & question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny & such high standards.
“The big lie is just that, a big lie.”
“In America, if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the Constitution, you try again. You don’t call facts fake & then try to bring down the American Experiment just because you’re unhappy.
“That’s not statesmanship, that’s selfishness. That’s not democracy, it’s the denial of the right to vote. It suppresses. It subjugates. The denial of full & free & fair elections is the most un-American thing any of us can imagine. The most undemocratic, the most unpatriotic,
“yet sadly not unprecedented. From denying enslaved people full citizenship until the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments after the Civil War. To denying women the right to vote until the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. To poll taxes & literacy tests & the Ku Klux Klan
“campaigns of violence & terror that lasted into the 50s & 60s. To the Supreme Court decision in 2013 & then again just 2 weeks ago - a decision that weakened the landmark voting rights act. To the willful election attacks in 2020, & then
“ to a whole other level of threat, the violence & the deadly insurrection on the Capitol on January 6th.…
“Time & again, we’ve weathered threats to the right to vote & each time we found a way to overcome. And that’s what we must do today.
“Time & again, we’ve weathered threats to the right to vote & each time we found a way to overcome. And that’s what we must do today.
“It starts with continuing the fight to pass HR1, the #ForThePeopleAct.
“Last month, Republicans opposed even debating, even considering the For the People Act. Senate Democrats stood united to protect our democracy & the sanctity to vote.
“We must pass the For the People Act,
“Last month, Republicans opposed even debating, even considering the For the People Act. Senate Democrats stood united to protect our democracy & the sanctity to vote.
“We must pass the For the People Act,
Transcript of President Joe Biden's speech on #VotingRights as released by the @WhiteHouse:
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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