📍We’re here in Lafayette Square Park with @LWV protesting for our voting rights…

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Honored to be standing here with some amazing civil rights groups like @BlackVotersMtr and @peoplefor

It’s time to make voting rights a priority!
..@BenJealous takes the stage
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“The lie is we can’t make a difference…I say we can move mountains because we always have”
- President and executive director of the Lawyers Committee @DamonTHewitt
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🚨BREAKING: We're suing Donald Trump, Roger Stone, the Proud Boys & more for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. That was an attack on democracy. It was a blatant attempt to stifle the votes & voices of millions of Americans, particularly Black voters. bit.ly/3jgzC4W
"If they didn't do what they did that day – if they didn't have the courage to stand up – I don't know that we'd be living in a democracy today."

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🚨Happening at 1pm: #SavetheUSPS!

Join this discussion featuring @waltshaub, @JoyceWhiteVance, @KristenClarkeJD & @AmberMcReynolds to find out action steps that can be taken to avert this crisis and how you can vote by mail in your state.

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