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26 Aug, 16 tweets, 12 min read
WATCH: West Virginia #PoorPeoplesCampaign Mass Moral Motorcade on Manchin pscp.tv/w/c_Z_snR3LTI0…
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is getting started at the rally at the state capitol in Charleston, WV, reminding us of the history of the Battle of Blair Mountain 100 years ago and re-stating our four demands. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ProtectOurVote
"The persistent widow organizes protests, she organizes motorcades, she points out the deaths being caused by unjust policies!" @LizTheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ProtectOurVote #WhichSideAreYouOn

(📷 @StevePavey #HopeInFocus)
"We're here to raise one voice as one people. ... So we're here today to tell Sen. Manchin one thing: Do the right thing!" -Rev. William Lipscomb @WestVirginiaPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign #DoTheRightThing
Join us in solidarity now by signing your name on to the open letter to Sen. Joe Manchin!

Add your name: action.poorpeoplescampaign.org

#PoorPeoplesCampaign #ProtectOurVote
"Where are you, Joe Manchin? Where you at?" @Ojeda4America

#PoorPeoplesCampaign #DoTheRightThing #EndTheFilibuster #WhichSideAreYouOn Richard Ojeda
32 million people could've been lifted out of poverty if Sen. Manchin had voted for $15/hr living wage. When he ran for office, he never said he wouldn't support raising the federal minimum wage and protect voting rights. Which side are you on, @Sen_JoeManchin?
Sen. Manchin is lying about the filibuster. He's only against breaking the filibuster when it comes to truly saving the soul of this democracy and this nation. He's hiding behind a coward filibuster. #EndTheFilibuster #DoTheRightThing #ProtectOurVote
Jesus said a nation will be judged by how it treats the least of these.

Joe Manchin's actions will bury this democracy if he does not change.

We must be the moral resurrection!
Justice might get beat down, but it doesn't stay down. We're going to win!

(📷 @StevePavey #HopeInFocus)
There's no such thing as a "moderate" when it comes to living wages and voting wages and lifting up the poor. No one swears to be a "moderate" when they put their hand on the Bible to enter political office.
We're going to #HoldTheLine until we have voting rights protections (For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) and a $15/hr living wage. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ProtectOurVote
Aint no power like the power of the people, because the power of the people don't stop!

#ForwardTogether, not one step back!
"The biggest gun we've got is the ballot. But we've got to have our rights to vote!"

Brother @WillieNelson joining the #PoorPeoplesCampaign via video to call on Sen. Manchin to end the filibuster and #DoTheRightThing Country music legend Willie Nelson joins the Poor People's C
We're laying a wreath at the state capitol to remember those courageous coal miners & labor union organizers who died 100 years ago in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

#PoorPeoplesCampaign #Blair100 (📷 @StevePavey #HopeInFocus)
Go to action.poorpeoplescampaign.org now to sign the open letter to Sen. Joe Manchin and add your name to the demands: end the filibuster, pass all provisions of the For The People Act, pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hr!

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