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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Profile picture
@RevDrBarber
Dec 24, 2021 • 25 tweets • 18 min read • Read on X
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WATCH: #PoorPeoplesCampaign We Refuse to Accept That There is No Room in the Democracy twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Here’s a statement from Linnell Fall @Maryland_PPC, who couldn’t be with us online today:
Pam Garrison @WestVirginiaPPC: “Senator Manchin, shame on you for looking down your nose at us! ... We didn’t create this poverty. This is the result of you and the Congress’ failure for decades.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Jean Evansmore @WestVirginiaPPC: “Yes, we need drugs that we can afford. Yes, we need to have teeth so that we can eat. Yes, we need hearing aids. Yes, we need healthcare workers who are paid well for what they do!” #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Alex Gallo from Charleston, WV: “We refuse to accept that there is no room in this democracy for the 140 million people in this country who are poor or one emergency away from ruin.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign Alex Gallo from Charleston, WV
Rev. Paul Dunn from First Baptist Church in Charleston, WV to @Sen_JoeManchin: “There is room in this democracy for the things that you are voting against. We need you to rise up and be a leader! ... We need you to open up your heart.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign Rev. Paul Dunn from First B...
.@stewartacuff from WV to @Sen_JoeManchin: “There must be room in this democracy for low-wage workers. There must be room in this democracy for single parents, trying to raise kids on two jobs. ... There must be room in this democracy for every person of legal age to vote!” Stewart Acuff from West Vir...
.@RepJayapal: “The things we are fighting for are not easy. They should be! But they are not. ... The #PoorPeoplesCampaign and all the people across the country that are telling the truth about what change must be and what it looks like, your voices are absolutely crucial.” Rep. Pramila Jayapal
.@denita944 @texas_ppc: “You sir, Sen. Manchin, and those like you, are the wicked (Psalm 82:3-4). And you are my oppressor. And it is my duty as an impacted person to tell you that we refuse to accept that there is no room in this democracy for the #BuildBackBetter agenda.” Denita Jones from the Texas...
Bruce Grau @WisconsinPPC: “We need #BuildBackBetter in Wisconsin! We’ve got a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. We’re a ‘right to work’ state. 1 in 10 people live in poverty! Last year 17,000 kids were left out in the street.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign Bruce Grau with the Wiscons...
.@RepBarbaraLee: “Jesus Christ, yes, was born homeless, in a manger, but [Christmas] reminds me that his life was about fighting for the most vulnerable, fighting for justice, fighting for peace. Now this means inclusion in this moment in our democracy, which is very fragile.” Rep. Barbara Lee
Right now, while some organizations are meeting in backrooms with @Sen_JoeManchin, we’re watching a rolling coup d'état, a rolling insurrection run rampant through state legislatures. Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
.@MaryKayHenry @SEIU: “We refuse to accept that there is no room for a $15 minimum wage ... We refuse to accept the $8 and $9 wages that are paid to our nation’s 2 million home-care workers and 2 million childcare workers.” #FightFor15 #BuildBackBetter Mary Kay Henry, Internation...
.@liztheo: “Sen. Manchin is playing at Caesar or at least King Herod in today’s Christmas story. … Although those in power, like Sen. Manchin, are willing to murder children in order to protect their wealth & privilege, the voices of mothers are crying out.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-...
Economist @shaillybarnes @Kairos_Center: “Sen. Manchin is just wrong about inflation.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #BuildBackBetter Shailly Gupta Barnes from t...
.@alvjc @BRepairers on Christmas contradictions: “We’re calling out today the hypocrisy of politicians who proclaim one thing but do another. We reject the narrative of Sen. Joe Manchin and others like him that there’s not room enough in the inn of our democracy.” Rev. Dr. Alvin O'Neal Jacks...
.@RevNancyPetty @PullenChurch: “You can’t be the second best place to live in America & have a poverty rate of 13%. … Do we want the award of being the best place to live in the U.S.? Or do we want the honor of being a community & a state where all people are treated equally?” Rev. Nancy Petty from Pulle...
“To my fellow Christians: Be careful tonight of going into your warm churches & singing ‘Joy to the world, the Lord has come,’ if you’re not willing to go out into the streets of America tomorrow & work for that justice and the joy of justice for all Americans.” @RevNancyPetty
Rev. Jimmie Hawkins @PCUSAWashington: “We say to Sen. Manchin, it is not too late! The vote hasn’t been held, and there is still time for you to do the right thing. Vote for the people in West Virginia who need healthcare, higher wages & daycare.” #BuildBackBetter Rev. Dr. Jimmie Hawkins, Di...
Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson @UUA @CaliforniaPPC: “Make room, Joe Manchin, open your heart. Make room, or move over!” #BuildBackBetter #ProtectOakFlat Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson, Unit...
It would be better for @Sen_JoeManchin to get out of the Senate than for him to keep on hurting poor and low-income people, because God is not pleased.
Jonathan @wilsonhartgrove @RedLetterXians: “I’m here as someone who celebrates Christmas to say to other people who celebrate Christmas: We’ve gotta decide which side we’re on! Either we side with the Herods ... or we side with those folks who say it’s good news for ALL people!” Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, ...
.@fhunscripted @proctorconf: “The spirit of the Grinch now continues during this season with Sen. Manchin and all who oppose voting rights and refuse to invest in human infrastructure so that we can rise from the rubble of COVID.” #BuildBackBetter Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes III...
Here is the open letter to @Sen_JoeManchin that I read during the press conference livestream:
Sign on now:

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In the Bible, Joshua says, “Choose ye this day...” Howard Zinn said, “You can’t be neutral on a moving train.”

Right now, we face a choice.

I joined 1,000 clergy to endorse VP Harris in our personal capacity. I hope other faith leaders will do the same. cnn.com/2024/10/27/pol…
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In my role as both a bishop of the church and a leader of a non partisan movement, I maintain a position of not endorsing any candidate for public office. But as the law allows, I reserve the right in my private capacity to endorse candidates openly.
This has become a moment when I feel compelled to exercise that right, and I hope others will too. I sense a call to speak as a private citizen about my own personal struggle to live faithfully in the present political moment.
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Dems, we love your use of “weird” to describe Trump & Vance. But when there are 140 million poor & low wage ppl struggling to make it in this country, it’s also weird to not speak to them.
Yes, it’s weird for Trump & Vance to call policies that would reduce poverty “communism.” But it’s also weird for Dems to not say “poor” if they want poor people to support their agenda.
When 800 ppl are dying from poverty in the richest nation in the history of the world, it’s weird to not make a big deal about it.

It’s weird to have a Zoom call for every group except the 1/3 of the electorate that’s poor.
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For years, we’ve been fed a pernicious myth that poverty is only an issue for Black people. This myth not only demeans Black people – with racist images of Black mothers on welfare dominating the imaginations of so many Americans – but also obscures the poverty of tens of millions of white people.
When you frame it as being poor people are Black, other folks are working, what you're doing is dismissing millions of poor and low-wage white people.
This form of mythology is designed to keep Black and white people from working together who really are allies and unified when it comes to the experience of poverty in this country.
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In a unified act of solidarity, @GovBillLee joined governors of the former slaveholding states Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Alabama to make a joint statement this week against the @UAW's efforts to unionize autoworkers in the South.
Calling the union a “special interest,” the governors claimed that unions threaten not only good jobs, but also the “values we live by.”

As a preacher from the South, I am tired of politicians trying to co-opt faith with talk about “values” when they do not have the facts to back up their claims.
The truth is that workers are building power in the South and politicians who’ve made immoral partnerships with corporate interests are feeling the heat.

It’s past time for all God’s people to stand up for living wages and union rights.
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We're in North Carolina with the @NC_PPC for the final tour stop on the Moral March to the Polls Tour. We are calling on state governments to enact a #ThirdReconstruction agenda, that’s not about left versus right politics, but about what’s right versus what’s wrong.
@NC_PPC In North Carolina, there are 3.5 million poor and low-wealth eligible voters. If we mobilize and organize together, we have the power to change voting outcomes in every election in our state.
@NC_PPC We cannot be silent while politicians prioritize corporate interests over the needs of the poor. From Asheville to Charlotte and Wilmington to Raleigh, we must demand change and fight for a North Carolina and a country that works for all.
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