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4 Jan, 6 tweets, 1 min read
If Schumer & Senate Dems want to walk in the tradition of Dr. King, they should end the filibuster to pass voting rights AND the full Build Back Better Act. Why? Because the movement never separated voting rights and economic justice.
Schumer should explain how denial of voting rights legislation is hurting all segments of America. And the same with BBB. We should have forgone the filibuster to pass both last year.
Because we waited so long, we are no longer voting on the For The People Act that John Lewis wrote. We’re voting on Manchin’s compromise bill that is OK, but codifies a form of voter ID for first time in history.
All of the state legislatures passed their voter suppression and redistricting bills before December 31, 2021. So now, if the VRA restoration is passed, it will only cover future bills.
Democrats allowed Manchin to play his stall tactic to give state legislatures time to do their damage. The political games in Washington are just sickening.
This is why we must mobilize for a Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington, June 18.

poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

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WATCH: #PoorPeoplesCampaign National Prayer Call | From Insurrection to Resurrection twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Maybe God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
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I’m listening to U.S. Capitol officers Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone who were attacked on #Jan6th. They said we shouldn’t call this an anniversary, because January 6th is still going on. But we should tell the truth, which has not been told in full yet.
The more I look at this I’m moved to pray for my enemies and the enemies of democracy and humanity. I pray for them to be tracked down by a spirit of repentance. I pray for them not to be successful.
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24 Dec 21
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
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24 Dec 21
Joining the National #ChristmasEve Press Rally today is @RepJayapal; @RepBarbaraLee; @MaryKayHenry from @SEIU; Jean Evansmore, Pam Garrison, Kris Olsen, Stewart Acuff, & Alex Galo @WestVirginiaPPC; Linnell Fall, @Maryland_PPC; @denita944 @texas_ppc; Bruce Grau @WisconsinPPC; Image
Father Lark Justin Muncy & Rev. Paul Dunn @WestVirginiaPPC; @RevNancyPetty; Rev. Jimmie Hawkins @PCUSAWashington; Jonathan @wilsonhartgrove @RedLetterXians; Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson @CaliforniaPPC;
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23 Dec 21
Sen. Manchin, Republicans, & so-called moderates keep saying, “There is no room in our democracy for the uplift of poor & low-wealth people,” but the Christmas story shows us that God can work through poor people to bring good tidings of great joy for everyone,
even when those who think they’re in control and say that there’s no room.

During this Christmas season, too many people are being denied access to the basic building blocks for abundant life—living wages, voting rights, health care, a pathway to citizenship,
and protection from ecological devastation. The continued erosion of the #BuildBackBetter agenda and the dismantling of voting rights protections across the country this year have revealed a dangerous and immoral political philosophy that assumes there is no room in the democracy
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22 Dec 21
“South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, had spent weeks trying to turn Manchin against the bill and said ‘I very much appreciate’ Manchin’s opposition.”

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In South Carolina:

• 448,200 people are uninsured.

• 36.1% of census tracts are at-risk for being unable to afford water.

• 16,861 tons of NOx are annually emitted in South Carolina, a major cause of respiratory problems.
• About 4,000 people are homeless. Working at the state minimum wage, it takes 87 hours of work per week to afford a 2-bedroom apartment.

• Over 1 million workers make under $15/hr—52% of South Carolina’s workforce.
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